Mitra, the robot, steals the show from NaMo, Ivanka

Ivanka spoke for a good 15 minutes, gracefully, looking straight at her audience, her face wreathed often in winning smiles.She is an articulate, striking, woman who charmed her audience.Vaihayasi......

Bureaucratic rejig at Centre: New secys appointed

Senior Indian Administrative Service officer T V Somanathan was on Friday appointed Expenditure Secretary, the post lying vacant since late October, as part of a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle......

In PIX: WB honours its legends with Banga Vibhushan award

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday presented the Banga Vibhushan awards to 13 luminaries from various fields. The legends who received the Banga Vibhusan - the highest civilian award of......

'Only one leader in TMC, no one else matters'

Against the backdrop of the Lok Sabha results, a much larger scale of desertion was anticipated from the TMC.'It seems, people don't believe that the ship is sinking.'Ishita Ayan Dutt reports.......

Vodafone's branded plan brings post-paid focus

Telecom brands are finally giving post-paid consumers their place in the sun. Forming less than six per cent of the total subscriber base but contributing up to 25 per cent of total revenues,......

'Before Rajiv Gandhi's Murder, No One Knew Suicide Bombers'

'The LTTE were the pioneers of that.' IMAGE: Amit Sial plays D R Karthikeyan, who headed the special investigation team that probed the Rajiv Gandhi assassination, in The Hunt. Nagesh Kukunoor is......

'Europe Loved Aranyer Din Ratri'

'I am glad Aranyer Din Ratri is being shown at Cannes.''The film was better appreciated outside India even when released originally.' IMAGE: Sharmila Tagore and Soumitra Chatterjee in Aranyer Din......

Pather Panchali, the film that made history

August 26, 1955. 65 years ago, Pather Panchali was released.Aseem Chhabra salutes the Masterpiece. IMAGE: Harihar (Kanu Banerjee) returns to his village and ancestral home after having been away......

'War is a real estate business'

'I am against any kind of violence.' IMAGE: A Ukrainian soldier holds a Kalashnikov AK-12 captured from Russian troops in the Kyiv region, March 31, 2022. Photograph: Serhii Nuzhnenko/Reuters......

World Cup Hero Martinez Delights Kolkata

IMAGE: Emiliano Martinez is greeted by Mohun Bagan officials at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose airport in Kolkata, July 3, 2023. Photograph: Mohun Bagan Athletic Club/Twitter Argentina's World......