Union home minister Amit Shah, CM Suvendu Adhikari and BJP state chief Samik Bhattacharya at an event to lay foundation stone for an Amul plant Kolkata: Gujarat will keep bringing investments to Bengal, Union home minister Amit Shah said on Sunday while virtually laying the foundation stone for Amul’s Rs 700-crore integrated dairy complex. The…
Kolkata: A 19-year-old youth and his friend were allegedly ambushed, abducted, and tortured by a group of men over a grudge in the early hours of Friday, before being stripped and filmed. The victim, a resident of Kabi Tirtha Sarani in Kidderpore, filed a formal complaint with Hastings Police detailing a midnight ordeal that also…
Proposals discussed at Shah’s meeting Kolkata: Bengal can become the first state to have a Special Investigation Agency (SIA) modelled on National Investigation Agency (NIA). The proposal was among several discussed at a law-and-order review meeting chaired by Union home minister Amit Shah and attended by CM Suvendu Adhikari, along with senior officials from the…
Kolkata: There is a flux among bus operators struggling to cope with rising diesel prices. After the route 37 (Dhakuria-Howrah) buses tried it a few weeks ago, before reversing the decision, route 237 (Birati-Babughat) buses have started charging extra — up to Rs 20 — from Sunday.Notices put up in several of the buses on…
Kolkata: From airway inflammation to increased susceptibility to respiratory infection and reduced lung function, pollution is taking an increasing toll on lung health of individuals.Doctors said children whose lungs are yet to get developed are the most vulnerable to the rising pollution.The impact of air pollution on lung health was among the important topics discussed…
Wreckage of a school van after its collision with a train at the Karnasubarna railway crossing in Behrampore, Murshidabad district of West Bengal, on Friday, July 17, 2026. At least four people, including three schoolchildren, were killed and several others suffered injuries in the accident. (Photo: IANS) Kolkata: To end dangerous track crossings, Eastern Railway’s…
Salanpur (West Burdwan): Protests erupted in West Burdwan’s Salanpur block on Sunday after locals belonging to the Bauri community alleged they were being prevented from entering a Durga temple in Karmakar Para of Athora gram panchayat.Community members gathered outside the temple around 11am, locked its main gate and staged a demonstration against the alleged discrimination.A…
Messi jersey sale in Kolkata Kolkata: It was literally the Bijoya Dashami of World Cup football on Sunday but the magic of Lionel Messi or LM 10 and Argentina helped traders fill their coffers not just at Bidhan Market, but even the official stores of Messi’s jersey spread across the city.Argentina’s blue-white jersey sold ten…
TMC leader in Rajya Sabha Derek O’Brien (file photo) Kolkata: Trinamool and NCPI took sharply divergent positions on the BJP-led NDA’s legislative agenda on Saturday, with the Mamata Banerjee camp urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to halt two proposed bills, even as NCPI pledged support to all govt legislation.In a letter to the PM, Trinamool…
Kolkata decked up in World Cup colours: Argentina fans on Sunday at Ganapati Seva Dol club; photo by Sayantan Chakraborty Kolkata: As the city favourites squared up with the dark horses who showed a late burst of brilliance, threatening to halt the blue-and-white brigade’s march to glory, Kolkata split, almost right down the middle, to…
