Everything you need to know about Krishnanagar Road R.s.: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Krishnanagar Road R.s.: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Kolkata, Jan 2 (IANS) Hoping to inspire the potters of Krishnanagar in West Bengal to revive their dying traditional craft of clay doll making, Kaushik Biswas, a contemporary artist, has taken it upon himself to sculpt and showcase the lost grandeur of the exquisite forms to the masses.
Leeds, Nov 22 (IANS) Leeds United's owner Ken Bates announced the takeover of the club by Bahrain?based investment bank GFH Capital.
London, Oct 25(ANI): British cycling ace Mark Cavendish has claimed cycling is still the cleanest sport in world despite Lance Armstrong getting banned from the sport for leading the most sophisticated doping scandal ever in sports history.
Los Angeles, Oct 17 (IANS) Singer Kylie Minogue has launched her latest album "The Abbey Road Sessions", which marks her 25 years in the music industry, and says it was intimidating.
Lucknow, Sep 5 (IANS) Three Lucknow university students were killed and three injured when their car turned turtle here late Tuesday, police said.
Krishnanagar (West Bengal), Aug 29 (IANS) After all the flak she drew the last time she got a man arrested for publicly questioning her government's policies, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday chose to answer a similar question raised by a young man at a rally.
Karachi, Aug 19 (ANI): Referring to the recent blast on Karachi's University Road that killed two people, an editorial in a Pakistani daily has said it should be clear that there is no phantom Jewish or Hindu conspiracy out to get the Pakistanis.
Islamabad, Aug 8 (IANS) A hitman who killed at least 40 people has been arrested in Pakistan's Karachi city, a media report said.
Lucknow, July 27 (IANS) A suspended jailer shot dead his wife and then killed himself here Friday, said police.
London, June 3 (ANI): Part of the London 2012 Olympics' opening ceremony has been labelled a "travesty" after it emerged that the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) will be miming instead of delivering a live show as the participants will parade around the stadium in front of a 4 billion audience.
Kolkata, May 22 (IANS) Unable to take care of her seven-month-old child due to extreme poverty, a mother in West Bengal's Nadia district sold her infant to a meat seller for Rs.2000.
Kolkata, May 12 (IANS) The actor and the director, the man and his muse, Soumitra Chatterjee and Satyajit Ray. A symbiotic relationship, which gave expression to one of greatest eras in celluloid creativity, still continues with Chatterjee saying that Ray "remains alive" in him, even 20 years after his death.
Kolkata, May 2 (IANS) Late filmmaker Satyajit Ray's son Sandip Ray said on his father's 92nd birth anniversary Wednesday that he will make a film on Professor Shonku, a character created by his father.
Islamabad, Apr 17(ANI): Pakistan is making arrangements for the deportation of 16 family members of former Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden after they completed their 45-day jail term.
London, April 15 (IANS) A British hospital patient who was told to take a walk by doctors is thought to have been savagely kicked to death by a horse, Daily Mail reported.
Quetta, Apr 14(ANI): Balochistan Governor Zulfiqar Ali Magsi has expressed fears that a civil war may break out in the restive province in the wake of an increase in targeted killings.
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Terming his talks as "very fruitful", Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari Sunday said he was hoping to see Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Pakistan soil soon.
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari reached Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's 7, Race Course Road residence here a little after noon Sunday.
Islamabad, Mar 7 (ANI): The Pakistan Government has reportedly made arrangements to extradite the family of killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
Sydney, Feb 28 (ANI): Angelina Jolie's dramatic pose at the 2012 Oscars has made her right leg an instant hit on the internet with the exposed limb being riotously superimposed into a range of pictures across the web.
New Delhi, Oct 22(ANI): Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief M. Karunanidhi today met Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh at his official 7, Race Course Road residence in New Delhi.
Changu (Sikkim), Oct 2 (ANI): Nathu La Pass, one of the three trading border posts between China and India, has been reopened for traffic after being hit by an earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale that recently jolted India, Nepal and the Chinese region of Tibet.
London, July 14 (ANI): Danielle Lineker looked glamorous in a pair of skinny leopard-print jeans and white long-sleeved T-shirt during a shopping trip.
London, Apr 7 (ANI): A man in Britain was so drunk that he never noticed his car was missing a wheel and drove 4 miles before he was stopped by police.
Melbourne, Mar 25 (ANI): Australian model Lara Bingle has let slip on-air that she had illegally copped demerit points for her friends, which caused her to lose her driver's licence.
