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On I-Day, Mamata Dances To Folk Tunes

India @ 75: Where Bankim Chandra Wrote His Seminal ‘Vande Mataram’

KOLKATA: Indian Coast Guard Regional Headquarters North East at Kolkata celebrated Har Ghar Tiranga on Friday. The drive under the aegis of Azadi ka Amrit Mohatsav‘s initiative, the government of India, has planned a series of events to commemorate the 75 years of Independence. On this occasion, Coast Guard personnel interacted with students at schools in […]

KOLKATA: A Special Court in Kolkata has sent former Minister Partha Chatterjee and his close associate Arpita Mukherjee to two more days of ED custody till August 5th in the alleged SSC recruitment scam on Wednesday. But the war of words between the learned counsels from both sides once again lit up the courtroom. Looking […]

KOLKATA: In a big development in the ongoing Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigation into the Bengal SSC Recruitment Scam, Arpita Mukherjee said that state industries minister Partha Chatterjee used to keep money at her home. Mukherjee, a key aide of the Bengal minister, is in the spotlight after ED recovered more than ₹51 crores from her […]

KOLKATA: Smashing the stereotypes and overcoming every societal full stop, City of Joy Kolkata spreads joy and embraces the love story of Abhishek Ray and Chaitanya Sharma – its first newlywed gay couple. Abhishek and Chaitanya, whom the former called ‘Sharmaji’, met in 2020 via social media platforms during COVID days. Soon the duo’s casual […]

NEW DELHI: The sudden death of singer Krishnakumar Kunnath, popularly known as KK, is turning into a political battle with a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament Thursday writing to Union home minister Amit Shah demanding a probe by central agencies. MP from Bengal’s Bishnupur constituency Soumitra Khan also raised the question if it’s […]

NEW DELHI: Hours after he sang his famous song ‘Pal’, Krishnakumar Kunnath, popularly known as KK, passed away in Kolkata. While the nation mourned the shocked demise of one of the most versatile voices in the Indian music industry, Kolkata Police is leaving nothing to chance as New Market police station took suo moto cognizance […]

NEW DELHI: Amid a string of desertions hitting the West Bengal unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), with prominent leaders leaving the party to join Trinamool Congress (TMC), its national secretary Anupam Hazra on Monday called for introspection. Hazra’s comments came after West Bengal BJP vice-president Arjun Singh re-joined TMC in the presence of the […]