Deep Sengupta lost to Zhao Jun of China after scoring upset wins over Grandmasters in earlier rounds.
The government is working on a plan to nurse sick public sector units back to health before any disinvestment takes place in these companies, chairman of the PSUs revamp board Nitish Sengupta has said.
Sreemoyee Piu Kundu's latest book, Cut, has an unusual launch.
The Board for Reconstruction of Public Sector Enterprises wants to examine the grave financial problems of Air India, but neither the Civil Aviation Ministry nor the national carrier has responded to the BRPSE offer.
Though a pyrrhic victory for the BJP, the party he chose to align himself against his former mentor Banerjee, it nevertheless is being seen as a morale booster for the saffron party as his former party, the Trinamool Congress under Banerjee's leadership, has garnered an overwhelming 213 seats out of 292 seats which went to polls.
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'When Zubeida came, everybody loved me and I got a slew of offers of the same kind.' 'People started saying, "Aap nayi Aruna Irani ban jayegi".'
The makeover will make the British era structure a unique combination of heritage, architecture and museum, VMH curator Jayanta Sengupta told PTI.
Woman Grandmaster Bhakti Kulkarni and Grandmaster S P Sethuraman made history, winning the gold medal in the Asian Continental Women's and Open chess championship that concluded in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Friday.
Indian Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta justified his top billing as he won the Hoogeveen International Open Chess Tournament after defeating compatriot Neelotpal Das in the ninth and final round, in Hoogeveen, The Netherlands.
For 2015-16, ONGC is targeting a total of 26 MT of oil production.
Despite winning several times in court against the primary school council of the West Bengal government's education department, Sengupta has not been able to get his proper salary as per the present pay scale. The latest order in his favour from the high court came on Thursday, but Sengupta was sceptical after the fate of earlier orders.
Rani Mukerji's character's lighter moments in the film have been cut.
Brokerage firm CLSA says in its interactions with government officials, measures such as the dollar-deposit scheme were under consideration.
The West Bengal government has tied up with the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, to launch a reality show, Egiye Bangla.
Johnson and Johnson India on Wednesday announced an enhanced paternity leave policy under which new and adoptive fathers will be entitled to eight weeks of paid leave during the first year of birth or adoption.
A day after quitting as Chairman of UN's prestigious Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, TERI Director General R K Pachauri has been admitted to a city-based hospital.
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>The BJP's star campaigner could not help even half the number of candidates for whom he campaigned in his aggressive 'Didi-o-Didi' style in Bengal
The Union Cabinet has decided to refer the proposals of the ad-hoc group headed by Arjun Sengupta for granting greater functional autonomy to Cenral Public Enerprises to the Group of Ministers.
Three young designers with their distinct sensibilities showed their collections on Day One of the Lakme Fashion Week.
Film folk are celebrating their daughters on social media, and the pictures are adorable!
Hindol Sengupta was on Rediff Chat on Wednesday to talk about things that matter -- or should matter -- to most of us as citizens, from financial scams to climate change, women's rights to parliamentary spends.
Bollywood celebrated Children's Day with the cutest pictures on social media!
Vinod Mirani gives us the weekly box office verdict.
Justice Sengupta 'released' the matter before the start of the hearing on Monday, citing 'compelling circumstances' without giving further details.\n\n
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The Indian Grandmaster is half a point ahead of second-placed Zhao Jun of China after nine round in the World Junior Chess Championship.
Social documentary photographer Kaushik Sengupta shares these images of Sandip Karan, a Kolkata-based, self-taught veterinarian who has opened his home to street dogs.
Vinod Mirani gives us his weekly box office verdict.
"I wanted to be a model since childhood. But as I am dusky, in North India, it's a taboo. People made me feel that I am not pretty." Aspiring model Neha Verma opens up to Rediff.com
Grandmaster and former World junior champion Abhijeet Gupta won the Commonwealth Chess Championship after settling for a quick draw with Arghyadip Das in the ninth and final round in New Delhi, on Tuesday.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the upcoming films and their release dates.
Priyanka Chopra is busy promoting Baywatch.
Her mommy has been busy as well, announcing 6 films at Cannes.
Netflix has unveiled a line-up of 15 original series as well as returning seasons of popular shows.
Celebrities attend an awards show. Looking at the pictures.
Ghosh was reportedly suffering from pancreatitis.
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