Kolkata: Airport-bound commuters on VIP Road will need to leave home early for the next three months from Sunday, with Bidhannagar police and PWD blocking three lanes of the airport-bound flank between Haldirams crossing and Kaikhali to facilitate construction of the final two pillars of New Garia-Airport Orange Line metro corridor.The new traffic arrangement came…
The 252 madrasas that have been served closure notices are devoid of minimum infrastructure. By: Soumitra.NandiKOLKATA: The state minority affairs and madrasa education department has sent closure notices to 252 madrasas across the state and issued show-cause notices to about 100 others following a survey of unaided madrasas.“The 252 madrasas that have been served closure…
prof protest Joint press conference by University Teachers’ Association, university teachers, research scholars and WBCUTA in protest against The West Bengal Universities and Colleges Administration and Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2026 — Photo by Indranil Das Kolkata: Teacher representatives from 14 universities, including Jadavpur University, Calcutta University, Rabindra Bharati University and Presidency University, and two all-Bengal…
Mohammadi Tarannum addresses the media on Saturday, pic by Debobrata Shome Kolkata: A day after she left the Sealdah campus under police protection, Surendranath Law College vice-principal and teacher-in-charge Mohammadi Tarannum on Saturday recalled the traumatic hours in a press briefing at her residence, clarifying that she did not resign and she will continue her…
Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has revoked the notice suspending the licence of Roots, a popular rooftop resto-bar near Exide on Chowringhee, making it the first among 60-odd restaurants and establishments that had been served similar notices to officially get a clean chit from the civic body to resume business.According to KMC, the suspension…
Kolkata: Writer, novelist, playwright, translator and critic Ketaki Kushari Dyson, 86, who played a significant role in taking Tagore’s works to a wider audience through her research and translations, passed away at Oxford on Saturday.Suffering from age-related ailments for a long time, she breathed her last at her home in an Oxford suburb. She is…
The meet is organised by Directorate of Resettlement Zone (East) at the Army Officers Institute in Vijay Durg Kolkata: The Directorate General Resettlement (DGR) on Friday brought together HR representatives of around 40 corporate houses and industry bodies in Kolkata to explore employment opportunities for ex-servicemen and strengthen their transition to second careers after leaving…
Kolkata: The approach of Ranna Puja, observed on Vishwakarma Puja, has set off the season’s sharpest rush for hilsa, but a weak catch of bigger sized fish and weather-related disruptions at sea have pushed up prices sharply across city markets.Traders said demand traditionally rose ahead of Ranna Puja, when many households cooked and stored food…
Kolkata: Several hospitals in Kolkata have witnessed a spike in the number of patients suffering from viral diarrhoea, dehydration-induced fatigue and exhaustion due to a sudden increase in heat and humidity in the past few days.The number of such patients walking into the outdoor patient departments (OPDs) to seek treatment for such ailments has risen….
Kolkata: The KMC has submitted 285 observations from the delimitation hearings to the state urban development and municipal affairs department. During the hearings, many political parties raised objections to booths being shifted from one ward to another, and at times, from one Assembly constituency to a neighbouring one.The hearings, conducted on four days, were held…
