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…
Kolkata: The state municipal affairs minister, Agnimitra Paul, on Tuesday inspected the waterlogging black spots across the city after the MMiC overseeing the KMC sewerage and drainage, resigned on Tuesday, citing his ‘helplessness’ in tackling the drainage issues ahead of the monsoon season.Paul, accompanied by the KMC and state govt officials, started the inspection from…
Kolkata: IIT Kharagpur will enforce a graded framework of punishments for handling examination malpractice in place of uniform punitive norms to ensure fair and proportional consequences and provide students with a path to reform themselves.Director Suman Chakraborty said, “We have zero tolerance for serious violations compromising integrity, but we will also provide corrective pathways to…
Kolkata: Sachin Singh, the KMC councillor of ward 36, was arrested on Tuesday on charges of extortion, fraud and allegedly collecting cut money in the Narkeldanga area, police sources said.Singh became the second KMC councillor to be arrested after Sudip Polley (ward 123). Multiple other councillors like Baiswanor Chattopadhyay (ward 91), Mala Roy (ward 88),…
Kolkata: Statues of two footballers in action — one wearing the jersey of Mohun Bagan Super Giant and another one wearing the jersey of East Bengal FC — are likely to replace the recently demolished Football-Man installation outside Salt Lake stadium, sports and youth affairs minister Nisith Pramanik said on Tuesday.The minister said initially it…
Kolkata/Howrah: Arrests, FIRs, resignations and administrative flux across several municipal corporations and municipalities in Bengal have triggered concerns over the functioning of civic bodies and delivery of services.The strain is most evident in the Trinamool Congress-run KMC, where the civic board has nearly turned “defunct” because mayor-in-council meetings are not being held. The crisis began…
Kolkata: Six flyers who have returned from Ebola-hit nations over the past week have been sent to home quarantine for 21 days under advice of Kolkata airport authorities, with state health dept officials following up on a daily basis to check if they have developed any of the Ebola symptoms.According to sources, the six flyers…
Kolkata: Former sports minister Aroop Biswas has been summoned by Bidhannagar police to report at Bidhannagar south police station on Thursday and meet the investigating officer probing the case of cheating, criminal conspiracy, criminal intimidation and extortion in connection with the Lionel Messi GOAT India Tour controversy at Salt Lake Stadium last year.The development comes…
Students take part in one of the events at the fest Kolkata: Sri Sri Academy, Kolkata, hosted the inaugural edition of Srishti 2026 — an inter-school tech and cultural fest — on May 8 and 9, 2026, at its Alipore campus. Centred on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the two-day celebration brought together 16…
