Pallavi graces launch of Meenabazaar Classics

Sep 07, 2014, at 04:59 am

Mrs.India International and Bollywood actress Richa Sharma and Tollywood actress Pallavi Chatterjee were present at the launch of LopamudraMandalSaha's Meenabazaar Classics in Kolkata on Friday (Sept 5, 2014). The Meenabazaar Classics art, fashion and lifestyle exhibition organized in aid of charities. The exhibition will showcase the Pre-Puja and Pre-Diwali collection for the upcoming festive season.

Kolkata hosts Sweden India Nobel Memorial Quiz 2014

Sep 07, 2014, at 04:28 am

Sweden India Nobel Memorial Quiz was held in Kolkata's Presidency University on Friday (Sept 5, 2014). The team of RCC Institute of Technology, Kolkata, comprising of Sayantan Bhattacharjee, Abir Bhattacharya and Srijak Bhattacharya won the Kolkata finals where 39 teams had participated.

COAS intracting with Maj Gen Vetsop Namgyel, Ambassador of Bhutan on Friday (Sept 5, 2014)

Sep 07, 2014, at 04:14 am

COAS intracting with Maj Gen Vetsop Namgyel, Ambassador of Bhutan on Friday (Sept 5, 2014)

Adfactors PR hosts Social Intelligence for Business Success conference

Sep 07, 2014, at 04:03 am

Mumbai, Sept 5 (IBNS): In a first for the Indian public relations industry, Adfactors PR organized a seminar on Social Intelligence on Friday. The seminar featuring experts such as Thomas Stoeckle of WCG, Sam Flemming of Kantar Media CIC, and Arvind Gupta of Bharatiya Janata Party. This conference – titled, ‘Social Intelligence for Business Success: A case of three cultures’ – brought together experts in the communication domain from three cultures – Europe, China and India – to discuss how businesses can leverage analytics and social media more effectively towards increased competitiveness. As the first keynote speaker, Arvind Gupta, National Technology Head of the Bharatiya Janata Party, shared his experience of successful utilisation of digital technology to communicate with the electorate during the 2014 general elections. He explained how technology was used to understand voter behaviour at the polling booth level. The second keynote speaker was London-based Stoeckle, the Group Director Analytics of W2O Group, which has operations in the US and Europe. According to him, there are five fundamentals of media efficiency. These include: Listening (insights driven publishing platforms); Influencers (top 50 people and the top four influencers for each influencer; Language (the top five words that optimize search); Content (the stories that matter via a content curation engine); and Distribution (the channels that matter for resource allocation). Shanghai-based Sam Flemming, the third keynote speaker and the CEO of Kantar Media CIC, described how the absence of regular entertainment in TV channels and the ban of platforms such as Facebook led to China’s Netizens developing their own Social Media. ]The youth in China have embraced the indigenous social media in such a big way. The “unique, fragmented and dynamic” social scene is dominated by channels such as Weibo, BBS and VChat, he added. All three keynote speakers presented emerging tools, technologies, best practices and case studies along with in-depth insights and unique perspectives from their markets. Madan Bahal, co-founder and Managing Director, Adfactors PR, in his address to the participants, said, “As a firm, we realise the strategic importance of social media and business analytics to remain relevant and maintain our position as a market leader in the public relations industry. We are committed to enhance our social offering in the near future, and analytics will be central to this proposition. We will use a combination of methods, including expanding capacity, acquiring leadership talent from international markets, acquisitions or even joint ventures with social companies. As a tangible metric of success, I would like at least 20% of our revenue coming from social in the next two years.” Apart from these speeches, there were panel discussions featuring prominent panelists such as Kiran Khalap of chlorophyll, Santosh Desai of Future Group, Sumit Virmani of Infosys Technologies, Sujit Ganguli of ICICI Bank, Anil Jairaj of Pidilite Industries, Tejas Narvekar of Germin8, and Anant Rangaswami of CNBC-Storyboard.

Priyanka Chopra teaches Nickeldeon's star toons

Sep 05, 2014, at 11:22 pm

On the occasion of Teacher’s Day (Sept 5, 2014) Priyanka ‘Mary Kom’ Chopra teaches Nickelodeon’s star toons Motu-Patlu how to pack a knockout punch.

