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Asha Bhosle passes away: ‘With Umrao Jaan, she gave Lucknow a permanence’

Asha Bhosle was never just a voice; she was a presence – one that entered a moment and made it eternal. Read More

Before women’s quota bill session, PM Modi steps up direct outreach

NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi will address eminent personalities and women achievers from different sectors on Monday as he steps up his direct outreach to people to build support for bills proposing the implementation of women’s Read More

Cabaret to global pop, Asha lived ‘crossover’ before it was buzzword

Asha Bhosle There are singers who belong to an era, and then there is Asha Bhosle, who treated decades like passing trends she would dip into and then outdo. Read More

West Bengal polls: Chandra Bose joins TMC, attacks BJP

Subhas Chandra Bose’s grandnephew, Chandra Bose, joined TMC on Sunday in the presence of state education minister Bratya Basu and party MP Kirti Azad, reports Prithvijit Mitra. Read More

4 days after Bengal roll freeze, tribunals to start hearings today

KOLKATA: The 19 appellate tribunals are set to begin hearing appeals for the inclusion or exclusion of electors at Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee National Institute of Water and Sanitation in Kolkata from Monday, four days after the electo Read More

‘1,000 crore BJP deal’ video real, admits Kabir; TMC questions PM Modi

KOLKATA: Suspended Trinamool MLA Humayun Kabir has acknowledged that a video released by the party – purportedly showing him seeking Rs 1,000 crore from BJP and calling Muslims “gullible” – is authentic but all Read More

West Bengal polls: NIA detains Congress nominee, 3 others over Malda unrest

MALDA: The NIA has detained Congress’ Mothabari candidate Sayem Choudhury, gram panchayat member Golam Rabbani, and two others for questioning in connection with the April 1 violence in Mothabari, where seven judicial officers w Read More

Many of you will be arrested: West Bengal CM Mamata warns TMC workers

Mamata Banerjee KOLKATA/KHANDAGHOSH: Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee warned of “operations” starting Sunday night to arrest Trinamool workers ahead of assembly polls less than a fortnight away, urging them to be c Read More

China’s ‘fictitious names’ mischievous, says India

NEW DELHI: With China undertaking another exercise to rename places in Arunachal Pradesh, India has categorically rejected “any mischievous attempts by the Chinese side to assign fictitious names to places which form part of the Read More

With 10.9% net voter deletions, Bengal 5th among 12 states, UTs

NEW DELHI: West Bengal, which has seen the most noise against SIR, ranked fifth in terms of net deletions (10. Read More

J&K: 3 Kashmir varsities end MOUs with US NGO after ‘security concerns’

SRINAGAR: Three universities in Kashmir have terminated academic agreements with a US-based NGO, Kashmir Care Foundation (KCF), following internal reviews amid a buzz that intelligence agencies had flagged concerns over its activities Read More

Amarnath yatra from July 3 to August 28, registration begins on April 15

JAMMU: The annual pilgrimage to the cave shrine of Amarnath will start on July 3 and continue for 57 days, concluding on Raksha Bandhan on Aug 28.“Pilgrims between the ages of 13 and 70 can undertake the yatra. Read More