Vandalism at Bengali poet Srijato's event in Assam’s Silchar town

Guwahati, Jan 13 (IBNS): Right-wing activists on Saturday night ransacked a hotel in Assam’s Silchar town where Bengali poet Srijato Bandopadhyay was invited as a guest of honour at an event.

Kolkata: Fresh FIR lodged against poet Srijato for his controversial Facebook poem

Kolkata, Apr 12 (IBNS): Another police complaint has been lodged against Bengali poet Srijato Bandyopadhyay for allegedly hurting religious sentiments through a poem on social networking site Facebook, officials said.

Facebook apologises for 'mistakenly' removing poet Srijato's controversial poem, restores post

Kolkata, Mar 27 (IBNS): A day after Bengali poet Srijato Bandyopadhyay's controversial Facebook post, a poem, was removed from Facebook, the social media giant on Sunday restored the post on the poet's wall and called the incident a 'mistake', reports said.