Nandigram, 126 km south of Kolkata, is Suvendu Adhikari's bastion, where he has vowed to defeat Mamata Banerjee by 50,000 votes or quit politics.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly is happy celebrating his 43rd birthday with family and friends in Kolkata on Wednesday as wishes poured in on the social media from the cricket fraternity all over the world.
Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister and Nationalist Congress Party president Ajit Pawar on Saturday won from his traditional Baramati assembly constituency by defeating his nephew and NCP-Sharadchandra Pawar candidate Yugendra Pawar by more than one lakh votes.
When you are in love, you are preoccupied just with that.' 'Nothing else registers. It's like being drugged.'
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and his deputies Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar took charge of their new official responsibilities at the state secretariat 'Mantralaya' here after taking oath of office on Thursday evening.
'This is about history and history is important.' 'It is the history of my ancestors, my parents, my grandfather, my chacha...'
The Bharatiya Janata Party has opted not to grant tickets to eight MLAs, followed by Congress which replaced five MLAs.
2011 Telugu film Bejawada will re-release in Tamil, as Vikram Dada.
None of Amjad Khan's subsequent roles could outshine Sholay. He had begun his career at the top and had no higher peaks left to conquer. Dinesh Raheja salutes the iconic actor on his 80th birth anniversary.
'From dreaming as a 12 year old to realizing it at the near end of my career, bringing home this BMW is a testament that good things come to those who wait. An emotional moment for me and my family.'
'He is one of the most down-to-earth and hardworking guys I know, and that's true of all superstars, including Bachchan sahab.'
'Vidyaji jokes around and her laughter is infectious. 'Madhuri ma'am is a legend. To get the opportunity to work with her was a big deal for me.'
Shinde had retained most of the sitting MLAs, who chose to be with him when he led the rebellion two years ago. They delivered for him on Saturday when votes for the state polls were counted.
The actor traveled to Pune over the weekend to kick off Dada Vaswani's 94th birthday celebrations.
Sourav Ganguly may no longer be the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders, but team owner Shah Rukh Khan feels the former Indian skipper is still and pivotal in the side's scheme of things in the on-going IPL. 'Dada is fantastic and there is no two ways about it. He does not need to prove it to anyone how great as a player he is,' he said.
It was the team's decision to declare the innings and not Dravid's alone.
Cricket fraternity extends wishes to Sourav Ganguly on his 51st birthday
The much-touted launch of Dada-Dadi bonds from April 1 has been postponed by two months pending a comprehensive review of all small savings instruments by the finance ministry and the Reserve Bank of India.
The toll waiver will be in force from midnight on Monday, he said.
'When you don't score runs in India, obviously you will get flak. KL Rahul hasn't been the only one'
Ganguly joined Delhi Capitals in 2019 as an advisor, where he worked alongside coach Ricky Ponting, and later returned to the franchise as Director of Cricket after his stint as BCCI president.
'He is getting ready and hopefully will play in IPL 2024. He looked very confident about playing in IPL 2024.'
Finance Minister Jaswant Singh has indicated that the proposed 'Dada-Dadi' bonds for pensioners, scheduled to be launched on April, will run side-by-side with Life Insurance Corporation's Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana.
The 40-metre-long crack was detected near Fatiyabad village on chainage 443/650, a release from the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation said.
Kolkata Knight Riders team owner Shah Rukh Khan rubbished speculation that Sourav Ganguly is being sidelined by coach John Buchanan's idea to have multiple captains for the Indian Premier League's second season. The Bollywood star said it is just an experiment to have multiple captains and KKR cannot exist without Ganguly.
A total of 4,140 candidates were left in the fray for 288 Maharashtra assembly seats after the deadline for withdrawal of nominations ended on Monday, a poll official said.
BCCI Boss Sourav Ganguly appears to have decided to skip the IPL 2021 final in the UAE, choosing to -- like what every Bengali would do -- spend time in his native Kolkata during Durga Puja.
Dada JP Vaswani, spiritual head of Sadhu Vaswani Mission, has decried the climate of panic created by the outbreak of the H1N1 virus in India. "It is high time we put a stop to this fear psychosis," the nonagenarian leader, based in Pune, said in a message.
'Today, if someone spits on us, we are ready to kill them, but these men, without raising a hand, led the country to freedom and that's easier said than done.;
In this exclusive excerpt from his autobiography, A Century Is Not Enough, Sourav Ganguly makes some startling revelations.
'She is the gorgeous Lata, the love of my life.'
'These days you are the main inspiration for a lot of young film-makers. They are mimicking your films.'
Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar chief Sharad Pawar stood up when he came face to face with his estranged nephew and Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar at an official meeting in Pune on Saturday.
Several Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leaders and corporators returned to the Sharad Pawar camp on Wednesday, a day after resigning from the Ajit Pawar faction.
Four hospitals in Delhi received a bomb threat via email on Tuesday morning, officials of the Delhi Fire Services said.
Sarkar made his directorial debut with Parineeta in 2005. He also directed Laaga Chunari Mein Daag (2007), Lafangey Parindey (2010), Mardaani (2014) and Helicopter Eela (2018).
Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress overcame the might of the BJP and is all set to be CM for a third term.
