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Ram Vilas Paswan's Final Throw Of Dice

Ram Vilas Paswan was no fool. He knew very well about the ownership tussle going on beneath this veneer of congeniality. At all costs, he wanted to keep the lid on the family drama. He did not want......

Court rap for IMA chief for 'propagating Christianity'

‘Mazhab nahi sikhata apas mein bair rakhna,’ a Delhi court said while directing Indian Medical Association president J A Jayalal not to use the organisation's platform to propagate any......

HC refuses to stay order asking IMA chief not to 'propagate religion'

The Delhi high court on Monday refused to stay an order of a trial court directing Indian Medical Association (IMA) president J A Jayalal not to use the organisation's platform to propagate any......

Minorities facing 'horrendous acts of mobocracy': Nusrat Jahan

Trinamool Congress MP Nusrat Jahan has written an open letter hailing the 49 eminent personalities who wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi about alleged rise in hate crimes in the country over......

J&K: Protests over rape of 3-yr-old; over 50 injured

IMAGE: Protesters hold placards as they shout slogans during a protest against the alleged rape of a three-year-old girl in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir, in Srinagar, on Monday.......

GST Made Easy From Nov 1

Nearly 96 per cent of new applicants will benefit from this simplified approval route. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at the inauguration of the CGST Bhawan in Ghaziabad, October 24,......

What is Vijay Mallya and Rahul Dravid's Kolkata connection?

With clientele ranging from Vijay Mallya to Rahul Dravid, Kolkata-based designer Sharbari Datta is trying to revive the classic combination of dhoti and kurta. In popular culture a well-draped......

'Crisis is over, clean-up process still on'

The global financial crisis that started in the later part of 2008 following the collapse of the Wall Street investment bank Lehman Brothers may be over but the cleaning up process is still on,......

Indra Nooyi, world's most powerful business woman

Led by soft drink giant PepsiCo's India-born chief Indra Nooyi, business executives account for nearly two-third of the world's 100 most powerful women's list compiled by American magazine Forbes.......

Boeing names the day for Dreamliner

Boeing on Tuesday sought to calm concerns over its 787 programme by insisting it would deliver the first jet by the end of next year, although it left the door open for further delays by warning......

BAFTA Nominations: RRR Out, All That Breathes In

S S Rajamouli's RRR failed to make it to the nominations of the 2023 BAFTA awards. The movie was in the long list for the Film Not in English Language category but could not find a spot in......

When Satyajit Ray got UPSET

There is a world that Satyajit Ray created in his films that I wanted to be a part of -- as Durga bathed in the rain to Ravi Shankar's music; when Charulata sat on the swing regretting she never......

Your favourite Soumitra Chatterjee movie? Write in!

Veteran Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee has worked in some brilliant films in his long career.From his works with Satyajit Ray -- Apur Sansar, Devi, Charulata, Ghaire Baire, Sonar Kella and many......

'A film is like a one-night stand'

'I'm a rascal, I'm going to play a paramahansa?!' IMAGE: Victor Banerjee was in Mumbai to promote the film, The Answer. On the second half of a day of back-to-back interviews, the actor changed......

The Legend is dead, his work lives on

IMAGE: Soumitra Chatterjee and Tushar Bandyopadhya in Satyajit Ray's Apur Sansar, He was the actor who epitomised the best of world cinema, transcending the boundaries of country, state and......

Shyam-Jyoti win historic silver in Archery Para C'ship

Photograph: Kind Courtesy World Archery/Twitter Compound mixed pair of Shyam Sundar Swami and Jyoti Baliyan bagged India's their first medal in the World Archery Para Championships after settling......

Indian archery campaign ends with Champia's defeat

India's archery challenge in the Beijing Olympics came to an end with Mangal Singh Champia failing to replicate his ranking round form and crashing out in pre-quarterfinals in the men's individual......