Durand Cup is an annual domestic football competition in India hosted by the Durand Football Tournament Society (DFTS), first held in 1888 in Shimla.
August 17, 2022Written by Mukunda Saikia and composed by Hopun Saikia, the independent single talks about old-world romance and the idea of living in love.
June 12, 2021With a contemporary music arrangement, Papon's rendition of the ghazal is an expression of the pain of betrayal by a close one.
February 9, 2021The makers of III Smoking Barrels, India’s first truly multilingual film, have gone ahead to release the first song.
August 29, 2018The Child Labour Amendment Act prohibits the engagement of children in all occupations and of adolescents in hazardous occupations and process.
March 11, 2018Singer Angarag Mahanta, also known as Papon, has been barred from Essel Group after the singer “inappropriately kissed” a minor contestant of one of the group’s shows. Earlier on Saturday, Papon had tweeted that following the controversy, he was in “no mental state to fulfil most of my professional obligations” and so he stepped down …
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February 25, 2018Filmmaker Farah Khan, who inaugurated the 15th showroom here of wall paper dealers Marshalls, says that singer Papon is a good human being but his video in which he is seen kissing a minor girl made her feel uncomfortable. “I know Papon and he is a good guy, but there is no doubt when I …
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February 24, 2018Bollywood singer Papon, who is in the eye of a storm for forcibly a kiss on a minor, on Saturday decided to step down as a judge in &TV’s Voice of India-Kids music reality-show. Papon took to Twitter saying that he is removing himself from the post till the matter is resolved, while adding that …
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February 24, 2018While the rest of the entertainment industry remains silent on Papon’s controversial kiss, lyricist Manoj Muntashir, whose poetry “Main Tujhse Pyaar Nahin Karta” which Papon sang in Neeraj Pandey’s film “Baby”, has come forward to defend the under-fire singer. “I saw some blurred images on news channels which were just not matching the dramatic voiceover …
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February 24, 2018Bollywood singer Angarag Mahanta, popularly known as Papon, landed in a controversy after a video showing him kissing a minor girl went viral. The singer, who hails from Assam, is seen smearing colour on the face of the girl and then kissing her. The girl is one of the contestants in a music reality show …
February 24, 2018The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Friday issued a notice to both singer Papon and a TV entertainment channel after a video emerged of the singer inappropriately kissing a minor girl, an official said. “We have seen the video and have gone through the written complaint which came to us from …
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February 23, 2018Popular singer Papon courted controversy after forcibly kissing a minor girl. A video, which was shared on the singer’s Facebook page, shows Papon grabbing the girl’s face and kissing her. A complaint has been filed against the singer, who is a reality show judge, accusing him of sexually assaulting a girl. Runa Bhuyan, a Supreme …
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February 23, 2018Bollywood singer Papon was recently roped in a controversy for allegedly forcing himself on a minor girl. The act was caught in camera and it sparked a controversy on social media. A Supreme Court lawyer, Runa Bhuyan, filed a complaint with the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights against Papon. She found an objectionable …
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February 23, 2018Renowned singer Papon has landed himself in trouble after reportedly kissing a minor girl. A complaint has been filed against the singer and reality TV judge, accusing him of sexually assaulting a girl. Runa Bhuyan, a Supreme Court lawyer, filed a complaint with National Commission for Protection of Child Rights against Papon. She found an …
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February 23, 2018