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Narada case: WB guv okays prosecution of top TMC leaders

Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, on a request by the Central Bureau of Investigation, sanctioned the prosecution of Firhad Hakim, Subrata Mukherjee, Madan Mitra and Sovan Chatterjee, all of them......

West Bengal: Is the Left on its deathbed?

The combined Left parties drew a blank in the polls to the assembly which they had run with an overwhelming majority for 34 long years, with their vote share dwindling to a mere 5.47 per cent in......

Calcutta HC seeks report on post-poll violence in Bengal

Taking a serious view of violence after the assembly poll results in West Bengal, the Calcutta high court on Friday ordered the state home secretary to file a report mentioning the places where the......

How Prashant Kishor helped to revive Mamata's fortunes

Barring occasional interviews with the news media, he works rather quietly in his election war room or is seated obscurely among throngs of party workers and leaders listening intently to them.......

Which Covid victims does Modi mourn for?

Modi did not consider these deaths important enough to express regrets.Will these lives continue to count for nothing? asks Jyoti Punwani. IMAGE: Relatives carry a COVID-19 positive patient on......

How Xiaomi passed the Covid lockdown test

'One out of three phones sold in India is a Xiaomi phone,' Mi India MD Manu Jain tells Peerzada Abrar. IMAGE: Manu Jain, vice-president, Xiaomi and managing director, Mi India. All photographs:......

Managing Internet tech change wisely

Ajit Balakrishnan on learning from past technology revolutions. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The media, the world over, is flooded with stories about how Internet companies are......

With Air India will Pawan Ruia prove to be India's 'turnaround tycoon'?

Pawan Ruia’s Air India bid is another example of faith in his own abilities. Ishita Ayan Dutt reports. Pawan Ruia has finally done it, a beaming Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, then West Bengal......

How AgNext will make Farmers Money

'Our technology is going to help Indian agriculture the way the White Revolution helped milk production.' IMAGE: AgNext founder Taranjeet Singh Bhamra. Photograph: Kind courtesy Taranjeet Singh......

Srikant Datar, 2nd Indian to be named Dean of Harvard Business School

Eminent Indian-origin academician Srikant Datar has been named as Dean of Harvard Business School, succeeding Nitin Nohria and becoming the second consecutive dean hailing from India to lead the......

'Music directors never tried to find out my worth'

'If a hero wanted Mr Rafi to sing for him, naturally it had to be him.''Then if it was Dilip Kumar, who is a soft-spoken man, he naturally wanted Talat Mehmood.''Now you tell me, where did I stand......

When Rafi sang for Hanuman, Manna for Ravan...

'Rafi was singing for Hanuman and I was singing for Ravan.''C Ramachandra corrected Rafisaab and he became red in the face.''I asked Anna (Ramachandra), "How could you do this?"''He replied, "How......

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......

The BEST of my father, Satyajit Ray

Satyajit Ray would have been a hundred years old on May 2. To mark the legendary film-maker's birth centenary, Rediff.com brings you a treasure trove of features from our archives. 'I don't need......

12 Films When The Lovers Eloped

A fun excerpt from Diptakirti Chaudhuri's Bollygeek: The Crazy Trivia Guide to Bollywood. IMAGE: Kajol and Shah Rukh Khan in Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham. Q. What is eloping? A. It is the act......

Harsha Bhogle: My Hero, Sunil Gavaskar

We have all had heroes. We have all wanted to be someone else.But there was nobody I wanted to be more than I wanted to be Sunil Gavaskar, notes Harsha Bhogle.Continuing our series celebrating 50......

'The broadest bat in the world'

K N Prabhu, the doyen of cricket writers, salutes Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, who appeared for the first time in Test cricket 50 years ago today, March 6, 1971. IMAGE: Sunil Gavskar flicks to leg......

When luck favoured Viv in India

IMAGE: Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards, a true batting legend. Photograph: Viv Richards/Twitter 'I remember the first time we played, we played in Bangalore, and I never forget this... just......

Veteran commentator Bhimani who called tied Test dies

IMAGE: Kishore Bhimani was commentating when Sunil Gavaskar became the first player to reach 10,000 runs in Test cricket, during the drawn match against Pakistan in Ahmedabad in 1987. Photograph:......

How Dada began playing cricket

IMAGE: Sourav Ganguly in a candid interview with Neha Dhupia. Photograph: Kind courtesy Jiosaavn.com "My father was desperate that I played the game. So, to get away from those big piles of books,......

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'Posta, Burrabazar have enough stock, more to come in'

There was enough stock of essential goods and edibles for the next few days and more consignments were on their way, assured traders at the... ...

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Bengal CM’s brother dies of Covid

Ashim Banerjee, 62, the younger brother of chief minister Mamata Banerjee, died on Saturday due to Covid-related complications. ...

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/bengal-cms-brother-dies-of-covid/articleshow/82667831.cms

Commute worry for 2nd dose recipients

As soon as chief secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay announced the fresh restriction dates on Saturday afternoon, the instant question on everybody’s... ...

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/commute-worry-for-2nd-dose-recipients/articleshow/82674949.cms

Stricter Disaster Management sections to ensure compliance

Kolkata and Bidhannagar police worked through Saturday night to set up barricades and guard rails on intersections, including para roads, to ensure... ...

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/stricter-dm-act-sections-to-ensure-compliance/articleshow/82666056.cms

Decision to keep banks open comes as a relief

For people like Sujit Kundu, a senior finance executive working in a firm, and Partha Roy, a businessman from Northern Avenue, the news that bank... ...

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/decision-to-keep-banks-open-comes-as-a-relief/articleshow/82667202.cms