Everything you need to know about Faridpur Katter: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Faridpur Katter: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Kolkata, March 5 (IANS) Heroic acts of lesser-known women revolutionaries from 20th century undivided Bengal have come to life through rare photographs at the Women Revolutionaries of Bengal exhibition that began here Monday.
Dhaka, Nov 30 (IANS) Four people were beaten to death by an angry mob in Bangladesh after they allegedly tried to extort Taka 20,000 from a villager, a media report said Friday.
Kolkata, Oct 23 (IANS) A doyen of Bengali literature, Sunil Gangopadhyay called poetry his first love, but successfully delved into all literary genres with his versatility and varied experiences of life, leaving generations of readers in India and Bangladesh mesmerised over decades with his creativity and writing style.
Kolkata, Oct 23 (IANS) Legendary Bengali writer and Sahitya Akademi President Sunil Gangopadhyay died here early Tuesday following a major cardiac arrest, family sources said.
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) "Love Lies and Seeta", the story of three men in love with a girl named Seeta, grabbed the attention of the New York crowd as the director Chandra Pemmaraju was shooting a scene at the Grand Central.
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) "Love Lies and Seeta", a low budget, urban romantic comedy, is set to hit theatres May 4.
Sydney, Dec. 29 (ANI): Not only does he have to contend with becoming the first Australian cricket captain to lose the Ashes three times, but now Ricky Ponting is being blamed for everything from bad coffee and Justin Bieber to Queensland floods and climate change.
Sydney, Oct 26 (ANI): The 'highly volatile' situation in Pakistan is increasing the likelihood of a US invasion there, Australian parliamentarian Bob Katter has said.
Canberra (Australia), Sept.29 (ANI): The Julian Gillard Government in Australia lost a division on the floor of the House of Representatives today, the first to do so since 1941.
Canberra, Sept 7 (ANI): Two NSW Independent MPs, Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor, have backed Prime Minister Julia Gillard's Labor party to form the government, thereby giving her party a one-seat majority, two weeks after elections produced the first hung parliament in 70 years.
Canberra, Sept 6 (ANI): In the midst of uncertainty as to who would form the minority government in Australia, with the three key Independent MPs are yet to take a decision, a majority of the citizens are now fed up with the posturing and dithering of the trio and are in favour of fresh polls, according to a national poll conducted to assess the future of the government.
Canberra, Sept 4 (ANI): A majority, 37 percent of Australian voters want the three Independent MPs who will decide the shape of the minority government, Bob Katter, Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor, to support a Labor government led by Prime Minister Julia Gillard rather than joining the opposition coalition, according to a JWS poll.
Melbourne, Aug 26(ANI): Australian Liberal Party leader Tony Abbott, who heads the conservative opposition coalition, has criticised Prime Minister Julia Gillard over her decision to allow three Independents full access to confidential Treasury advice.
Canberra, Aug 25 (ANI): Three Australian independent MPs, Tony Windsor, Rob Oakeshott and Bob Katter, who are key to deciding the composition of the government, have put forward a letter to Prime Minister Julia Gillard and opposition leader Tony Abbott with seven demands for information, and a written commitment that the next government will serve a full three-years term, or be ready to face another poll.
London, Aug 23 (ANI): With a single seat, Hasluck in Western Australia, still in doubt, Labor has 73 and the Coalition 72 of the 150 seats in Parliament's lower house. Political horse trading with Independents has begun after Labor failed to win a sufficient number of seats on Saturday to retain power in its own right, delivering Australia its first hung parliament in 70 years.
Lucknow, May 14 (IANS) A Samajwadi Party (SP) legislator and his four aides were Thursday sentenced to life imprisonment by an Uttar Pradesh court for their involvement in a murder nine years ago.
Lucknow/New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Varun Gandhi was Sunday prohibited from addressing a rally in Faridpur area of Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district as authorities feared it could lead to a law and order problem. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Pilibhit made a representation to the Election Commission against the move.
Lucknow, May 10 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi was Sunday prohibited from addressing a rally in a Muslim-dominated area of Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district, as authorities feared it could lead to a law and order problem. However, he was permitted to hold a rally at some distance from the area.
Lucknow, March 10 (IANS) One person was killed and at least seven were injured as groups of Hindus and Muslims clashed Tuesday during a religious procession in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district, police said.
Lucknow, March 10 (IANS) At least seven people were injured, three critically, as Hindus and Muslims clashed Tuesday during a religious procession in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district, the police said.
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) Fifty-year-old Kangalini Sufia sings of freedom and god. The wandering minstrel from Bangladesh is a Baul folk musician of the Sufiana tradition - a blend of Bengali baul (village folk music) and the Islamic Sufi music that originated in Persia and subsequently travelled to India.
Dhaka, Dec 20 (IANS) Incidents of violence, some of them among poll allies, mark the run-up to the Dec 29 parliamentary poll in Bangladesh that has also witnessed what a media report termed 'malicious campaign' against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
Sunil Gangopadhyay got the rare privilege by becoming the new President of Sahitya Academy, India's most valued literary body after defeating two
