The Congress leader was brought to the jail on Thursday evening and he has got no special facilities, except a separate cell and a Western toilet as specified by the court, prison officials said. Like other inmates, he will also have access to the prison's library and can watch television for a specified period.
The vandalism at the prestigious university, founded by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, has snowballed into a major political row, after some ruling TMC supporters and varsity authorities filed police complaints against each other.
With a reserved price of $2500, five bids were made before the painting titled 'Flower Power' was sold at $3000 to Sundaram Tagore Gallery, a spokesperson of the US-based NGO Children's Hope India which auctioned the painting to raise funds for the welfare of underprivileged children in India, told PTI.
As Soumitra Chatterjee turns 80 on January 19, we look back at his best movies.
The brilliant filmmaker gave her a unique gift.
Hard work is the best way to success. This was proved by danseuse Sonali Acharya of Hailakandi, Assam who danced 25 hours and 25 minutes non-stop to enter the Guinness book of world records recently on occasion of her paying tribute to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore as part of the countrywide celebrations for his 150th birth anniversary.
A plaque in the honour of late India cricket legend Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi was unveiled at the Oxford University pavilion here in the presence of his family.
A memorial lunch in honour of the late Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, one of India's most charismatic cricket captains, will be held in London.
An SFI member was hospitalised and several others suffered minor injuries in the attack that comes a week after BJP MP Swapan Dasgupta was heckled by Left-leaning students at the university. SFI blamed the ABVP for the attack, however the latter said attackers were TMC members.
It's such a misconception that actresses -- any woman for that matter -- are on a downwards slope when they hit 40.
The sprawling Pataudi Palace in Pataudi (Haryana) will come alive to the tune of Shehnai when cine actor Saif Ali Khan marries Kareena Kapoor, his sweetheart of many years on October 16 this year.
Saif Ali Khan turns 42 today. Here's celebrating one of Bollywood's most articulate stars and his topsy-turvy ride in films through the years.
'To this day, women, especially housewives, come up to me to tell me how much Arth matters to them.'
The glory of the living abode of one of the greatest poets of the 20th century Rabindranath Tagore, women's empowerment and the century-long journey of 'Punjab Mail' are among a range of themes that enthralled the audience at the Republic Day parade in New Delhi on Thursday.
Yesteryear actress Sharmila Tagore pays tribute to her co-star Rajesh Khanna.
Sukanya Verma looks at the wide-eyed dolly's presence in our movies.
India was an 'excellent feast' and that such imposition would lead to 'nausea', he said.
Sukanya Verma presents a playlist of 100 Lata Mangeshkar songs from different decades of Hindi films -- songs that make me sing, smile, sob and sigh.
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high ' these lines from Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore's poem were an apt beginning to Transforming our way of living: Remembering 26/11, an event commemorating the third anniversary of the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
A retired professor from Mumbai has challenged in Bombay high court the reference to 'Sindh' in the national anthem. According to Shreekanth Malushte, it should be Sindhu and not Sindh, reports N Ganesh
President Pranab Mukherjee's wife Suvra Mukherjee, who has been ailing for some time, passed away on Tuesday. She was 74.
We bring you some historical and heart-warming renditions of the beloved song that unites a 100 million Indians...
Here's what your favourite celebrities have been upto.
The stories are open to speculation, like incomplete bits of poetry.
The Big B took to Twitter to remember his old friend.
Manjoori Ganguly recalls her first Durga Puja celebration in Sweden.
Hundreds of artisans every Dussehra would earn enough this season to see them through the entire year. Not this time though with COVID-19 continuing its spread and fear of contracting the disease keeping most people away from festivities.
'The TMC forgets that if people don't stand by you, your party will never win.'
The Cricket Board (BCCI) on Thursday, lamented the sudden demise of former captain Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, saying he brought about a revolution in Indian team's fielding and guided the side to unprecedented heights.
Bollywood gives Shashi Kapoor a final salute.
Will appeasement, rising unemployment and her dictatorial style become major obstacles in her path? asks Payal Singh Mohanka.
State party leaders admit that Hindu consolidation by itself was not good enough to unseat Didi.
Shantiniketan, the abode of Nobel Laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore, and Western Ghats can well be the India's next World Heritage Sites, if the UNESCO accepts the country's proposal.
Social activist Anna Hazare, whose fast for a stronger anti-corruption Lokpal Bill last month made global headlines, has spurned the Rs 1 crore 2011 Rabindranath Tagore Peace Prize announced by the Indian Institute of Planning and Management. "I cannot tell why I decided to reject the award. But my mind said 'no' to accepting the award," Hazare said
Dubbing the NPR exercise as 'a dangerous game', Banerjee said the form, which seeks birth details and residential proof of parents, was nothing but a precursor to NRC implementation.
The actor was given the title after his father, former Indian captain Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, passed away on September 22.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict for the week.
India's state-owned institutes have literally been forced to embrace technologies to go digital - however reluctantly. Till the museum reopen, the magic mantra has been "online", "cyber", "virtual" - a transition that has been less smooth for most art institutions than one might have hoped. The first of a four-part series, Kishore Singh turns the gaze to some of India's leading art institutions to see how they are keeping the show going.
