Actor-turned-politician and sitting MP Locket Chatterjee has been fielded from Chunchura and another MP Nishit Parmanik from Dinhata. Also, a number of film personalities have been nominated as candidates in the high-stakes battle for West Bengal.
'Those who win indulge in shooting, looting, throwing bombs and burning houses.'
In an interview with rediff.com, designer Payal Singhal, who is showing at the upcoming Lakme Fashion Week, tells us about her decade-long foray into fashion.
Kareena Kapoor and Tusshar Kapoor talk fitness and yoga at the book launch of their yoga trainer Payal Gidwani Tiwari.
Celebrating 10 years of her label on Day Four of the LFW, here's what Payal Singhal offered up on the ramp.
Asavari, Swapnil, Sunil, Payal and Prasad, who first met in engineering college, have been close friends for 13 years.
Wednesday's expansion shows that Modi still has a keen eye on Bengal. The BJP is gearing up for the panchayat elections in Bengal next May and the Lok Sabha elections in 2024.
Kresha Bajaj's store launch had plenty celebs in attendance.
Are you ready for an exciting week of fashion?
Didi embarks on her new mission: To unite the Opposition to take on Modi in the Lok Sabha elections of 2024, observes Payal Singh Mohanka.
'I have realised that to be happy, you don't need luxury in life.' 'Simple things in life make you happy.'
The measures include an information search prompt with the Election Commission of India (@ECISVEEP) and State Election Commissions to provide reliable information around the elections, a custom emoji to encourage participation, a series of pre-bunks and debunks to tackle election-related misinformation, and a youth discussion series titled #DemocracyAdda aimed at voter literacy and civic participation among young Indians for the upcoming elections.
Not just in the hostel, but in college too, they would block his way in the corridor; snatch his mobile; make him get up from where he was sitting; crowd around him in the mess; drag him into their room and threaten to hit him with a belt.
BJP chief J P Nadda on Thursday launched 'Lokkho Sonar Bangla' (target to build golden Bengal) manifesto crowdsourcing campaign to seek suggestions from more than two crore people in West Bengal ahead of the upcoming assembly elections.
'It's a special song and every girl will relate to it.'
We can't stop drooling over these Maxim babes.
Sony invites the public to a free preview of the 'Playstation Experience'.
'I have interacted with Muslim women in rural Bengal, they are scared of the BJP.'
The lovely actress turns 36 today, October 28.
When it comes to performance and affordability, how do these Indian headphones fare when compared popular international brands like JBL and Sennheiser?
The Mayawati-led BSP will fight 20 of the 117 assembly seats in Punjab, while the rest will be contested by the SAD.
'For the first time one single party is getting 49% which is a record of its own.'
Undeterred by the pandemic, Deep Narayan Nayak, a school teacher in a village in Bengal, changes countless lives for the better. Payal Singh Mohanka reports on this Extraordinary Indian.
The actor, who has grown up watching Amitabh Bachchan on-screen, calls him 'Sir'.
Every year Fortune honours 10 innovators, groundbreakers and game changers as 'Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs'.
A look at pictures from the green carpet.
In 1993, Rochelle Chhabra joined Streax as an R&D employee. Today, she heads their professional division.
'I consider myself to be a 50 year old with a 16-year-young mind, ready to conquer more continents,' Dr Shuvendu Sen tells Payal Singh Mohanka.
It's okay to drool over Neha Dhupia's maternity style.
The petition, filed collectively on April 28, accused the CBI of not making a sincere investigation.
Same outfit, styled differently by celebs. Tell us who looked better.
From a fitness instructor to a top international fashion model and a danseuse -- a range of people have penned books to make yoga relevant to modern lifestyles and help to cope with everything from trauma to weight loss.
'It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is not how much we give, but how much love we put in the giving.' This is what Mother Teresa taught the nuns and her co-workers.
20 best show-stopping moments from Lakme Fashion Week through the years.
'Life is so unpredictable.' 'Devastating beyond words.'
Not just the brides, blue seems to be a favourite among the bridesmaids too.
It was truly heartening to see how the Sikh community had risen to the occasion during the Black Lives Matter peaceful protests and the coronavirus pandemic and selflessly served those looking for nourishment.
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