Kolkata: Bangladesh director Rezwan Shahriar Sumit's feature film, ‘Master' has been selected for the Big Screen Competition at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam (IFFR).Sumit's father was a Muktijoddha (freedom fighter) involved in Awami League politics, but he has no official ties with the party. Yet, he said, making ‘Master' turned his life into a "political thriller" with "political...
Delhi buzzed with excitement as the city's most prominent street food festival wrapped up in style, celebrating 25 years of the National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI) The country's largest street food festival concluded on a cheerful note recently at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi. Over the course of three days, Delhiites enjoyed a wide variety of street food prepared by vendors...
MUMBAI: In a joint operation, Kurla police and forest officials arrested a 28-year-old man for illegally possessing and attempting to sell whale vomit (ambergris), a protected wildlife product, valued at ?80 lakh.Acting on a tip-off, the police alerted the forest department after detaining a suspect allegedly found in possession of the contraband.A forest department team reached the spot near the gate...
The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance asserted dominance in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region following local election victories THANE/NAVI MUMBAI: The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance’s decisive local election victory on Sunday reinforced its political dominance in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) after the 2024 assembly elections.BJP trumped deputy CM Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena in its bastions of Ambernath and...
MURSHIDABAD: Suspended Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Humayun Kabir on Monday announced that he will launch a new political party at noon, stating that the outfit will work for the common man, deprived Muslims and the aam aadmi.Speaking to reporters, Kabir said, “I am launching a new party at noon today. This party is being formed to work for the common man.” He added that the party would focus on...
NEW DELHI: Traffic personnel in the city face constant exposure to toxic fumes from petrol and diesel vehicles as well as the biting winter chill.For sub-inspector Sarita Shukla, who is posted at the Tughlaq Road Circle near the Indira Gandhi Memorial area, one of Lutyens' Delhi's busiest stretches surrounded by roundabouts, wide arterial roads and frequent VIP movement, the day begins early.Delhi’s...
PUNE: Even as BJP emerged as the single largest party in the municipal council and nagar panchayat elections across the state, Congress managed to halt BJP’s juggernaut in several municipal councils and nagar panchayats in Vidarbha. In Maharashtra’s sugar bowl of western Maharashtra, BJP battled its own Mahayuti alliance partners as Congress and NCP (SP) struggled to retain hold.BJP made inroads...
At least 15 people were killed after a passenger bus crashed on Indonesia’s main island of Java early Monday, officials said.The inter province bus, carrying 34 passengers, lost control on a toll road just after midnight, struck a concrete barrier and rolled onto its side, said Budiono, a search and rescue agency chief who goes by a single name.According to officials, the bus was travelling from the...
KOLKATA: Shiraz Ali Khan, a Kolkata-based sarod player with family roots in Bangladesh, was to perform in a concert at Chhayanaut in Dhaka on Dec 19. But just hours before the programme, the culture hub was vandalised amid a nationwide spiral of unrest triggered by the death of radical activist Sharif Osman Hadi.Shiraz managed to “flee” to Kolkata on Saturday evening, suppressing his Indian...
Chennai: A slogan-led protest on Sunday turned into a public platform for the city's relocated urban poor to speak about crumbling buildings, drug abuse, unsafe schools, and punishing commutes in their resettlement colonies. These issues, they said, remain unheard despite affecting thousands of families.At a gathering organized by anti-corruption NGO Arappor Iyakkam under the banner ‘Kelu Chennai...
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