Rituparna Sengupta talks about her latest role in Bum Bum Bole and her grouse with the way her films are being handled.
Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors is not a great show, but an efficient one, notes Sreehari Nair.
The death of 10 soldiers earlier this year in an avalanche in the critical Sonam post, located close to the Line of Control with Pakistan, was due to global warming.
With Latin and ballroom dancing becoming more popular among urban Indians, they are moving to more serious business in place of just being an entertainment. Talented young professionals and choreographers are catering to this massive sway, ushering in a new dance culture, observes Jayalakshmi Sengupta.
Designer Amalraj Sengupta opened Day Three of Lakme Fashion Week with his collection De-Code. Inspired by the movie Transformers, the garments offered were all 100 percent linen and multipurpose -- they can be transformed into accessories and can also be worn in a variety of different ways. Take a look.
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With private consumption growing 3.6 per cent versus 18.1 per cent for government in April-September 2009, and investment growth falling to around half, any decision on phasing out has to be taken carefully.
Social entrepreneur Rustam Sengupta of Boond, a not-for-profit organisation, recounts why he quit a multi-million rupee job with an MNC bank in Singapore to come back to India to provide clean drinking water and electricity to the poor.
A look at the launch pictures.
Masaba, daughter of actress Neena Gupta and West Indies cricketing legend Sir Vivian Richards made her ramp debut for the Gen Next Show on Day Two of Lakme Fashion Week. Here's a glimpse of the collection.
Rajul Hegde caught up with a host of TV stars and got them to share their special memories and plans for Raksha Bandhan tomorrow.
If romantic melodramas are your cup of tea, this film is perfect for you.
The 'Marriage-n-Vogue' fashion show held in Kolkata earlier this month saw a number of Indian designers showcase bold bridal trends for 2009. Take a look.
The film will be shot in Punjab and is likely to release early next year.
Coal India, which is likely to hit the capital markets in October, "will be in the list of Fortune 500 the day it is listed on the stock exchange," the head of a government panel on public sector units said on Monday.
There have been many films made on rape and sexual violence. Most of them hope that depiction of violence will help to titillate the audience. Mittal Vs Mittal also sets out with this objective but the audience is more likely to get repulsed than titillated.
The director turns actor in Just Another Love Story where he plays the role of a gay director working on a documentary on the life of veteran theatre actor Chapal Bhaduri.
The film flaunts Bindu as some sort of a free-spirited bohemian when she's really this unlikable, untrustworthy, selfish, vain, flighty opportunist sweet-talking Abhimanyu into catering to her needs all the time, feels Sukanya Verma.
Bengali heartthrob Jisshu Sengupta lands a meaty role in Shoojit Sircar's Piku.
List cuts across range of former cricketers to actresses, even a working IPS officer, says Digbijay Mishra.
Find out what India's top designers have to say about Brahmani Reddy's much-hyped wedding sari.
A cabinet note for setting up a fund, with initial corpus of Rs 1,000 crore (Rs 10 billion), to provide credit to businesses in the unorganised sector has been prepared, a senior government official said.
Here are a few off ramp style mantras from the beautiful people who attended the Day 4 of the lakme Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2016.
A number of cities, including Chennai, are water-scarce.
A large number of emotionally vulnerable women fall prey to manipulative relationships every day, perpetuating feelings of loss and a further erosion of self-esteem at the end of the game they thought was 'love'. Jayalakshmi Sengupta reports.
Randeep Hooda's new film is an unfunny comedy.
Make way for trendy, glam outfits this Diwali.
The film stars Rituparna Sengupta, who attended the film's premiere in the US recently.
Get Ahead reader Sarbani Sengupta tells us what she thinks of dessert chain Mad Over Donuts.
For alpha males -- highly aggressive men who are usually at the helm of affairs -- life is not a picnic. Deeper issues invariably plague most, which they are unable to cope with. Jayalakshmi Sengupta probes their psyche and disposition.
Check out these hottest Indian men -- who looked sexy in a suit -- at the GQ Best Dressed Men 2016 event.
The beautiful people and their hot styles from the Lakme Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2016
Three yummy, quick-fix recipes for your office lunch.
There has been 31 per cent liquidity expansion of banks from Rs 34,67,098 crore (Rs 34,670.98 billion) in March 2007 to Rs 45,28,277 crore (Rs 45,282.77 billion) in November 2008 following the RBI's steps to tackle the crisis.
Fever may be a thriller but it does not have any edge-of-the-seat moments, feels Tista Sengupta.
Kolkata girl Sinjini Sengupta, who was reportedly 'paralysed' after being rebuked by the judges of a reality TV show, is suffering from Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis.The teenager's family had claimed that she was unable to speak and was paralysed after the judges harshly criticised her performance in a reality show. Medical experts say that ADEM, which is characterised by a brief attack of inflammation in the brain and the spinal cord, is caused by viral infection.
"This money will be used for the revival and modernisation of the PSUs," BRPSE Chairman Nitish Sengupta said. He said instead of providing budgetary support, the option of land sale could be considered for the revival of units in some cases. Elgin Mills in Kanpur, Kolkata-based National Jute Mills, National Textiles Corporation and HMT are among those which have been permitted to sell their surplus lands.
A human rights group on Wednesday moved the Hyderabad High Court on the killing of 20 people by Andhra Pradesh police in Tirupati forests saying it was "murder and not an encounter" even as the HC asked the state police chief to file a report by April 10 on steps taken for autopsies of the bodies.