A poster with death threats to West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee and her nephew, party's general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, appeared in Uluberia in West Bengal's Howrah district on Friday, police said.
They accused Sarma of attempting to incite communal tension by targeting a specific community, potentially leading to riot-like situations in the state.
'The abuse got so ugly and toxic that I became depressed and had to seek therapy.'
Hot glam! is what comes to mind when you see the actor's wardrobe.
The new administrative panel would be elected within two months after convening a general body meeting, it said.
Family sources said she was suffering from cancer, and was admitted to the SSKM hospital with respiratory illness.
Vande Mataram of Sanskrit origin, but written in Bengali, Tamil Nadu AG told the court.
Bandyopadhyay, eminent playwright and director, said in a statement that he is returning the award conferred on him earlier this year by the Paschimbanga Natya Akademi and the Rs 30,000 monetary grant.
People from all walks of life -- former students of several educational institutions, clay modellers, rickshaw pullers and junior doctors -- separately hit the streets of Kolkata on Sunday in continued protest over the rape and murder of a medic in a state-run hospital a month ago.
For three days during the July 4 weekend holidays in United States, the Baltimore Convention Centre in Maryland was transformed into a mini Kolkata.
Sitaram Yechury strived to have the country's Left movement shed its doctrinaire approach to India's socio-cultural complexities and stitch electoral and social alliances to fight the Sangh Parivar.
The Trinamool Congress on Thursday refuted accusations of a police cover-up by the parents of the woman doctor who was allegedly raped and murdered, insisting that a newly surfaced video contradicts their claims by showing the family previously satisfied with the investigation.
She acted in more than 500 films, including a Bengali version of Devdas.
Following a complaint of cow slaughter, the police on Friday night seized beef and cow skin from a house at the Bengali colony in Noorabad village of the district, an official said.
It's time India re-visited its Western alliances for the attitude and approach that the West reserves for the nation when it comes to security cooperation of the kind that they might not have visualised outside of China, India's bug-bear, asserts N Sathiya Moorthy.
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"I do not think the idea of turning India into a 'Hindu Rashtra' is appropriate," Sen, 90, said.
Panta Bhaat, which is eaten every morning for breakfast, seems to be taking over the world!
'The media is portraying the Malayalam film industry as the worst place, but that's not true.'
The idea is not to form a Bengali lobby group but simply to get to know each other better.
Mithun Chakraborty started from scratch in bit roles and had no Godfather backing him. Yet, remarkably, his career now straddles six decades and he continues to win acclaim, observes Dinesh Raheja.
"I'm taking all responsibility (of the country). Please cooperate," he said in a televised address amid reports that Hasina has left the country.
Thanking everyone for being part of his glorious 19-year journey in international football, Sunil Chhetri was in tears as his teammates gave the Indian football icon a guard of honour while the packed Salt Lake Stadium rose for a standing ovation.
As Kolkata marches towards modernity, it is hard to imagine its streets without these cabs, notes Air Commodore Nitin Sathe (retd).
The fallout from the Justice K Hema Committee report on harassment and abuse in the Malayalam film industry intensified on Monday as a case was filed against well-known filmmaker Ranjith, and several female actors stepped forward with disturbing accounts of the mistreatment they faced at the hands of their various male counterparts.
Kumar was apprehended with the help of sketches and CCTV camera footage, senior superintendent of police Anurag Arya said.
A controversy has erupted over A R Rahman's rendition of a popular patriotic song of legendary Bengali poet Kazi Nazrul Islam in a new Bollywood film, with the litterateur's family and singers expressing outrage over the 'distortion' in rhythm and tunes.
How wonderful it would be for all of us to watch the Oscar ceremony on March 2, 2025 and watch AWIAL win an Oscar, notes Aseem Chhabra.
The Media Content and Communications Services India, a joint venture between ABP TV and Star Group, on Tuesday announced its plans to launch the country's first 24-hour news channel in Bengali and indicated it might launch similar channel in other re
'He was an artiste who loved to eat, laugh and have a good time,' says the actor.
As the Bharatiya Janata Party, which the former Union minister and two-time MP quit in 2021, and the Trinamool engage in a verbal war ahead of the general elections due in a couple of months' time, Babul Supriyo is very clear that if the BJP wins, as is widely expected, "democracy may not exist in India."
After Satyajit Ray died and Mrinal Sen retired, Bengali cinema was no longer what it used to be - until Rituparno Ghosh triggered its revival.
Pakistani pop singer Adnan Sami is planning to sing in Bengali since the music of Bengal, especially the folk genre, has a profound influence on his works.
'I was always a reluctant actress. I still am.'
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