Kolkata: A family disagreement turned into a life-saving decision for 35-year-old metal casting worker Dharmendra Chowdhury of Jagaddal in North 24-Parganas, who narrowly escaped becoming a victim of the Taratala warehouse roof collapse after deciding not to take up a week-long assignment at the site.Chowdhury had initially agreed to work at the under-construction warehouse, where…
The Taki Municipality has issued demolition notices to two multi-storey guest houses, Taki City Guest House and Disha Riverside Hotel, built illegally on the banks of the Ichhamati, directing the facilities to complying with a directive from the Calcutta High Court. The civic body has set July 1 as the deadline for demolition. The HC…
Kolkata: The El Nino effect has started showing in Kolkata this monsoon, with heavy rain happening in clusters interspersed with dry and warm periods. Severe disruptions like the ones triggered by Thursday’s deluge could continue as the monsoon progresses, warned meteorologists.While Kolkata was lashed by a severe thunderstorm and 59 mm of rainfall on Tuesday,…
Kolkata: VietJet Thailand is set to fly into the city again on July 1, some 11 weeks after it had withdrawn the Kolkata-Bangkok flight citing rising fuel costs in the wake of the war in Iran.The airline will resume its four days-a-week operations. The incoming flight from Bangkok will land just before midnight on Sundays,…
West Bengal Congress President Subhankar Sarkar Kolkata: Bengal Pradesh Congress will observe Martyr’s Day on July 21 at Kolkata’s Shahid Minar ground and demand the reopening of the case files of the 1993 police firing that killed 13 Congress workers. State Congress president Subhankar Sarkar said the party expects a big turnout and will observe…
Dwaipayan.GhoshKolkata: Former minister Aroop Biswas has been named in a fresh FIR over an alleged attempt on a lawyer’s life inside the Alipore court complex. The FIR was registered at Alipore Police Station under BNS sections 109 (attempt to murder) and 153 (wanton provocation with intent to cause a riot) following a violent altercation on…
Kolkata: The Bengal BJP is planning to challenge the “dominating presence” of the Publishers and Booksellers Guild at the International Kolkata Book Fair and promote alternative organisations of publishers and stakeholders as the mega event enters its 50th year in Jan next year.The Bangiya Granthashilpa Parishad, a BJP-backed organisation, will host a meeting of publishers…
Kolkata: Governor R N Ravi, the chancellor of Jadavpur University, stressed the need to acquaint the current generation with the legacy of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay and the profound meaning behind Vande Mataram on the author’s birth anniversary on Friday. Terming him a “Rishi divinely ordained to wake up the nation”, Ravi said Vande Mataram galvanised…
Kolkata: Larsen & Toubro (L&T) plans to invest more than Rs 4,500 crore in Bengal over the next few years, with chairman S N Subrahmanyan expected to meet CM Suvendu Adhikari next month to discuss a series of investment proposals.Dip Kishore Sen, adviser to the L&T chairman and managing director, told TOI that Subrahmanyan is…
Kolkata: An 11-year-old boy in Joynagar was allegedly abused by a local man after a minor accident during play.The boy was playing with friends after school when a stick in his hand accidentally hit a passerby, Tapan Haldar. Haldar allegedly dragged the boy by his hair, made him do sit-ups in public, then took him…
