Anik Dutta’s daughter Oishee during the event at Nandan There was a quiet sense of grief at Nandan on June 6 as a retrospective of filmmaker Anik Dutta opened with a screening of Aparajito—the film that brought him widespread acclaim, numerous awards, and renewed recognition as one of Bengal’s most distinctive cinematic voices.The evening was…
Swarup Biswas (File Photo) KOLKATA: Swarup Biswas’s arrest has exposed a long-standing culture of bullying in the Bengali film industry. As state BJP president Samik Bhattacharya pointed out—a sentiment widely shared across Tollywood—complaints had quietly piled up for years, but the previous government’s tenure left victims too terrified to speak out. Within the TMC, only…
Senior TMC MLA Madan Mitra faced protests in Ariadaha, with residents allegedly hurling eggs at his vehicle amid demands for repayment of “cut money.” KOLKATA: Residents in Ariadaha allegedly hurled eggs at a vehicle linked to senior Trinamool Congress MLA Madan Mitra‘s vehicle on Saturday night, the latest in a string of protest actions that…
A file photo of a flooded Amherst Street Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has convened a series of meetings to take stock of the civic body’s preparedness for the rainy season.MLAs of Cossipore-Belgachhia, Jorasanko, Beleghata and Chowringhee and councillors from 59 wards (1 to 59) have been requested to attend the first of the meetings,…
Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee rushed to Delhi amid indications of a potential split by rebel MPs early next week KOLKATA: Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee flew to Delhi on Saturday, a day ahead of schedule, amid indications that rebel party MPs may make their first move early next week. The dissidents reportedly…
Kolkata: The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) civic board was dissolved on Saturday and municipal commissioner Ravi Agarwal took charge as the administrator. There are indications that Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will also get an administrator next week to run the civic body in the absence of a mayor and his council after Firhad Hakim resigned…
Kailash Misra, an alleged aide of Abhishek Banerjee, was arrested by Howrah City Police from Madhubani in Bihar, said DC (North) Amlan Kusum Ghosh. The Bally candidate was booked for extortion, assault and issuing threats.Misra was the president of the Howrah Sadar Youth Trinamool. tnn Source link
Kolkata: Two veterinary doctors from the city have made an international breakthrough in the field of veterinary molecular diagnostics and pathogen research, as National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), USA, has accepted their gene sequencing research for treatment of Babesia Gibsoni, a dangerous blood parasite that affects dogs and becomes life-threatening if not diagnosed early.Babesia…
Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday declared the era of “goonda raj” and appeasement over, promised to attract investment and jobs for educated youth, and said national security would now be the state’s top priority.Speaking at a programme in Alipore, Adhikari said the police — whom he alleged had earlier functioned as party cadre —…
Jalpaiguri: Ten Bangladeshi nationals turned up voluntarily at a holding centre at Changrabandha in Cooch Behar’s Mekhliganj on Saturday, requesting the authorities to deport them to their homeland.Sources said these individuals had entered India illegally almost a decade ago and lived in different states, working as daily wage labourers and domestic helps. All of them…
