Travel agent Anil Punjabi with family and friends at his home ahead of the match Travel agent Anil Punjabi watched the match with family and friends on a big screen at his home Kolkata: Loyalties changed, colours were switched and heroes altered as some of the big teams tumbled in the run-up to the World…
Kolkata: Union Home Minister Amit Shah with West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari during the inauguration ceremony of the Museum of Word (Shabdalok), at the National Library campus in Kolkata, Sunday, July 19, 2026. Kolkata: It was time Bengal, once “a global beacon of Indian consciousness”, was made capable of awakening the consciousness of the…
Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee (file pic) Kolkata: Calcutta High Court, in an urgent hearing on Sunday, ordered a status quo on the demolition of the five-storey Amtala building in South 24 Parganas which serves as Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee’s Diamond Harbour constituency office, until the end of July or until further orders. The matter will…
Haldia: In a tragic attempt to save each other from a live wire, three members of a family, including a 12-year-old boy, were electrocuted on Saturday evening at Kumarpur village in Haldia.The incident took place around 7 pm when Siraj Ali Mollik tried to handle a wire in his house. When Siraj was shocked, his…
Former MLA Nirmal Ghosh’s son Tirthankar was paraded on Saturday Kolkata: Crude bombs were hurled at former TMC MLA Nirmal Ghosh’s house early on Sunday, hours after his son Tirthankar Ghosh was paraded by police through parts of Sodepur-Panihati.Police said masked assailants arrived on motorcycles around 1.30am, lobbed bombs at the Railway Park house and…
General Manoj Pande during Times Now Summit 2024 Kolkata: Former Army chief General Manoj Pande on Sunday said Kolkata and the entire northeast had the tremendous potential to develop into a major defence manufacturing hub, and urged the state’s industrialists and academics to work together to strengthen India’s indigenous defence ecosystem.Speaking at the inaugural seminar…
A still from ‘Aajo Ardhangini’ (L); a still from ‘Bonolata Sen’ (R) KOLKATA: Jaya Ahsaan’s “Aajo Ardhangini” (AA) marks a significant moment in cross-border cinema, serving as a major collaboration featuring a Bangladeshi star following the July 2024 uprising. While eased visa norms have allowed artistic movement between Kolkata and Dhaka to resume, the nature…
A still from ‘Aajo Ardhangini’ (L); a still from ‘Bonolata Sen’ (R) KOLKATA: Jaya Ahsaan’s “Aajo Ardhangini” (AA) marks a significant moment in cross-border cinema, serving as a major collaboration featuring a Bangladeshi star following the July 2024 uprising.While eased visa norms have allowed artistic movement between Kolkata and Dhaka to resume, the nature of…
Sports minister Indranil Khan inspects the Nandan complex on Saturday. pic by Sukhomoy Sen Kolkata: From Nandan to Baguiati and from district headquarters to subdivision towns, Bengal is gearing up for a statewide football carnival as the state govt prepares to screen the Fifa World Cup final between Spain and Argentina on giant screens across…
Argentina Fan Club in Ganguly Bagan. pic by Debobrata Shome Kolkata: From multiplexes to open-air arenas, from sports cafes to nightclubs, multiple venues across Indian footballing mecca Kolkata are decking up for the clash of footballing titans as reigning champion Argentina takes on European champion Spain in the 2026 Fifa World Cup final just past…
