‘Coke Studio Bangla’ takes off, debuts with a Baul-Rabindra Sangeet fusion version of ‘Ekla Chalo Re’The first season of the Bangladesh edition of 'Coke Studio' will put out a playlist of 10 songs.
09 Feb, 2022, 01.52 PM IST
View: Battle for Bengal has become a war of bad barbsEvery major election throws up memorable slogans and a few choice put-downs. Political rivals of yore traded deliciously crafted insults wh...
11 Apr, 2021, 12.41 PM IST
MGP rules out alliance with BJP for 2022 Goa Assembly pollsAddressing a press conference, Dhavalikar said the party is open to a pre-poll alliance with other like-minded opposition parties in the st...
23 Dec, 2020, 02.05 PM IST
Graft charge against Arvind Kejriwal unites warring AAP factionsKejriwal's friends-turned-foes, Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan, appeared sceptical of the allegations, even as they compared the AAP w...
07 May, 2017, 09.32 PM IST
Rogan Josh, Galauti kebabs for Barack and Michelle Obama at Rashtrapati Bhavan banquetRich culinary traditions from Kashmir to West Bengal were spread out in the lavish banquet in honour visiting US President Barack Obama at ...
25 Jan, 2015, 10.42 PM IST
When in Kolkata, Bachchan speaks in Bengali to Shoojit SircarAmitabh Bachchan prefers to have conversation in Bengali with 'Piku' director Shoojit Sircar on the sets during shooting in Kolkata, where ...
18 Nov, 2014, 05.37 PM IST
How the world reacted to Benedict Cumberbatch's engagementMuch like the final twist in a case, Sherlock — aka Benedict Cumberbatch — has announced his engagement to British opera director Sophie. H...
07 Nov, 2014, 03.07 PM IST
Alone rangerWoman is the very quintessence of creation, together with destruction. She's Gauriand Kali: fertile, fecund, feminine and ferocious.
27 Jun, 2012, 06.04 AM IST
- Pranab Mukherjee set to become India's new president as Congress snubs Mamata
The 77-year-old, who seems odds on favourite to win the presidency, owes his likely success to deft political footwork displayed by Sonia G...
16 Jun, 2012, 04.37 AM IST
- UP Elections: ‘Sweet’ 16th attempt for this Agra candidate
This is Singh's 16th election. In the past, he has contested six Lok Sabha, three Vidhan Sabha, a Vidhan Parishad and a Rajya Sabha electio...
29 Feb, 2012, 10.30 AM IST
- It's a do-or-die battle for Lalu
The sweepstakes are high in the forthcoming assembly elections for RJD chief. The drubbing his party received in the 2009 Lok Sabha electio...
07 Sep, 2010, 02.02 AM IST
- Amar defends 'elder brother' against Congress onslaught
Amar Singh sought to scotch rumours of his differences with Bollywood's first family by defending superstar Amitabh Bachchan and his "secul...
31 Mar, 2010, 02.00 AM IST
- RJD-LJP success puts Congress in tie-up dilemma
The development, far from bringing cheer in the Congress camp, has increased their worrylines. It is now caught in a major bind.
19 Sep, 2009, 06.18 AM IST
- Paswan puts end to rumours, says no poll truck with RJD
Ram Vilas Paswan on Friday scotched all rumours about an impending alliance with the RJD for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in Bihar and anno...
11 Oct, 2008, 02.02 AM IST
- Congress flexes muscle against partner NCP
With elections to the Lok Sabha less than a year away, muscle-flexing by parties seeking a better deal for themselves has begun.
10 Jun, 2008, 02.26 AM IST
- Paswan not to mend fences with Lalu, to go solo in polls
Steel and chemicals & fertiliser minister Ram Vilas Paswan has spurned RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s overtures to join hands with him in th...
22 Feb, 2008, 01.38 AM IST
- Paswan's LJP to go it alone in Bihar
LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan has again expressed his resolve of going it alone in the next round of electoral battle in Bihar.
01 Dec, 2007, 03.54 AM IST