CM Suvendu Adhikari at the opening of the MLA Football Cup in Bhowanipore Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday appealed to industrialists here to join hands with the govt to rebuild Bengal, stressing the need for the state’s industrial revival.“I look forward to your participation in rebuilding West Bengal, a state that once contributed…
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday questioned the assigning of census duties to govt school teachers after school hours or on weekends, calling it “arbitrary”.More than 31 teachers were directed to give details of residence, school, area assigned for census and duty hour to the ASG by Friday evening.“Teachers work from 10 am to…
Kolkata: The BMC has taken up the repair of over 180 stretches at a cost of nearly Rs 62.6 crore. About 63 roads are in Salt Lake and the rest in Rajarhat Gopalpur.Officials said while concrete blocks would be laid at some places, some stretches would be repaired with bitumen mastic and at others, concrete-cast…
Kolkata: Kolkata Police has registered a fresh case against Behala promoter Jay Kamdar, whom ED arrested on embezzlement charges earlier, and an associate for allegedly cheating a business partner, Dibendu Majumdar, out of his contractual profit share in a real estate development project on Nepal Bhattacharjee Street in Kalighat. Source link
Kolkata: A case of attempt to murder and rioting has been registered at the Kalighat PS against former Trinamool councillor Prabir Mukherjee and 11 of his political associates following a violent clash over the removal of an allegedly illegal structure on Sadananda Road. Around 25 unidentified people have also been named in the FIR.The Aug…
The cave-in site near airport Kolkata: Metro authorities on Friday cordoned off a part of the road leading to Kolkata airport entrance that had caved in on Thursday. Metro authorities have temporarily suspended the tunnelling for the Orange Line until the road is repaired.An official from the Metro, however, said the cave-in would not hamper…
Vehicles pass across the illuminated Howrah Bridge ahead of the 80th Independence Day in Kolkata on Thursday Kolkata: The iconic Howrah Bridge is all set to have a new dynamic lighting system from Saturday. There will also be synchronised music and sound show along with the lighting on selected days, starting from Saturday.This was revealed…
Kolkata: State finance minister and Rasbehari MLA Swapan Dasgupta has urged organisers of the Deshapriya Park Durga Puja to resolve internal disputes among themselves and keep politics out of puja. A dispute over the management has stalled preparations for the 89th edition of the south Kolkata puja.“If there are disputes among puja committees, the people…
Kolkata: Seeking to counter criticism after its Rajya Sabha MP Ananta Maharaj’s remarks on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Bengal BJP on Friday held “Bibhajan Bibhishika” seminars across the city, highlighting the perils of Partition while continuing its “Tiranga Yatra” campaign.At a Kolkata seminar, state BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s party had never…
Protesters at Jadavpur on Friday night Reclaim the night at 8B bus stand on Friday night.Photo Basabdatta Sarkar Kolkata: Kolkata Police on Friday morning cancelled the third edition of the Reclaim the Night programme by Reclaim the Night (Women-Trans-Queer) United, citing possible “disturbances in law and order.”After the order, the group’s convener, Satabdi Das, said…
