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SC directs public display of voter discrepancies in Bengal

Observing that the Special Intensive Revision process in West Bengal should be transparent and not cause inconvenience, the Supreme Court directed the Election Commission (EC) on Monday to display......

Mamata links man's suicide to NRC terror, blames BJP

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee charged the Bharatiya Janata Party with spreading fear over the National Register of Citizens on Tuesday, hours after the alleged suicide of a man near......

Why Jarange Patil Wants OBC Status For Marathas

'These Marathas are farmers and they only do farming. They have no other business other than farming.''Now, they want reservations because farming is no longer a profitable business.' IMAGE:......

Mamata slams Delhi Police over 'Bangladeshi language' letter

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamta Banerjee on Sunday lashed out at the Delhi Police for referring to the Bengali language as 'Bangladeshi national language' in a......

'Those Resisting Mughals Should Never Be Forgotten'

'Whenever present-day politics do get involved, history sinks to the level of a morality play, with advocates for this or that cause seeking to praise their heroes or condemn their villains.'......

Of archaic I-T laws and charity

Bill Gates and Warren Buffet are now household names all over the world, not only for what they have achieved in their professions but also for the generous donations they have made for charities.......

'The Modi government has given farmers freedom'

'The farm bills will not bring in corporate zamindari.' IMAGE: Farmers in Bengaluru protest against the Farmers Bill 2020 passed by Parliament, September 21, 2020. Photograph: Shashidhar......

E-commerce in India: To be or not to be

Ajit Balakrishnan offers a thinking man's guide to e-commerce controversies.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com If you have been befuddled by news headlines which alternately feature the......

Welcome to India's biggest junkyard mela

Images from the Bhanga Mela, India's only e-waste market.Text and photographs: Abhiroop Dey Sarkar For centuries Mandir bazaar, a nondescript locality about 80 kilometres south of Kolkata, has been......

Rescuing a threatened species -- the Manager

In leading companies in Information Age industries, the word "manager" is taking on a pejorative meaning -- something like "zamindar" -- a man who lived off other people's work and did no work......

Dharmendra's Top 10 Action Movies

Dharmendra got his He Man image with Phool Aur Patthar, which was so strong that he never managed to fully shrug it off. Being tall, well-built and fit also made him more convincing in action......

Guess The Price Of Mogambo's Costume?

'Amrishji had a fascination for the colour red and wanted it in every movie costume of his.' IMAGE: Amrish Puri as Mogambo in Mr India. Madhav Agasti has designed outfits for about 400 movies in......

'My Father Bimal Roy's Time Has Come'

'When you are a pioneer and someone who's put on a pedestal, but then the pedestal gets dusty, people don't look at the statue anymore.''They would say, 'Yes, yes, of course I know Bimal Roy. He......

Pather Panchali@70: Beautiful, Broken People

Seventy years after Pather Panchali released on August 26, 1955, we finally get it.Shuttling between the village of Boral and a studio in Calcutta, caught between worrying about the next purse of......

Loot Kaand Review: Bland

Loot Kaand tries to concoct a crime drama that arouses some curiosity but is instantly forgettable, observes Deepa Gahlot. In 1995, the arms drop in Purulia had caused quite a sensation. The man,......