'All India Radio Is No Underdog'

'The largest listenership for Vividh Bharati outside the country is in Spain.''The labourers who go there for the tomato-picking season feel cut off from their country and listen to Vividh Bharati......

Kolkata doctor's rape: Celebs join overnight sit-in

Participants of a mega rally, including prominent film personalities and rights activists, held a night-long sit-in in Kolkata till 4 am on Monday, demanding justice for a doctor who was......

Willing to lead INDIA bloc if....: Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday expressed dissatisfaction with the functioning of the opposition INDIA bloc, signaling her intent to take charge of the alliance if given the......

Bengal's 3 stage, film icons return state honours over doc's murder

Amid protests by civil society organisations over the rape-murder of a trainee doctor, three prominent stage and film personalities of West Bengal on Tuesday announced returning the honours......

Korean film festival in Kolkata

To commemorate the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between India and the Korean Republic, a festival of contemporary Korean films will start in Kolkata on Thursday.Korean Ambassador to......

The Om Puri You Never Knew

'One is not allowed to smoke on the sets of a Hollywood film even during a break.''When I asked an assistant to suggest some place where I could light a cigarette, he recommended the bad boys'......

'Indira Gandhi Stood Up To The Americans'

'She was brave. She didn't care a hoot. And India was not the strongest of nations as it is now.' IMAGE: Indira Gandhi with Henry Kissinger in Chronicles of the Forgotten Genocide: The Kissinger......

The World Is Applauding Anuparna Roy

'I asked her whether she stood first. 'Yes Baba' was her reply. Her mother was crying in joy.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Anuparna Roy/Instagram Anuparna Roy, who received the Best Director award......

Kolkata marks hockey centenary with India's largest stadium

Beighton Cup to throw open '22,000-seat' hockey stadium in Salt Lake IMAGE: Built at an estimated cost of Rs 20-crore, the state-of-the-art facility located inside the Salt Lake Stadium complex,......

Tendulkar's farewell series: Carnival starts in Kolkata

The 'Sachin Tendulkar Carnival' is all set to hit Kolkata with the CAB, organisers of his penultimate Test match, chalking out an elaborate list of plans to felicitate the legend as he prepares to......

Banned at Wankhede, SRK to watch Tendulkar at Eden Gardens

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, an ardent fan of master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, plans to watch the cricket legend's second last Test innings at Kolkata on Saturday. The actor is banned from......

Maradona's life, in pictures

IMAGE: Diego Maradona holds aloft the World Cup after Argentina's 3-2 victory over West Germany in ther 1986 final. Photograph: Juha Tamminen/Reuters   Diego Armando Maradona, who died on......