Bangladesh: Shibir-backed event for extremist triggers widespread concerns

IANS | August 19, 2026 7:50 PM

Dhaka, Aug 19 (IANS) Citing it as a "dangerous" development, a report has highlighted that Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Bangladesh's radical Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami, is seeking to establish extremist Asif Adnan at Dhaka University by portraying him as an innocent individual who was victimised by former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s counterterrorism campaign.

Venkatesh's film with Anil Ravipudi titled 'January 12 Vidudala'

IANS | August 19, 2026 7:50 PM

Hyderabad, Aug 19 (IANS) The makers of director Anil Ravipudi's eagerly awaited entertainer, featuring actors Venkatesh and Nandamuri Kalyan Ram in the lead, on Wednesday announced the title of the film as 'January 12 Vidudala', much to the delight of fans and film buffs.

Will Mamata's Trinamool survive as a diminished force or rebels permanently redefine party

Jayanta Bhattacharya | August 19, 2026 7:42 PM

New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Once the apparent resolute, fiery leader who breached West Bengal's Red citadel in 2011, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee's political career has been defined by resilience and disruption; but now stands at poignant moment further with Tuesday's Calcutta High Court order refusing to grant any interim relief in her party faction's claim for the West Bengal Assembly's Leader of Opposition's chair.