Deep Sarkar

The city police have arrested seven more persons on charges of instigating the vandalism at the MG Road-Rabindra Sarani Crossing by setting off a chain of events that culminated in setting the police PCR vehicle on fire. These include one deep sarkar (27), who had actually set the vehicle afire at Burrabazar.

When the cops came knocking on deep sarkar's door at 10.30pm on Wednesday, his father lied that his son was not home. On Tuesday, the world had watched live on TV the 27-year-old - clad in a saffron T-shirt and chanting slogans - setting fire to a police vehicle on Rabindra Sarani during BJP's foiled Nabanna march.

‘Kalkokkho’ (House Of Time) aims to bridge the gap between magical realism and existential horror as it highlights the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Three minor boys drowned in the Brahmaputra river in Guwahati while another is still missing.The four youths have been identified as Dayal Sheikh, Jit Das, deep sarkar and Abinash Das. They were students of class X.

As a school student, I had a keen interest in engi neering but was unable to decide whether I should pursue a BTech, BE or a BSc degree.

In Tripura, two individuals drowned as floodwaters receded in Sepahijala and Gomati districts, raising the death toll to 28. Chief Minister Manik Saha consoled Chiranjit Dey's family after he drowned saving a mother and child. Bhowmik, a Class IX student and Sarkar, a Class XI student, also lost their lives in separate incidents.

Winners of a contest conducted by Radio Mirchi got the opportunity to enjoy the company of their favourite RJs at a popular water park of Kanpur.

Winners of a contest conducted by Radio Mirchi got the opportunity to enjoy the company of their favourite RJs at a popular water park of Kanpur.

‘Kalkokkho’ will be screened in the New Currents section that highlights Asian cinema at the 26th Busan International Film Festival.

The death of Ratan Karmakar - a small-time garments trader from Adi Saptagram in Hooghly - was not just an isolated case of lynching. Sources said evidence was emerging that it was a case of extortion. A kangaroo court had demanded money from the victim and tried to establish it as in what they claimed was a theft.

After their award-winning short films including ‘Malai’ and ‘Kayantar’, National Award-winning filmmakers Rajdeep Paul and Sarmistha Maiti are ready with their next film ‘Kalkokkho’.

The film 'Kalkokkho', directed by Rajdeep Paul and Sarmistha Maiti, recently won the National Award for Best Bengali Feature Film, presented to producer Anjan Bose by President Droupadi Murmu. The story, reflecting the COVID-19 pandemic's despair, revolves around a doctor's transformative experience when kidnapped by a paranoid woman. With a cast led by Sreelekha Mukherji and Janardan Ghosh, the film premiered at the Busan International Film Festival, hindered by pandemic-related travel restrictions.

The results of Cotton College Students Union elections were declared on Friday amidst much tension and anticipation.

Director duo Rajdeep Paul and Sarmistha Maiti’s experimental film ‘Kalkokkho’ won the Best Bengali Film award at the 69th National Film Awards. The Bengali film, which had its premiere at the prestigious Busan International Film Festival 2021, focuses on an existential horror scenario inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic. It also explores the texture of time.

A youth was found dead under mysterious circumstances at his Haridevpur residence on the southern fringes of the city on Sunday morning.