Again, a talented Bengali is crowned on the world stage. This year,SanatanDinda bagged the first prize in the coveted World Bodypainting Festival, two years in succession. In 2015, Dinda missed the first prize by a narrow margin but there was no looking back. In the
Its rightly said Bengal is the culture capital of India. Else who could have thought of getting to see paintings and murals of great artists Nandalal Bose and Jamini Roy on Metro pillars! Hidco has planned to carry replicas of some of Jamini Roy's famous
Blue Whale dare, a new online game circulating on your child's Whatsapp group, claimed its first Indian victim, when a 14-year-old Mumbai student jumped to death from his terrace to meet the last challenge of the game. This 'horror' game is almost like watching and
Badminton player Jwala Gutta is the latest target of the social media trolling brigade. She has been called 'anti-national' and 'anti-Modi' because her mother happens to be a Chinese citizen. Netizens even dared to ask her if she feels she could play better and got better
When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is leaving no stone unturned to woo his Israeli counterpart, by being the first Indian PM to have ever visited Israel, it seems Israel has suddenly become close to China. Recently, they transferred secret US missile and electro-optics technology
She has always lived her life on her own terms, defying society at times. National award-winning actor, Neena Gupta didn't just become a mother out of a wedlock, but also went on to raise her daughter Masaba without her father Viv Richards. She now wishes
A recent CAG report revealed Indian Railways had been supplying dirty blankets to passengers of AC coaches. Instead of making amends, railway authorities have decided to completely do away with these blankets. Henceforth, it seems passengers have to go back to times when they carried
Every monsoon, Midnapore's Ghatal has the same old tale to tell. Flood ravaged and loss of lives. For Tollywood heart-throb Dev, this is not just his birthplace, but also his Lok Sabha constituency and he is keen to bring this annual flood woes to rest.
Remember that scene from Sonar Kella where Mandar Bose’s disguise as a globetrotter is almost blown off, as he lectures Lal Mohan Babu on hunting wolves in Africa? For, it is well known, that wolves are not found in Africa though the last of the
As the world celebrates Anti-trafficking Day, data released by Ministry of Home Affairs, reveals Bengal has rescued almost 46,152 missing children between 2012 and 2017. This is highest in the country. Though the recovery rate has marginally fallen from 73% in 2014 to 67% last