KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed investigating authorities not to take coercive steps against Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee in three FIRs — filed at Bhowanipore, Kalitala and Bishnupur police stations — until Aug 6, when the matter will be heard next.Investigators may, however, continue the probe. Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya also directed the state…
According to the report, Jio recorded an average download throughput of 86 Mbps, the highest among all telecom service providers evaluated during the drive test Kolkata: Reliance Jio has emerged as the top performer in average download speeds in Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) latest Independent Drive Test (IDT) that was conducted along the…
Workers on battery and chassis assembly line. Photo for representation Kolkata: Exide Industries has registered a 27.1% year-on-year jump in Q1 net profit, from Rs 320 crore to Rs 407 crore. The Q1 turnover of the company was up by 17.6% to Rs 5,305 crore, from Rs 4,510 crore in the last fiscal.Increased affordability and…
Police officials said Minar Mondal, a relative of Tulu Mondal, and his son were being questioned about the source of the wealth. SURI: Two trunkloads of cash, gold bars and biscuits worth around Rs 21.5 crore, and bundles of currency that crossed Rs 28.5 crore — the staggering haul from a two-storey house in Birbhum’s…
IIT Kharagpur’s Professor Surjya K. Pal has earned the notable J. C. Bose Grant, highlighting his impactful contributions to advanced manufacturing systems KOLKATA: IIT Kharagpur professor Surjya K. Pal, also dean (Research & Development), has been awarded the J. C. Bose Grant by the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), Government of India.The ANRF J. C….
Kolkata: Baishali Saha (31) and Akram Khan (34) finally tied the knot on Wednesday afternoon in a small ceremony, attended by three witnesses, a marriage registrar and around 10 Uluberia cops. The interfaith couple, who faced resistance from some people, who claimed to be members of “Hindu groups”, had to take their fight to marry…
Kolkata: A small-scale trader from Bansdroni, who sells cigarettes, was cheated of his fares, worth over Rs 84,000, after a man, posing as a Kolkata Police officer, fled with his goods.Prashanta Karmakar lodged a complaint at the Bansdroni PS, stating that on July 17, when he was transporting a carton of cigarettes from Bansdroni to…
Kolkata: The Bengal govt will recruit 50,000 school teachers, staff members, and college faculty in a phased manner in this financial year, CM Suvendu Adhikari announced at the Nabanna conference hall on Wednesday. He was speaking at a programme to distribute composite grants to 80,375 govt and govt-aided schools. He said, “We will complete the…
Deepak Reddy Pullaguram (36) from Hyderabad, an assistant professor at the electrical engineering department, joined the institute in Sept 2022 KHARAGPUR/KOLKATA: A professor was found hanging in his quarters at IIT Kharagpur on Wednesday. Deepak Reddy Pullaguram (36) from Hyderabad, an assistant professor at the electrical engineering department, joined the institute in Sept 2022. He…
Kolkata: Sandip Chakraborty has been appointed the interim vice-chancellor of Rabindra Bharati University for six months. Chakraborty is the dean of faculty of visual arts. Former VC Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee resigned on June 4. Since then, the post has remained vacant. During this period, RBU teachers’ association wrote to the state requesting the post be…
