Kolkata: The Azad Hind dhaba in Kolkata's Ballygunje Circular Road is mostly known for its North Indian cuisine, but the 64-year-old dhaba has a rather arty connection as celebrated artist MF Husain, who died on Thursday, was a regular visitor, when he was in Kolkata. Co-owner of the dhaba Satish Sharma said, "He was very close to my brother Dharamveer and would come to the dhaba first thing after reaching...
01:57 PM, Jun 12, 2011
CNN-IBN's Amrita Panja takes us to the poet's town of Shantiniketan which is celebrating Tagore's 150th birth anniversary. ...
10:22 AM, May 08, 2011
Nandigram: The Nandigram violence will now be a part of a film that also includes victims of rape, arson and other atrocities in Nandigram. The actors of the film are the victims of the Nandigram carnage. For 15-year-old Nandigram victim Bulu Mir the wounds on his body may have healed but not the scars it has left behind. Shot in the head during the infamous Nandigram carnage Bulu was saved...
10:24 AM, May 03, 2011
A few Trinamool supporters have vowed to walk barefoot until mamta banerjee unseats the Left Front. ...
05:04 PM, Apr 23, 2011
Kolkata: Elections have never been this arty in Bengal - from wall graffiti and paintings to performance and visual art - all platforms are being used to add colour. Paintings by Trinamool Supremo Mamata Banerjee herself have created a buzz. The Trinamool Congress (TMC) was also the first to come up with a campaign song. The CPIM has gone a step further and released an entire album - predictably called...
09:22 AM, Apr 21, 2011
Kolkata: Elections have never been this arty in Bengal - from wall graffiti and paintings to performance and visual art - all platforms are being used to add colour. Paintings by Trinamool Supremo Mamata Banerjee herself have created a buzz. The Trinamool Congress (TMC) was also the first to come up with a campaign song. The CPIM has gone a step further and released an entire album - predictably called ...
09:22 AM, Apr 21, 2011
Kolkata: As Bengal gets ready for its six-phase polls, the Election Commission - whose job it is to keep the elections clean - has its hands full with 294 seats and over 70,000 polling booths. Chief electoral officer Sunil Gupta says,"Unlicensed arms, cartridges, bombs, and other explosives in various quantities have been seized already." About 1552 unlicensed arms, 2755 cartridges, 9197 bombs and explosives worth 610 kilograms have been recovered....
06:55 AM, Apr 15, 2011
Kolkata: The Election Commission's directive to ban political parties from organizing blood donation camps has left patients helpless in Kolkata. Most blood banks usually count on blood donation camps organized by political parties. Narayan Chatterjee has visited four blood banks in the city in six hours. His 85-year-old father needs seven units of blood for surgery on his fractured leg. "I have never seen such a crisis," Chatterjee said. Like...
10:08 AM, Apr 12, 2011
The paintings start at Rs 50000 and forty four of ninety eight paintings are already sold out. ...
08:58 PM, Apr 07, 2011
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's painting exhibition has generated a whopping Rs 92 lakh in two days and two more days are still to go. A particular painting alone fetched a staggering Rs 12 lakh and there is demand for more. "Some orders are coming...all paintings are sold. I have got another order," said Mamata Banerjee. The art buzz has hit political corridors too, with Mamata Banerjee's paintings selling...
10:35 AM, Apr 07, 2011
The Trinamool Congress has questioned Sourav Ganguly's political impartiality. ...
10:18 AM, Apr 06, 2011
Kolkata: The Election Commission has replaced Sourav Ganguly with MS Dhoni and APJ Abdul Kalam as its brand ambassadors. Ganguly had earlier written to the commission to withdraw from the campaign after the TMC questioned his political impartiality. For the left handed batsman it's the opposition to the Left in Bengal that has posed a problem. Not in cricket, but the controversy over the former Team India captain's alleged proximity...
10:05 AM, Apr 06, 2011
The Election Commission on Tuesday replaced Sourav Ganguly with Mahendra Singh Dhoni and APJ Abdul Kalam as brand ambassadors. Ganguly had earlier written to the commission seeking to withdrawal from the campaign after TMC questioned his political impartiality. The controversy over the former Team India captain's Sourav Ganguly alleged proximity to a few Left Front ministers prompted an irked Ganguly to request the Election Commission to remove him as one ...
09:14 PM, Apr 05, 2011
The Election Commission on Tuesday replaced Sourav Ganguly with Mahendra Singh Dhoni and APJ Abdul Kalam as brand ambassadors. Ganguly had earlier written to the commission seeking to withdrawal from the campaign after TMC questioned his political impartiality. The controversy over the former Team India captain's Sourav Ganguly alleged proximity to a few Left Front ministers prompted an irked Ganguly to request the Election Commission to remove him as one ...
09:14 PM, Apr 05, 2011
Kolkata: In West Bengal, some new colours are being infused in poll campaigning - thanks to Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee's hidden talent. Mamata Banerjee's brush with colours will finally come in handy for her party. The Trinamool Congress claimed its greatest weakness in its run up to the upcoming Assembly polls was its paucity of funds. Mamata has hence decided to put her canvases up for sale and donate the...
09:06 AM, Apr 01, 2011
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