Hasty, ill-conceived steps show how isolated Mamata Banerjee had been from the national political trend.A fascinating excerpt from Sugato Hazra's Losing The Plot: Political Isolation Of West......
In a breather to former finance minister P Chidambaram's wife Nalini, the Madras high court on Saturday granted her interim protection from arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the......
The screening of a film on the contentious issue of ‘love jihad’ at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi was disrupted by a few student groups, who alleged that a hate campaign was......
Former Union minster Matang Sinh, who was arrested by Central Bureau of Investigation in connection with Saradha chit fund scam on January 31, was on Saturday remanded to police custody for five......
Asserting that countdown has begun for the end of the "corrupt" Trinamool Congress regime in West Bengal, BJP president Amit Shah accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of creating hurdles for a......
'How low GDP would have been, we don't know.''It raises serious questions because so many indicators are pointing to such a sharp decline and GDP estimates are still showing 4 per cent growth.'......
Measures that quickly boost demand and increase employment are needed to push up growth. Moreover, without announcing new planss, the government should strengthen schemes such as PM KISAN, MNREGA......
Data on the new series given by a panel on real sector statistics shows that GDP grew by 10.23 per cent in 2007-08 and 10.78 per cent in 2010-11. There are some years for which the new figures show......
Some say the MPC will raise the rate, while others are of the view that there is already de facto interest rate tightening through rising bond yields, which might prompt the central bank to go for......
Markets regulator Sebi on Friday imposed a fine of Rs 2 crore on Saradha Realty, its chief Sudipta Sen and two directors, Hemanta Pradhan and Monoj Kumar Nagel, for failing to comply with its......
Mithun Chakraborty is all set to team up with veteran British actor Sir Michael Caine on an upcoming film, says a Times of India report.The Bengali-English film is called Indian Autumn, and will be......
All the seven releases --City Of Gold, Apartment, Muskurake Dekh Zara, Kuchh Kariye, Mumbai 118, Sapno Ke Desh Mein and Bird Idol -- gota poorresponse at the box office.Some of them havebeen......
Neither horror nor going to back to school was a hit with moviegoers as last week's releases -- Paathshaala and Phoonk 2 -- fared poorly at the box office. Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the......
Of last week's releases,Princefared better than the other two --The Japanese Wifeand Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai . Prince had afair openingat single screens while the going wasaverage at......