Kolkata: Purulia-born filmmaker Anuparna Roy won the NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film at Venice International Film Festival for her Hindi-Sylheti Bengali-Marathi feature film ‘Lovers in the Blue Night’.The recognition establishes her as a leading fixture in contemporary world cinema following her Orizzonti Best Director win for ‘Songs of Forgotten Trees’ at the Venice festival…
The number of permissions is likely to rise marginally by Monday, with some mandals expected to receive permissions at the last minute Mumbai: A total of 2,702 Ganpati mandals in Mumbai have received BMC permission to erect pandals till Sunday morning, almost on par with last year’s figure.The number of permissions this year is likely…
New Delhi: Panic gripped east Delhi’s Vasundhara Enclave Sunday after a massive fire broke out at a godown near Dharamshila Narayana Superspeciality Hospital, sending a plume of thick black smoke that was visible from over 10 kilometres away and forcing residents of many nearby houses to evacuate.The hospital premises and its operations were unaffected, and…
Some areas reported night-long powercuts Chennai: The helpline meant to report power cuts is itself going off the grid. Minnagam, the grievance redressal number 94987 94987 used by consumers to report power cuts, low voltage, billing issues and other problems, has been going out of reach, leaving frustrated callers with little more than a beep…
Patna: Newly appointed college teachers must see themselves as nation-builders, not merely govt employees, governor Syed Ata Hasnain said on Sunday, urging them to transform the state’s degree colleges into centres of quality education.Addressing an orientation programme for newly appointed assistant professors here, the governor said teaching was not just a job but a responsibility…
Ranchi: With limited time left for claims and objections under Jharkhand’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, a sizeable number of polling stations continue to report very low applications for inclusion of new voters.The office of the chief electoral officer (CEO) on Sunday revealed that a total of 4,54,189 Form-6 applications have been received…
কলকাতা: গতকালই ২ তৃণমূলের সঙ্গে বৈঠকের পর ‘কালীঘাট তৃণমূল’-এর কাছে জবাব তলব। মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়কে চিঠি দিয়েছেন জাতীয় নির্বাচন কমিশন। ‘ঋতব্রত তৃণমূল’-এর জমা দেওয়া নথির প্রেক্ষিতে জবাব তলব কমিশনের। ১৬ সেপ্টেম্বরের মধ্যে ‘কালীঘাট তৃণমূল’-এর জবাব চাইল কমিশনপ্রয়োজনে ১৭ সেপ্টেম্বর ফের শুনানি করতে পারে কমিশন। গতকাল হেয়ারিং হয়েছিল। প্রায় ১ ঘণ্টা ২০ মিনিট ঋত-তৃণমূলকে সময় দিয়েছিল কমিশন। কল্যাণ…
Ranchi: More than 2,500 teachers of govt and private schools, colleges, and universities from across Jharkhand were honoured by the Public Schools and Children Welfare Association (PSACWA) on Sunday for their contribution to education and student development.Anubhav Kumar of Marwari College said, “Being recognised for our work in education is encouraging. It reminds us that…
Mohsin Naqvi and Indian women’s cricket team (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: The Indian women’s cricket team refused to accept the Women’s Asia Cup trophy from Asian Cricket Council (ACC) president and Pakistan cricket chief Mohsin Naqvi after beating Sri Lanka by 72 runs in the final in Dubai on Sunday.India captain Harmanpreet Kaur and…
