National General Secretary, Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Abhishek Banerjee who embarked on the two-month TMC mega event 'Jan Sanjog Yatra' on April 25 completed 2000 km in 17 days on Thursday at the TMC Bhawan in Kolkata district of West Bengal.
The Supreme Court on Friday questioned the West Bengal government over banning the film 'The Kerala Story' saying the movie is running in different parts of the country with similar demographic profile.
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the West Bengal government on the plea of the makers of the movie, 'The Kerala Story', challenging the decision of the Mamata Banerjee government to ban the screening of the movie in the State.
Stressing the need for meeting the shortage of doctors and nurses at hospitals, she asked the health secretary to form a committee to decide on the legal aspects of such diploma courses to train more doctors for primary healthcare units.
Days after Mamata Banerjee led West Bengal government imposed a ban on 'The Kerala Story' film, citing "peace and harmony", the Bharatiya Janata Party Mahila Morcha on Thursday staged protests outside Inox Multiplex here in the city.
The film depicts how thousands of young women were allegedly brainwashed into joining the Islamic State (IS) and headed off to countries like Syria and Afghanistan.
Filmmaker Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri opened up about filing the defamation case against West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee for her remarks against 'The Kashmir Files.' He said that he won't be silent anymore and will take strict legal action for targeting his film.
"She creates hindrances in all that work which is supposed to be in the interest of the nation. She is a modern-day Jinnah who has objections to everything which happens in our country and has problems with country growth".
A day after the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal banned the film 'The Kerala Story', filmmaker Sudipto Sen said the decision was "politically motivated" and urged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to watch the film and then take any decision
West Bengal became the first state to ban the film,' The Kerala Story' which narrates the ordeal of three women who are trafficked to ISIS camps after being converted to Islam through marriage.
Bengaluru FC had started strong by winning Game 1 by a dominant margin of 4-1. They looked set to clean sweep the NEUFC duo in Game 2, which ended up goalless and was then followed by a marathon penalty shootout.