Why should the people of Bengal suffer lung cancer?

Mamata Banerjee has announced a Rs 500 crore relief package to assuage those who lost their money to the Saradha chit fund. As West Bengal is dancing on the edge of bankruptcy, this money will be......

Exclusive: After India, B'desh in cyber war with Myanmar

The hacking of Bangladeshi websites including its largest online news site bdnews24.com has triggered the war, which is expected to again speed in days to come. The maritime dispute between......

The strange case of the 2G investigator & scribe

Rajeshwar Singh, assistant director, Enforcement Directorate, who is among the officials probing the 2G spectrum scam, has asked to be excused from the probe. Sahim Salim finds out why. Why has......

The nexus of sports, business, and politics

Before venturing forth into the quicksand of allegations that is the Kochi IPL let us lay out two clear markers to guide us through the murky waters. First, Shashi Tharoor's private life is just......

Sahara Group chief Subrata Roy dies of cardiorespiratory arrest

Sahara Group chief Subrata Roy passed away on Tuesday due to a cardiorespiratory arrest after a prolonged illness, a company statement said. He was 75. Having created a huge business empire across......

Lesson for Go First from Jet Airways' insolvency: Restart quickly

Both Jet Airways and Go First have met with a similar fate of landing up in insolvency, albeit for different reasons. Photograph: ANI Photo Whether Go First will be able to avoid the sharp erosion......

Future Retail insolvency process: 48 cos selected as eligible prospective bidders

As many as 48 companies, including Reliance Retail, Jindal Power Ltd and Adani group, are in the final list of eligible prospective resolution applicants for acquiring debt-ridden Future Retail......

'We are in search of a Shiva to consume the poison from banking system'

'Should the government be in the business of running banks?''Particularly when it does not have the fiscal strength to continuously infuse capital into such banks?'   Tamal Bandyopadhyay is a......

Star India wins India cricket sponsorship rights; Sahara bid declared ineligible

Star India Pvt. Ltd. was awarded the team sponsorship rights of the Indian team on Monday for a period of three years after Sahara's bid was declared ineligible by the BCCI in Chennai. "Star India......

Has the BCCI taken our cricketers for a ride?

Why does the richest cricket board in the world pay its players peanuts for official matches, thus paving the way for making IPL their real cash bonanza, asks Sanjay Jha For cricket aficionados,......

Sahara may rejoin IPL, but won't sponsor Team India

Sahara India chief Subrata Roy told CNN-IBN in an exclusive interview that there is no question of sponsoring the Indian cricket team. However, the group will continue to support the Pune Indian......

Sahara sponsorship: Cricket's loss is hockey's gain

Their association with cricket might have gone sour but Sahara Group is set to renew its long-term sponsorship deal with Indian hockey by signing a five-year agreement with Hockey India, the......

F1 teams eye Indian sponsorship pie

The indifference shown by the majority of India's deep-pocketed corporates towards Formula One has baffled team bosses who expect them to warm to the sport following the success of last weekend's......