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TMC's Subrata Mukherjee no more, 'big blow' says Mamata

Senior Trinamool Congress leader Subrata Mukherjee died while being treated for cardiac ailments at a state-run hospital in Kolkata on Thursday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said.......

How several attacks, injuries shaped Mamata's political career

The Trinamool Congress supremo's image as a fearless fighter, endowed with nerves of steel and political acumen who can become one with legions of her supporters, took shape after one such deadly......

Saffron surge stuns TMC on Mamata's home turf

Bengal witnessed a saffron surge on Thursday as the Bharatiya Janata Party inflicted a deadly blow to state's ruling Trinamool Congress by winning 18 of the 42 Lok Sabha seats in the state.......

Congress leader Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi dies after 9 years in coma

Former Union minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, once a key Congress leader from West Bengal, passed away in New Delhi on Monday after a prolonged illness. He was 72. Dasmunsi, who had been in a coma......

Congress paves way for Rahul's elevation as party chief in Dec

Party sources said Rahul is likely to be the sole candidate in the fray and is "deemed to be the next party chief” on December 5 The Congress Working Committee on Monday approved the......

In Kolkata, underwater rail for soccer fans!

Kolkata, the first Indian city to get a metro railway network, will set another precedent by having an underwater rail connection. The Union cabinet on Thursday approved the much-awaited extension......

CPSE: Govt nods merger of IDA with basic pay

Government on Wednesday decided to merge 50 per cent industrial dearness allowance with the basic pay of employees of profit-making central public sector enterprises, raising their allowances and......

Tax sops for entertainment sector soon

The government will soon announce a slew of tax incentives for infrastructure and technological upgrade in the TV and entertainment sector. Speaking at an Assocham seminar of the entertainment......

Pvt sector can't build N-reactors, for now

The issue of allowing the private sector to participate in nuclear power generation independently of the government has been put on the backburner with the Centre withdrawing a minor amendment to......

TV on mobile phones from today

Watching TV on mobile phones became a reality from Wednesday. The new era in television started with the Doordarshan services becoming available on phone sets based on a new technology called......

Should AXN have been banned?

If you've been wondering what happened to the AXN channel on your television, well, it has been banned. And you can blame the Union government for it. The channel has gone off air thanks to promos......

Terror alert for IFFI in Goa

Security has been tightened in Goa for the International Film Festival of India that begins Thursday, following 'specific intelligence.' 'Specific intelligence indicates that Goa could be next......

Da Vinci on hold for another day

Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting, watched the controversial film, The Da Vinci Code, at Mahadev Auditorium in New Delhi on Wednesday evening.Speaking to......

AIFF Elections: Bhutia, CoA favours reforms; Patel not interest in holding post

IMAGE: Praful Patel, a former union minister, served as acting president for one year after long-time head Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi became ill. Photograph: ANI Former Indian skipper Baichung......

AIFF chief Praful Patel shown the door by apex court

The SC named a Committee of Administrators (CoA), headed by Justice (retd) AR Dave, with SY Qureshi, former Chief Election Commissioner, and Bhaskar Ganguly, former captain of the Indian football......

Indian football mourns former AIFF chief Dasmunsi's death

The Indian football fraternity, on Monday, mourned the death of former AIFF President Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, who served in the position for nearly two decades. The 72-year-old, also an eminent......

Of Brazil and memories of another Cup

A young school boy is enraptured by tales of Brazilian soccer magic told by a classmate and falls in love with the joga bonito -- the beautiful game and the men in yellow. M P Anil Kumar travels......

Real Madrid keen to visit India

Raul, Fabio Cannavaro, Ruud van Nistelrooy and fellow Galacticos descendingin Indiato weave magic on carpet does not sound daydreaming anymore with Real Madrid President Ramon Calderon Ramos......

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