(From left) Sushmita Dev, Prakash Chik Baraik and Sukhendu Sekhar Ray in the Bengal assembly on Friday after collecting their wining certificates Kolkata: Former Trinamool MPs Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, Sushmita Dev and Prakash Chik Baraik were on Friday elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from West Bengal as BJP candidates, completing a swift political turnaround…
High mutton price in Kolkata Kolkata: Mutton prices in Kolkata have remained stubbornly high at Rs 1,100-1,200 per kg across several meat shops for the past few weeks, with retailers saying constant pressure on wholesale prices of goats has left them with little room to reduce the rates.Traders attribute the high prices to demand outstripping…
The newly identified species are Simonia lawbah, a cave-dwelling ray spider from Meghalaya, and Hamataliwa papikonda, a lynx spider discovered in the forest canopy of Andhra Pradesh’s Papikonda National Park Hamataliwa papikonda Kolkata: Scientists from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have documented two new spider species from vastly different ecosystems in India, shedding fresh…
ECLGS was introduced in June amid the West Asia crisis Kolkata: As of July 16, a sum of Rs 11,272 crore has been sanctioned for different businesses under Centre’s Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS).ECLGS was introduced amid the West Asia crisis to provide a 100% credit guarantee scheme for MSMEs and 90% for non-MSME…
Calcutta High Court (file photo) Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday reserved its order on a plea seeking interim stay on the speaker’s appointment of Ritabrata Banerjee as leader of opposition in the Bengal assembly after arguments concluded before a division bench of justices Shampa Sarkar and Ajay Kumar Gupta.The court will decide if the…
Calcutta High Court (file photo) Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday extended Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee’s interim protection from coercive action in the Signgate case for one month on the grounds that the MP will attend summons and cooperate with the investigation. Justice Kaushik Chanda will hear the case again on July 23.The case against…
Bengal CM promises strictest action against those responsible for Murshidabad train accident KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday promised the “strictest possible action” against those responsible for the Murshidabad train tragedy that claimed three lives, including those of two school students, while asserting that negligence in the discharge of duty would not…
KOLKATA: Developing and nurturing bright young minds is crucial to build an inclusive knowledge-driven country where innovation should always be the backbone of India, Union minister of state for Education and minister of state for the Development of Northeastern Region Sukanta Majumdar said at the inauguration of a summer camp at IISER Kolkata. Majumdar, who…
Participants have been asked to wear black badges and armbands, while he stressed that the gathering would remain peaceful. KOLKATA: Security has been deployed around Bankra mosque following a call for a peaceful protest by Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind’s West Bengal president Siddiqullah Chowdhury after authorities stopped access to the mosque, located within Kolkata airport premises, citing…
SILIGURI: A gruesome murder allegedly orchestrated over an extramarital affair was cracked by Bagdogra police within 48 hours with the arrest of five persons, including the victim’s wife and her alleged lover. Police said the accused allegedly conspired to eliminate the woman’s husband, beheaded him, and dumped his headless body in a tea garden in…
