Kolkata: When Bengal gets its first bullet train, it will soon be on a development highway along with Gujarat and Maharashtra, which are the only Indian states with a bullet-train corridor. Work in both states is currently under advanced construction. Preliminary work in Bengal — survey, feasibility study, detailed project report — should begin in…
West Bengal set to become 36th state to implement Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana KOLKATA: West Bengal is set to become the 36th state to implement the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY), marking a major step in the country’s push towards universal health coverage.According to a press release, a…
Kolkata: Middle-class households across Kolkata woke up to a cold shock this Sunday, June 7, as domestic Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) prices surged by Rs 29, bringing the cost of a 14.2 kg cylinder to Rs 968.The hike comes a mere five days after a massive Rs 53.50 jump in commercial gas prices, which now…
KOLKATA: The Bengal Police on Sunday arrested Mohammad Jasimuddin, a Trinamool Congress councillor of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), on charges of molestation and harassment of a minor girl.Jasimuddin, a councillor from Ward No. 39 in the Jorasanko area of central Kolkata, was taken into custody from his residence in the afternoon, police said.He has…
Kolkata: In a major policy shift, the Bengal government is to conduct a detailed review of the long-standing bicycle ban on 70 major roads in Kolkata. Introduced by a previous regime, the restrictions had faced intense criticism for turning the streets into an extortion ground, disproportionately affecting working class citizens. Data reveals that 73% of…
One of the focus areas of BMC is waterlogging Water logged VIP Service road way to Newtown, near Haldiram, photo Mayukh Sengupta Kolkata: The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) civic board has been dissolved with the commissioner being appointed as the administrator of the civic body. The authorities are now working round-the-clock to ensure uninterrupted civic…
Kolkata: In a continued crackdown targeting institutional corruption and exploitation within the Bengali film and television industry, the New Alipore police have summoned four key members of the Cine Technicians Federation.The move follows the high-profile arrest of Swarup Biswas, the president of the now-disbanded Federation of Cine Technicians and Workers of Eastern India, from his…
KOLKATA: A Trinamool worker accused of extortion took shelter under a huge pile of clothes kept inside a godown of the state government organization “Tantuja” at Amta in Howrah on Saturday when BJP workers of Basantpur Panchayat in Udaynarayanpur came looking for him at Amta Block 1. They spotted Brahmananda Chakrabarty at the state-owned Tantuja…
Darjeeling: The bodies of four missing residents from Lingdok, under the Kabi-Lungchok constituency in Sikkim, were found in a SUV that was fished out of Teesta River near Coronation Bridge in Sevoke, about 20 km away from Siliguri on Sunday morning, nearly two days after they had gone missing.The deceased have been identified as Smarika…
Anik Dutta’s daughter Oishee during the event at Nandan There was a quiet sense of grief at Nandan on June 6 as a retrospective of filmmaker Anik Dutta opened with a screening of Aparajito—the film that brought him widespread acclaim, numerous awards, and renewed recognition as one of Bengal’s most distinctive cinematic voices.The evening was…
