Samik Bhattacharya speaks in the Rajya Sabha Kolkata: Driven by a specific ideology, party workers are at times distanced from Gen Z, state BJP president Samik Bhattacharya admitted on Saturday.Bhattacharya’s comments come two days after RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, in an attempt to reach out to Gen Z, urged political netas to look for course…
Kolkata: While “deviations” can’t be completely wiped out, BJP will have zero tolerance towards indiscipline, said party state president Samik Bhattacharya on Saturday. This comes a day after BJP national general secretary Sunil Bansal held a series of meetings with party workers, functionaries and the state brass on issues of extortion and other “anti-party activities”.“There…
The Future Foundation School proudly presented its Sixth Food Fiesta, aptly themed ‘Festival of India’ KOLKATA: The Future Foundation School celebrated India’s vibrant culinary heritage on Friday through its Sixth Food Fiesta, themed “Festival of India,” featuring students from Classes 9 to 12.A key highlight was an inter-school non-fire cooking competition that drew over 150…
Buxa recorded a tiger in Dec 2021 after nearly three decades. The forest department later released around 600 spotted deer to improve the prey base and plans to bring two tigresses from Valmiki Tiger Reserve in the first phase. Jalpaiguri: Over 300 families of Jainti, the largest forest village in Buxa Tiger Reserve (BTR), have…
Wildlife photography is an essential means of documenting nature and counteracting prevalent myths KOLKATA: Nature photography is much more than capturing beautiful images. It is a powerful medium for documenting the natural world, dispelling myths about wildlife, and creating awareness about the urgent need for conservation, internationally acclaimed nature photographer Dhritiman Mukherjee told the audience…
Malda: A schoolteacher was shot dead by two men on a motorcycle in North Dinajpur’s Islampur on Saturday morning. The 55-year-old Najrul Islam, headmaster of Ramgunj Rajavim Primary School and a neta of the TMC teachers’ cell, was on his way to work on his bike when he was attacked on National Highway 3.Islam was…
Malda: A 26-year-old man was hacked to death in Malda’s Mothabari on Friday evening. Cops say the slain Nasiruddin Ahmed, alias Nasir, had a criminal background and had been jailed earlier. Nasir’s brother Mohsin claimed a financial dispute led to the murder.Locals said Nasir was attacked by some gun-wielding attackers on Friday evening. They shot…
BSF officers say they are on high alert Jalpaiguri: The state govt has intensified liaison with BSF after intelligence inputs indicated an increase in the activities of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in districts along the India-Bangladesh border, senior officials said.While state police brass are holding weekly coordination meetings with BSF officers, police stations in border areas…
Two Murshidabad MPs have approached Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari to discuss the contentious issue of loudspeaker removals KOLKATA: Two MPs from Murshidabad met chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday over the removal of loudspeakers from mosques and delays in cases before SIR tribunals.After the meeting at the state secretariat Nabanna, MP Abu Taher Khan alleged…
The ‘yajna’ continued for one and a half hours following which PVKS members distributed prasad Kolkata: Members of Paschimbanga Visvavidyalaya Karmachari Sangh (PVKS), JU unit, performed a ‘yajna’ at the portico of the university’s administrative building, Aurobindo Bhavan, demanding removal of acting registrar Selim Box Mandal and acting finance officer Shiladitya Chatterjee and for the…
