KOLKATA: Developing and nurturing bright young minds is crucial to build an inclusive knowledge-driven country where innovation should always be the backbone of India, Union minister of state for Education and minister of state for the Development of Northeastern Region Sukanta Majumdar said at the inauguration of a summer camp at IISER Kolkata. Majumdar, who…
Participants have been asked to wear black badges and armbands, while he stressed that the gathering would remain peaceful. KOLKATA: Security has been deployed around Bankra mosque following a call for a peaceful protest by Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind’s West Bengal president Siddiqullah Chowdhury after authorities stopped access to the mosque, located within Kolkata airport premises, citing…
SILIGURI: A gruesome murder allegedly orchestrated over an extramarital affair was cracked by Bagdogra police within 48 hours with the arrest of five persons, including the victim’s wife and her alleged lover. Police said the accused allegedly conspired to eliminate the woman’s husband, beheaded him, and dumped his headless body in a tea garden in…
MURSHIDABAD: At least three people, including two school students, were killed and several others were injured after a train collided with a school van at a level crossing in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district on Friday, officials said.Visuals from the accident site showed the school van crushed after the collision, with more than 100 people gathered…
Kolkata: ITC Hotels has acquired a 100% equity stake in Ahmedabad-based GHK Hospitality and Infrastructures, which owns Welcomhotel Ahmedabad, for the enterprise value of Rs 155 crore. The hotel is currently operated by ITC under an operating services agreement. The acquisition is expected to be consummated within the current quarter.The 130-room upper-upscale business hotel has…
Kolkata: The city’s Purple Line has achieved a milestone with the Commission of Railway Safety (CRS) allowing trains to run on the advanced CBTC signalling mode. This will pave the way for improved train operations on the 8.3-km elevated stretch. The Purple Line, currently running every 21 minutes, can increase the frequencies to 8-10 minutes.The…
Calcutta High Court HIGH COURT,KOLKATA. Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the vice-chancellor of the West Bengal University of Health Sciences (WBUHS) to explain by July 30 why 30 BSc nursing students were barred from appearing in their first-semester examinations despite a court order permitting them to do so. The court also came…
Kolkata: As Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasrin prepares for her Kolkata visit, the city’s literary community is revisiting the shadows of 2007, when she was forced to leave amid intense communal protests. The discourse reveals complex layers; while many authors are criticising her long-standing exile, even former antagonists are setting aside past grievances to welcome her,…
Kolkata: A week after public access to the 136-year-old Gouripur Jame Masjid inside the Kolkata airport was suspended over security concerns, the Bankra mosque committee on Thursday called for a peaceful protest after Friday prayers, even as the airport authorities maintained that the restriction would continue until further orders.Addressing a press conference, former minister and…
The alleged abuse took place between May last year until March this year Kolkata: The Alipore court has asked Farman Ansari, son of former Trinamool councillor Rehmat Ansari, to appear before a court in Mumbai by July 28 and seek legal relief after he was arrested by a Mumbai police team under Pocso Act for…
