BJP's ideology differentiates between people on religious lines: MamataBanerjee, while addressing a convention of party workers and leaders, said her party's cadres have to reach out to the people to counter ca...
02 Jan, 2023, 03.52 PM IST
India, Bangladesh jointly celebrate birth anniversary of Tagore, Nazrul in ChinaA large number of people attended the "Rabindra-Nazrul Jayanti" event organised on Saturday to celebrate the 161st birth anniversary of Tag...
12 Jun, 2022, 04.45 PM IST
- Should India have poet laureates?
This being India, that function has been, unfortunately, outsourced to politicians. Plus, there is bound to be much kerfuffle over the lang...
25 May, 2022, 11.13 PM IST
Tribute (1935-2020): Soumitra Chatterjee, an Indian legendEven before his passing, he was considered as a great Bengali actor.
16 Nov, 2020, 10.15 AM IST
India flys down 25 Bangladesh Army officers and spouses on week long visitThe High Commission of India in Dhaka stated this is a “significant milestone” in the bilateral relations and it comes in continuation of h...
27 Nov, 2018, 11.32 AM IST
West Bengal to get four new universities: WB Education MinisterThe minister said during the seven years of Trinamool Congress rule, 22 new higher educational institutions have come up in West Bengal.
26 May, 2018, 07.26 PM IST
How hungry British sahibs and Portuguese sailors helped Bengalis develop their sweet toothJust like Phantom, the masked superhero of Old Jungle, there are endless legends.
28 May, 2017, 01.02 PM IST
India to relaunch AIR Bangla Service by month-endAll India Radio's special Bangla service, which beamed Indian news bulletins in Bangladesh during its liberation war in 1971, was discontin...
02 Jun, 2016, 10.49 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee vows to be biggest enemy if anyone insults BengalIn a sharp retort to BJP chief Amit Shah's claim that the sound of Rabindra Sangeet was getting suppressed by bomb blasts.
29 Mar, 2016, 05.08 PM IST
Six Bangladeshi activists threatened by Qaeda-linked IslamistsSix Bangladeshi activist have been allegedly threatened by Al Qaeda-linked extremists on Facebook, days after a fourth secular blogger was ...
11 Aug, 2015, 10.35 PM IST
Negative talk, criticism taking West Bengal backwards: Mamata BanerjeeWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said that negative talk and criticism by a section of opposition parties were taking the s...
26 May, 2015, 08.44 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee gives emphasis on infrastructure to attract investmentMamata Banerjee said her government was giving emphasis on building proper infrastructure for attracting more investment to the state.
19 Sep, 2013, 03.23 PM IST
- Durgapur airport to be named after poet Kazi Nazrul Islam
West Bengal government has proposed to name the airport coming up near steel city Durgapur in Burdwan district after rebel Bengali poet Kaz...
25 May, 2013, 06.20 PM IST
- West Bengal is open for private universities, says Mamata
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said the education sector has now been thrown open to private universities.
07 Jul, 2012, 01.32 AM IST
- Congress leader Manas Bhuniya suggests Sonia Gandhi-Mamata Banerjee meeting to repair ties
Manas Bhuniya, a minister in West Bengal cabinet said "chiefs of both Congress and Trinamool Congress should sit together and discuss the m...
06 Jan, 2012, 07.14 PM IST
- Not colluding with CPI(M) on Indira Bhavan renaming issue: Congress
Congress today denied West Bengal chief Mamata Banerjee's charge that it was colluding with CPI(M) to attack her government.
03 Jan, 2012, 08.59 PM IST
- Congress colluding with CPI-M to attack Trinamool: Mamata Banerjee
''In West Bengal, the CPI(M) and the Congress are working together. Our partymen are being attacked at places like Keshpur and Garbeta,'' B...
03 Jan, 2012, 06.07 PM IST