Army launches Operation Sahayata in Jammu and Kashmir

Sep 05, 2014, at 10:49 pm

New Delhi, Sept 05 (IBNS) Due to incessant rains past 48 hours, Army has launched ‘Operation Sahayata’ to provide rescue and relief in areas of Kashmir Valley, Naoshera, Rajouri, Thanamandi and Poonch, in coordination with civil administration.

Brett Lee, Tanishaa Chatterjee to star in new Australian feature

Sep 05, 2014, at 10:45 pm

Mumbai, Sept 5 (IBNS) UNINDIAN, the first feature of the recently established Australia India Film Fund (AIFF) will go into production in October in Sydney, it has been announced by Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott MP in India on Thursday.

The Prime Minister of Australia

Sep 05, 2014, at 07:33 pm

The Prime Minister of Australia, Tony Abbott paying homage at Amar Jawan Jyoti, India Gate, in New Delhi on September 5, 2014.

"Shoppers Stop Pujor Bazar" launched in Kolkata mall

Sep 05, 2014, at 07:25 pm

Tollywood (Bangali film industry) actor Gaurav Chakraborty and actress Riddhima Gosh were present at "Shoppers Stop Pujor Bazar" ceremony at Forum shopping mall in Kolkata on Thursday (Sept 4, 2014). Images by Soumyadeep Pal/IBNS

India, Pakistan hold flag meeting in Poonch sector

Sep 05, 2014, at 07:21 pm

A flag meeting was held on Wednesday (Sept 3, 2014) at the Punch- Rawlakot Crossing point in the Poonch Sector on the Line of Control (LC) between India and Pakistani army after days of heavy firing along the border and Indian allegation of Pakistan violating ceasefire rules.

Italian cuisine eatery lunched in Kolkata

Sep 05, 2014, at 07:17 pm

Italian cuisine eatery Serafina was launched at Quest Mall in Kolkata on Thursday (Sept 4, 2014). Images by Somnath Roy Chowdhury/IBNS

Soman visits Red FM studio to promote 'Khoobsurat'

Sep 04, 2014, at 10:15 pm

Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor visited Red FM office in Noida on Wednesday for promotion of her upcoming film 'Khoobsurat'.

33 wild animals rescued by Center for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation

Sep 04, 2014, at 08:04 pm

Guwahati, Sept 3 (IBNS) : Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) run Mobile Veterinary Service (MVS) units of Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), in association with Assam Forest Department and local people, have rescued 33 strayed out wild animals during the recent flood wave in Kaziranga National Park from Aug 25 to Aug 30.

Trip To Bhangarh competes with Raja Natwarlal

Sep 04, 2014, at 07:46 pm

Mumbai, Sept 3 (IBNS) Emraan Hashmi's Raja Natwarlal clashes with debutant Manish Choudhary's Trip To Bhangarh as both the movies released on the same date and have managed to garner the attention of the cinema goers. They are at loggerheads with each other to pull the maximum number of crowd to their shows.

Dev launches Asia Kitchen Festival in Kolkata

Sep 03, 2014, at 09:57 pm

Tollywood (Bengali film industry) superstar and TMC MP Dev launched the Asia Kitchen Festival at Mainland China in Kolkata on Tuesday (Sept 2, 2014). Images by Somnath Roy Chowdhury/IBNS

"Achena Hathe - A Reason To Sing With Lyrics" album launched

Sep 03, 2014, at 09:54 pm

Singers Rupankar, Pratik Choudhary, Jayanti Chakraborty and Baishakhi Chowdhury were present at the launch of Bengali music album "Achena Hathe - A Reason To Sing With Lyrics" at The Press Club in Kolkata on Tuesday (Sept 2, 2014). Images by Somnath Roy Chowdhury/IBNS

Actors speak on

Sep 02, 2014, at 08:11 pm

Actors Locket Chatterje, Saheb Chatterjee, Subhashish Mukherjee, Mousumi Bhattacharya and Ahijit Ghosh interacted with the media over their upcoming film “Gogoler Kirti” in Kolkata on Monday (Sept 1, 2014). Gogoler Kirti is a sequel to Goyenda Gogol, a thriller based on two stories from from Samaresh Basu’s Gogol Series-Mahish Mardini Uddhar and Rai Raja Uddhar. Images by Avishek Mitra/IBNS

Diamond Plaza launches Food festival

Sep 02, 2014, at 08:07 pm

Inspired by the concept of concept of Rice Bucket, Diamond Plaza (Star Centre) inaugurated Pre- Puja food Festa from Sept 1 and will continue till Sept 31. The festival’s main attractions are Kebabs from Pakistan, Illish Briyani from Bangladesh, Tibetan food and many other mouth-watering delicacies, available from 12:30pm- 10pm. First Rice Bucket will be donated by the mall to the orphanage children. Images by IBNS

Pranab attends 14th Convocation of University of Jammu

Sep 02, 2014, at 08:03 pm

Jammu, Sept 1 (IBNS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday attended the 14th Convocation of University of Jammu here.

