Known for its clusters of roadside bookstalls, College Street – Kolkata’s boi para –is staring at an uncertain future. Reports of an impending eviction drive targeting structures encroaching on pedestrian pathways have triggered anxiety in the area. Sources say hawkers have been given 15 days to clear any part of their shops or stalls that…
Kolkata: The state higher education department has issued an order mandating that colleges must not charge students in the name of ‘union fee’. The Calcutta High Court passed an order on July 7 in this regard.College principals have received Google Forms from the higher education department with multiple questions to answer. Many colleges whose websites…
Two suitcases, filled with notes destroyed by termites, found in a locked storeroom at Surendranath College Damaged currency notes, well-decorated rooms recovered at Surendranath College College staff members broke the locks of two rooms in a new building to find a bed, almirahs, chairs and tables inside Two suitcases, filled with notes destroyed by termites,…
A truck ferrying CNG cylinders was on the Taratala flyover when the cap of a cylinder came off and gas leaked Kolkata: Traffic was briefly suspended on the Taratala flyover on Tuesday morning following a gas leak from a CNG cylinder. The emergency shutdown of traffic led to congestion on Diamond Harbour Road in the…
Before and after 4K restoration of ‘Subarnarekha’ by NFDC-NFAI Before and after 4K restoration of ‘Bari Theke Paliye’ by NFDC-NFAI Before and after 4K restoration of ‘Subarnarekha’ by NFDC-NFAI Before and after 4K restoration of ‘Bari Theke Paliye’ by NFDC-NFAI Before and after 4K restoration of ‘Subarnarekha’ by NFDC-NFAI Kolkata: The complete feature filmography of…
Kolkata: Indradeb Bhattacharya, 51, the joint secretary rank officer of agricultural marketing dept, who fell from the fourth-floor stairwell balcony of O Block at Khadya Bhavan on Monday, continued to be unconscious and critical on Tuesday as well.SSKM Doctors said he was still “unstable”. “He is on ventilator and his blood pressure is on the…
Kolkata: A 55-year-old man died after falling from the terrace of a 15-storey tower at Sunrise Point complex near New Town Akanksha More on Tuesday around 6.30 pm. The deceased has been identified as Deepak Hirawat, a resident of 10th floor at Saffron 4 tower. Sources said Hirawat lived there for 14 years with his…
Kolkata: Leading her first protest on the streets of Kolkata since her party’s defeat in the assembly election, Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday, “If I survive, I will remove BJP from office in Centre.“Accusing Centre of orchestrating a “conspiracy” to break TMC and to stop her since the election, Banerjee took aim at…
Kolkata: In a pre-budget meeting with state additional chief secretary Prabhat Mishra and his team, CREDAI West Bengal president Sushil Mohta and CREDAI Kolkata president Apurva Salarpuria submitted targeted suggestions to unlock land, speed up planned urbanisation, and improve housing affordability across Bengal. They said structural bottlenecks are preventing large, integrated developments and that policy…
There are about 60 dogs on JU campus DOGS Kolkata: A letter, with 205 signatures from students, scholars and alumni of Jadavpur University, was on Tuesday handed to the vice-chancellor, demanding the demarcation of feeding zones for dogs on the campus, renovation of the existing shelter and allocation of funds for their vaccination and sterilisation.“We…
