Vivek Agnihotri flays historian Irfan Habib for his dig at Amit Shah's surname

Nov 13, 2018, at 09:31 am

Kolkata, Nov 13 (IBNS): Noted historian Irfan Habib has ignited a fresh controversy when he took a dig at the renaming of Indian cities by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by picking the surname of BJP president Amit Shah himself. However, BJP sympathisers hit back with filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri tweeting the inherent bias in historians to ignore Indians while extolling the conquerers of the land.

Jadavpur University erupts over screening of Buddha In A Traffic Jam

May 07, 2016, at 05:29 am

Kolkata, May 6 (IBNS): The campus of Jadavpur University erupted again over the screening of a film as the students of the ultra-left union clashed with the BJP's student wing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and held four of those belonging to saffron brigade hostage accusing them of molestation.