12 killed as violence rocks Bengal panchayat polls

West Bengal's rural polls drew towards a bloody finish as 12 people died, bombs exploded and all parties leveled allegations of strong arm tactics against their rivals on Saturday.  IMAGE: A......

3 shot dead in clashes during Bengal panchayat poll nominations

Three persons were shot dead and several others were injured as violence and arson marked the conclusion of nomination filing for the three-tier West Bengal panchayat polls slated next month.......

Paresh Rawal booked in Kolkata for 'cook fish with Bengalis' remark

The Kolkata Police has booked actor Paresh Rawal under different sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) on a complaint filed by Communist Party of India-Marxist state secretary Md Salim, who......

Guj ATS recovers MD drug, raw material worth Rs 479 cr after factory raid; 5 held

The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad has raided a manufacturing unit on the outskirts of Vadodara city and seized a huge cache of the banned mephedrone drug and its raw material worth Rs 478.65 crore,......

Rail Budget: New slogans, fancy acronyms mask disappointing facts

Suresh Prabhu is trapped in the 'rhetoric of his own government'.   The otherwise technocratic Suresh Prabhu had to seek refuge in words more than numbers while presenting his second Railway......

Lead me, follow me or get out of the way: Jaitley

On the day of an unusual Railway Budget, Jaitley spelt out Modi Govt's philosophy, speaking in the context of opposition to the Land Bill No new trains in the Railway Budget and the Bharatiya......

'The housing bubble is set to burst'

He's just listed a fund at the AIM stock exchange in the UK - the fund, which controls around 4 per cent of Unitech's land bank, has raised 362 million (Rs 3,168 crore). Unitech's 10,500......

Foreign institutes keen to set up base in India

Twenty foreign technical institute have queued up before All India Council for Technical Education for permission to set up base on Indian soil.R Natarajan, chairman of AICTE, said the foreign......

CWG 2022: How India fared on Saturday, July 30

IMAGE: In a remarkable performance, Mirabai Chanu smashed the Commonwealth and CWG record in snatch. She obliterated the Games record in clean and jerk as well as total lift. Photograph: Clive......

CWG: Lovlina punches her way into quarter-finals

IMAGE: Lovlina Borgohain celebrates winning her women's light-middleweight bout against New Zealand's Ariane Nicholson at the Commonwealth Games, in Birmingham, on Saturday. Photograph: Jason......

Court summons Shami in cheque bounce case

A court here Wednesday directed Indian pacer Mohammed Shami to appear before it on January 15 in connection with a complaint of cheque bounce filed by his wife, with whom he is embroiled in a......

Bhullar, Vijay Kumar in joint lead

Gaganjeet Bhullar and Vijay Kumar returned identical scores of six-under-par 64 to grab the early advantage in the Rs 70 lakh Cromptom Greaves Open Golf championship in Mumbai on Thursday. Another......

Rafique Ali sets course record

On a day when under par scores dominated the proceedings, Kolkata's Rafique Ali fired a course record-setting nine-under 61 to assume the opening round lead at the DDA Open Golf Championship 2005,......