Country celebrates historic Ram temple consecration with religious zeal

Hymns and songs about Lord Ram reverberated in temples, special prayers were held, processions taken out, rangolis made and bhandara events were held Monday as the country soaked in religious......

Celebrating Astad Deboo!

Two years ago this day, Astad Deboo, dancer extraordinaire, passed into the ages.A new exhibition Breaking Boundaries remembers the pioneer who redrew the margins of Indian dance. IMAGE: Astad......

Tax dept unearths Rs 100 cr of investments from 2 Jharkhand Congress MLAs

The income-tax department has detected "unaccounted" transactions and investments worth more than Rs 100 crore after it raided two Jharkhand Congress MLAs, their alleged associates and linked coal......

Kurmi stir for ST status hits train services in Bengal, J'khand, Odisha

Kurmis on Tuesday blocked railway tracks in various parts of eastern India demanding Scheduled Tribe status and inclusion of Kurmali language in the eighth schedule of the Constitution, affecting......

Returning migrants: Boon or bane for states?

For states like West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh, where migration is high, the return of workers could be as much an opportunity as a liability. All states have launched......

Bengal migrant workers denied Jan, Feb pays

In Sandelerbil village alone in the Hingalgunj block in the Sundarbans, around 36 families from the Scheduled Caste community migrated from Tamil Nadu in March, where they had been working in a gas......

These migrants are unwelcome guests in their own homes

As the world awaits the end of the global pandemic, rural Bengal might be witnessing a recession unfolding in bits and pieces. IMAGE: Hundreds of migrant laborers from West Bengal gathered at......

Kolkatans be ready, soon a ropeway will make your travel easier

'To curb pollution and counter global warming, one has to think of alternative transportation system' 'Once implemented, Curvo can act efficiently as air ambulances' 'It is safe, fast, pollution......

'Sushant was eager and enthusiastic'

'I was reluctant about being friends with Sushant''He was a star.''It took me a while to understand him, and when I did, I opened up to him and we started talking about this and that and whatnot.'......

An actress we want to see in more films

'My work hasn't reached many people, and I hope that changes.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Rasika Dugal/Instagram Last seen in Nandita Das's Manto, actress Rasika Dugal has always impressed......

'They were angry because My Name Is Khan'

While some thousand fans were en route from Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey heading to the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Friday evening for an event advertised as 'Dinner with Shah Rukh Khan',......

From the Colonel: Tales Between Two Titles

IMAGE: Dilip Vengsarkar with Sachin Tendulkar and Krishnamachari Srikkanth during the first Test match between India and New Zealand in Kanpur on September 22, 2016. Photograph: BCCI Former India......

'I was in the best team that never played for India'

Michael Dalvi, who played first class cricket for Delhi, Tamil Nadu and Bengal, once hit a century against a fiery Malcolm Marshall and the West Indies.At 77, he has a razor sharp memory, a ready......

Neetu David appointed head of women's selection panel

IMAGE: Neetu David played 10 Tests in which she had taken 41 wickets. Photograph: BCCI Women/Twitter Neetu David, one of India's finest woman cricketers in the late '90s and early 2000s, has......

Football Focus: Why this Nigerian player is frustrated

'I said it's a disgrace and it's only because I am black and driving a nice car that you are pulling me over' IMAGE: Victor Anichebe said he was pulled over by police officers. Photograph:......

Football Focus: Football: Bournemouth's Ake set to join City, say reports

IMAGE: Bournemouth have accepted Manchester City's 41 million pound offer for central defender Nathan Ake. Photograph: Action Images/Reuters Manchester City have had a 41 million pound ($53.30......