West Bengal Assembly Election Phase 1 2026: Suvendu Adhikari, Dilip Ghosh & Humayun Kabir among key candidates across constituenciesWest Bengal Phase 1 Elections 2026: Polling for the first phase of West Bengal Assembly elections commences on Thursday, April 23. This sig...
22 Apr, 2026, 10.15 PM IST
West Bengal elections: High-pitched campaign for 152 seats in first phase ends; voting on April 23The high-pitched campaign for West Bengal's first phase of assembly elections concluded Tuesday, with the BJP and TMC clashing over elector...
22 Apr, 2026, 09.30 PM IST
TMC sit-in against Visva-Bharati's eviction notice to Amartya Sen continues for 3rd dayThe central university has claimed that Sen, who is now abroad, is illegally occupying 0.13 acres out of the total 1.38-acre plot in the Sa...
07 May, 2023, 10.01 PM IST
Sunil Gangopadhyay's novel 'Aranyer Dinratri' will be again adapted into a Bengali film after Satyajit Ray created magic 50 yrs agoActor Jeetu Kamal will play the character of Asim - 1 of the 4 friends.
10 Sep, 2022, 06.48 PM IST
Exhibition celebrates Satyajit Ray's birth centenary at Kolkata film fest, his illustrations & Mitchel camera from 'Pather Panchali' at displayThe exhibition, inaugurated by his son Sandip Ray, has several sections on his life and works.
27 Apr, 2022, 08.37 AM IST
Satyajit Ray's masterpiece 'Aranyer Din Ratri' to be inaugural movie at Kolkata International Film Festival on April 25Select films of the legendary director will be screened during the seven-day fest.
18 Apr, 2022, 05.47 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee calls party's 1st National Working Committee after accommodating seniorsApart from Banerjee, the new NWC will have 19 other members, including former finance minister Amit Mitra, Partha Chatterjee, Subrata Baksh...
15 Feb, 2022, 11.41 PM IST
Buddhadeb Dasgupta, National Award winner & 'Bagh Bahadur' director, passes awayThe 77-year-old film-maker had been suffering from kidney ailments.
10 Jun, 2021, 12.33 PM IST
Veteran Bengali actor Santu Mukhopadhyay passes away at 69He had been admitted to the hospital due to high blood sugar and hypertension.
12 Mar, 2020, 11.37 AM IST
Bengal BJP gets stunned as Naxalbari couple which hosted Amit Shah's lunch, joined TMCA tribal couple from Naxalbari who hosted lunch for Shah last week, has joined the ruling party on Wednesday amidst huge political controve...
03 May, 2017, 10.23 PM IST
Leopard safari and deer park to come up in KhoyerbariThe State Government is also looking at putting together a bird watching centre at the same location.
20 Dec, 2016, 01.55 PM IST
Shyam Benegal committee submits recommendations on film censorship to I&B MinistryThe Benegal panel, in its first report submitted on April 26, had urged the government to lay down a "holistic framework for certification ...
12 Jun, 2016, 11.51 AM IST
However tall the task, we aim for the Oscar: Gyan CorreaGyan Correa, director of India’s entry to Oscars, says Anurag Kashyap has given him invaluable advice on how to move forward.
28 Sep, 2013, 11.43 AM IST
Saradha chit fund scam: Mamata Banerjee to introduce bill to check unscrupulous chit funds on TuesdayThe bill aims to check growth of unscrupulous chit funds and to return money to those who had lost their deposits by investing in the Sarad...
30 Apr, 2013, 05.00 AM IST
- Tollywood surprises with content-driven films in 2011
Experimental movies were commercial success as content-driven and thought-provoking films took centrestage in Bengali cinema this year.
30 Dec, 2011, 01.15 PM IST
- Hope to see massive growth in business with Gulf Cooperation Council states: FICCI
With more Indian cos showing interest in the region in diverse areas, India hopes to achieve better results in trade with GCC states.
20 Sep, 2011, 11.39 AM IST
- Left fields 150 new faces, 46 women for Bengal polls
The ruling Left Front dropped nine ministers and fielded 150 new candidates to take on the Trinamool Congress for the 294 assembly seats in...
14 Mar, 2011, 12.43 AM IST