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Last month, the Chief Minister had also announced a grant of Rs 28 crore to 28,000 puja committees across the state in the wake of Durga Puja.

Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee turns composer, gifts people her new music...

All the seven songs in the album have been penned and composed by her, while the voice has been given by prominent...

12 Oct 2018 10:16 AM IST

The world body has introduced the seeding system for the first-time ever for the World Championship, utilising the pre-championship performance ranking points to determine the competitive seeds. (Photo: PTI)

Bajrang Punia becomes first Indian to get World Championship seeding

Bajrang, is seeded third in his weight category of 65kg class of the Freestyle event.

12 Oct 2018 10:00 AM IST

Malaysia cricket team chases down target in less than 2 overs

Malaysia were set a target of just six runs in the Duckworth-Lewis (D/L) method.

11 Oct 2018 4:28 PM IST

Nana Patekar had earlier denied Tanushree Duttas claims of sexual assault by saying it wasnt possible as there were many people on set.

#MeToo: Tanushree Dutta files FIR against Nana Patekar and Ganesh...

Patekar slapped Dutta with a legal notice and demanded a written apology from her prior to this.

11 Oct 2018 10:53 AM IST

The Campaign Against Living Miserably, dedicated to preventing male suicide, described the appointment as groundbreaking. (Photo: Twitter | @JackieDP)

UK's Jackie Doyle-Price named world's first Minister for Suicide...

Theresa May named Jackie Doyle-Price to newly created post as representatives of 50 countries gathered in London for...

10 Oct 2018 4:38 PM IST

Born in Paignton, UK, in 1990, Johnson debuted in the literary world with a short story collection Fen in 2016.

I have been writing since before I knew what a writer was, says Daisy...

British writer speaks about becoming the youngest author to make it to the Man Booker shortlist.

10 Oct 2018 3:51 PM IST

Cricket fan's dream to meet Anil Kumble comes true; see more

Having played 403 international games excluding T20Is, the Karnataka cricketer has taken 956 wickets in his...

10 Oct 2018 10:10 AM IST

Tanushree Dutta

Tanushree Dutta-Nana Patekar row: Dutta set to record her statement

Tanushree's lawyer said that producer Samee Siddiqui is pressurising police not to register the second FIR.

10 Oct 2018 9:24 AM IST

Former Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Akhtar recently termed himself as the Don of cricket after he took to Twitter to share the same. (Photo: AFP)

Shoaib Akhtar calls himself 'don of cricket', gets brutally trolled on...

Shoaib has played 46 Tests, 163 ODIs and 15 T20Is in his 14-year international career which kicked off in 1997.

9 Oct 2018 2:16 PM IST

His dog Charlie is named after the Hangover stars father who passed away in 2011. The film also stars Lady Gaga. (Photo: AP)

Bradley Cooper to be honoured by PETA for casting his dog in A Star Is...

According to Variety, PETA awarded Cooper for not using a dog which was supplied by one of Hollywood's animal...

9 Oct 2018 8:59 AM IST

Paul Romer is an economist who is also the pioneer of endogenous growth theory (Photo: AFP)

American economists Paul Romer and William Nordhaus awarded Nobel...

Romer said that a lot of people ignore climate change as they are under the impression that protecting the environment...

8 Oct 2018 4:38 PM IST

Rishi Kapoor was lauded for work in 102 Not Out and Mulk this year.

Amid speculation over illness, Rishi Kapoor makes us carefree' in...

Kapoor's picture with another veteran actor will bring a smile on your face, after cancer' rumours had surfaced.

8 Oct 2018 10:29 AM IST