54th foundation day of NCERT celebrated

Sep 02, 2014, at 07:58 pm

New Delhi, Sept 1 (IBNS) The Union Minister of Human Resource and Development Smriti Zubin Irani addressed the 54th NCERT Foundation Day celebrations at New Delhi on Monday and motivated the participating students to take up the challenge of Gender Inclusion to eradicate gender bias from its root.

Japan: PM Modi plays drums

Sep 02, 2014, at 07:50 pm

The Chairman of Nippon Foundations, Mr. Yohei Sasakawa calls on the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, in Tokyo, Japan on September 02, 2014.

Japan: PM Modi plays drums

Sep 02, 2014, at 07:42 pm

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi arrives at the University of Sacred Heart, in Tokyo, Japan on September 02, 2014.

Fire in Kolkata's Chatterjee International

Sep 02, 2014, at 07:14 pm

A major fire broke out at a multi-storied building, Chatterjee International, in the heart of Kolkata’s Chowringhee area on Tuesday (Sept 2, 2014). There were no reports of any casualties in the incident. At least 17 fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the flames. The adjoining roads were partly closed as fire fighters were trying to enter the floors using hydraulic ladder. At least four persons trapped inside the building were rescued by the fire department. Very few people were inside the building as the fire broke out before the peak office hours. The area was also cordoned off to conduct the firefighting operations. The 24-floor-high Chatterjee International is the fifth tallest building in Kolkata. Images by Avishek Mitra/IBNS

Juhi Chawla , Sohail Khan launch Sirf Keval Sigma Clinic

Sep 01, 2014, at 11:07 pm

Mumbai, Sept 1 (IBNS) Actress Juhi Chawla, lastly seen in Gulaab Gang besides a cameo in Hollywood movie The Hundred-Foot Journey, unveiled Sirfkeval Purwave Machine (which fights back and joint pain) in a Mumbai hotel recently.

Juhi Chawla , Sohail Khan launch Sirf Keval Sigma Clinic

Sep 01, 2014, at 11:03 pm

Mumbai, Sept 1 (IBNS) Actress Juhi Chawla, lastly seen in Gulaab Gang besides a cameo in Hollywood movie The Hundred-Foot Journey, unveiled Sirfkeval Purwave Machine (which fights back and joint pain) in a Mumbai hotel recently.

Modi in Japan

Sep 01, 2014, at 10:39 pm

The Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Mr. Akihiro Ohta calls on the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, in Tokyo, Japan on September 01, 2014.

Modi in Japan

Sep 01, 2014, at 10:36 pm

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Mr. Fumio Kishida calling on the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, in Tokyo, Japan on September 01, 2014.

Rituparna launches designer boutique

Sep 01, 2014, at 10:29 pm

Kolkata, Aug 31 (IBNS) Tollywood actress Rituparna Sengupta on Sunday launched designer boutique "Women- Your Style Statement" outlet in north Kolkata's Baguiati on VIP Road here.

Actor Mohammad Nazim promotes his upcoming film in Kolkata

Sep 01, 2014, at 10:25 pm

Kolkata, Aug 31 (IBNS): Television actor Mohammad Nazim on Saturday visited Kolkata for the promotion for his upcoming Bollywood film 'Plot No 666'.

80 years of Debaki Bose's Seeta celebrated

Sep 01, 2014, at 10:21 pm

Kolkata, Aug 31 (IBNS) Tapan Sinha Foundation and Debaki Bose Memorial committee celebrated 80 years of the Hindi film "Sita" (first Indian film to receive an international award), which was made by Debaki Bose, one of the doyens and pioneers of Indian cinema, recently at Nandan 2 auditorium. Images by Arijit Das Chowdhury/IBNS