Kolkata: Bangaliyana took centre stage on the very first day of the new BJP govt in Bengal as CM Suvendu Adhikari sought to project his administration as a custodian of Bengal’s cultural identity and heritage, marking a sharp shift in the party’s political messaging in the state.Hours after taking oath at Brigade Parade Ground on…
Kolkata: A homemaker, left disabled from an accident, kept at Apollo Multispeciality Hospitals for nearly four years without payment of bills, which crossed Rs 1 crore, was directed by the Calcutta High Court on Friday to be released without any payment demand, but clarified this order was under “peculiar circumstances” and could not be treated…
Kolkata: One-hundred and thirty-one students made it to the Top 10 list of Madhyamik this year—the highest in recent years—with Avirup Bhadra from Sarada Vidyamandir (Raiganj) High School bagging the first position with 698 marks (99.7%). Madhyamik results were announced on Friday. Last year, the top 10 ranks were shared by 66 students. This year’s…
Kolkata: Be it financial constraints or severe health issues, nothing could stop these youngsters from scoring high in Madhyamik, paving the way for their journey towards realising their career dreams.Jodhpur Park Boy’s School Arnab Naskar was a regular youngster until his father suddenly met with an accident, which turned their fate overnight. But he never…
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday upheld the maintainability of a PIL alleging Forest Rights Act violations in the Great Nicobar infrastructure project and observed that “the tribal population in Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a very vulnerable tribal group and not ordinarily accessible to common men”.A division bench of Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and…
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday upheld the maintainability of a PIL alleging Forest Rights Act violations in the Great Nicobar infrastructure project and observed that “the tribal population in Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a very vulnerable tribal group and not ordinarily accessible to common men”.A division bench of Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and…
Kolkata: Bata India is targeting 3,000 retail outlets within three years, having crossed the 2,000-store milestone in late April — a first for any footwear company in the country, ahead of rivals such as Adidas, Nike, Metro and Khadim’s. MD and CEO Gunjan Shah made the announcement while relaunching the company’s Grand Arcade store in…
Kolkata: Suvendu Adhikari was on Friday unanimously elected the BJP legislative party leader at a meeting of newly elected MLAs in the presence of Union home minister Amit Shah, paving the way for him to become Bengal’s ninth chief minister.Making the announcement after a 30-minute closed-door meeting with the MLAs, Shah said, “Eight proposals were…
KOLKATA: Montu Mondal, a 33-year-old driver from Banikantha Nagar in Barasat, was travelling in the SUV with Suvedu Adhikari’s close aide Chandranath Rath and driver Buddhadeb Bera when the killers attacked.Mondal is the only one who escaped unhurt.Over 48 hours after the incident, his brother Jhantu, a lawyer, said Mondal is still in trauma. Watch…
CONTAI: Nestled in Contai’s Korkuli Para, barely 600 metres from the central bus stand, lies ‘Shantikunj’. The lane leading to the house has now gained a new identity: The residence of Bengal’s CM-designate.In a first in five decades, a Midnapore district will have a chief minister in Suvendu Adhikari. Ajoy Mukherjee, who served as the…
