Kolkata: Dry cell giant Eveready plans to double the alkaline share of its portfolio in the next three years after commissioning its Jammu plant. Eveready Industries India CEO Anirban Banerjee told TOI that a higher alkaline mix would also improve margins. “Once we start making alkaline end to end, our margin would go up,” he…
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Wednesday sparked a fresh political row ahead of the first phase of the Bengal assembly elections, accusing an Election Commission-appointed police observer of holding a “clandestine” meeting with a BJP candidate.The party in power alleged that the observer, Parmar Smit Parshottamdas, bypassed official protocol to meet Gour Sundar Ghosh at a…
Kolkata: Congress secured permission on Wednesday for Rahul Gandhi to hold three rallies in Bengal on Saturday — a day after police denied clearance for his April 23 appearances.Gandhi will address rallies in Sreerampore, Metiaburuz and at Shahid Minar in central Kolkata, in that order, said Congress senior Amitabha Chakraborty. Congress had originally proposed Ramlila…
Kolkata: The EC ‘erred’ in issuing a blanket direction by treating citizens as ‘troublemakers,’ Calcutta High Court on Wednesday observed while granting interim stay on the order naming 800 people as ‘troublemakers’ till June 30, 2026. “The general power of superintendence and control of EC under Article 324 is subject to other law,” the Calcutta…
Kolkata: Following the EC prohibition on the sale of liquor for nine and a half days in Bengal during the election, a sizeable number of bars-cum-restaurants in Sector V, New Town and some parts of south Kolkata have decided to down their shutters on the commission-imposed dry days. The most affected area is Sector V,…
Kolkata: The EC’s no-outsider-on-premises rule has drawn flak from residents of city high-rises, some of whom vote in places like East Burdwan but stay in a gated complex in Kolkata. Some others have relatives coming over from Mumbai or other places for the summer vacation. The EC order banning everyone from outside a particular constituency…
Kolkata: Leading contemporary Bengali poet Subodh Sarkar has been invited by Harvard University to give a talk on the place of India in Allen Ginsberg’s poetry on the occasion of the centennial of Ginsberg’s birth, followed by a reading of his own poetry in both Bengali and its English translation. Ginsberg is regarded as a…
Kolkata: A dispute over vehicle parking escalated into a violent confrontation in east Kolkata’s Tangra area late Tuesday night, leaving three members of a single family seriously injured and sparking fresh security concerns amid a heightened election atmosphere.The incident, which occurred around 9:15 p.m. at Pulin Khatik Road, reportedly saw a mob of nearly two…
Kolkata: Kolkata Police anti-cybercrime sleuths have successfully orchestrated a significant financial recovery after an 83-year-old resident of Baghbazar fell victim to a sophisticated “digital arrest” scam earlier this month, the first of the eight reported in April so far.In a swift operation involving the Cyber Crime Branch of the detective department and the North Division,…
Kolkata: The Bengal Police has intensified their crackdown on digital misinformation, issuing three warnings over the last five days to alert the public against fake posts of a sensitive nature being circulated in connection with the assembly elections. According to cops, the warnings issued on Tuesday and Wednesday highlight a growing trend of malicious actors…
