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Fifty one years on, Ray's Sonar Kella continues to mesmerise cinema buffs

Kolkata, Dec. 26 -- As auteur Satyajit Ray's iconic Feluda film "Sonar Kella" (The Golden Fortress) marks 51 years, it continues to occupy a singular place in Bengali cinema, celebrated not merely as ... Read More


'Rs 1.60 Cr Singapore trip, Rs 82 L Italy visit': Foreign trips of Naveen Patnaik, V.K. Pandian under scanner

Bhubaneswar, Dec. 26 -- Serious allegations have been raised over foreign trips undertaken during the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) ruling in Odisha, with claims that overseas visits were marked by luxury and... Read More


Coforge clinches $2.39-billion Encora deal in Indian IT's biggest acquisition

Bengaluru, Dec. 26 -- Coforge Ltd on Friday unveiled the largest acquisition by an Indian IT services company, agreeing to buy Encora, a US data analytics and digital engineering firm, for $2.39 billi... Read More


Abhishek flags attack on Bengal migrants in BJP-ruled states

Kolkata, Dec. 26 -- Amid repeated incidents of attacks on Bengali-speaking migrant labourers in BJP-ruled states, Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee shared a video c... Read More


Trinamool brands BJP's 'Beti Bachao' a facade

Kolkata, Dec. 26 -- The Trinamool Congress (TMC), on Friday, accused the BJP of failing to protect women and instead shielding the accused. Referring to BJP's "Beti Bachao Beti Padhao" campaign, the ... Read More


Actress, ex-BJP candidate Parno Mittra joins Trinamool

KOLKATA, Dec. 26 -- Bengali actress Parno Mittra joined TMC on Friday ahead of the 2026 assembly elections. Mittra, who had joined the BJP in 2019 and even contested the 2021 assembly election from Ba... Read More


SIR: WBCS officers' body expresses concern over deletion of names

Kolkata, Dec. 26 -- The WBCS (Executive) Officers' Association has written a letter to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Bengal, expressing concern over the deletion of names of many voters from th... Read More


Former Minister Douglas Devananda arrested by CID

Sri Lanka, Dec. 26 -- Former Minister and leader of the Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP) Douglas Devananda has been arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID). He was arrested tod... Read More


Jharkhand Congress pays tribute to Manmohan Singh on death anniversary

Ranchi, Dec. 26 -- : The first death anniversary of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was observed at the Congress Bhavan here on Friday, with party leaders and workers paying floral tributes to hi... Read More


Housing sales volume falls 14 per cent y-o-y in 2025, sales value rises 6 points in top cities

Kolkata, Dec. 26 -- Hardening property prices, layoffs in the IT sector, geopolitical tensions and other uncertainties dented India's residential growth momentum in 2025. ANAROCK Research data indica... Read More