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2 officials die, another paralysed amid claims of 'SIR pressure'

A series of deaths and health-related incidents involving staff deployed for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in multiple states has triggered alarm, even as West Bengal......

TMC MP files counter FIR against Bengal Governor

The face-off between Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee and West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose intensified further on Wednesday after the politician lodged a counter-complaint against the......

Mamata govt transfers over 500 bureaucrats amid electoral roll revision

The West Bengal government on Monday announced the transfer of over 500 bureaucrats amid the rollout of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in the state. IMAGE: West Bengal Chief......

Mamata slams DVC for ploy to flood Bengal during Durga Puja

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday accused the Damodar Valley Corporation of releasing water "recklessly and without prior intimation" to the state government, and slammed the......

Downpour triggers 35 landslides in Darjeeling, 23 killed

At least 23 people, including children, were killed as relentless rain triggered one of the worst landslides in a decade in Darjeeling hills and adjoining areas on Sunday, sweeping away homes,......

8 Of India's Oldest Companies

Which were India's first companies that still exist today? Many trace their origins to over a century back. These venerable organisations are business entities. But they chronicle the beginnings of......

Flipkart, Amazon Stack Up Space For Festival Rush

Festive sales are expected to surge 27 per cent to cross Rs 120,000 crore in 2025, driving Amazon and Flipkart to expand warehousing capacity by millions of cubic feet and extend delivery networks......

Singur saga: How Tata's Nano exit reshaped Bengal's political, industrial landscape

On the eve of Durga Puja in October 2008, industrialist Ratan Tata announced that Tata Motors would withdraw from the nearly completed Nano car plant in Singur, attributing the decision to Mamata......

Tata Hitachi reaps rich harvest, from field to factory

It was the summer of 2006 (May 18). Writers’ Building, then the state secretariat, was buzzing with journalists. The event marked the start of Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s second term as......

Divestment panel moots sale of Hooghly Docks

The divestment commission on Friday recommended privatisation of Hooghly Dock and Ports by inducting a strategic partner after obtaining statutory clearances.In its 17th report submitted to......

'Cinema's Greatest Challenge Is Reels'

'I don't know how long cinema will survive.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Goutam Ghose Goutam Ghose is one of India's most celebrated contemporary film-makers. He has bagged multiple National Film......

Rain disrupts KKR, RCB nets ahead of IPL opener

IMAGE: KKR and RCB's players during their training session at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Friday. Photograph: ANI A steady drizzle in the evening brought premature end to evening practice sessions......

Titas Sadhu: The net bowler from Hooghly now Asiad champion

IMAGE: Pace bowler Titas Sadhu's figures of 3 for 6 helped India crush Sri Lanka to win the Asian Games gold medal on Monday. Photograph: BCCI/X Titas Sadhu must believe in pleasant coincidences.......

IPL 2025: Cricket carnival returns as KKR face RCB in opener

New rules, new captains, but same excitement as two months of cricket extravaganza kicks off in Kolkata. IMAGE: Captains of the IPL franchises at a photo-op with the IPL Trophy. Photograph: Kind......

Every save I made in Olympics was for team and country: Sreejesh

IMAGE: Former India hockey goalkeeper P R Sreejesh. Photograph: Hockey India Retired hockey legend PR Sreejesh manned the Indian goal like a wall and made some crucial saves during the country's......

World Cup 2023: The Venues

Ten iconic venues across India will play host to the 13th edition of the Cricket World Cup, starting in Ahmedabad from October 5.From Dharamshala to Bangalore, millions of fans are all geared up to......