Sai Paranjpye, Celina Jaitly flag off KASHISH
Mumbai, May 28 (IBNS) National award winning filmmaker Sai Paranjpye and actor and United Nations Equality champion Celina Jaitly on Wednesday flagged off the 6th edition of KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival – South Asia’s biggest and India’s only mainstream LGBT film festival.
TPF offers scholarship for students
Terapanth Professional Forum (TPF), a charitable fund has declared on Wednesday (May 27, 2015) about its 100% scholarship for promising students all over India through ‘Udaan’. Images by Sounak Choudhury/IBNS
Mega Food Park inaugurated in Assam
Guwahati, May 28 (IBNS) To give a major boost to the food processing sector by adding value and reducing food wastage and loss at each stage of the supply chain with particular focus on perishables, Ministry of Food Processing Industries is implementing a Mega Food Park Scheme in the country since 2008.
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh calling on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on Wednesday (May 27, 2015).
Pranab pays homage to Nehru on his death anniversary
President of India Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday (May 27, 2015) paid homage on the occasion of the Death Anniversary of Late Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru at Shanti Van in New Delhi. Images: Samar Mondol
SER GM interacts with passengers
General Manager, South Eastern Railway(SER) Radhey Shyam interacting with passengers of Howrah-Panskura (38419) Local during Passenger and Customer Facilitation Fortnight – “Railyatri/Upbhokta Pakhwada†on May 26, 2015.
PNC Infratech shares list at over 2% premium
New Delhi, May 26 (IBNS) Shares of PNC Infratech on Tuesday listed on the stock exchanges with a premium of over 2 per cent against the issue price of Rs 378 a share. The stock debuted at Rs 381, up 0.79 per cent, on BSE. On NSE, PNC Infratech listed at Rs 387, a gain of 2.38 per cent.
"One in a million" means Ishqedarriyaan
Ahmedabad, May 26 (IBNS) Actress Evelyn Sharma who counts more than three million followers on social media for the first time responded to a fan on a very personal level. While on the promo tour with co-star Mahaakshay Chakraborty for Ishqedarriyaan in Ahmedabad a fan got pushed aside by security very rudely at an event.
PM Modi meets President Pranab Mukherjee
PM Narendra Modi called on the President Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday (May 26, 2015).
Relatives of deceased Nepalese soldiers at Langtang in Nepal taken by Indian Air Force Mi 17 V5 helicopter to pay homage to their near and dear ones on May 23.
World, Indian cricket leaders attend IPL final
Mustafa Kamal, Former President, ICC, Rajeev Shukla, Chairman, IPL Governing Council, Anurag Thakur, Hony. Secretary, BCCI, Haroon Lorgat, CEO, Cricket South Africa,Nazmul Hasan, President, Bangladesh Cricket Board, Biswarup Dey, Hony. Treasurer, CAB, Chris Nenzani, President, Cricket South Africa, and Anirudh Chaudhry, Hony. Treasurer, BCCI, with Jagmohan Dalmiya, President, BCCI (centre) attended the IPL final at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday.
Kolkata hosts summer party in association with Jim Beam
Kolkata, May 25 (IBNS): Kolkata's first summer party, in association with Jim Beam, provided much needed respite from the soaring temperature on Sunday at a city hotel. The crowd turned up in full force and enthusiasm to beat the heat in this poolside party that was kickstarted by the house music churned out by DJs including Kabira, Hussain, Rishi, Shabby, Aaditya, Avi and Ashish.
Film world hold football match to aid earthquake victims
VCN Friendship Cup Exhibition Match was organised by West Bengal Motion Picture Artists’ Forum in aid of Nepal Earthquake victims. Tollywood celebrities like Arindam Ganguly, Abhishek Chatterjee, Kaushik Sen, June Malia, Dolon Roy graced the occasion on Saturday (23 May, 2015) at Ram Lila Ground,Maula Ali, CIT Road. Images by Sounak Choudhury/IBNS.
"Dil Dhadakne Do" stars sizzles Kolkata
Bollywood stars Anil Kapoor,Farhan Akhtar, Ranveer Singh and producer Ritesh Sidhwani promoted their upcoming movie "Dil Dhadakne Do" on Sunday ( 24 May, 2015) at Haytt Regency,Kolkata. Dil Dhadakne Do is a comedy-drama film directed by Zoya Akhtar. The film also features Shefali Shah, Priyanka Chopra and Anushka Sharma as female leads. It tells the story of a dysfunctional Punjabi family on a cruise trip. Images by Sounak Choudhury/IBNS.
The Kabuliwala of Kolkata, a photo exhibition about a community in India’s eastern city longing for Afghanistan that once was home, is travelling from Kabul to Kolkata, evoking strong emotional response from viewers. Inspired by Indian historic literature about the community, Moska Najib and Nazes Afroz, two photo-journalists, documented their lives in images over the course of two years and here share their experience in first person accounts.