'We underestimated the virus'

'By the time actual action began, it was already too late.''The virus was raging.' IMAGE: Inayat Ali offers prayers after performing the last rites of a person in Jabalpur, May 13, 2021.Inayat......

WB: BJP team stopped from shifting party workers' bodies

Security forces on Sunday stopped Bharatiya Janata Party leaders in Basirhat while they were taking the remains of the deceased workers to the party office following which they started......

Guvs to get allowances for tour, hospitality, entertainment

According to a notification issued by the Union home ministry, the Governor of West Bengal, among all the Governors, will get the highest amount of Rs 1.81 crore as allowances for tour,......

Nitish expands Cabinet, inducts 27 ministers including 13 from NDA

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday expanded his Cabinet by inducting 27 new ministers from his Janata Dal-United and the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance. The new......

Raina-Malik camaraderie in full view during net session

IMAGE: India’s Suresh Raina (Right) and Pakistan’s Shoaib Malik seen hugging each other during the training sessions of both the teams in Kolkata on Thursday. Photograph: PTI. They......

10 sportsmen called to the Elysian fields early

New Zealand rugby union great Jonah Lomu died, aged 40, in Wellington on Wednesday. Lomu, who scored 37 tries in 63 matches for New Zealand between 1994 and 2002, had been diagnosed with a rare......

Kolkata Knight Riders gives Keshri's family Rs 20 lakh

(From left to right): KKR CEO Venky Mysore, Sourav Ganguly, KKR co-owner Jay Mehta, KKR captain Gautam Gambhir, a Cricket Association of Bengal official along with Ankit Keshri's father Rajkumar.......

Tendulkar, Dravid, Ganguly to select India's new coach

Rahul Dravid (left) with Sachin Tendulkar. Photograph: BCCI Former stalwarts Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid will be part of the Committee which will appoint Indian cricket......

KKR names Keshri as 16th member; to give his family Rs 10 lakh

Champions Kolkata Knight Riders paid tribute to deceased cricketer Ankit Keshri by naming him as the 16th member of their side for their rain-hit Indian Premier League match against Rajasthan......