'TMC intolerance no match for BJP vindictiveness'

'The BJP's modus operandi is not just to be intolerant of dissent, it is to create mistrust and doubt between communities and the electoral process itself.'Payal Singh Mohanka reports. IMAGE:......

The Fault in Mamata Banerjee's Stars

'Bengal will win Bollywood one day and the world of entertainment will come over here,' Mamata Banerjee declared in Kolkata on Tuesday, July 24.'Mamata's fascination with stars is so deep-rooted......

Political pundits in for surprise as alliances shift in West Bengal

As electoral sails shift in the dynamic political winds of West Bengal, two factors may still change the electoral equations are how the BJP fares this time and how Muslims are going to vote.......

How the BJP is quietly penetrating Bengal

The BJP doesn't want to focus entirely on an anti-Mamata campaign.Ishita Ayan Dutt reports. IMAGE: BJP supporters in Kolkata. Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters   Bengal woke up to shock......

Dhanteras brings back glitter; gold sales set to touch pre-COVID levels

Regaining the lost sheen, sales of gold jewellery and coins are set to touch pre-COVID levels in volume terms on the auspicious Dhanteras as easing pandemic concerns and pent up demand saw......

Why economists are against deferring fiscal goals

According to the fiscal consolidation road map outlined in Budget 2015-16, the fiscal deficit road map was deferred by a year, compared with a road map laid by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's......

Gorkha agitation threatens Darjeeling's tea business

Darjeeling is on the boil over the demand for a separate Gorkhaland state. June and July are bad months to have a strike.Tea picking during its most valuable season has been affected.Those......

At $277 million, Bangladesh is India's biggest two-wheeler export market

Indian two-wheeler majors Hero MotoCorp and Bajaj Auto are the biggest beneficiaries of this surge and, between the two, they are estimated to control about half of the local market there A......

How India wants to promote football after PM Modi's complaint

India will launch a programme to engage more than 11 million children in football-related activities. IMAGE: Former football coach of India Wim Koevermans (left) with an Indian kid. Photograph:......