Sushmita Banerjee

Trinamool Rajya Sabha MP Sushmita Dev said Mamata Banerjee offers everything that the anti-BJP voters are looking for: from credibility to good governance to inclusive politics. This, she said, gives her party confidence to enter states like Goa.

Trinamool has nominated Sushmita Dev, a former aide of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, to the Rajya Sabha less than a month after she switched loyalties. The DMK has left no seats for the Congress, naming two of its own for the October 4 bypolls.

Arjun Kapoor often takes to Instagram to share a glimpse of him working out in the gym, but on Sunday he also managed to 'earn' a yummy snack.

Bipasha Basu, Sushmita Sen and Rani Mukherjee were among renowned actresses felicitated Sunday at the 19th Kolkata International Film Festival which came to an end with a celebration of women power.

In a new twist, a renegade Taliban militia, the Suicide Group of the Islamic Movement of Afghanistan, has taken responsibility for killing Indian author Sushmita Banerjee, claiming she was an "Indian spy".

Three militants from Pakistani Taliban were involved in the killing of Indian author Sushmita Banerjee in Afghanistan's Paktika province last week, the interrogation of the people arrested in the case has revealed.

Four more persons were detained today on suspicion of involvement in the murder of Indian writer Sushmita Banerjee, sources said.

In a fresh twist, a friend of murdered author Sushmita Banerjee today claimed the latter was under mental trauma over marital problems and planned to return to India on September 6, but was killed a day before. Ms Banerjee's family said there were "loopholes" in the claims.

The militants who barged into the Afghan home of Indian author Sushmita Banerjee and later shot her asked her why she wrote nasty things about them, the victim's in-laws told her Kolkata-based relatives on Saturday.

The brutal murder of Sushmita Banerjee in Afghanistan has left people in Kolkata asking just one question: why did she go back, knowing that she may incur the wrath of the Taliban? Of course, her Afghan husband was there, they say. But given the political climate, wasn't the author of A Kabuliwalah's Bengali Wife taking a huge risk? She didn't thin...

The Taliban today denied shooting dead Indian writer Sushmita Banerjee, whose murder Afghan officials blamed on the insurgent militia fighting against the government for 12 years.

Expressing shock over the killing of Indian author Sushmita Banerjee by suspected Taliban militants in Afghanistan, filmmaker Ujjwal Chatterjee on Friday remembered Banerjee as a "daring" and "outspoken" woman.

Friends and family of Sushmita Banerjee, an Indian writer executed by suspected Taliban militants, have said she insisted on returning to Afghanistan despite fears that her life could be in danger.

India will take up with Kabul the killing of Indian author Sushmita Banerjee by suspected Taliban militants in Afghanistan, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajeev Shukla said on Friday.

"The way I fought against Taliban, every girl, every woman should fight too" - Indian author Sushmita Banerjee had uttered these words nearly a decade ago. The writer, famous for her memoir about her dramatic escape from the Taliban, was shot dead in Afghanistan by suspected Taliban men.

Trinamool Rajya Sabha MP Sushmita Dev said Mamata Banerjee offers everything that the anti-BJP voters are looking for: from credibility to good governance to inclusive politics. This, she said, gives her party confidence to enter states like Goa.

Trinamool has nominated Sushmita Dev, a former aide of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, to the Rajya Sabha less than a month after she switched loyalties. The DMK has left no seats for the Congress, naming two of its own for the October 4 bypolls.

Arjun Kapoor often takes to Instagram to share a glimpse of him working out in the gym, but on Sunday he also managed to 'earn' a yummy snack.

Bipasha Basu, Sushmita Sen and Rani Mukherjee were among renowned actresses felicitated Sunday at the 19th Kolkata International Film Festival which came to an end with a celebration of women power.

In a new twist, a renegade Taliban militia, the Suicide Group of the Islamic Movement of Afghanistan, has taken responsibility for killing Indian author Sushmita Banerjee, claiming she was an "Indian spy".

Three militants from Pakistani Taliban were involved in the killing of Indian author Sushmita Banerjee in Afghanistan's Paktika province last week, the interrogation of the people arrested in the case has revealed.

Four more persons were detained today on suspicion of involvement in the murder of Indian writer Sushmita Banerjee, sources said.

In a fresh twist, a friend of murdered author Sushmita Banerjee today claimed the latter was under mental trauma over marital problems and planned to return to India on September 6, but was killed a day before. Ms Banerjee's family said there were "loopholes" in the claims.

The militants who barged into the Afghan home of Indian author Sushmita Banerjee and later shot her asked her why she wrote nasty things about them, the victim's in-laws told her Kolkata-based relatives on Saturday.

The brutal murder of Sushmita Banerjee in Afghanistan has left people in Kolkata asking just one question: why did she go back, knowing that she may incur the wrath of the Taliban? Of course, her Afghan husband was there, they say. But given the political climate, wasn't the author of A Kabuliwalah's Bengali Wife taking a huge risk? She didn't thin...

The Taliban today denied shooting dead Indian writer Sushmita Banerjee, whose murder Afghan officials blamed on the insurgent militia fighting against the government for 12 years.

Expressing shock over the killing of Indian author Sushmita Banerjee by suspected Taliban militants in Afghanistan, filmmaker Ujjwal Chatterjee on Friday remembered Banerjee as a "daring" and "outspoken" woman.

Friends and family of Sushmita Banerjee, an Indian writer executed by suspected Taliban militants, have said she insisted on returning to Afghanistan despite fears that her life could be in danger.

India will take up with Kabul the killing of Indian author Sushmita Banerjee by suspected Taliban militants in Afghanistan, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajeev Shukla said on Friday.

"The way I fought against Taliban, every girl, every woman should fight too" - Indian author Sushmita Banerjee had uttered these words nearly a decade ago. The writer, famous for her memoir about her dramatic escape from the Taliban, was shot dead in Afghanistan by suspected Taliban men.