Film actors Mimi Chakraborty and Nusrat Jahan

17th Lok Sabha gets 11 women MPs from Bengal, 3 less than 2014

Kolkata:  As many as 11 women candidates from West Bengal emerged victorious in the Lok Sabha elections, three less than the last general elections in 2014. With the saffron surge in the state, two women candidates from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) listed themselves as Members of Parliament (MP) in the 17th Lok Sabha along […]

Several film celebs win in LS battle, some lose

New Delhi:  In the political ‘dangal’ of the Lok Sabha elections 2019, a slew of film celebrities including Hema Malini, Sunny Deol, Kirron Kher, Manoj Tiwari, Anubhav Mohanty, Mimi Chakraborty and Nushrat Jahan emerged victorious. Veteran actress Hema Malini, Bollywood’s evergreen ‘Dreamgirl’, won from Mathura by 293,471 votes, defeating Narendra Singh of Rashtriya Lok Dal. […]

Ready with sneakers on: Trinamool celeb candidate Mimi

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress star Lok Sabha poll candidate Mimi Chakraborty is brimming with enthusiasm for her new role, and says she is “ready with her sneakers on”. Chakraborty on Tuesday became Trinamool’s surprise choice for Jadavpur constituency, replacing Harvard University professor and eminent historian Sugato Bose. “I just want everyone to bless me as I […]

Mimi Chakraborty (File Photo)

Glamour, surprise mark Trinamool LS candidate list

Kolkata: West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress on Tuesday announced its list of candidates, giving 41 per cent representation to women, and including a number of Bengali screen celebrities like Mimi Chakraborty and Nusrat Jahan. Announcing the list, Chief Minister and party supremo Mamata Banerjee said Harvard University professor and eminent historian Sugato Bose – who had […]