Kolkata has its own cricket team in the Indian Premier League. ...
04:59 PM, Oct 02, 2008
They have migrated but are proud to be an intrinsic part of the city. ...
11:26 AM, Sep 30, 2008
There are more than 2000 bands in West Bengal. ...
01:53 PM, Sep 29, 2008
Sourav or Rani? Amartya Sen or Md Yunus? This Puja, vote for your favourite living Bengali. ...
10:27 AM, Sep 29, 2008
Adelaide: He has a reputation of treating opposition bowlers with disdain but India's stand-in skipper and dashing opener Virender Sehwag Monday said the current Australian attack is the best he has faced as it has tested his patience like none before. Sehwag, who is India's captain for the fourth and final Test starting here on Tuesday after Mahendra Singh Dhoni was banned for the team's slow over-rate, has endured a ...
11:22 PM, Apr 14, 2008
Adelaide: The Indian cricket team is drawing criticism for not spending enough time in the nets but it found an unlikely supporter in Australian batsman Mike Hussey, who said the visitors are experienced enough to do well without long net sessions. Australia lead the ongoing four-Test series 3-0 and the Indians have been criticised by former players such as Sunil Gavaskar for not being intense enough in their training sessions....
01:11 PM, Apr 14, 2008
Cardiff: Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has attributed his success in the ongoing ODI series against England to the adjustments he has made to his bowling for English conditions. I have tossed more because the ball hangs (in the air) a bit more here. It's better to look for help in the air than from wicket. It's better than I go after him (batsman) than he coming after me. It doesn't...
11:40 PM, Feb 28, 2008
Chennai: South Africa skipper Graeme Smith said on Thursday his team needed to show consistency and to peak at the right time to be successful in the World Cup. "It's going to be a tense and exciting tournament. If we keep the confidence going and peak at the right time we are capable of being successful," Smith told reporters in Chennai. "You need to sustain good performances over a lengthy...
08:07 PM, Dec 12, 2007
Melbourne: With Ricky Ponting's illustrious career coming to a close, all-rounder Shane Watson has said that if offered he would gladly accept the role of Australia captain even as Michael Clarke and Cameroon White are also in the running for the job. Watson, who is being pushed forward as a candidate to replace Ponting alongwith Clarke and White, said he would would embrace the opportunity with open arms if it...
07:22 PM, Dec 05, 2007
The high prices of hilsa this season has left fish lovers' mouths watering in vain. ...
08:47 PM, Jul 23, 2007
Bengal to Kashmir is a long journey. But poverty is forcing a number of girls to marry men in Kashmir. ...
08:59 PM, May 21, 2007
Oxford University Press has made erroneous references to Bangalore as an area where the population mainly spoke Bengali. ...
09:50 PM, May 18, 2007
Bengalis are praying for a peaceful year ahead as the Nandigram clash and Bob Woolmer's death has left them in shock. ...
02:54 PM, Mar 21, 2007
Ganguly is back and every Bengali in India is celebrating, so does this mean that he is the last Bengali icon? ...
08:41 AM, Dec 02, 2006
Musharraf has answers for all queries but one -- his two romances before marriage and his family's recation to that. ...
04:52 PM, Oct 22, 2006
The Dada Saheb Phalke Award may be given to Sulochana Latkar because Suchitra Sen has refused to come to Delhi. ...
04:30 PM, Sep 02, 2006
Media reports speculated that the Dadasaheb Phalke award may be conferred upon Marathi thespian, Sulochana. ...
12:39 PM, Aug 30, 2006
Will she come out of her reclusive stint to accept the Dada Saheb Phalke Award once it is officially announced? ...
09:59 PM, Aug 17, 2006
