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A youth, reportedly in love with saswati Pal, tried to kill himself by slashing his wrist in West Midnapore's Ghatal on Saturday morning.

It was time for some magical footwork by saswati Sen and Deepak Maharaj at the much-anticipated Kathak festival held recently.

The girl studying in Visva-Bharati was chased from room to room in her hostel and shot dead by a spurned lover, who then turned the gun on himself.

Kolkata Police has transferred two officers of Tollygunge police station on charges of negligence as their stolen gun was used in the campus shooting in Santiniketan.

The three-day artistic voyage on the premises of College of Arts and Craft - Takshila Utsav - came to an end on Monday, with the multitude left wonderstruck with the artistic fervour of the iconic performers, Pandit Birju Maharaj, Vidushi saswati Sen and Girija Devi.

Kathak exponent saswati Sen fondly remembers the late Satyajit Ray and heaps praise on Pandit Birju Maharaj.

The girl, part of a 10-member excursion team from the US, was assaulted when she was visiting Kalo Bari (the Black House) near Sangeet Bhawan.

Pt Birju Maharaj requires no introduction. His legacy precedes him. Not only in India, the legend is known for his art across continents.

Non-fiction show ‘Dadagiri Season 9’ has some special episodes in store for the audience this week. The TV show will welcome very special guests including Chaitali Dasgupta, saswati Guhathakurta, Swagata Basu, Madhumanti Maitra and musician Soumitra Mitra in its episode on Sunday.

Early on Sunday morning, a group of women, dressed in yellow saris, neatly tucked flowers in their hair and got inside the Empress Garden. After checking the props, what followed was a celebration to welcome the Spring season- Basanta Utsav 2019.

Rasrang, a two day Kathak Utsav at Ravindralaya was a treat for Lucknowites.

“Success and excuses do not go together. If you seek excuses, forget about success. And if you want success, do not give excuses,” s

The rise of Manoj Nayak is what dreams are made of.Before Wednesday when a look out notice was issued against the 56-year-old and his wife saswati Das, he was considered one of the leading businessmen in Odisha.

The government railway police (GRP) on Saturday recovered the body of a girl from a railway track at Kuhudi station in Khurda district on Saturday.

Odisha Police's crime branch on Friday arrested two persons in connection with September 21 murder of a couple and their two minor daughters at Astaranga in Puri district.

The little champs in the reality shows on TV channels claim the spotlight by copying a Lata Mangeshkar or Manna Dey.

Paintings by children from relocated families in Kannagi Nagar slum tenements will be displayed at National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) in Taramani here on Friday, on the occasion of the Republic Day.

The public works department in Bhubaneswar has decided to take up repair work on the dilapidated 1km stretch between Janpath and Bomikhal Road over Bridge in the city called Maharshi College Road. This stretch of road in Saheed Nagar area is replete with potholes, uneven surfaces, broken speed breakers, and covers of sewerage drains in the middle of the road. This poses problems for the commuters using the road. saswati Jena, a local resident, said that the road is usually busy because it connects Janpath and Rasulgarh on one side and Bomikhal on the other. The presence of a mall, Maharshi College, and other commercial establishments makes it a prominent stretch. Vikrant Swain of Bomikhal Superintending Engineer PWD Division said that they had floated a tender for the work a year ago but it was kept on hold because the road was dug for underground cable work. A fresh tender has been floated for the project and the road will get a complete facelift with parallel surface footpaths and pavement covers of the sewerage lines will also be paved over during the construction.

After getting a lukewarm response from ex-students, guardians and well-wishers to its plea for funds to rebuild Jadavpur University’s Manick Sorcar Laser Animation Laboratory, the department of electrical engineering has now appealed to the lighting industry for help.

City private schools affiliated to CISCE and CBSE were satisfied with the student turnout on Thursday, the first day of school after the Covid break. The attendance at state board-affiliated schools haven’t been poor either.

The Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) of Presidency University that probed a complaint of harassment by an undergraduate student against an assistant professor of English department has concluded that the teacher has sexually harassed the complainant.

Even though Covid cases are on the rise, schools across the city are witnessing more than 80% attendance and students are in no mood to miss out on physical classes. “Children have started coming to school after two years, and are enjoying it.