Mamata elevates nephew to 2nd most important post in TMC

Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Saturday elevated her nephew and MP Abhishek Banerjee as the party's all-India general secretary, the second-most important post in the organisation, a......

Claim on Nehru, Patel fuels Jaishankar vs Guha-Cong duel

Was Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in Jawaharlal Nehru's initial cabinet list in 1947? That was the hotly debated question on Thursday with external affairs minister S Jaishankar citing a new book to......

2 killed in Karnataka; anti-CAA protests grip India

From Mumbai to Mangaluru and Delhi to Kolkata, simultaneous protests raged in India, defying prohibitory orders to voice dissent against the new citizenship law. IMAGE: Police personnel baton......

How you can build a house yourself

'Where was cement 100 years ago?''Why do we need harmful building materials when we have so much in nature around us?' Geeli Mitti founder Shagun Singh tells Samali Basu Guha.Illustration: Dominic......

USIBC praises Jyoti Basu, Bengal CM

The Left Front government led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in West Bengal got tributes from a very unlikely quarter -- the US-India Business Council, premier American advocacy......

'We are not opposed to foreign investment'

Nilotpal Basu, member of India's Rajya Sabha and chairman, parliamentary standing committee on transport, tourism and culture, was in New York recently to participate in United Nations General......

'You were part of my childhood, Dada'

'These days you are the main inspiration for a lot of young film-makers. They are mimicking your films.' IMAGE: Anil Kapoor and Amrita Singh in Chameli Ki Shaadi. The film fraternity mourned the......

Will POW bring back great story telling to television?

'Nikkhil Advani's POW shows a director's deft touch and is a promising start of a great story, top notch acting talent and a great behind the scenes production team,' notes film director Suparn......

Sharmila Tagore: I was an accidental actress

'I kept telling myself I’d quit after every film. I saw myself in my first Hindi film Kashmir Ki Kali and I didn’t like myself. I said, one more film and I’m done.......

Ranbir, Ileana, Anurag: Barfi! team celebrates Saraswati Puja

Barfi! director Anurag Basu, who holds elaborate Saraswati puja celebrations every year, had several Bollywood stars -- most notably his leading stars from the film -- drop by to offer......

Readers wishes for John Wright

Name:jagdish shah Message:Hi John Many many happy returns of the day Thanks for working indian cricket team Jagdish Name:Hitendra Message:Wish you a very happy birthday. I hope that you will guide......

Readers wishes for John Wright

Name:jagdish shah Message:Hi John Many many happy returns of the day Thanks for working indian cricket team Jagdish Name:Hitendra Message:Wish you a very happy birthday. I hope that you will guide......