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Bhagalpur train tragedy toll mounts to 35

The number of dead in the train disaster in Bhagalpur in Bihar rose to 35 on Sunday with two more persons succumbing to their injuries in hospital, an Eastern Railway release said. The two persons......

Explained: What is happening in Sandeshkhali?

Sandeshkhali, a village in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, has been at the centre of a political storm for nearly a month and has witnessed unprecedented protests over allegations of......

TMC's Sandeshkhali strongman Shahjahan Sheikh arrested after 55 days

Trinamool Congress strongman Shajahan Sheikh, accused of sexual abuse and land grabbing in Sandeshkhali, was arrested in the early hours of Thursday after being on the run for 55 days that......

Maheshtala rape case: An 'exaggeration' or a cover up?

“When she was brought home, we saw death in her eyes” “Since no assistance, financial or otherwise, has come from the state government, we are planning to appeal to the Centre to......

Inside the toxic world of online trolls

A Molotov cocktail of lies, abuse and bigotry is blowing up social media, discovers Arundhuti Dasgupta, Neha Alawadhi and Romita Majumdar.Illustrations: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Her nightmare never......

FDI inflows in India cross $1 trillion

Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into India have crossed the $1 trillion milestone in the April 2000-September 2024 period, firmly establishing the country's reputation as a safe and key......

West Bengal burdened with bumper paddy crop

Uttam Majumdar is unable to sell his 330,000 kg of paddy. He is under pressure from moneylenders from whom he had borrowed over Rs 1 lakh at an interest rate of 60 per cent a year.Long known as......

India's infra sector gets a major funding boost

Initially the new institution would be government-owned, with its stake being cut gradually to 26%, says Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The Cabinet has......

IIP shows marginal rise, inflation eases

Going forward, the February factory output may be impacted as several industries such as automobiles, technology, pharma and fashion have some exposure to imports of raw and intermediate materials......

India's Q3 GDP growth dips to 7-yr low of 4.7%

NSO has pegged economic growth at 5 per cent in 2019-20 in its second advance estimates. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com India's economic growth slowed to a near 7-year low of 4.7 per cent in......

'He taught me everything about acting'

Moushumi Chatterjee mourns Tarun Majumdar, who passed into the ages on Monday. IMAGE: Film director Tarun Majumdar passed away in Kolkata on Monday, July 4, 2022, at the age of 91. Photograph: ANI......

'After divorce, I shut myself in my flat for 3 years'

'Then, one fine morning, I returned to my first love.''All the top directors of the time were waiting for me.''In one day, I signed 12 films.''Prosenjit Chatterjee was back!' Photograph: Kind......

'Soumitra Chatterjee is bigger than a Ray actor'

'He never went to the Bombay industry.' IMAGE: Soumitra Chatterjee and Madhabi Mukherjee in Satyajit Ray's classic Charulata. There is a story Soumitra Chatterjee likes to tell. In the......

10 roles that proved Soumitra Chatterjee's versatility

This is an alternate list of 10 screen roles that saw Soumitra Chatterjee, a paragon of gentility, venture beyond his comfort zone and deliver masterclasses of subtlety and depth, lists Saibal......

The Legend is dead, his work lives on

IMAGE: Soumitra Chatterjee and Tushar Bandyopadhya in Satyajit Ray's Apur Sansar, He was the actor who epitomised the best of world cinema, transcending the boundaries of country, state and......

'Kishan no 'hit-or-miss' player, his time will come'

'He is an utility player, best suited for the shorter format. He can open, can play as a finisher, extremely athletic as a fielder.' IMAGE: Legendary Sunil Gavaskar had called Ishan Kishan a......

Ishan Kishan's first coach waxes eloquent of his bacha

IMAGE: India's Ishan Kishan enthralled with the fastest double century. Photograph: Ishan Kishan/Twitter When the Indian team descended in the national capital for a T20I against South Africa in......