West Bengal Islamic groups opposed to inviting Javed Akhtar force Bengal’s Urdu Academy to call off literary event August 30, 2025 gopalkumarthakur@gmail.com Akhtar, one of the best-known living Urdu poets in the country, takes pride in being an atheist, which these groups oppose, sources said Related posts: West Bengal suspends four officials over alleged irregularities in revision of electoral rolls; no FIR filed Calcutta High Court directs CID to investigate unnatural deaths at Purba Medinipur’s Khejuri, notes differences in autopsies Trinamool’s Abhishek Banerjee accuses BJP of ‘selecting voters’ through SIR, vows to take fight to Delhi Justice Tirthankar Ghosh of Calcutta High Court escapes from hearing R.G. Kar incident petition by victim’s parents
