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.
The Enforcement Directorate questioned Trinamool Congress MP and actor Mithun Chakraborty in connection with the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam.
Bollywood stars capture inside pictures of the grand festivities of Radhika Merchant and Anant Ambani's longest wedding ceremonies. Take a look.
'Avoid rushing into any financial transactions or disclosing personal information.'
While one was organised by the alumni of Ramakrishna Mission-run educational institutions, another involved students and past pupils from a well-known convent school, both echoing the demand for justice for the medic.
'Holding on to superstardom is far more difficult than the struggle to get there.'
Nimrat does something for the first time... Diljit meets some monks... Rhea goes on a holiday...
Former West Bengal chief minister and a front-ranking Marxist leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee will go down in the country's history as a pragmatic communist who kept aside his ideological convictions to woo capital for the industrialisation of his state.
'I will never go against my comfort zone in terms of outfits. So, I refused Housefull.'
The reality music show K for Kishore on Sony Entertainment Televison saw Arnab Chakraborty as its winner. He won the cash prize of Rs. 15 Lakhs and a contract from Sony TV to cut a solo album for HMV Saregama music.
The actress got emotional as she accepts the award for Best Actress for her Gujarati film, Kutch Express.
What's Shraddha's nashta... Urvashi promotes her album... Disha is hot, hot, hot...
The National Informatics Centre uses AI to automate document analysis and detect fraud in government departments.
Thakur College of Science and Commerce, post the controversy, said the event aimed to encourage students, particularly first time voters, to participate in the upcoming general elections but added "the matter", possibly a reference to students being forced to attend, was "under review".
An angry Banerjee slammed a minister, a former Trinamool Congress mayor and a few bureaucrats for their "below-par performance".
The Kolkata-based actors, several of whom have worked with Shanto Khan in Bangladeshi film projects, however, did not want to comment on the reasons for the killing, saying those were internal matters of another country.
Truck movements across the India-Bangladesh border are on the rise, with increasing rentals signalling a trade recovery between the two South Asian nations. Yet, geopolitical tension looms large, with Bangladesh now under an interim government for nearly two months.
Parambrata Chatterjee and girlfriend Piya Chakraborty wed at his residence in Kolkata.
'The Bengali middle class, who never fully embraced Mamata Banerjee's policies, are now expressing their deep-seated frustration by spilling out on to the streets.'
Film folk stepped out to watch Bhashak, a horrifying tale of a journalist investigating cases of abuse at a shelter for young girls.
Neha Dhupia and Angad Bedi threw the doors of their new home open to their friends, as they hosted a housewarming party on Sunday.
Mourners pay their respects at the mortal remains of Ustad Rashid Khan, the finest Hindustani classical singer of his generation, in Kolkata on Wednesday, January 10, 2023.
Announcing the first list of candidates, Left Front chairman Biman Bose said that of the 16 names announced, 14 are new, of whom three are women.
Delhi-based Shubham Chakraborty, 32, a management graduate from XLRI, Jamshedpur, tells us how he fought anxiety and stress due to poor workplace management.
Sushant Singh Rajput passed away on June 14, 2020.
The judgment will impact a sizeable number of people in the state, according to a lawyer involved in the matter.
'Although there is a visible dent in TMC's urban votes, especially among women, the CPI-M and the BJP are unlikely to benefit from this'
'India's top companies currently lack the organisational wherewithal to hire and train 2 million interns annually, given their current scale of operations and existing employee base.'
The home ministry on Thursday announced the Padma awards which included five Padma Bhushan, 17 Padma Bhushan and 110 Padma Shri.
'Here are 25 stories special to me for one reason too many,' says Sukanya Verma who scored 25 years writing about the movies last week.
Saifuddin Laskar (47), TMC area president of Bamungachi area in Joynagar was shot dead from close range near his house by miscreants when he went out to offer prayers in the morning, the police said.
'Whoever is questioning the government on the Adani issue is being harassed'
The dazzling ladies who stunned at the reception.
There was a quite a turn-out for the Golden Glory Awards 2023 in Mumbai over the weekend.
Police said there were intelligence inputs that attempts would be made to trigger violence during the match, because of which it was cancelled.
'Bilateral trade has suffered seriously because of the growing unrest.' 'There is a standstill on both sides amid the curfew.'
The Union home ministry has initiated disciplinary action against Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal and a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) for allegedly maligning the office of the West Bengal Governor by promoting and spreading canards, a central government official said.
As the final five phases of polls draw closer, rift among Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) partners, Congress-Left combine and the Trinamool Congress, which are fighting separately has intensified, triggering a fierce contest across half of the remaining 36 constituencies in West Bengal driven by local issues such as Sandeshkhali and the SSC scam.
Did you know Dev Anand worked as a clerk at a salary of Rs 85 before he became an actor?
International Master Divya Deshmukh maintained a slender half-point lead after defeating Norman Kseniya of Russia in the eighth round of the World Junior Girls' chess championship in Gandhinagar on Monday.
