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Declare Vidyasagar's birth anniversary as Teacher's Day: Bengali outfit urges CM
Bangla Pokkho, an organisation that propagates Bengali sub-nationalism, has written to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to declare social reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's birth anniversary on September 26 as Teachers' Day in the state.
Published on Sep 25, 2021 06:17 PM IST
PTI | , Kolkata
The Father of Bengali Prose
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was a personality whose name we’re all familiar with. However, not many of us know of his great achievements that have had a remarkable impact on our societal structure and norms.
Published on Jul 29, 2021 11:37 AM IST
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BJP’s membership drive a hit in Vidyasagar College
On May 14, a mob had vandalised a bust of 19th century social reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar in the college during Shah’s roadshow, triggering a violent clash between BJP and Trinamool Congress supporters.
Updated on Jul 25, 2019 05:51 AM IST
Hindustan Times, KOLKATA | Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
250 members added from Vidyasagar College in Bengal, says BJP youth wing
In mid May, the demolition of Vidyasagar’s statue triggered a major controversy. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who rushed to the spot that very night, blamed BJP supporters participating in party chief Amit Shah’s road show for the incident. She also promised to install a statue at the college compound.
Updated on Jul 24, 2019 08:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
Will keep protecting minorities, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee
Vidyasagar’s statue was destroyed after a college named after him was ransacked on May 14 in the violence that followed BJP chief Amit Shah’s roadshow in Kolkata. Both the BJP and Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders blamed each other for vandalising the statue.
Published on Jun 11, 2019 11:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | HT Correspondent
‘Bengal not a toy, can’t play with it’: Mamata hammers BJP at statue event
Mamata Banerjee attacked the BJP at an event to unveil Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar’s new statue.
Updated on May 23, 2020 06:49 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Lok Sabha elections 2019: TMC and its goons creating anarchy in Bengal, says PM
Mamata doesn’t consider me PM, she considers Pak Prime Minister as PM, says Modi; promises to build a new statue of Vidyasagar.
Updated on May 17, 2019 05:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | HT Correspondent
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Bengal campaign ends, war of words continues between PM Modi and Mamata
PM Modi and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee sustained their rancorous war of words until the last moment, and the entire Opposition ranged behind the latter.
Updated on May 17, 2019 12:11 AM IST
HT Correspondent
Lok Sabha elections 2019: ‘Will build new Vidyasagar statue at same spot’, says PM Modi
A statue of renowned Bengal reformer, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, was destroyed and a college named after him ransacked in the violence on Tuesday.
Updated on May 13, 2020 08:16 PM IST
New Delhi | HT Correspondent
No CCTV proof; Kolkata college blames ‘outsiders’ for desecration of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar’s bust
Two CCTV cameras are installed outside the building on College Street (now Bidhan Sarani) and one is in the room where the Vidyasagar bust, made of Plaster of Paris, was kept inside a glass box.
Updated on May 16, 2019 07:24 AM IST
Kolkata | Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
Day after Kolkata violence, Mamata and TMC leaders change profile photos
Trinamool Congress’s official profile on Twitter and Facebook was also changed with a picture of Vidyasagar.
Updated on May 15, 2019 02:02 PM IST
Kolkata | Press Trust of India
Lok Sabha Elections 2019:TMC, BJP clash as Shah leads big show of strength in Bengal
TMC supporters alleged the attack on the college came from the participants in the road show.
Updated on May 17, 2019 07:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | HT Correspondent
Review: Three Classic Films by Gulzar - Insights Into the Films
A box set of books on three classic Hindi films brings out why Gulzar’s oeuvre is special
Updated on May 15, 2019 01:28 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Lamat R Hasan