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'2024 won't be a repeat of 2019 -- at least in Bihar'

'There was a huge difference between the 2019 Lok Sabha and 2020 assembly elections in Bihar.''Between 39/1 in 2019 to almost 50-50 in late 2020, Bihar had already moved.' IMAGE: Rashtriya Janata......

Swachh Bharat Not A Game Changer

If we as citizens, do not take ownership of public places, public facilities and public conveniences, Swachh Bharat will remain just a hollow slogan, notes Biswajit Dasgupta. Kindly note the image......

Modi meets women from Sandeshkhali, slams TMC

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday tore into the Trinamool Congress, asserting that the 'storm of Sandeshkhali' will echo throughout West Bengal, where 'Nari Shakti' (woman power) would play......

Modi unveils India's 1st underwater metro line in Kolkata

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday unveiled multiple metro projects across the country, including India's first underwater metro line in Kolkata. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi......

All Set For August 15, 2023

Glimpses from the preparations and rehearsal for Independence Day. New Delhi IMAGE: Scenes from the full dress rehearsal at Red Fort, here and below. Photograph: ANI Photo IMAGE: A......

Covid's unexpected fallout: Indians take to bicycles in big way

Since the Covid pandemic, bicycle sales have surged, orders are pouring in, and stores are already feeling a shortage. 'I have not seen this kind of excitement around bicycles and you are talking......

Melas, rallies and the problem of unemployment

If everyone had decent meaningful jobs, the rally maidans would be largely empty and, save for the Akhara babas and curious foreigners and the devout senior citizens, not very many would spare time......

Which is going be the biggest hotel complex in India?

'In April 2019, we will be opening the 450-room ITC Royal Bengal in Kolkata.' 'It is coming up in the same complex as ITC Sonar, which has 240 rooms.' 'The 700-room hotel complex should be a......

Kaun Pravin Tambe Review

Shreyas Talpade plays the titular role with aplomb, applauds Deepti Patwardhan. If the role of sports, and subsequently of sports biopics, is to inspire, Kaun Pravin Tambe does an adequate job.......

How the Howrah Bridge played out in Bollywood

'To this day, not a year passes when Bollywood does not head to Kolkata to train its cameras on the magnificence of the bridge and the flow of life that pulses along the river across which it......

Guide, Waqt, Jaanwar: Bollywood classics turning 50 this year!

How many of these have aged well? Fifty years ago, while India was engaged in war with Pakistan, Hindi cinema flourished in effervescent, excited Eastman colours. 1965 is significant in more ways......

How mum's belief shaped Akash's career despite adversity

'If his father and brother were alive today, they would be brimming with joy. This is the life's most memorable day and only few are lucky to see it. I'm the proudest mom on this earth.' IMAGE:......

CAB has no role in ticket row for Ind-SA tie: Sourav Ganguly

IMAGE: Former BCCI president Sourav Ganguly defended his brother and CAB boss Snehashish Ganguly over a ticket scam for the India vs South Africa match to be played at Eden Gardens on Sunday.......

Football icon Mohammed Habib passes away

Photograph: Kind Courtesy East Bengal/Twitter Mohammed Habib, the playmaker par excellence of the 1970s who scored against Pele's New York Cosmos in Mohun Bagan colours and made the football icon......

Durand Cup: Army veterans jump from 65-floor tower to celebrate homecoming

IMAGE: The 132nd edition of the tournament is set to take place between August 3 and September 3. Photograph: Kind courtesy ISL Media On a rainy Tuesday afternoon at the slush-filled Maidan, the......

Paes calls for change: What's hindering Indian tennis?

India have a chance to win medal in Asian Games through men's doubles: Paes IMAGE: Leander Paes feels the Indian players will find it tough to keep up with the competition in the international......

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