Netaji File

Claiming that lives and achievements of national heroes were being distorted in films and various forms of media, a PIL has been filed before the Calcutta High Court seeking direction to the Centre to take steps to stop such activities.

Chandra Kumar Bose, has filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in Calcutta High Court demanding the "action of Government of India towards current unfettered distortions and misinformation in the literature and film of the Indian freedom movement."

The government on Thursday said that efforts have been made to obtain the files and records relating to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose from the UK, the US, Russia, Japan and China.

Bengal BJP vice president Soumitra Khan on Monday took a potshot a West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for filing a PIL in Calcutta High Court over the rejection of Bengal tableau for Republic Day parade.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's promise to build a statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose for the India Gate cupola has not cut any ice with Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who questioned why the Centre is yet to declassify the files on him.

The Calcutta High Court on Monday granted eight weeks' time to the Centre to file its reply to a petition seeking Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's picture on currency notes like that of Mahatma Gandhi.

Ahead of the 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting de-classification of "Netaji Files" and publication of the draft "A History of Indian National Army 1942-45" prepared by the history division of the Ministry of Defence.

Accusing a Delhi-based non-profit organization, Mission Netaji, of running a "sinister campaign" to taint Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's image by claiming that the leader lived in Uttar Pradesh as a hermit named Gumnami Baba, the members of Netaji's family on Thursday urged the centre to release all Intelligence Bureau (IB) files on him.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday described Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose as a "heroic soldier" and "skilled organiser" and said that his government has fulfilled the long demand of making the files related to the freedom fighter public.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said that people have the right to know the truth on what happened to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose after the Taihoku air crash in 1945.

Kolkata's infamous 'syndicate raj' has hit members of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's family. A senior Trinamool lawmaker and his mother, a former Trinamool lawmaker filed a police complaint alleging they were threatened by a gang of young men on Monday. Six men were later arrested.

Lt Governor Anil Baijal has returned Netaji Subhash Institute of Technology Bill to the Delhi Assembly asking for reconsideration of the Bill, days after his office sent back the file on slashing DTC bus fares to the AAP government. In June 2015, the Delhi Assembly had passed NSIT bill (amendment) tabled by AAP government, according university stat...

In a bid to raise awareness about Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in digital medium, a senior All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) leader has launched a website on the freedom fighter which will contain all the declassified files and the reports of various commissions on him.

The Japanese government recently declassified archival materials to help settle the long-held controversy over the death of Subhas Chandra Bose, a hero of India's independence movement. The materials show Bose died in a plane crash in Taipei just after the end of World War II.

The ashes of what is believed to be that of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose are preserved at Renkoji Temple in Japan in a small box, latest declassified files on the freedom fighter released today.

Claiming that lives and achievements of national heroes were being distorted in films and various forms of media, a PIL has been filed before the Calcutta High Court seeking direction to the Centre to take steps to stop such activities.

Chandra Kumar Bose, has filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in Calcutta High Court demanding the "action of Government of India towards current unfettered distortions and misinformation in the literature and film of the Indian freedom movement."

The government on Thursday said that efforts have been made to obtain the files and records relating to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose from the UK, the US, Russia, Japan and China.

Bengal BJP vice president Soumitra Khan on Monday took a potshot a West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for filing a PIL in Calcutta High Court over the rejection of Bengal tableau for Republic Day parade.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's promise to build a statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose for the India Gate cupola has not cut any ice with Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who questioned why the Centre is yet to declassify the files on him.

The Calcutta High Court on Monday granted eight weeks' time to the Centre to file its reply to a petition seeking Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's picture on currency notes like that of Mahatma Gandhi.

Ahead of the 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting de-classification of "Netaji Files" and publication of the draft "A History of Indian National Army 1942-45" prepared by the history division of the Ministry of Defence.

Accusing a Delhi-based non-profit organization, Mission Netaji, of running a "sinister campaign" to taint Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's image by claiming that the leader lived in Uttar Pradesh as a hermit named Gumnami Baba, the members of Netaji's family on Thursday urged the centre to release all Intelligence Bureau (IB) files on him.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday described Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose as a "heroic soldier" and "skilled organiser" and said that his government has fulfilled the long demand of making the files related to the freedom fighter public.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said that people have the right to know the truth on what happened to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose after the Taihoku air crash in 1945.

Kolkata's infamous 'syndicate raj' has hit members of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's family. A senior Trinamool lawmaker and his mother, a former Trinamool lawmaker filed a police complaint alleging they were threatened by a gang of young men on Monday. Six men were later arrested.

Lt Governor Anil Baijal has returned Netaji Subhash Institute of Technology Bill to the Delhi Assembly asking for reconsideration of the Bill, days after his office sent back the file on slashing DTC bus fares to the AAP government. In June 2015, the Delhi Assembly had passed NSIT bill (amendment) tabled by AAP government, according university stat...

In a bid to raise awareness about Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in digital medium, a senior All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) leader has launched a website on the freedom fighter which will contain all the declassified files and the reports of various commissions on him.

The Japanese government recently declassified archival materials to help settle the long-held controversy over the death of Subhas Chandra Bose, a hero of India's independence movement. The materials show Bose died in a plane crash in Taipei just after the end of World War II.

The ashes of what is believed to be that of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose are preserved at Renkoji Temple in Japan in a small box, latest declassified files on the freedom fighter released today.