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…
Kolkata: A total of 1,008 yajnas will be performed by Hindu groups across Bengal in Jan next year to pray for the reconversion of converted Hindus into Sanatani faith. The announcement came two days after Acharya Ramchandra Das, one of the organisers of the event, met CM Suvendu Adhikari.Preparations for the mega event have already…
Jalpaiguri/Kolkata: BJP Rajya Sabha MP Ananta Maharaj apologised on Friday for remarks on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, prompting CM Suvendu Adhikari to say that while the MP’s actions were beyond forgiveness, considering his age, it will be “looked at positively”.Ananta was stripped of the Banga Bibhushan and he and his aides are facing multiple FIRs…
21-year-old Golam Sarwar in a police vehicle following his arrest Kolkata: A 21-year-old man hacked three children to death with a knife and critically injured another in Murshidabad’s Raghunathpur village on Thursday afternoon. Police have arrested the accused. He was produced before court on Friday.Five-year-old Manifa Khatun, Anisha Khatun, six-year-old Nusrat Jahan and 11-year-old Ishrat…
Kalyani: Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra appeared before Nadia Police on Friday afternoon in connection with a hate speech case.Moitra reached Hogalberia police station around 2 pm and left about an hour later. She met the investigating officer as directed by Calcutta High Court.On July 21, Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya had asked Moitra to cooperate with the…
Kolkata: CBI on Friday arrested a proclaimed offender, Masad Sheikh, from Mumbai’s Dongri in connection with the 2022 Bhadu Sheikh murder case.Masad had been on the run since the initial registration of the FIR in 2022 and had evaded both the investigation and ongoing trial proceedings.TMC panchayat deputy chief Bhadu Sheikh was murdered on March…
Kolkata boosts I-Day security as HC voids certain OBC certificates (Image used for representational purpose only) KOLKATA: Kolkata is preparing for Independence Day under heightened security, while a major Calcutta High Court ruling and a dispute involving a prominent Durga Puja committee are also drawing attention.Kolkata Police has deployed around 6,000 personnel and installed hundreds…
