Ashoknagar oilfield Dharmendra Pradhan, minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel dedicates the 8th producing basin of India, Bengal Basin to the nation, at Asokenagar, in North 24 parganas district, nearly 50km from Kolkata. …….kamalendu bhadra Kolkata: Ashoknagar in North 24 Parganas is poised to emerge as Bengal’s newest energy hub, with commercial crude…
Kolkata: The debut of a robot in a city school on Monday emphasised the growing trend of aggressively integrating AI and robotics into classroom teaching. Aiming to provide students with vital hands-on experience, several other schools in the city are undertaking a drive to upgrade their laboratories to keep pace with the tech-driven shift.DPS Ruby…
Empty 239 bus stand in Salt Lake near Mayukh Bhawan, photo Mayukh Sengupta Kolkata: All 41 odd buses plying on route 239 and operating on two alignments – one connecting Shapoorji to Babughat and Salt Lake 12 number Tank to Babughat – have stopped plying from Monday throwing hundreds of regular passengers in the lurch.The…
An illegal car-rental kiosk masquerading as a “Prepaid Cab – City & Outstation” counter outside Kolkata airport has finally been shut down, nearly nine months after airport authorities ordered it to cease operations. The closure marks the end of a prolonged standoff that had allowed the outlet to function despite repeated allegations of overcharging passengers…
Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation’s notice asking people to remove encroachments from under flyovers and bridges within seven days has led to fear and demands for rehabilitation among hawkers and shopkeepers who have lived and worked there for decades.The notice says action will be taken under rules if the shops and structures are not removed….
Overview of Kolkata high-rises Kolkata: Kolkata emerged as one of the few resilient housing markets in April-June 2026, reporting annual sales growth at a time when most major cities saw demand weakening. Across the top seven cities, housing sales fell to about 90,715 units in Q2 2026 from 96,285 units a year earlier, and were…
Ganesh Pyne’s ‘The Conversation’ Kolkata: The Fisherman’ (1979), the work of Kolkata artist Ganesh Pyne, sold for Rs 42.8 crore, about 15 times more than its estimate, registering a massive 100% surge over its previous record made at London. It was auctioned on June 11 at the Mumbai-headquartered AstaGuru Auction House. Another of his painting,…
Kolkata: “Why was the search operation conducted in the dead of night?” Calcutta High Court on Monday quizzed the state on the search and seizure operation conducted by West Midnapore Police at Trinamool general secretary Abhishek Banerjee’s residence on June 13.The search was in connection with a Salboni police case where an illegal land transaction…
Kolkata: At least three students were injured – one of them seriously – after the pool car they were travelling in was hit by a private car near the J&N Island, next to the Red Road-Outram Road-Dufferin Road Crossing. The accident took place at 7.37 am on Monday.The Maidan PS and South traffic guard, along…
Kolkata: Another thunderstorm lashed Kolkata on Monday afternoon, leaving several pockets in the southern part of the city under water. This was the fifth significant thunderstorm to strike the city in the past 11 days. The Met office has not ruled out similar thundershowers in Kolkata and the rest of south Bengal till the monsoon…
