Kolkata: The max temperature hit 36°C on Tuesday, breaching the normal mark after nine days. “There is about a 50% chance of rain between Thursday and Friday. If it rains, it will be due to local factors like heating and moisture content,” said H R Biswas, RMC Kolkata head. tnn Source link
Kolkata: The Bengal Home Industries Association, founded by Rabindranath’s nephew Gaganendranath Tagore and Lady Carmichael (wife of the then governor), has turned 110, surviving the test of time, multiple changes of address and stiff competition from the cottage industry market across India and abroad.On Tuesday, to celebrate a century and a decade of its existence,…
Kolkata: Payments for actors who have been working for ‘Bhole Baba Par Karega’ and ‘Chiroshokha’, the two serials being produced by Magic Moments, have started being disbursed. Work on the two serials has stalled since actor Rahul Banerjee died in Talsari while shooting for ‘Bhola Baba Par Karega’. The production house follows a system, under…
Chef Amrita Bhattacharya’s The Blue Carbon Table residency moved beyond a traditional culinary showcase to present an applied anthropological study of coastal ecosystems. Working alongside Amit Sen, whose research focuses on the “soundscapes” and visual textures of the kitchen, Bhattacharya mapped the restorative potential of mangroves, marshes, and deltas.The experience transitioned from a masterclass on…
Kolkata: Two cases of online trading fraud, with losses of over Rs 43.4 lakh, were reported at Bidhannagar Cyber Crime PS in 24 hours.A Hatiara resident alleged he was lured to invest in a fake online trading platform and was duped of Rs 28.4 lakh. A 62-year-old woman in New Town on Monday said two…
Kolkata: The alumni association of Naktala High School, actor Rahul Banerjee’s alma mater, held a memorial service for him and issued a charter of demands, seeking answers from the “competent authorities” and the production house, for which he was shooting when he reportedly drowned in Talsari.Soumen Bhattacharya, secretary of the association, told TOI they did…
Trinamool has alleged all along that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls was designed to favour BJP. But in the Matua belt along some of Bengal’s border districts, it is the local BJP that is crying foul over SIR. Matuas — a Hindu sect from Bangladesh — had voted for BJP in large…
Kolkata: Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the Gorkha issue will be solved in a constitutional manner without dividing Bengal, if voted to office.Signalling a shift from the earlier position of Bengal BJP netas, who had been supporting Gorkhaland, Shah said at a rally in South Dinajpur’s Gangarampur: “I want to tell my…
Kolkata/Malda/Behrampore: Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused Trinamool of ushering in a “dictatorship raj” in Bengal and paving the way for BJP, saying people in the state were “stuck” between an “anti-people” TMC and a “hate-spreading” BJP.Addressing a rally at Shamsherganj in Murshidabad, the Congress neta alleged governance failure under CM Mamata Banerjee. “There is complete…
