Illegal constructions at East Kolkata Wetlands Kolkata: KMC buildings department will tally sanctioned plans with on-ground structures along the city’s eastern edge as a special investigation team (SIT), formed after the Taratala warehouse collapse, probes an alleged civic racket that enabled illegal construction and change of land character inside the East Kolkata Wetlands.The SIT is…
Mrinal Sen’s ‘Oka Oorie Katha’ Kolkata: Mrinal Sen’s ‘Oka Oorie Katha’, an adaptation of Munshi Premchand’s ‘Kafan’, restored in 4K by NFDC-NFAI under the National Film Heritage Mission, had its world premiere at the 70th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on Saturday. Sen’s powerful cinematic commentary on rural poverty and social injustice is part of…
The TMC office in the middle of controversy Kolkata: The rebel MLAs’ attempt to “take control” of the Trinamool party office at Metropolitan off the EM Bypass took a dramatic turn on Saturday, with rebel MLA Akhruzzaman claiming that former Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim — now in the rebel camp — had signed the tenancy…
Kolkata: People who have married more than twice or have refused to vaccinate their children or have dropped out of govt schools to enrol in “certain religious educational institutions” or are non-citizens will not be eligible for any of the state’s social welfare schemes, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari has said.The CM, who held a review…
Chandrima with son Sourav at the assembly on Saturday Kolkata: Former Bengal finance minister Chandrima Bhattacharya, among Mamata Banerjee’s closest aides, shot off a letter to Didi on Saturday resigning from all party posts, including state president and authorised signatory, and immediately went to the Bengal assembly and met rebel MLAs. She also called on…
Mamata Banerjee during her Facebook address Kolkata: Former CM Mamata Banerjee on Saturday formally took over the presidentship of the beleaguered party after one-time confidante Chandrima Bhattacharya, whom she appointed state president barely a month ago, quit all party posts.Banerjee, in a 28-minute address on Facebook, accused BJP of engineering desertions and defections through pressure…
Sixteen people were killed in the Taratala warehouse collapse Kolkata: All six accused – including former Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) Officer on Special Duty (OSD) Kalicharan Banerjee – were remanded to police custody till July 8 in connection with the collapse of an under-construction warehouse at Taratala that claimed 16 lives and left 17 others…
200 personnel would be recruited for disaster response teams, said CM Suvendu Adhikari at an event to felicitate Taratala Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday announced Rs 200 crore to acquire modern rescue equipment, aimed at a major overhaul of the govt’s disaster response system. He also unveiled a plan to recruit and train…
Kolkata: Six-time BJP councillor and former deputy mayor Meena Devi Purohit has called for renaming central Kolkata’s Mohammad Ali Park as Mahabali Park.. The park has been the venue for a famous Durga Puja for over half a century.Hoardings with the name of the puja changed to Shree Mahabali Park Durgotsav Samity have already come…
Will collect 3x cost for damage to public property: CMKolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday said the state will crack down on those who damage public property by realising three times the amount to compensate the loss.Speaking at a felicitation event organised by Alipore Nagarik Samity, Adhikari said the West Bengal Maintenance of Public Order…
