Maheshwari Sabha hosts Gangaur festival

Apr 04, 2014, at 07:58 pm

Kolkata, Apr 3 (IBNS): The Purva Kolkata Maheshwari Sabha recently celebrated the festival of 'Gangaur' with much fervour and devotion for the fifth year in a row at the Phoolbagan Gangaur Park, here. 'Gangaur', the festival of Rajasthan is observed with great fervour and devotion by women folk who worship 'Gauri', the consort of Lord Shiva.

iLEAD hosts workshop on faculty development

Apr 02, 2014, at 09:38 pm

Kolkata, Apr 2 (IBNS): Institute of Leadership, Entrepreneurship & Development (iLEAD) recently conducted a two-day workshop on 'Faculty Development', with Ashley Braganza, Professor, Brunel University, UK and Melvin N Johnson, Professor, Tennessee State University, USA, here,

Filmfare's dazzling debut in East

Apr 01, 2014, at 11:12 pm

Kolkata, Mar 30 (IBNS) It was not the April heat that scorched the Red Carpet at the Science City here, but the stars that alighted from the Tollywood and Bollywood which sent the temperatures shooting. Images by Avishek Mitra/IBNS

Chander Pahar success celebrated

Apr 01, 2014, at 10:52 pm

One of the block busters and top grossing films from Tollywood, Chander Pahar, the story of a young Bengali man's adventures in Africa in the years 1909-1910 adapted from the famous book of the same name by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, completed 100 days in cinema houses and the makers of the film and lead actor Dev (who is now fighting Lok Sabha polls on a Trinamool Congress ticket) celebrated the box office success occasion on Saturday (Mar 29, 2014) at INOX Lounge of South City Mall. Actor Dev, along with director Kamaleswar Mukherjee and other technicians besides the producers (Venkatesh Films) were present. Images by Avishek Mitra/IBNS