Shooting of Bengali television serials of the Bengal entertainment industry resumed in and around Kolkata on Wednesday after the indefinite cease work by directors ended following the intervention......
The West Bengal Assembly on Thursday passed a resolution to rename the state as 'Bangla', but the process for final approval will be long drawn requiring an amendment to the Constitution. The move......
Ace filmmaker Goutam Ghosh, a member of the Shyam Benegal-led censor board revamp committee, said the panel has submitted some recommendations to the Information and Broadcasting Ministry regarding......
An Indian climber has died on Mount Everest and two others have gone missing, expedition organisers said on Monday, taking the death toll from the ongoing Himalayan climbing season to the......
Eleven people including a former Trinamool Congress leader were awarded death sentence by Nadia district court on Thursday for killing a woman to grab government land about 14 months ago. Judge......
For would-be filmmakers in Bengal, here's some good news. Kolkata's Rs 130 crore (Rs 1.30 billion) fast moving consumer goods company, Shalimar Chemical Works Ltd, is ready to finance films.The......
Pre-placement offersat the Indian Institutes of Management are pouring in, but other B-schools in the country are not far behind-- they are fast catching up with the trend. While some of these......
The West Bengal government is acquiring land in the Hooghly district under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, for the Indian Railways. The site isn't far from Singur, the battleground between the Tata......
We enter an old Hyderabadi home on the first floor a beautifully 'recreated' set at Ramoji Film City. A closer look reveals the home is replete with nostalgia photographs, objects, furniture and......
Photograph: Kind courtesy Deepti Nabal/Instagram Eminent film director Buddhadeb Dasgupta, who had been battling kidney ailments for quite some time, died at his residence in Kolkata early on......
'These days you are the main inspiration for a lot of young film-makers. They are mimicking your films.' IMAGE: Anil Kapoor and Amrita Singh in Chameli Ki Shaadi. The film fraternity mourned the......
IMAGE: Soumitra Chatterjee and Sharmila Tagore in Apur Sansar. "I don't know of anyone as erudite as Soumitra," Sharmila Tagore's voice trembles with emotion as she talks about her first co-star,......
Parambrata Chatterjee has become a name to reckon with after Kahaani, where his performance has been greatly appreciated. Well known in Bengali cinema, the actor has worked in several movies with......
India put up a spirited performance to eke out a 1-1 draw against Tajikistan in the opening match of the 2013 AFC U-16 Qualifiers at the Ali Sabah Al-Salem Stadium in Kuwait City on Saturday.......
The Indian U-16 national football team kicked off its campaign in the SAFF U-16 Championship in style drubbing 10-man Sri Lanka 4-1 in its Group B opener at the Army Ground in Kathmandu on Sunday.......
Striker Krishna Pandit struck twice to help Indian juniors register a 2-1 victory over Afghanistan in their opening encounter of the U-14 SAARC Tournament at the Tokinosumika Sports Centre in......
The former India captain will be in charge for 10 months, as he will have to serve the mandatory three-year cooling off period after July 2020. IMAGE: This is Sourav Ganguly's second term in......
Yuvraj Singh is now India's most valuable ODI player by a long mile (see Table 1). Two 70+ knocks (at lightning speed) have ensured that he's over 100 points ahead of Sachin Tendulkar. Sourav......