Tara Newz (Bengali: তারা নিউজ) (also known as Tara News), is a 24 hour bengali language news channel, covers local news of West Bengal, India and Bangladesh as well as national and international news, operated by Broadcast Worldwide Limited, a Public Limited Company, with other channels under its umbrella, viz. TARA Muzik, and TV Southasia. Tara Newz was formally launched on 21 February 2005, the International Language Day.

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Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta (Bengali pronunciation: [ʃaɡotalokkʰi daʃɡupto]) is a Bengali musician and and exponent of Rabindra Sangeet.

Dasgupta obtained an M.A. in Music from Rabindra Bharati University and was trained in classical music by her father Shri Pabitra Dasgupta and Rabindra Sangeet from Smt. Maya Sen. She is an 'A' grade artist of AIR and TV.

She has presented 17 solo albums as cassettes, fourteen other cassettes and four CDs released by HMV. Twenty-three single albums are of Rabindra Sangeets. There are 10 albums of her self-composed Modern songs. She is now a permanent artist for HMV.

She stood first in All India Singing Talent Contest in 1985, Rabindra Sangeet and Bhajan in All India Radio Music Competition (Akashbani) in 1986 Rabindra Sangeet and Atul Prasadee both in West Bengal Rajya Music Competition in 1986.

She has a number of awards to her credit, Promothesh barua Award for best female performance in 1995, Anandolok Award as best Female Playback Singer in 1998, 2002, 2003, Dishari (Film Journalist Award) for best female playback in 1998-99, Uttam Kumar Award for best Rabindra Sangeet Cassette ("Esechho Prem") in 1997, Sailajaranjan Award in 1998 and Cha-Cha-Cha Award for outstanding achievement in music for the decade 1990-99.

Kabir Suman (Bengali: কবীর সুমন, née Suman Chatyapadhyay; born 16 March 1949) is a Kolkata-based modern Bengali singer-songwriter, musician, poet, journalist, political activist, TV presenter, and occasional actor. Since May 2009, he is a member of parliament of India in the 15th Lok Sabha, having been elected from the Jadavpur constituency in Kolkata on an All India Trinamool Congress ticket.

He changed his name from Suman Chattopadhyay to 'Kabir Suman' (Bengali: কবীর সুমন) when he converted to Islam. He shot to fame in the 1990s with albums such as Tomake Chai (Bengali: তোমাকে চাই I Want You) and Boshe Anko (Bengali: বসে আঁকো Sit-and-Draw).

Suman was born on March 16, 1949 to Sudhindranath and Uma Chattopadhyay at Cuttack, Orissa. He was trained in classical music in his childhood, under the tutelage of this father. He graduated from Jadavpur University with an honours in English Literature and a diploma in French language. He then worked briefly in All India Radio and the United Bank of India. Suman left for Europe in the mid seventies, and worked as a radio journalist in the Voice of Germany (Bengali Dept.) from 1975-79. It is during this period that he heard the music of Bob Dylan in France, which became one of his most defining musical experiences.