Written in the stars Sir — It was only in the 17th century that astrology and astronomy became two distinct fields of study. Many great thinkers and scientists, including Galileo Galilei, were ...

Hollywood won’t screen its new releases in Russia in protest against the continuing siege of Ukraine. Russian halls are now planning to show movies from Bollywood and other Asian and Latin Ameri...

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday said he has declined to attend a CPM seminar in Kerala after discussing the issue with AICC president Sonia Gandhi, "respecting her views on t...

The CPM youth wing’s Bengal state secretary, Minakshi Mukherjee, and 15 others were granted bail on Monday by a Howrah local court. But, the firebrand leader who had contested the 2021...

The Opposition Congress has adopted a flexible approach in its bid to deny the ruling BJP a second straight shot at power in Manipur. This flexibility is attributed to its experience in 2017 when it ...

Footnote At a time when top politicians are caught lying about their educational qualifications, the Karnataka home minister, Araga Jnanendra, has admitted that he was a poor student. He confessed th...

Bengal's main Opposition party BJP and the CPM have moved  Calcutta High Court separately against alleged electoral malpractices and intimidation by the ruling Trinamul Congress during the el...

As the opposition BJP, Left Front and the Congress focus on alleged illegal constructions in the city, "worsening" law and order and waterlogging as the main planks in their manifestos for t...

The ruling BJP was on Sunday set to sweep the civic body elections in Tripura where counting of votes was underway in 222 seats of Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) and 13 municipal bodies, officia...

CPM veteran and Left Front chairman Biman Bose wants to be “relieved” from all “party committees” soon to pave the way for new faces in the leadership. Bose, now 81, and the p...