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Pallab Bhattacharya

India withdraws export ban on 100% broken rice

The world’s largest rice exporter has revoked the ban to reduce its domestic stockpile
11 March 2025, 07:11 AM

Docking, growing vegetables, and manufacturing in space

On January 16, India’s national space agency, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), conducted a successful space docking (SpaDeX) operation by bridging two satellites in space, after overcoming hiccups twice.
20 January 2025, 09:56 AM

Could the Indian foreign secretary’s visit create positive optics?

Vikram Misri's visit to Dhaka signals efforts to stabilise Bangladesh-India ties.
15 December 2024, 07:00 AM

BJP's infiltration-from-Bangladesh plank falls flat in Jharkhand

The results of the assembly election in Jharkhand, where an alliance led by regional party Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, stormed back to power, have rebuffed main challenger Bharatiya Janata Party’s aggressive campaign on the polarising plank based on alleged infiltration from Bangladesh
23 November 2024, 12:36 PM

Shadow of US prosecutor’s bribery charge on Adani?

It remains to be seen how the political impact of the US prosecutors’ charges against the Adani group plays out.
21 November 2024, 11:30 AM

Will BJP’s infiltration pitch in Bengal and Assam pay off?

Infiltration from India’s border with Bangladesh has become a key component of Bharatiya Janata Party’s strategy for state assembly elections.
1 November 2024, 05:00 AM

Of human migration and citizenship in Assam

The petitioner’s claim was that granting citizenship to immigrants claiming entry before March 25, 1971, was harming Assam’s identity.
25 October 2024, 11:16 AM

Jaishankar’s Islamabad visit and the future of India-Pakistan ties

Ten years is a long time in India-Pakistan relations, which are often prone to fits and starts.
6 October 2024, 11:30 AM

Apple's CEO Tim Cook in India

iPhone and iPad maker Apple's CEO Tim Cook was at the centre of a gathering of who's who of Bollywood organised by superstar Shahrukh Khan in Mumbai last Wednesday.
23 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Aishwarya's Cannes look draws derision

Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's red carpet walk at the Cannes Film Festival has seldom failed to hit the media headlines. It was not any exception this year too.
18 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Bannya regales audience in Delhi

Lovers of Tagore songs were captivated by the soulful rendition of renowned Bangladeshi Rabindra Sangeet exponent Rezwana Choudhury Bannya at the Indian Council for Cultural Relations auditorium, New Delhi on May 16.
18 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh to open another trade consulate in India

India has approved the setting up of another trade consulate of Bangladesh in Guwahati, the capital of northeastern state of Assam.
7 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Gayle's book to hit stores

Not many know about Chris Gayle’s humble origins as a skinny and shy backstreet boy from a tin-roofed shack in Kingston, stealing empty bottles to buy food.
17 March 2016, 18:00 PM

India okays bill to develop 11 rivers as transport routes

Indian parliament gave its nod to a bill to convert 111 rivers across India into National Waterways, one of which could
10 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Bachchan's long battle with TB

Sixteen years ago, Bollywood veteran Amitabh Bachchan made a comeback in showbiz—albeit on the small screen – with the immensely popular TV game show “Kaun Banega Crorepati”. But for him, it was also a time of immense pain as he was diagnosed with tuberculosis in the spine and had to pop in 8-10 painkillers a day.
9 March 2016, 18:00 PM

100MW more electricity from India

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate supply of 100-megawatt power to Bangladesh from northeastern Indian state of Tripura's Palatana project on March 23.
9 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Satyajit Ray's home receives a makeover

You mention Bishop Lefroy Road in South Kolkata, and the first thing that immediately spring s to mind is filmmaker Satyajit Ray.
5 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh FM to visit India March 1-2

Bangladesh Foreign Minister AH Mahmud Ali will visit India this week, High Commissioner Syed Muazzem Ali said yesterday.
27 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Bollywood welcomes back 'Munnabhai'

When Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt walked to freedom emerging from a prison in western Indian city of Pune on Thursday after serving out his jail-term in a deadly bomb blast case, he saluted the soil outside the prison gate and the prison itself before boarding a vehicle. Among a handful of persons waiting for him were his wife Mannayata and director-producer Rajkumar Hirani, the man whose “Munnabhai MBBS” starring Dutt was a superhit movie.
26 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Under Construction wins laurels in France

Bangladeshi director Rubaiyat Hossain's feature film “Under Construction” won three awards at the Festival
12 February 2016, 18:00 PM

VIDYA to return in “Kahaani” sequel

Bollywood actress Vidya Balan is all set to star in a sequel to director Sujoy Ghosh's acclaimed 2012 mystery movie “Kahaani”.
10 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Coastal shipping team to meet in India in March

A joint taskforce on coastal shipping between India and Bangladesh will meet in New Delhi in the first week of March
2 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Whither Start-Up India?

It is often alleged that it is easier to start a business in India than to shut it down. At the Start-Up India launch, Modi signalled his government's willingness to address this concern.
26 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Ronaldinho's lucky escape

Brazilian soccer legend Ronaldinho had a miraculous escape on Monday after a traffic signal post fell in front of the car carrying him seconds before it sped away in Kozhikode city of southern Indian state of Kerala.
25 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Reflections of a former Indian foreign minister

It is one thing to be a key cabinet minister in a government and quite another once the trappings of power are gone. Does a politician
11 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Good news for alternative cinema

Rubaiyat Hossain-directed “Under Construction” will have the honour of being the opening film at the 14th Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF), to be held from January 14-22.
9 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Sadhana Shivdasani (1941-2015)

Through 1960s and 70s, she captivated viewers of Hindi cinema with her beauty and powerful performances in hits like “Hum Dono”, “Love in Shimla” and “Waqt” and became hairstyle statement for young girls and women.
26 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Priyanka in tough cop avatar

Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra appears in the role of a police officer, who takes on influential people in a district, in Prakash Jha-directed “Jai Gangajal”, and says the challenge for her was to combine feminism and acting tough.
23 December 2015, 18:00 PM

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