Melbourne, Jan 30 (ANI): Police used capsicum spray and Tasers to break up a brawl that happened outside a wedding reception in southwest Sydney.
London, Aug 25 (ANI): After appearing on a television show, a magic wand that can change TV channels has taken the UK by storm.
Melbourne, July 12 (ANI): An Aussie man's pet donkey has become a local celebrity, thanks to his love to guzzle cold beers on a hot day.
New Delhi/Midnapore, June 17 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday announced a reward of 100,000 each for the information leading to the main accused of the Gyaneshwari Express train mishap case.
Patna, Sep 9(ANI): Heavy rains accompanied by strong wind drenched Patna and its neighbourhood on Wednesday, which severely disrupted life as it disrupted traffic and uprooted trees blocking vehicular movement.
London, June 28 (ANI): England middle-order bat Kevin Pietersen has said that his gruelling self-imposed Caribbean fitness regime caused his Achilles injury.
Kolkata, May 26 (IANS) Having vanquished seasoned politicians on the electoral turf, Trinamool Congress' first-time 'showbiz MPs' want to brush off the stardust and get down to solving the basic problems of the people -- power, water and roads.
London, May 25 (ANI): Pakistan's former president General (retired) Pervez Musharraf has bought a flat in the Edgeware Road neighbourhood where former British premier Tony Blair lives and Interior Minister Rehman Malik possesses a house, sources have said.
Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) After 32 years, West Bengal's seemingly impregnable red fort collapsed Saturday with the opposition Trinamool Congress tasting victory in two thirds of the seats alongside its allies including the Congress. The communist-led ruling Left Front has come up with its worst performance since coming to power in 1977.
Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) West Bengal's seemingly impregnable red fort collapsed Saturday with the opposition Congress and Trinamool Congress alliance poised to win more than half of the 42 seats in the Lok Sabha elections. The Left Front has come up with its worst performance since 1977.
Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) West Bengal's ruling Left Front seemed headed for serious reverses as the main opposition Trinamool Congress made spectacular gains, leading in 13 constituencies while its alliance partner Congress was ahead in five out of the 32 seats for which trends were available.
Birbhum (WB), May 9 (ANI): At least ten persons were injured in clashes between workers of the Communist Part of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and the Congress in Birbhum, West Bengal on Friday.
Krishnanagar, May 6 (IANS) Rarely does one find a sports star crossing swords with a matinee idol in Indian elections. But that is the case in West Bengal's Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency where Asian Games double gold winning athlete Jyotirmoyee Sikdar is up against leading Bengali film actor Tapas Pal.
Kolkata, May 6 (IANS) The second phase of elections in West Bengal will be of interest not just to politicos but also India Inc with Nandigram and Singur, the two areas which hit the spotlight for anti-industrialisation protests, going to the hustings Thursday.
Kolkata, May 3 (IANS) A storm with wind speeds of 50 to 60 km per hour hit parts of northern and Gangetic West Bengal Sunday evening, causing six deaths. The storm, called norwester, also brought down the soaring mercury level.
Kolkata, April 20 (IANS) Adding glamour to the Lok Sabha campaign, a host of Bollywood celebrities has descended on West Bengal to woo the electorate.
Kolkata, April 16 (IANS) A total of 74 nominations have been filed for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections in 17 of the 42 constituencies of West Bengal till Thursday.
New York, Apr.4 (ANI): Two fast-food joints here are calling themselves Obama Fried Chicken, and this has ruffled some feathers. The eateries in Brooklyn and Manhattan plastered the new President's last name on their awnings recently.
Ghaziabad, March 20 (IANS) A businessman was robbed of cash and mobile recharge coupons worth over Rs.200,000 Friday in GT Road Industrial area in Ghaziabad, the police said.
London, Mar 5 (ANI): It was certainly a case of an intoxicating intimate moment turning sour, when a woman bit off her boyfriend's tongue during a drunken kiss on his birthday, a court has heard.
Washington, Mar 05 (ANI): Hollywood actress Dakota Fanning is in talks to portray singer Cheri Currie in a biopic of the 70s all girl band called 'The Runways'.
Kolkata, Oct 11 (IANS) Narrow, murky lanes, leaking roofs and filth are their daily companions. For some, the houses are so dingy that even a few rays of the sun are hard to come by. Nothing has changed for the artisans of Kumartuli even though another Durga Puja has come and gone.
Melbourne, July 31 (ANI): Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have reportedly scrapped their plans of releasing the Beatles film, 'Let It Be'.
London, July 2 (ANI): British PM Gordon Brown has revealed that his favourite Beatles song is "All My Loving".
