BJP names 88 candidates for Assam polls, drops 18 sitting MLAsThe ruling BJP has announced its candidates for the upcoming Assam Assembly elections. The party has released a list of 88 nominees, droppi...
20 Mar, 2026, 12.16 AM IST
Rahul Gandhi’s minimum income plan is fatally flawedHorrendous problems and leakages will arise in identifying the poorest 20%. India has no income surveys.
31 Mar, 2019, 06.57 PM IST
Netaji files in Russia, Japan, UK must be declassified too: Surya Kumar BosePrime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday made public digital copies of 100 secret files relating to Subhas Chandra Bose on his 119th birth ...
27 Jan, 2016, 11.27 AM IST
Intellectuals including writer Nabaneeta Dev Sen in Bengal write to President Pranab Mukherjee over DadriThey also urged the President to take firm and immediate steps to combat this well planned conspiracy to endanger Indian democracy.
15 Oct, 2015, 01.02 PM IST
NHRC directs MHA to pay Rs 5 lakh to Felani Khatun's fatherThe direction issued by the NHRC, mentioned Prof Mizanur Rahman, chairman of the national Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh as the comp...
31 Aug, 2015, 06.28 PM IST
Past feud continues to haunt Indo-Bangladesh tiesOn January 7, 2011, 15-year-old Khatun, a Bangladeshi immigrant, was shot by a Border Security Force (BSF) jawan while crossing over to Ban...
25 Aug, 2015, 03.57 PM IST
New CPI-M state secretariat formed in Bengal, Asok Bhattacharya made permanent inviteeCPI-M's 2-day state committee meeting was attended by general secratory Sitaram Yechuri, Prakash Karat and former CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharje...
21 May, 2015, 04.59 PM IST
- Plan panel's poverty benchmark is unacceptable: Experts
More than 25 of the top economists of the country have written an open letter against the Planning Commission poverty line.
27 Sep, 2011, 10.49 AM IST
- Shyam Benegal: A man for all season
It is difficult to get Shyam Benegal away from his cinema. With a mandate to explore a side ‘undiscovered’ by others, a passion hidden deep...
15 Oct, 2008, 02.43 AM IST