West Bengal polls: NIA detains Congress nominee, 3 others over Malda riots
Malda: The NIA has detained Congress party’s Mothabari candidate Sayem Choudhury, gram panchayat member Golam Rabbani and two others for questioning in connection with the April 1 Mothabari violence where seven judicial officials were held for…
PM Modi steps up direct outreach ahead of women’s quota bill meeting
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi On Monday, he will address high-profile figures and female achievers from different fields while stepping up direct engagement with people to drum up support for a bill proposing to implement quotas for women in…
Shivraj Singh Chouhan appointed as observer, BJP moves to form Bihar government
New Delhi: Nitish Kumar is expected to resign as Bihar chief minister on April 14 after chairing the last cabinet meeting, with the first BJP-led government taking over as Union minister in Bihar on Sunday. Shivraj Singh Chauhan Appointed as the central…
Asha Bhosler dies: Hahn, we are here to say that we have been, our hearts have not been filled
Asha Bhoslerher voice foregrounded the rebellious notes of desire and renunciation in Hindi film music at a time when these attributes were frowned upon in both cinema and society, and she overcame the looming shadow of her incomparable sister Lata…
Asha Bhosle dies: ‘Together with Umrao Jain, she brought eternity to Lucknow’
Asha Bhosler Never just a voice; she is a presence – a presence that enters a moment and makes it eternal. It fades away, but her voice simply recedes into deeper memories, where it will continue to resonate for those who know longing through song.…
From cabaret to global pop, Asha was ‘crossing over’ before the buzzword was a thing
There are singers who belong to an era, and there are singers who belong to an era Asha BhoslerShe sees decades as passing trends that she will delve into and then transcend. Bosler is a vocal sponge who has been absorbing the music of pop and jazz…
Kabir admits ‘BJP deal of Rs 1,000 crore’ video is real; TMC questions PM Modi
KOLKATA: Trinamool MLA Humayun Kabir admitted that a video released by the party purportedly showing him seeking Rs 1,000 crore from the BJP and calling Muslims “gullible” was genuine, but the video was allegedly selectively edited based on…
4 days after Bangladesh’s rolling freeze, court begins hearing today
KOLKATA: A 19-seat appeal tribunal will begin hearing appeals on the inclusion or exclusion of voters at the Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee National Institute of Water and Sanitation in Kolkata on Monday, four days after the electoral roll for the second…
West Bengal polls: Chandra Bose joins TMC, attacks BJP
Subhas Chandra Bose’s great-nephew Chandra Bose joins TMC On Sunday, in the presence of the State Education Minister Brother Basu Party MP Kirti Azad said, reports Prithvijit Mitra. After he took office, he attacked his bjpHe quit the BJP in 2023.…
Many of you will be arrested: West Bengal CM Mamata warns TMC workers
KOLKATA/KHANDAGHOSH: Chief Minister of Bengal Mamata Banerjee warned that an “operation” would begin on Sunday night to arrest Trinamool workers with less than two weeks to go until the assembly polls, and urged them to be careful under the…