Chef Amrita Bhattacharya’s The Blue Carbon Table residency moved beyond a traditional culinary showcase to present an applied anthropological study of coastal ecosystems. Working alongside Amit Sen, whose research focuses on the “soundscapes” and visual textures of the kitchen, Bhattacharya mapped the restorative potential of mangroves, marshes, and deltas.The experience transitioned from a masterclass on…
Kolkata: Two cases of online trading fraud, with losses of over Rs 43.4 lakh, were reported at Bidhannagar Cyber Crime PS in 24 hours.A Hatiara resident alleged he was lured to invest in a fake online trading platform and was duped of Rs 28.4 lakh. A 62-year-old woman in New Town on Monday said two…
Kolkata: The alumni association of Naktala High School, actor Rahul Banerjee’s alma mater, held a memorial service for him and issued a charter of demands, seeking answers from the “competent authorities” and the production house, for which he was shooting when he reportedly drowned in Talsari.Soumen Bhattacharya, secretary of the association, told TOI they did…
Trinamool has alleged all along that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls was designed to favour BJP. But in the Matua belt along some of Bengal’s border districts, it is the local BJP that is crying foul over SIR. Matuas — a Hindu sect from Bangladesh — had voted for BJP in large…
Kolkata: Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the Gorkha issue will be solved in a constitutional manner without dividing Bengal, if voted to office.Signalling a shift from the earlier position of Bengal BJP netas, who had been supporting Gorkhaland, Shah said at a rally in South Dinajpur’s Gangarampur: “I want to tell my…
Kolkata/Malda/Behrampore: Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused Trinamool of ushering in a “dictatorship raj” in Bengal and paving the way for BJP, saying people in the state were “stuck” between an “anti-people” TMC and a “hate-spreading” BJP.Addressing a rally at Shamsherganj in Murshidabad, the Congress neta alleged governance failure under CM Mamata Banerjee. “There is complete…
KOLKATA: Trinamool on Tuesday alleged that the EC had issued instructions via WhatsApp to police observers and central forces to check vehicles of all state govt protectees, including those of TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and his wife.The party shared screenshots of WhatsApp messages directing that all netas under security cover be subjected to…
Kolkata: India returned to net exporter status in finished steel in FY26 for the first time since FY23, with outbound shipments of 6.6 million tonnes marginally outpacing imports of 6.5 million tonnes, according to data released by the ministry of steel.Exports surged 35.9% year on year while imports fell sharply by 31.7%, enabling India to…
Kolkata: Kilburn Engineering has appointed Amritanshu Khaitan as non-executive chairman of its board, effective April 21, 2026, following the completion of the term of current independent chairman Manmohan Singh.Amritanshu, who was previously a director at the company, belongs to the promoter group. The development comes after Aditya Khaitan, chairman of Mcleod Russel, recently resigned as…
