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Kolkata Municipal Corporation administrator and commissioner Smita Pandey KOLKATA: Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) administrator and commissioner Smita Pandey has appealed to citizens to participate with enthusiasm in the World Yoga Day celebrations in Kolkata on June 21, 2026.Urging people across the city to join the Maha-Yoga campaign, Pandey requested citizens to take their yoga mats…

In a crackdown on illegal wildlife trade, a joint operation conducted by the Society for Protecting Ophiofauna & Animal Rights (SPOAR) in collaboration with officials of the West Bengal forest dept led to the busting of an illegal turtle meat racket at Haldibari in Cooch Behar on Sunday.Acting on specific intelligence regarding the sale of…

IIM Calcutta start-up initiative is announced at the inauguration of the MBA 63rd batch Kolkata: IIM-Calcutta, the oldest among the IIMs, has launched a new initiative for MBA students to encourage entrepreneurship. Under the initiative that kicks off from this academic year, an MBA student, interested in building a start-up, can opt out of campus…

Mamata Banerjee (L), Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar (C), Dr Baidyanath Ghosh Dastidar (R) KOLKATA: Amid the ongoing split in the Trinamool Congress (TMC), Dr Baidyanath Ghosh Dastidar, son of rebel TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, has issued a legal notice to former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and several party leaders. He has denied allegations…

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Kolkata: Vidyasagar Setu will be closed to vehicles from 6 am to 2 pm on Sunday for the ongoing repair work of the bridge including replacement of stay and holding cables and bearings. Work is being undertaken in phases by the Hooghly River Bridge Commissioners. Vehicles coming along AJC Bose Road from Zeerut Island will…

Kolkata: The city remained warm and humid a day after monsoon onset even as the Met office predicted scanty rain in and around Kolkata during the next one week. While maximum temperature reached 35.3°C in Kolkata on Saturday, the minimum was around 28.6°C. Conditions remain favourable for further advancement of southwest monsoon into the remaining…

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Kolkata: RBI governor Sanjay Malhotra on Saturday met chief minister Suvendu Adhikari at Nabanna. In a Facebook post, Adhikari said that Malhotra met him on a courtesy call. Sources said they discussed enhancing cooperation to push development initiatives in Bengal.The visit assumes significance as the budget session of the assembly will start on June 18,…

Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari and most of his newly appointed ministers attended a training programme titled “Mantrider Pathshala” on intricacies of running the Bengal govt administration at NSATI in Salt Lake on Saturday. Addressing the ministers, the CM said they must not keep work pending and called on them to keep files moving.“The CM wanted…