New Delhi: After basking in the glory of the National Award for 'I AM', actor-producer Sanjay Suri returns to the big screen in the role of a school teacher for a new film 'Papa Please', which deals with the undue academic pressure on children. In 2008, actor-filmmaker Aamir Khan dealt with a similar issue in his blockbuster film 'Taare Zameen Par'. "The template is the same, but the story is...
01:11 PM, Apr 28, 2012
Kolkata: In a first of its kind, a mobile application has been launched on former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly, something that will help the Pune Warriors mentor-cum-coach's fans worldwide stay updated about the upcoming IPL T20. "The mobile application is the first of its kind for any cricketer in the world. It has latest news, tweets, pictures, videos and also the scorecard of PWI games," a representative of the SCGanguly.com,...
03:07 PM, Apr 02, 2012
Anantapur: Two persons Bablu and Mary is the reason for transformation in Anantapur. Over the past 20 years the two have turned the barren land of 140 villages into an agro-forest habitat also helping villagers set up small scale industries. Many believed that the Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh was destined to the wrath of scorching sun and barren arid land. But the will of two people, Bablu Ganguly and...
12:25 PM, Mar 23, 2012
Mumbai: Kingfisher Airlines was hit with a regulatory challenge after the last of its independent directors quit amid growing concerns about the struggling carrier's survival. Anil Kumar Ganguly resigned from the company's board of directors due to ill health over the past few months that prevented him attending normal activities, Kingfisher Airlines said on Monday. The latest resignation comes less than a week after another member, Vijay Amritraj, quit the...
01:14 AM, Mar 20, 2012
Mumbai: Anil Kumar Ganguly, the only remaining independent director on the board of struggling air carrier Kingfisher Airlines, has quit the company citing poor health condition. "Anil Kumar Ganguly has, because of indifferent health for the past few months which is preventing him from attending normal activities, resigned from the Board of Directors of the Company and his resignation has been accepted with effect from March 17, 2012," Kingfisher Airlines...
08:54 PM, Mar 19, 2012
New Delhi: Rupa Ganguly won a National Award for her songs Dure Kothao Dure Dure and Aaji Bijan Ghare. But the director of the movie Abosheshey had to say that quite an amount of serious convincing was needed to get the actress to lend her voice for the songs. The Bengali film Abosheshey has already created quite a buzz by bagging the Best Female Playback Singer award at the National...
05:53 PM, Mar 13, 2012
New Delhi: Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited (SSTL) and Uninor on Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking a review of the verdict canceling its licenses for 2G spectrum allocated during the tenure of former Telecom Minister A Raja. The apex court had by its February 2 judgement cancelled 22 and 21 licenses of 2G spectrum of Uninor and SSTL respectively. In the review petition, while SSTL said it is being unfairly...
08:10 PM, Mar 02, 2012
New Delhi: Tata Teleservices Ltd has moved the Supreme Court seeking review of the judgement cancelling its licences for the 2G spectrum in three circles which were allotted during the tenure of former telecom minister A Raja. The petition seeking review was filed nearly a month after the apex court on February 2 had cancelled 122 2G licences granted to nine telecom companies including Tata Teleservices Ltd, based on the...
04:28 PM, Feb 29, 2012
Kolkata: A CPI(M) office in Kolkata was vandalised by workers of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Tuesday for allegedly "videographing" them as they were at work. The incident took place in Jadavpur outside the Ganguly Bagan police station, where a TV journalist and cameraperson were also present. The duo too was injured in the incident as the agitators heckled them. The policemen, however, just chose to watch the ruckus from...
05:13 PM, Feb 28, 2012
Former Supreme Court judge Ashok Kumar Ganguly says that former Telecom Minsiter A Raja acted unilaterally in the 2G spectrum mess and that his Cabinet colleagues are not to be blamed. Speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, Justice Ganguly said, "It is not correct to apply the principle of collective Cabinet responsibility in the case relating to the distribution of 2G licenses on a first-come-first-serve basis." Here is the...
07:22 PM, Feb 19, 2012
New Delhi: Former Supreme Court judge Ashok Kumar Ganguly says that former Telecom Minsiter A Raja acted unilaterally in the 2G spectrum mess and that his Cabinet colleagues are not to be blamed. Speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, Justice Ganguly said, "It is not correct to apply the principle of collective Cabinet responsibility in the case relating to the distribution of 2G licences on a first-come-first-serve basis." Here...
08:25 AM, Feb 19, 2012
Kolkata: Actor Rahul Bose today hailed the resurgence in Tollywood, crediting young filmmakers for giving Bengali cinema a 'new birth'. "I call it middle of the road cinema. The (new Bengali) films are not art house nor commercial. They are giving box office revenues but are content driven, which is attracting the masses," Bose, in town to inaugurate a multiplex in neighbouring Howrah, said. "In between there was a slump...
01:01 PM, Feb 10, 2012
Nearly a week since the Supreme Court cancelled 122 telecom licences, Justice Ganguly - the man who passed the landmark order - has spoken out. In an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN, he says he was under no pressure, and courts don't need to protect foreign interests. ...
08:11 AM, Feb 08, 2012
New Delhi: Retired Supreme Court judge Justice A K Ganguly has hit back at former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee over the scrapping of the 2G licences. Reacting to the charges of judicial overreach levelled by Chatterjee, Justice Ganguly said he was disappointed at the logic of the criticism of the 2G case. He said, "I can assure Mr Chatterjee on behalf of the bench that the judgement was not...
11:26 AM, Feb 06, 2012
New Delhi: On his final day in office, Supreme Court Judge Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly, who along with Justice G S Singvi, delivered a major blow to the government by quashing the 122 2G telecom licenses, said he "always tried to play with a straight bat." Addressing his farewell function organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association, an emotional Justice Ganguly also demonstrated his keen interest in cricket by stating...
08:25 PM, Feb 02, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday is expected to take a decision on the minimum age criteria for children seeking nursery admissions in the national capital. It currently stands at 3 years. But the Ganguly committee had in 2007 proposed that the age limit be raised to 4. According to the committee, children were emotionally, mentally and physically better equipped to start school at the age of 4....
06:28 AM, Jan 27, 2012
Sourav Ganguly talks exclusively to CNN-IBN about the Wisden India venture, his latest Ranji century and India's upcoming tour of Australia. ...
06:55 PM, Dec 03, 2011
New Delhi: After finding his soulmate in Dimpy Ganguly through a televised swayamvar, Rahul Mahajan is set to host 'Perfect Bachelor', a Marathi show. The show, to be aired on ETV Marathi, will hunt for Maharashtra's most eligible bachelor and Rahul has been picked as host for his audience connect, according to the show's production company, Cell I8. "Rahul is a well-known face on television and blends well with the...
06:31 PM, Nov 29, 2011
