Kolkata, April 15 -- Marking the Bengali New Year on Wednesday, Padma Bhushan awardee Usha Uthup extended a message of peace, cleanliness, and collective well-being for the city and its people on the occasion of Poila Boishakh.

Speaking to reporters, the veteran singer said, "... I want to wish peace for everybody... More and more happiness to everybody... Let's make Kolkata green, clean, peaceful, secure and straight. A lot of justice and happiness for everybody."

Poila Boishakh, which marks the beginning of the Bengali calendar year, is being celebrated as the start of the year 1432. The festival holds deep cultural significance among Bengali communities across India and abroad, particularly in West Bengal, Tripura, Assam, and Banglad...