Winner of the 1996 Jnanpith and 1997 Ramon Magsaysay Awards, Mahasweta Devi firmly believed that 'real history is made by ordinary people.'
'Their candidates are simple people who will be there in hours of need.'
A minimum levy of 12 per cent GST on tea will increase the cost, which will ultimately be passed on to consumers.
Uttar Pradesh is getting the cyber savvy to attract investment in the state with an advanced single-window online clearance system, 'Nivesh Mitra'. Interestingly, the suite will also be integrated and linked with social networking sites viz. Facebook, Twitter & LinkedIn given their popularity, reach and impact.
They have warned against linking such demarcations on poverty with basic entitlements.
In a central govt report, the state only has figures from 2001-02 to 2003-04. But nothing after that.
Saurashtra coach Debu Mitra blasted the Railways team management for preparing a track which he feels is not conducive for a first-class match after 18 wickets fell on the first day of the Ranji Trophy tie at the Karnail Singh Stadium in Delhi on Wednesday.
Value of the land has appreciated manifold after the announcement of the Tata Motors' project at Singur.
Bihar's development is not uniformly sweeping over the state. There are less visible aspects of the state's society and polity is which this wave bypasses.
Among other things, the agenda is likely to focus on increasing private investment, employment generation and giving relief to the farm sector
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Besides, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry secretary general Amit Mitra, L Suresh, vice president of Film Federation of India, UTV Group chief financial officer Rajeev Waghle, chief financial officer of Reliance Big Films Subhashish Sarkar and Zee Tele films chief executive officer Puneet Goenka, among others, were also part of the delegation.
In an informal conversation with rediff.com's Indrani Roy Mitra, Salim speaks about Trinamool Congress' much-hyped poriborton, what made Left fare badly at the last Lok Sabha and municipal elections among many other issues.
'In the early years of this century, barely 10 years after liberalisation, drinking Coke was still cool,' notes Uttaran Das Gupta.
Whether or not Renault India will be able to fulfill its aim, we'll have to wait and watch.
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Indrani Roy Mitra visits Haldibari in North Bengal's Coochbehar district and realises that between political strategies and 'illogical' high hopes of leaders, lies the realm of the unattended, struggling voters.
The 2,75,000 new jobs would cost a monthly Rs 300 crore (Rs 3 billion), officials with knowledge of the development said.
The Bollywood star walked for Payal Singhal at Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week.
The insurance Bill seeks to increase the cap on shareholding of foreign investors
In its effort to make ticket prices 'affordable' for the friendly between Argentina and Venezuela, involving star footballer Lionel Messi, on September 2, the West Bengal government is planning to introduce dedicated family blocks wherein tickets would be available at a discounted price.
A division bench of justices Biswanath Somadder and A Mukherjee said the government's silence on the permission is 'astonishing and astounding'.
The Centre managed to collect only Rs 990 crore as compensation cess in April 2020-21, almost one-ninth of the figure of Rs 8,874 crore mopped up a year ago. The subdued collection would further increase states' problems unless the GST Council, which meets next week, decides to borrow from the market.
Amidst panic in the stock market over double tax avoidance treaty with Mauritius, government on Monday said India "cannot impose arbitrarily" capital gains tax on investment routed through the island nation.
'You have to explain to them about Indian investments in the US creating jobs this reverse outsourcing'
Kumar, a well-known economist and the author of several books, would succeed Amit Mitra, who has become the Finance Minister of West Bengal.
Slump after 5 quarters amid high prices, rupee depreciation.
The state government was under a mammoth debt of Rs 2 lakh crore.
The industry body Ficci, whose Secretary General Amit Mitra is among the winning Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidates in West Bengal elections, on Friday described the TMC victory as "historic".
The Centre is working out a financial package for West Bengal to tide over the huge problems the new government has inherited from the Left Front administration, Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Monday.
As the crucial third phase polling of the West Bengal assembly elections begins on Wednesday morning, Indrani Roy Mitra tries to gauge the political temperatures as she strolls through the by-lanes of poll-bound Kolkata.
The appointments committee of the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi cleared Bhalla's appointment as OSD in the ministry with immediate effect.
The 14-year old scheme is the most popular among exporters, especially in the engineering including automobiles sector. India's exports went up by 37.55 per cent year-on-year to $ 245.86 billion during 2010-11.
It is extremely important to keep your eyes open and ensure you are not a victim
With the finance ministry facing the risk of missing its tax collection target this year, it has turned down a proposal to reduce duties on petroleum products to reduce the impact of rising crude prices on profitability of oil companies.
On Friday, Mamata Banerjee took oath as Bengal's first woman chief minister. Keeping her vow of 18 years, she set foot in Writer's Building. On this historic day Indrani Roy Mitra captures the mood in Kolkata Here's a first person account.
Close on the heels of the 'shoe-cleaning' episode, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati is in news again after an ad-hoc woman school-teacher was sacked allegedly for approaching her with a personal petition during her visit to the institution.
After taking a stroll in the bylanes of South Kolkata, Indrani Roy Mitra moves on to North Kolkata in the sweltering heat as the day progresses, and talks to voters and supporters alike during the third phase polling of the West Bengal assembly elections
As the first phase of assembly elections was underway, rediff.com's Indrani Mitra Roy toured north Bengal only to find that the Trinamool-Congress alliance has a few takers here. Most voters swore by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, a few referred to them as extortionists.
A senior forest official said the mammal was stranded in three-feet shallow waters along the beach at Kolthare village in Dapoli tehsil of Ratnagiri district on February 1 and was rescued same day by the locals and marine experts.
