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Sovan Chatterjee back in TMC after 7 years

Marking one of the most talked-about political homecomings in West Bengal in recent years, former Kolkata Mayor and veteran politician Sovan Chatterjee on Monday returned to the Trinamool Congress......

TMC names Mamata's nephew Abhishek Banerjee as LS Parl party leader

In a significant organisational shake-up, Trinamool Congress on Monday named its national general secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee as the party's new parliamentary leader in the Lok Sabha,......

Azizul Haque, towering leader of Naxalbari uprising, dies at 83

Azizul Haque, firebrand poet, political thinker and one of the last towering leaders of India's Naxalite uprising, died in Kolkata on Monday, marking the end of a turbulent, blood-soaked chapter in......

Mamata's message to Kalyan Banerjee: Fall in line or fall out

In a politically loaded move, the Trinamool Congress on Tuesday accepted senior MP Kalyan Banerjee's resignation as Lok Sabha Chief Whip and swiftly named his successor, signalling party supremo......

Sudip Bandopadhyay joins Congress

Expelled Trinamool Congress leader Sudip Bandopadhyay on Friday formally joined the Congress, a party he had left seven years ago. He described the event as a "homecoming."Bandopadhyay joined the......

'Banks Need To Reinvent Themselves'

'Reinvention is not a hugely difficult task. With technology as available today, you can reinvent yourself pretty quickly.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff With technological and financial......

'GST 2.0 Great Opportunity For Insurance Biz To Make Products Affordable'

'The government is putting insurance in the same category as food, which is essential for life.''Now this is an opportunity for the sector to focus on the consumer.' Photograph: Kind courtesy LIC......

Has Paytm Woken Up Too Late?

Has Vijay Shekhar Sharma given up on the bank?For now, he seems to be on a save-OCL mission. The bank will face its logical end, observes Tamal Bandopadhyay. IMAGE: A cobbler uses Paytm as a mode......

Bihar: Work 12 hours a day, earn Rs 25

In rural Bihar, hundreds of thousands of landless agricultural workers, earn as little as Rs 25 (about 50 cents) for 12 hours of hard labour. This was revealed in a report by D Bandopadhyay,......

Mamata rejig in industry department too

Sending out positive vibes to investor circle, West Bengal government has effected a top-level reshuffle in the industry department with a new secretary as well as a new managing director of the......

'Salil Chowdhury Could Find A Song Even In A Storm'

'Once when he was on a flight, the plane hit an air-pocket.''The turbulence outside caused it to see-saw violently which caused a lot of panic inside. While his co-passengers were crying and......

The Storyteller Review: Delightful Watch

The Storyteller has a lot to like and admire, recommends Mayur Sanap. The opening frame of The Storyteller, which is Director Ananth Narayan Mahadevan's cinematic adaptation of Satyajit Ray's......

'Till the day I die, I would like to spread joy'

'I cannot stay a moment without cracking jokes.' IMAGE: Paran Bandopadhyay in Bob Biswas. Paran Bandopadhyay is a legend when it comes to Bengali cinema and theatre. Having been in the field of......

Tooth Pari Review: No Twilight Tenderness Here

The series has many flashbacks, detailed and pointless backstories, too much information and needless characters so the unlikely romance is lost underneath the frenzy, observes Deepa Gahlot. A......

Watch Your Favourite Books on OTT!

It's raining book-to-screen adaptations on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma offers you a selection. The Power of the DogWhere to watch? NetflixLanguage: English It's the 1920s and a moody,......