Bollywood veteran Sharmila Tagore honoured with Imtiaz-e-Jamia award on university's 103rd foundation dayTagore also inaugurated the centenary gate of the varsity along with Akhtar and ILBS Director Shiv Kumar Sarin.
30 Oct, 2023, 08.32 AM IST
Author returns award after Bangla Academy honours poet Mamata BanerjeeIn a letter to the Academy Chairman Bratya Basu who is also the education minister, Banerjee claimed that the award has become a “crown of ...
11 May, 2022, 10.13 AM IST
View: And the award being returned is coming from...We all know about Rabindranath Tagore returning his knighthood in 1919 for a very specific reason: the violence unleashed in Jallianwala Ba...
29 Jan, 2022, 11.01 PM IST
- Leading Bangladesh cultural organisation conferred Indian Government award
Chhayanaut was part of the movement for an independent Bangladesh and provided a platform for cultural expression and assertion of Bengali ...
25 Oct, 2018, 08.54 PM IST
Rabindranath Tagore had given away his Nobel prize in protest against the British: Biplab Kumar DebTagore in reality had repudiated Knighthood in protest against the Jalianwalla Bagh massacre. In past there was huge uproar over theft of R...
11 May, 2018, 10.37 AM IST
Friendship and love: A glimpse into Rabindranath Tagore's personal lifeTagore admired Mahatma Gandhi as a political leader and a person.
07 May, 2018, 03.47 PM IST
Sharmila Tagore's advice for the working woman: Be true to yourself, don't go on guilt tripsThe mother-daughter duo agree that the working woman must be accountable for the choices she makes.
20 Mar, 2018, 08.27 AM IST
Rabindranath Tagore's ideas can guide China-India relations: Ma ZhanwuMa Zhanwu said Tagore believed in Asian resurgence at a time when the West was dominant and Asians were looked down upon.
08 May, 2016, 04.03 PM IST
Sharmila Tagore supports protests by intellectualsSharmila Tagore today extended her support to a "resistance meet" by writers, thinkers, scientists and other public intellectuals against t...
01 Nov, 2015, 09.48 PM IST
Amitabh Bachchan sings national anthem for 'Shamitabh' at Rabindranath Tagore homeThough the R Balki-directed film is slated to be released on February 6, the decision to include the national anthem in the movie was taken...
26 Jan, 2015, 09.19 AM IST
Madan Mohan Malaviya gettting Bharat Ratna indefensible: Ramachandra Guha"Giving Vajpayee a Bharat Ratna is fine but one should not award it to people dead or long dead. Awarding Malaviya is a mistake..."
24 Dec, 2014, 09.29 PM IST
Renowed writer Sobho Gianchandani passes awayHe was known for his association with a number of political parties and campaign groups such as the Indian National Congress and Khudai Khi...
09 Dec, 2014, 12.50 AM IST
I didn't choose Kashmir, Kashmir chose me: Zubin MehtaZubin Mehta reacted brushing aside controversies over his concert on the banks of the Dal lake in Srinagar saying, "Kashmir chose me."
06 Sep, 2013, 02.56 PM IST
- Indra Nath Choudhuri takes up as Chair of Tagore Studies in Scottish varsity
Tagore was the first non-white Nobel Prize winner for Literature in 1913 and wrote thousands of poems, songs, novels and short stories befo...
14 Mar, 2013, 08.54 PM IST
- Padma awards for Sharmila, Rajesh Khanna, Sridevi
Bollywood reaped a rich harvest at this years Padma awards with Sharmila Tagore, Sridevi, Nana Patekar and Ramesh Sippy besides Rajesh Khan...
25 Jan, 2013, 10.32 PM IST
- India, China can serve as fulcrum for world peace, welfare: Pranab Mukherjee
India and China stand on the threshold of a leap into an exciting phase of global exchange where harnessing of ideas and resources can serv...
19 Dec, 2012, 05.57 PM IST
- PM announces international award after Tagore
The government on Saturday announced a slew of initiatives to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore.
08 May, 2011, 05.35 AM IST