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LITERARY SEMINAR ORGANIZED BY RENAISSANCE UNIVERSAL AT UDAYAN MSL OF SILIGURI

Posted on June 13, 2016 by tni

By R. Subrata (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Siliguri 13th June, 2016: Renaissance Universal (R.U.) Club of Siliguri organized a discussion on ‘Social Exploitation and Its Remedies: Perspective of Sri. Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar’ at Udayan Memorial Sports Library Hall yesterday. At the outset, Ms. Sunandita Bhowmik, Chairperson of Renaissance Universal (R.U.) Club Siliguri welcomed everybody and spoke about the aims and objectives of R.U. On this occasion, Mr. Soumen Nag noted writer of North Bengal was…

VETERAN ACTRESS SULBHA DESHPANDE PASSES AWAY IN MUMBAI

Posted on June 4, 2016 by tni

TNI News Service (TNS) Webdesk, TNI Mumbai 4th June, 2016: After a prolonged illness the veteran theatre and film actress Sulabha Deshpande, passed away today at her residence. She was known to be a household name in the eighties and nineties when she acted in most of the Tele serials on Doordarshan (DD1) and DD metro. Apart from this, she had acted in numerous Marathi and Hindi films. At the time of her death she…

BOOK LAUNCH TO PAY TRIBUTE TO SAKURA’S LIFELONG WORKS IN SILIGURI

Posted on May 30, 2016 by tni

TNI News Service (TNS) Webdesk, TNI Siliguri 30th May, 2016: Recently in Siliguri a book launch was organized to pay tribute to the veteran journalist and poet late. Mr. Santosh Kumar Rai who was also known as “Sakura. The book is entitled with the same title i.e. “Sakura”. The event was organized at Mangal Maiti Hall near Darjeeling More of Siliguri. The book launch event was marked as a paying homage to the Late. Santosh…

EASTERN INDIA’S FIRST LA TOMATINA FESTIVAL ORGANISED AT SHILLONG

Posted on May 30, 2016 by tni

TNI News Service (TNS) Webdesk, TNI Shillong 30th May, 2016: Hundreds of people participated in the recently held La Tomatina Festival at Shillong of North East. The main organizer was jointly done by the Directorate of Horticulture, Meghalaya, and Khasi-Jaintia Vegetable Sellers Association. According to Anthony Lyngdoh, Publicity Secretary of Amazing Colours of India “This is basically an international festival, celebrated all over the world. We are giving the platform to local and upcoming talents….

RONGALI BIHU MARKS THE END OF ASSAM’S BIHU FESTIVAL

Posted on May 27, 2016 by tni

By Arunangshu Maitra (TNI Falakata) | Edited By R. Subrata (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Dhubri 27th May, 2016: After the New year fall festival has started at Assam. In East Assam’s festival, Bihu is the main festival known throughout the world. It’s the festival depicting the folk arts of Assam and North East India. There are three types of Bihu festival in Assam which is less known to the world. In the month of April…

NORTH BENGAL LITERATURE FESTIVAL 2016 HELD AT ISLAMPUR TODAY

Posted on May 15, 2016 by tni

TNI News Service (TNS) Webdesk, TNI Islampur, 15th May, 2016: Today the International North Bengal Literature Festival was organized at the Municipal Bhawan located at Islampur Bus Terminus area. The festival was organized in the context of the 7th Anniversary of “Robbarer Sahitya Adda” and the Diamond Jubilee of “Islampur Mahakuma Sahitya Charcha”. In the festival, dignitaries came from the various part of the country along with Nepal and Bangladesh. Notingly, last year too the…

HSA FOUNDATION DAY CELEBRATED AT SHIVMANDIR

Posted on May 14, 2016 by tni

TNI News Service (TNS) Webdesk, TNI Siliguri 14th May, 2016: Today at the premises of University of North Bengal celebrated the 36th Foundation Day of Hill Students’ Association P.G. Unit (H.S.A.). It is a student welfare association formed in 1980 for the students coming from hills to study in this University. HSA celebrated their 36th Foundation Day with a cultural ceremony. Annual magazine of HSA named “Pahaad” was also released on this occasion. It is…

SOLO PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION AT SHIVMANDIR, SILIGURI

Posted on May 14, 2016 by tni

TNI News Service (TNS) Webdesk, TNI Kolkata 14th May, 2016: Awaz Rai, one of the budding photographers had come up all together with his talent for photography by organizing a solo exhibition of his photographs at Shivmandir, Siliguri. The Hill Student Association provided the platform to the upcoming artist on the occasion of their 36th Foundation Day. Mr. Awaz Rai along with his friend organized the entire exhibition which gave him the opportunity to showcase…

ANNUAL FEST ORGANIZED AT BINNAGURI ARMY SCHOOL

Posted on May 12, 2016 by tni

By Jishnu Chakraborty (TNI Gairkata) Webdesk, TNI Binnaguri 12th May, 2016: Yesterday at Binnaguri Army School the Annual fest was organized. In these program pupils from the first standard to 12th standard participated. The dignitaries present on this occasion were Army camps GOC N.J. George and other army officials. The items like mime, dance, recitation, songs etc. were performed. The principal Smt. Madhumita Sengupta said that the main objective of this programme is to provide…

BANYAN AND PORTIA’S (PAKUR) MARRIAGE AT FALAKATA FOR PROSPERITY

Posted on May 9, 2016 by tni

By Arunangshu Maitra (TNI Falakata) Webdesk, TNI Kolkata 9th May, 2016: An age old tradition of locally marrying Banyan and Portia tree is carried out in far deeper in North Bengal. This year too the same phenomenon happened at Falakata. It was not at all a casual affair rather people were invited on the occasion and were fed like that of a normal marriage party. The event took place at Patkata Gram Panchayat’s Baidyanath Para….

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