As the world awaits the end of the global pandemic, rural Bengal might be witnessing a recession unfolding in bits and pieces. With factories and tea gardens closing down, agricultural income falling and storm Aila ravaging a large part of deltaic West Bengal in 2010, migration gradually became a norm.
Even before the trends started coming, eager party workers were seen glued to their smart phones viewing the counting progress online.
This was the first major election in the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Obviously, the women of Bihar were not intimidated by the pandemic and came out in large numbers to vote.
The Indian men's doubles pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty reclaimed its position in the top 10 of the latest BWF rankings.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration if I called yesterday's episode of Bigg Boss the ugliest of this season.
The central bank's tough new rules spell major changes in the competitive landscape for financial services audits.
The 50-lakh-strong community of sex workers in India is seriously considering the NOTA option while exercising their franchise in the Lok Sabha election to register protest against deprivation and apathy.
Overseas, the US dollar took a breather against basket currencies
Devoleena becomes the first queen of the house, and dear readers, you got that right too!
Deputy Superintendent of Police Ramaswamy Parthasarathy, who arrested Chidambaram in the INX Media case last year, has been conferred with the President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service.
Saina squandered a game advantage to lose 21-16, 11-21, 14-21 against Takahashi
While some of the veterans like Niranjan Shah are happy even though it won't make much of a difference for them, the likes of Dilip Vengsarkar welcomed the move as it gives him an opportunity to be in the BCCI once he is through with his cooling off period.
Ever since Mekhail had first entered the courtroom, he had, it would seem, never once looked at his mother, though they were a few metres away from each other. Curiosity, residual regard, memories, anger, none of it, could make him even look at the woman who gave birth to him. Was his hatred so overpowering?
'Finally it was S D Burman who brought us together.'
Subhash K Jha remembers the flamboyant star, 12 years after he passed away.
Football legend Pele has termed Argentine forward Lionel Messi as the "best in last 10 years", but also spoke highly of his fellow Brazilian Neymar and Portugal's Ronaldo.
Frenzied scenes were witnessed at the airport this morning when Pele landed in the Kolkata after 38 years as the 74-year-old Brazilian turned emotional and stood on the floor of his SUV to wave at the crowd, who kept chanting his name.
The legend talks about her favourite singers. Syed Firdaus Ashraf listens in.
Some of you taking CAT 2006 may find Verbal Ability tough. Subrata Dey from IMS Learning Resources tells you how to score.
Banerjee urged the Centre to rethink about those who could not manage to appear for the crucial test.
Here's a glimpse of flood situation across north and northeast India.
India ran away with opening day honours in the weightlifting competition of the 20th Commonwealth Games with Sukhen Dey and K Sanjita Chanu winning the gold medal in their respective events in Glasgow.
West Indian batting legend Brian Lara, on Sunday, lamented that he never played a Test match at the historic Eden Gardens and suggested that Cricket Association of Bengal officials organise a veterans' match at the venue, and, that, it should including Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly.
Day 24 inside the Bigg Boss house gets super interesting when Shefali Bagga shows off her journalistic skills.
Here's a recap of moments captured in India in the last week.
What are you cooking this Diwali? Tell us!
With the Bigg Boss finale just two weeks away, the contestants are beginning to feet the heat.
Former India badminton coach Vimal Kumar on Tuesday blamed the withdrawals by Asian nations for the postponement of the Thomas and Uber Cup Final, calling it a "big setback" for the sport.
They went down 0-1 to Kolkata Port Trust in a Kolkata premier division league match.
The chief minister said non-biodegradable plastic products, mainly polythene covers affect the environment, impeding water flow.
'Transparency is us watching the government and not the government watching us'
India's banking sector, dominated by more than two-dozen state-run lenders, has been hobbled by its highest bad-loan ratio.
In today's episode, Salman will evict two male celebs.
Siddhartha Dey feels Siddharth is always ready to fight with the girls and that's no way a man should behave.
Dinesh Thakur is now planning to start a new venture to help the industry and the US regulator avoid another Ranbaxy-like episode.
The industry body has issued two advisories in an attempt to restore jewellers credibility in the wake of the Rs 12,000-crore PNB-Nirav Modi scam, and recent defaults by two domestic jewellers - Goodwin and Rasiklal.
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