A poster of the dance drama Kolkata: Facing mounting backlash on social media over the portrayal of Maa Kali in an allegedly inappropriate costume during a mythological dance drama, the organisers of ‘Mahavidya’ have issued an apology and said they would introduce stricter checks on costumes and stage presentations in future shows.The performance, staged at…
TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee’s personal assistant Sumit Roy Kolkata: Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee’s personal secretary Sumit Roy faced yet another round of questioning by CID at Bhavani Bhawan on Tuesday – his fourth consecutive day of interrogation in connection with two separate cases.On Tuesday, Roy arrived at the CID headquarters at 9.49am and exited around…
Mamata Banerjee reported chest pain after a large stone struck her car during a convoy incident KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo and former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday claimed that a large stone thrown at her car during a recent attack on her convoy caused chest pain.Speaking at Kolkata’s Shyambazar 5 Point…
Agartala: Tripura hosted its first stakeholders’ meeting on carbon sequestration and climate finance on Tuesday, bringing together 25 govt departments, academic institutions, NABARD and civil society to map opportunities and strategies.Department of good governance, with ARPAN Society, directorate of biotechnology, IGDC Tripura project and JICA organised the meeting. Experts from Climate Action Network of South…
Sourav Ganguly and Stve Waugh in Wankhede Stadium Kolkata: Former India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly and his wife Dona have received death threats, following which the Kolkata Police STF and the directorate of security have started a probe. STF has zeroed in on a location 32km from the Gangulys’ Behala house, from where threat letters…
Hooghly district police arrested Delhi Capitals batter Abhishek Porel late Monday night. KOLKATA: Delhi Capitals player Abhishek Porel was arrested by Mogra police in Hooghly late Monday night after the Calcutta high court directed police to arrest him in connection with a rape case filed by a third-year medical student.Porel was produced before the Chief…
The Calcutta high court extended interim protection for Aroop Biswas until November 30 KOLKATA: The Calcutta high court on Tuesday extended the interim protection from coercive action granted to former West Bengal sports minister Aroop Biswas till November 30.The protection was granted in connection with the chaos surrounding Lionel Messi’s event at Salt Lake Stadium…
In photo: Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee, TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee KOLKATA: The fallout from the death of a Trinamool Congress worker in police custody, the confrontation during Mamata Banerjee’s visit to his family and a key court hearing involving TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee are among the developments dominating Kolkata’s political news cycle. The…
Kolkata: The owner of the 52-year-old Rangana Theatre, which has been shut for nearly 23 years, reached out to CM Suvendu Adhikari to seek his help to get its possession back. The owner, Hirak Mukhopadhyay, alleged that a cosmetic factory that he had opened to provide jobs to the staff at the theatre was forcibly…
Kolkata: A right-versus-right fight erupted at Jadavpur University after a right-wing staff union held a protest at Aurobindo Bhavan portico on Monday at the same spot where the ‘yajna’ was performed by the other right-wing group on Friday demanding removal of acting registrar and finance officer and for the awakening of good sense and wisdom…
