Kabir Suman

Has the ice been thawed between Mamata Banerjee and her former MP Kabir Suman, who is also a well-known singer, but had fallen out with the West Bengal chief minister?

Euphoric after receiving the National Award for scoring the music of Bengali film Jaatishwar, music composer Kabir Suman on Wednesday dedicated the honour to the people of West Bengal.

Demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe, the grieving father of the teenage Bengal girl - gang-raped twice and allegedly set ablaze - on Saturday said the family would meet President Pranab Mukherjee on January 7 amid mounting protests in the city.

Kabir Suman, an MP from Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress, has parodied a Rabindranath Tagore song as a biting comment on the chief minister. Mr Suman's song focuses on the arrest of a farmer who asked the chief minister Ms Banerjee a tough question at a rally last week. Mr Suman has been estranged from his party.

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, running for President of India, reportedly called a member of Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) today to ask for his support. Renegade MP Kabir Suman allegedly agreed to his request. Ms Banerjee's party is upset with that phone call.

Musician-filmmaker Anjan Dutta, who is making a trilogy on detective Byomkesh, says the Bengali literary character has been ignored by the filmakers.

Complaining of insult by a section of party leaders, singer-turned-Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member Kabir Suman Monday night expressed a desire to resign from parliament and the party in an SMS to Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee.

But Trinamool MP Kabir Suman has deeply embarrassed his party by accusing his party men of misusing funds meant for development.

Has the ice been thawed between Mamata Banerjee and her former MP Kabir Suman, who is also a well-known singer, but had fallen out with the West Bengal chief minister?

Euphoric after receiving the National Award for scoring the music of Bengali film Jaatishwar, music composer Kabir Suman on Wednesday dedicated the honour to the people of West Bengal.

Demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe, the grieving father of the teenage Bengal girl - gang-raped twice and allegedly set ablaze - on Saturday said the family would meet President Pranab Mukherjee on January 7 amid mounting protests in the city.

Kabir Suman, an MP from Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress, has parodied a Rabindranath Tagore song as a biting comment on the chief minister. Mr Suman's song focuses on the arrest of a farmer who asked the chief minister Ms Banerjee a tough question at a rally last week. Mr Suman has been estranged from his party.

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, running for President of India, reportedly called a member of Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) today to ask for his support. Renegade MP Kabir Suman allegedly agreed to his request. Ms Banerjee's party is upset with that phone call.

Musician-filmmaker Anjan Dutta, who is making a trilogy on detective Byomkesh, says the Bengali literary character has been ignored by the filmakers.

Complaining of insult by a section of party leaders, singer-turned-Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member Kabir Suman Monday night expressed a desire to resign from parliament and the party in an SMS to Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee.

But Trinamool MP Kabir Suman has deeply embarrassed his party by accusing his party men of misusing funds meant for development.