Among all Joshi's other portfolios -- he is also minister for coal and mines -- it is parliamentary affairs that is politically the most crucial. But to make a success of his job, he may have......
'Mamata has used minorities only as her vote bank.''In her entire election campaign Mamata did not utter a single sentence against the RSS.' IMAGE: A Trinamool Congress leader seeks West Bengal......
Confined to their rooms and small houses, they are reminded of the time when they were subjected to physical and sexual torture, note Roop Sen and Uma Chatterjee.Illustration: Dominic......
BJP chief Amit Shah had set a target of winning 22 Lok Sabha seats out of 42 seats in West Bengal. IMAGE: BJP president Amit Shah during a public meeting in Rajasthan. Photograph: PTI Photo With......
AMU has once again been pulled into a crossfire of crass political opportunism.In these post-truth times, that the university also had political stirrings not subscribing to the Muslim League is......
From installing water-saving aerators on taps to using cans for washing hands and dishes, Bengaluru is adopting diverse strategies to tide over the water crisis. Photograph: ANI Photo While......
The National Democratic Alliance government is weeding out independent directors on the boards of public-sector undertakings (PSUs). At least nine independent directors of PSUs, including Indian......
After sacking four independent directors of IOC, the Narendra Modi-government is now seeking to remove nine similar Congress-appointees from the board of ONGC, HPCL and MRPL. The National......
Over the past 18 months, the Global IIT Alumni Conference chair Suresh Shenoy and his core group of lieutenants, comprising the likes of Hiten Ghosh, Ashok Siddhanti, Sushma Shenoy, Santanu......
In a marginal relief to middle class, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday exempted income up to Rs 111,250 from tax, sacrificing Rs 300 crore, and deferred till April one next year the......
IMAGE: Aishwarya Rai in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Devdas. As cinema lovers celebrate Satyajit Ray's birth centenary on May 2, one of his die-hard fans in Bollywood -- Sanjay Leela Bhansali -- is......
Unpaused, with some fine performances and meaningful stories, will definitely warm your hearts, notes Namrata Thakker. Ever since India went into lockdown in March, Web shows have been made around......
How many of the 319 films Aseem Chhabra watched in 2018 have you seen? IMAGE: Deepika Padukone in Padmaavat. I watch many films in a year -- for work and pleasure, and I keep a record of them. In......
Satyajit Ray would have been 97 today, May 2.Soumendu Roy, who worked with the legendary director for many years, looks back on the Genius that was Manikda, as the Master was known to family,......
One of India's top filmmakers Satyajit Raj would have been 95 on May 2. We celebrate him by re-publishing a special series of articles through the week. On May 12, Satyajit Ray's first film,......