Woman IPS officer accuses a top Tamil Nadu police official of sexual harassment, Madras High Court takes suo motu notice
Mamata throws a challenge to Suvendu Adhikari, announces her decision to contest from his bastion of Nandigram; Trinamool candidates list out
After Rashtriya Janata Dal and Samajwadi Party, Shiv Sena backs Mamata Banerjee in the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation sets aside Rs.1,400 crore for the rejuvenation of Mumbai’s rivers
The Goa Foundation says a new proposal of the Ministry of Mines infringes on the rights of State governments and would lead to the sale of mines at below-market prices
Tamil Nadu government bans registration of land within 5km radius of Madras Atomic Power Station at Kalpakkam
Jitendra Tiwari, Trinamool MLA and former Mayor of Asansol, joins BJP on a day when ECI notifies first of eight-phase Assembly election
An international online symposium of university teachers calls for the creation of a forum to address the major disruption in academics caused by COVID-19 pandemic
Influential Bengal cleric Abbas Siddiqui takes the stage at Left-Congress Kolkata rally, announces support of his ISF to Left Front in election
Mamata Banerjee slams EC for eight phase election in West Bengal and asks if the schedule was made on orders of Modi and Shah
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"Court" Quietly eloquent PARTHA CHATTERJEE "Court" creates a believable, real world through a measured narrative that ...
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Realism Failure of realism When Indian art cinema, with encouragement from the state, began as a movement around ...
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Requiem for film WE have known for some years now that the days of film as film are numbered, that movies ...
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Cinema Eurasian images The 9th Eurasia International Film Festival in Almaty, Kazakhstan, had a bouquet of ...