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Veteran Bengali actor Santu Mukhopadhyay passes away
Veteran Bengali actor Santu Mukhopadhyay recently passed away of cardiac arrest at Kolkata. He was known for his roles in Bengali films such as ‘Sansar Simante’ and ‘Bhalobasa Bhalobasa’. The actor has performed in several memorable films and his acting career spanned a period of over four decades. He was born in 1951 in Kolkata ..
Topics: Actors • Bengali people • Kolkata
New Jharkhand High Court Chief Justice
On 18 Nov, Justice Ravi Ranjan took oath as the new chief justice of the Jharkhand High Court. Governor Draupadi Murmu administered the oath to him. The post of the Chief Justice was lying vacant after the elevation of former chief justice Aniruddha Bose to the Supreme Court this year. The swearing ceremony was attended ..
Topics: Aniruddha Bose • Bengali people • Chief justice • Chief Justice of the United States • Draupadi Murmu • Government of Jharkhand • India • Jharkhand • Legal professions • Murmu • State governments of India • States and union territories of India
Sri Lanka becomes first South Asian Nation to criminalize match fixing
Sri Lanka has become the first South Asian nation to criminalise several offences related to match fixing as its parliament passed all three reading of the bill labeled “Prevention of Offences Related to Sports”. The newest legislation covers all sports and it is believed that the recent investigation by Anti Corruption Unit prompted this bill ..
Topics: Bengali people • Cricket • Cricketers • Sanath Jayasuriya • Shakib Al Hasan • Sri Lanka • Wisden Cricketers of the Year
West Bengal to set up museum at house of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
The West Bengal government has decided to set up a museum at the north Kolkata house of 19th century social reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar where he had spent the last few years of his life. The museum chronicles his life from his birth place at Birsinghapur village in Paschim Medinipur district to the house in ..
Topics: Bengal • Bengali Hindus • Bengali people • Bengali Renaissance • Birsingha • India • Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar • Kolkata • Midnapore • South Asia • Vidyasagar • West Bengal
Meghalaya School wins Subroto Cup U-17 category
The Hopewel Elias Higher Secondary School of Meghalaya defeated Krida Shiksha Prothishtan of Bangladesh 1-0 to win the U-17 junior boys Subroto Cup football tournament. Sangti Janai of the Hopewel Elias Higher Secondary School scored the match’s solitary goal in the 32nd minute. The winning team Hopewel Elias Higher Secondary School of Meghalaya took home ..
Topics: Bengali people • India • Meghalaya • Mukherjee • States and union territories of India • Subrata • Subroto Cup • Subroto Mukerjee