Kolkata: The Kolkata Metropolitan Area (KMA) recorded 5,075 residential property registrations in March 2026, a 10% year-on-year decline from 5,609 units in March 2025, according to Knight Frank India.The dip was largely attributed to a high base effect, as March 2025 saw exceptionally strong performance. Despite the annual slide, March 2026 emerged as the second-highest…
Kolkata: McLeod Russel India, one of the country’s largest bulk tea producers, is selling three tea estates — Nya Gogra, Rupajuli and Boroi — to repay part of its debt. The total proceeds are expected to be around Rs 88 crore.In 2024-25, Nya Gogra Tea Estate contributed Rs 30 crore, or 3% of the company’s…
Kolkata: There will not be any violence in Bengal on polling day or even after the election results are out, said Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday.Saying that central forces will be stationed in the state for 60 more days after the results, Shah urged voters not to be afraid.“The EC has made enough…
Kolkata: Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee finished his election campaign at Nadia’s Haringhata on Saturday attacking BJP and claiming how the saffron party had “humiliated and deprived” Matuas by promising them citizenship and jobs.Hitting out at BJP netas for shedding “crocodile tears” for the community in North 24 Parganas and Nadia, both Matua strongholds,…
Kolkata: While the probe is still ongoing in the Garia murder case, investigators have stated that they are almost certain that it was a murder, and the prime suspect is the victim’s husband, Soumik Das. A 40-year-old woman, Enakshi Das, was found dead in her Garia apartment on Sunday morning. Police said that nearly 90%…
Kolkata: Jadavpur University held Internal Complaints Committee elections to choose undergraduate and postgraduate student representatives from the Arts, Science and Engineering faculties. In the Arts faculty, SFI won both seats, securing 850 votes in the UG category and 641 in PG. In Engineering, DSF emerged victorious in both categories with 1,776 votes for UG and…
Kolkata: The city’s weather is expected to be less harsh on Wednesday when the city goes to the polls. The daytime mercury is likely to stay significantly below the normal mark. The weather office has issued a rain alert for the city, which could be accompanied by gusty wind.With traces of rain in some parts…
Kolkata: Two ministers in the Mamata Banerjee cabinet are fighting contrasting political battles in two adjoining constituencies—Dum Dum and Dum Dum North—on the northern fringes of the city. In Dum Dum, three-time MLA and education minister Bratya Basu is seeking a fourth term, aiming to cement his hold over a seat he has represented since…
Kolkata: In a major pre-election crackdown to maintain law and order, the state police has arrested 1,543 alleged troublemakers over the past 36 hours. The intensified combing operations and naka checks, carried out from Sunday afternoon till Monday morning, led to the arrest of 1,095 individuals, official sources said.District-wise data shows that East Burdwan recorded…
Kolkata: No MLA has been able to win the Jadavpur seat in two consecutive rows since 2011. Getting a second term in the 2026 Assembly election will be the test for Trinamool’s Debabrata Majumdar, who won the seat in 2021.While Trinamool chose Majumdar, also a KMC MMiC, as its MLA candidate, CPM has placed its…
