BJP, Cong leaders stopped from going to Sandeshkhali

Senior leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress were stopped by police on Friday from visiting the trouble-torn Sandeshkhali, escalating the political tensions in the state as the......

TMC's Sandeshkhali strongman Shahjahan Sheikh arrested after 55 days

Trinamool Congress strongman Shajahan Sheikh, accused of sexual abuse and land grabbing in Sandeshkhali, was arrested in the early hours of Thursday after being on the run for 55 days that......

No one is taking action on hate speech despite our orders, says SC

The Supreme Court on Thursday lamented that nobody was taking action against hate speeches despite its orders, and observed that the top court will be left "embarrassed again and again" if it is......

Netaji... a leader we'll never forget

Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com recalls the many ways in which he has been influenced by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. We lived in a completely isolated defence township in Ozar, Nashik. It was the 1960s and......

M&A activity in slow lane, deal value down 43%

Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in India have moved into the slow lane, dropping 43 per cent in terms of deal value to touch $13.37 billion since January this year to date, compared to the same......

Hindustan Motors plots a comeback; talks on for JV with European co for EVs

The country’s first ever carmaker, Hindustan Motors, is looking at a second coming. Kindly note the image has only been published for representational purposes. Photograph:......

Ambassador pulls Hindustan Motors back from the brink

The 14th-floor office of Hindustan Motors at Birla Building in Kolkata wears a deserted look. Save a handful of staff and security guards, the place is an empty shell. But for the company......

Singur imbroglio: Vendors to follow Tata's trail

Vendors are ready to pull out of Singur and follow Tata Motors, said some of them, a day after Ratan Tata threatened to do so. Of the 55 ancillary units, around 30 have started construction at......

'Byomkesh Bakshy is too honest to exist today'

'The problem of 2015 is not who did it but how we should punish the guy who did it. The judicial system in our country is hugely inadequate.' Dibakar Banerjee talks about his new film Detective......