More rural women are having babies in government hospitals. Facilities have improved, but Bihar has is a long way to go in public health.
Legendary Sachin Tendulkar along with chess wizard Viswanathan Anand and tennis ace Sania Mirza are likely to grace India's first ever day-night Test against Bangladesh at the Eden Gardens.
Sukanya Verma lists memorable instances of stars entertaining kids over the years.
Here's what your favourite celebrities are tweeting.
Shukla in his resignation letter to Banerjee expressed his willingness to "retire" from politics
The good old days... Dharmendra and Jaya Bachchan's is a bonding that is special and rare in an industry where friendships are ephemeral. Karan Johar's Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani is their sixth film together, after Guddi, Samadhi, Phagun, Chupke Chupke and Sholay.
'I joined Hrishida when I was 17.' 'He left me with a lifetime of memories.'
Comment by SoftBank board member sets off talk of Ola-Uber merger.
Safe or not, the global taxi giant can now track you even after you have been dropped off.
In a Delhi home, two brothers miss a special sister on Raksha Bandhan.
'Didi' became the real 'Dada' as she got past the post, on a wheelchair and a foot in cast, a souvenir from the Nandigram battle against former protege-turned-rival Suvendu Adhikari.
The Bollywood veteran celebrated her birthday on Sunday, September 8.
'Our honourable CM is so shameless that she will say the state is among the safest for women.'
'I started as a kabaddi player but that's a team sport and credit is shared. Boxing attracted me because it's an individual sport'
Rahul Gandhi's backroom decisions. Kapil Sibal's fear of television debates. Modi vs Advani vs Scindia. All this, and more, in this week's Dilli Gupshup.
Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting.
Industry leaders have urged the government to carry forward the reforms process.
"After coming to Kolkata, I would not have felt good not meeting Didi," Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said after calling on his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata on Wednesday.
City of Joy singing blues as Didi celebrates one year in office at Writers' Building. Ishita Ayan Dutt reports
"The men will not repent for what they have done to didi. These bad men must be put in jail and locked in rooms all their lives till they die."This is part of a letter written by a group of children to President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday demanding stringent punishment for the culprits involved in the gangrape of a girl in a moving bus in Delhi last Sunday.
Kabhi haan, kabhi naa... The gossip now is that Rahul Gandhi won't become a Cabinet minister. Even as Congresswallahs wonder what Mamata Banerjee is upto, there is one senior leader in the party who is feeling very grateful towards Didi. To find out more, don't miss this week's Dilli Gupshup.
The Indian cricket team is currently in Sri Lanka but that didn't stop them from wishing their sisters via social media and take part in the celebrations.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of the world.
US taxi-hailing firm raises the money from Saudi Public Investment Fund to support global expansion.
Didi drags Rashtrapati into electoral battle.
Chhole bhaturas instead of cumcumber sandwiches -- diets take a tumble in the tough UP campaign; The star of the Congress Parivar and no it's not Rahul; UP fails to lure Didi; The Desi Boy who reads the The New York Times after campaigning... Gupshup from the Dilli Darbar.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated MC Mary Kom for winning a record sixth gold medal in the Women's World Championships on Saturday.
Rediff.com takes a look at the many, many times Didi's (in)famously volatile and unpredictable ways have left us speechless!
This is the first time she has been hospitalised in 20 years, says Subhash K Jha.
We asked you, our readers, to tell us about your first salary and how you spent it. Here's the latest set of responses we received.
Bollywood goes into flashback mode.
'Our government has created 10 million jobs when the Indian unemployment rate is at a 45-year high.'
What the Congress will have to understand is that it is not enough to have a 40-something vice-president in New Delhi, but young faces with fresh ideas in the states,' says Amulya Ganguli.
Dismissing reports of the Burari family practising superstitious rituals, Vishakha said all the cousins were excited about Priyanka's (one of the victims) wedding and "things like registers with notes on salvation" never came up for any discussion among them.
'When I told my wife I was going to ask our daughter-in-law if she was planning on hitting the streets, my wife took me aside and whispered fiercely in my ear, "Don't let her learn the language of dissent because it'll come back to bite us",' says Kishore Singh.
We knew from the moment the pandemic took hold that this would be a long haul -- at least 12 to 18 months. Nothing should have changed that assessment, says Mihir S Sharma.
The firm is fighting a court battle over new rules that mandate licensing & cap fares that remove surge pricing.
In the run up to the West Bengal Assembly polls, traders are going gung ho about 'Brand Mamata'.
The Centre on Tuesday issued a 'Leave India' notice and cancelled the business visa given to the actor.
