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'Stop me if you can': Abhishek Banerjee to skip ED summons

Senior Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee on Friday said he will participate in the party's protest programme in New Delhi on October 3, a day after he was summoned by the Enforcement......

ED summons Abhishek Banerjee again on October 3, day of TMC rally

The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday summoned senior Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee again on October 3 for questioning in connection with the school jobs scam in Kolkata, which the......

BJP, Cong leaders share stage in protest against TMC

Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Suvendu Adhikari and Congress leader Kaustav Bagchi on Wednesday participated in a protest rally of aspiring candidates for school jobs in West Bengal, triggering......

Rajdhani, Vande Bharat among many trains cancelled due to Kurmi stir

Several trains under the purview of SER and ECoR were cancelled or diverted on Wednesday, including the premium Rajdhani Express and Vande Bharat Express, owing to the blockade by members of the......

Report says dead JU student may have been sexually abused during ragging

The inquiry committee formed by Jadavpur University to probe into the circumstances leading to the death of a fresher has concluded that the victim was singled out for severe pre-planned ragging,......

Housing sales up 36% in Q2 in top 7 cities

Housing sales rose 36 per cent year-on-year to a record 120,280 units across seven major cities during the July-September period on robust demand amid stable mortgage rate, according to Anarock.......

Capex by central public sector enterprises at 42% of FY24 target

Capital expenditure (capex) by 54 large central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) and five departmental arms with an annual capex target of Rs 100 crore and above has reached around 42.5 per cent......

'There is not a major worry on the price front'

'I believe that as we produce more, our cost will come down further. We will maintain our competitiveness.' IMAGE: A labourer unloads cement sacks from the wagon of a train at a yard in Kolkata.......

Govt losing revenue due to GST: Bibek Debroy

Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) chairman Bibek Debroy on Tuesday said the government was losing revenue due to the GST, which should be revenue neutral with a single rate.......

'A genuinely kind man who, despite his stardom, approaches life as an artist first'

'We bonded over the fact that we are both from Delhi and he spent a lot of his childhood in the same neighbourhood as me.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Sanjeeta Bhattacharya Indie singer Sanjeeta......

Kaala Review: Muddled Mess

The harum-scarum-ness of Kaala is astounding, exclaims Deepa Gahlot. There have been at least two recent Web shows that made money trails interesting: Scam 1992 and Scam 2003. Bejoy Nambiar picks......

Looking At Varun's 'Happy Place'

Aahana-Karisma make new friends... Divya takes a taxi ride... Nia goes bungee-jumping... Photograph: Kind courtesy Varun Dhawan/Instagram Varun Dhawan finds his 'happy place' in the Maldives.......

'I am an Asha Bhosle discovery'

'Asha atya remains down-to-earth and frank.''If she likes something, she will tell you to your face.''Ditto, if she doesn't.''She is full of life and energy, I have never seen her brood.' IMAGE:......

'Eddie Murphy was approached for Sanjay Dutt's role'

'The title of Khalnayak was Be Negative then.''I had started working on the screenplay with Hollywood writers.''And then after three-four months...' IMAGE: Subhash Ghai with Ramya Krishnan and......

World Cup 2023: Schedule

IMAGE: Can Rohit Sharma, centre, Virat Kohli, right, and Jasprit Bumrah, left, bring the World Cup to India just as Mahendra Singh Dhoni's team did in 2011 when the tournament was last played in......

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......

World Cup: Toilets at main nets being built overnight: HCA races against time

IMAGE: With Pakistan’s World Cup warm-up match just two days away, HCA is racing against time to get the stadium ready for the ODI World Cup. Photograph: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters A toilet......

Equestrian gold comes after sacrifices and an arduous journey

'It was not easy. I did not have the normal life of a teenager because I have been busy training with my horses. But it is all worth now. During Diwali and Holi, I was alone. The motivation was the......

Asian Games: Historic GOLD for Indian equestrian team

IMAGE: The Indian equestrian team ended a long wait to pick up gold in the Dressage Team Event. Photograph: SAI Media/X India's dressage team cantered to its first ever Asian Games gold and......

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