West Bengal seeks Gurung's cooperation

Darjeeling, March 18: The state government sent a letter, dated February 27, to Bimal Gurung, saying it was committed to ensure that the GTA agreement was honoured, said a source in the Darjeeling administration. Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leaders ...

It's been 50 years since Bimal Roy's Bandini and Satyajit Ray's Mahanagar were released. Both presented strong women protagonists breaking the mould of the typical heroine of that time. shoma a chatterji recollectsBIMAL Roy's Bandini, starring Nutan ...

Mega gala events, full of glitter and glamour, have begun to mark 2013 as the birth centenary of Indian cinema with the 1913 release of Dadasaheb Phalke's silent film Raja Harishchandra. However, going relatively unnoticed is the fact that 2013 is ...

Balraj Sahni had the rare ability of transforming mediocre films with magnetic performances, says ranjan das gupta. And yet most Hindi film directors of the time failed to use his talents to the hiltIT was 1948. A packed house was watching Dharti Ke ...

Kolkata: The CBI on Tuesday filed an affidavit in Calcutta High Court stating that it is ready to take up investigation into the Saradha chit fund scam if directed by the court. The investigative agency stated that the court must also direct the ...

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KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today held a meeting with her colleagues and senior officials on the issue of Saradha group fiasco. The meeting came a day ahead of the state government is scheduled to file an affidavit before the ...

DARJEELING(WB): The (GTA) representatives would demand immediate transfer of departments/establishments to the GTA during the meeting with West Bengal Chief Secretary Sanjay Mitra. Senior (GJM) leader, Jyoti Rai today said they (GTA) would seek ...

Aparna Sen and Shirshendu Mukherjee RELATED Aparna Sen and Shirshendu Mukherjee discuss the transformation of Goynar Baksho from book to screen His story and her vision: together, they are the keepers of a treasure called Goynar Baksho. But from ...