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 sexual abuse by scores of women against a local Trinamool Congress leader.
The term of the last chairman of the pension regulator, Yogesh Agarwal, was cut short by the finance ministry in November.
Although no fresh arrests were reported in the case, the Central Bureau of Investigation continued with its questioning of top officials of the RG Kar Hospital.
Raakhee, who turns 77 on August 15, remains an enigma wrapped in a riddle. Dinesh Raheja remembers Raakhee telling him how she loves the rains and how she would drive down to Tulsi Lake in the 1970s and float paper boats in the water. He would like to imagine that Raakhee still does that at her farmhouse.
The music composer was not keeping well for the past few days and had been in coma.
The CPI-M leader was the chief minister of the state from 2000 to 2011.
Banerjee, who was seated in front beside the driver, was injured after her head hit the windscreen, he said.
Police said there were intelligence inputs that attempts would be made to trigger violence during the match, because of which it was cancelled.
You see the Thar is not just a Car.... It is The Thar.
The multi-talented actor talks about his latest film, a children's film and why he would love to do an action film.
The injured soldiers' doctor is the lanky 30-year-old son of Indian immigrants from Kolkata.
Are you ready for Bose: Dead Or Alive?
'If a poor voter sees Modi's picture on ration bags, it is natural he will vote for Modi and the BJP.'
We asked colleagues, present and past, to reflect on a man who has made such a difference to their lives and careers. Here it is then, a rich collection of memories that offer enchanting glimpses of the enigmatic Ajit Balakrishnan.
Like every year, Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar hosted a Holi party at their Mumbai home, Janki Kutir, and invited family and friends over.
West Bengal is home to 43,000 Durga Pujas, and the business around it is a major economic driver.
'Some people in India say, 'If they were alive, things would be different.' This is an emotional reaction,' feels Netaji's only child.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who rushed to the district late on Sunday night, assured the people of all help from the administration.
Former West Bengal chief minister and a front-ranking Marxist leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee will go down in the country's history as a pragmatic communist who kept aside his ideological convictions to woo capital for the industrialisation of his state.
Bose, who also owns the popular Bengali daily Pratidin, once employed the suspended Trinamool Rajya Sabha member Kunal Ghosh, now behind bars for his alleged role in Saradha affairs, as editor of the newspaper.
In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider the separate pleas of opposition-ruled Kerala and West Bengal, alleging the denial of assent to bills passed by the respective legislative assemblies.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled development projects worth Rs 15,000 crore in West Bengal on Saturday. The prime minister unveiled the projects at an official function in Krishnanagar in Nadia district. Addressing the programme, he said these initiatives were aimed at making West Bengal a developed state.
With over 3,000 species of plants, 26 interconnected lakes and the 250-year-old Great Banyan Tree -- the largest in the world -- the Indian Botanic Garden is a veritable treasure, discovers Payal Singh Mohanka.
The San Diego Museum of Art held an exhibition of paintings of Nandalal Bose, the great Indian painter whose major work spanned the first half of the 20th century. The paintings convey aspects of nature and spirituality, simple lives of villagers, women at work, and also subtly reflect the socio-political environment of life in Bengal at the time.
Amid a row over snooping on close relatives of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, his nephew, Ardhendu Bose, on Monday alleged that the Nehru-Gandhi family has tried to erase the nationalist leader's legacy.
Rahul Bose talks about his latest film Before the Rains with Santosh Sivan. Bose plays the role of TK Neelan, an educated man in Kerala, who is torn between his two loyalties -- to his village, his roots, and also to his British boss who plans on building a road that would benefit his business. TK is the soul of Before the Rains, and Bose's performance is quiet and heart wrenching.
In order to take on the competition in the home music system category, Bose Corporation India on Wednesday launched a Bose Wave music system priced at Rs 29,900, the lowest in company's portfolio in India.
Jinnah said I can accept only one leader and that is Subhas Bose, Doval said.
Bengal were well-placed on Day 1 of the Ranji Trophy semi-final, scoring 121 for 4 after Karnataka were dismissed for 89 in the first innings.
Amar Bose never grew old. He simply oozed positive energy. He visibly cringed if anybody called him an icon but used to jump up to the blackboard with a chalk and wave his hand all over if you discussed physics, recalls Shivanand Kanavi
A court in Kolkata has rejected the interim bail plea of Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Srinjoy Bose, arrested by CBI in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam case, and remanded him to four days police custody
Readers chatted up Rahul Bose as he talked about everything from charity work to kissing Mallika.
Like Mr And Mrs Mahi, which captures the triumph of spirit of a husband and wife, there are quite a few instances of directors opting for a Mr and Mrs brand of title to describe the essence of their story.
Founded in 1964, and based in the Boston suburb of Framingham, Bose Corporation is known for making radios and noise-cancelling headphones.
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