India's first transgender college principal resigns

India's first transgender college principal Manabi Bandopadhyay has submitted her resignation after about one-and-a-half years in office, expressing frustration at "non-cooperation" of a section of......

Sporadic violence during third phase WB panchayat polls

Two persons were killed, while the body of a teenager was fished out from a pond, as stray incidents of violence, booth jamming and rigging were reported during the third phase of the panchayat......

Our intellectuals are in a state of denial

After 800 odd years of Islamic and British rule, the Indian elite and intellectuals are copybook examples of the Fanon phenomenon: Living, breathing purveyors of a sordid ideology, says Jay......

By-election polls passes off peacefully in Haryana, K'taka, Benga

About 70 per cent of the electorate cast their ballot in Bellary (rural) bypoll in Karnataka where the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party is locked in a bitter contest with its former leader B......

Volvo raises vehicle prices by 3-4%

Volvo Trucks Indiasaid on Wednesday it has increased prices of its vehicles by 3-4 per cent starting this year on account of rising input costs. "Prices have gone up on account of high input costs......

Smoother ride for vehicles as economy recovers

Reflecting signs of recovery in economy, the commercial vehicles segment is slowly driving towards growth path once again, riding on demand mainly from the infrastructure sector. According to......

Worst seems to have passed for CV makers

Sales of commercial vehicles, which were on a decline for over a year, are showing signs of a recovery. Two out of the three CV makers reported an increase in sales last month. Tata Motors, the......

Auto sales drop by 7.5% in Jan

Automobile sales in January dropped 7.45 per cent, compared to the same month in 2008. Despite the decline, it is the first indication that the fall in sales, which occurred between......

I do not expect loyalty: Dalmiya

Denying any involvement in leaking Indian coach Greg Chappell's controversial e-mail last September, Cricket Association of Bengal president Jagmohan Dalmiya on Friday sarcastically dismissed......