Babul Supriyo has to pick his political career from shoelaces

Babul Supriyo, the singer-turned politician known more for his Bollywood songs and signature motorbikes than any noticeable achievements in the corridors of power, now...

Three Indians who are being sought for extradition—but not by India!

The noose may be tightening around the India-born Gupta brothers, who are wanted in South Africa in connection with alleged embezzlement, money laundering and corruption...

Sushil Kumar: No less feared on mat as dreaded outside it

A double Olympic medallist, former World Champion is in the news. But not for making a comeback. Sushil Kumar, the man they say revived wrestling, making it an...

Tarun Tejpal is a free man but the matter isn’t dying down anytime soon

Tarun Tejpal, veteran editor and author, is a free man after a Goa court absolved him of rape charges that many once felt was improbable, his intellectual swagger and...

It stopped brewing for Bengal tea-workers long ago despite shrub of promises

There is a kind of a hush in north Bengal where tea plantation workers, including those in the world’s finest gardens, voted in the hope that their demands for...

Navneet Kalra saga: Two former Indian cricketers are on radar of Delhi Police

Navneet Kalra, whose restaurants and optical stores in Delhi are always brimming with India’s rich and famous, is stuck with a peculiar problem.

Muslims realize how they’ve been used in Bengal: Babul Supriyo

Babul Supriyo, Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, says the BJP’s match-winning mantra in cash-strapped West Bengal would be economic...