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Bengal SIR redraws voter map with over 58 lakh deletions

The Election Commission on Tuesday published West Bengal's draft electoral rolls following SIR, deleting the names of more than 58 lakh voters on various grounds, including death and migration, and......

Bangladesh: What Next?

One year after Sheikh Hasina's 15-year rule ended in Bangladesh, hopes for real democracy are fading. What began as a student protest over job quotas grew into a nationwide uprising that forced......

Mamata Ready To Take On BJP For 2026

The TMC-led West Bengal government has already started laying the groundwork for the election, setting the tone with the recent Bengal Global Business Summit and the state Budget. IMAGE: West......

Medic murder: Junior docs continue sit-in outside health office amid rain

Agitating junior doctors in West Bengal on Sunday said they remain steadfast in their resolve to pursue justice for the medic raped and murdered at the RG Kar hospital, a day after another attempt......

Stand-off continues as docs leave from Mamata's house in tears

The proposed talks to resolve the impasse between agitating junior doctors and the West Bengal government over the RG Kar issue fell through on Saturday after protestors, who had agreed to join the......

GoM nods govt's proposal of two-slab GST of 5, 18%

The GoM of state ministers on GST rate rationalisation on Thursday accepted the Centre's proposal to move to a two-slab structure of 5 and 18 per cent. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff Bihar......

'US Is An Important Market For Us'

Businesses are testing new markets, tapping into domestic demand, and pushing the government for relief. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff The 50 per cent tariff on Indian exports to the US has......

Budget 2025: What states want from Sitharaman

Finance ministers of states demanded an increase in allocation under 50-year interest-free loan scheme, while fiscally stressed states like Punjab and Kerala pitched for a special package and......

Textile industry joins hands with ILO

With cotton still figuring in the list of commodities that are produced using practices such as child labour, the Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) has entered into an understanding......

GST rates on host of goods rejigged

Term life insurance policies, and senior citizens' health insurance premium are likely to be exempted from GST as most members of a state ministerial panel favoured cutting taxes to benefit the......

Spotted: Manisha Koirala at Yale University

Reader Chandrima Musib and her friends Piyali and Sarmistha met Manisha Koirala at a film screening at the Yale University, Connecticut. In the picture: Manisha Koirala with Piyali, Sarmistha and...

The Curious Case of Jaya Sawant

Chandrima Pal discusses why Rakhi Sawant's mum was evicted from the house of horrors. Most of us had not heard of Jaya Sawant when she walked up to Amitabh Bachchan last week, on the sets of Bigg......

What makes Tamasha oddly beautiful

'Tamasha, in my mind, was so close to the idea Imtiaz Ali had planted in our heads that evening.' 'The idea of embracing the unknown, sans baggage, of oddities adding that spark to our lives, and......

Bengal T20: Writtick, Arjun star in Malda's stunning victory

IMAGE: Sobisco Smashers Malda's Arjun Bhardwaj hit a half-century in their win against Harbour Diamonds in the Bengal Pro T20 League Season 2 in Kolkata on Sunday. Photograph: Kind courtesy......