An artefact that will be on display Kolkata: Ahead of the country’s 80th Independence Day, two of Kolkata’s premier museums are opening their collections to tell two distinct but interconnected stories of India. The Indian Museum and Victoria Memorial Hall (VMH) have unveiled special exhibitions that journey through India’s civilisational and national history.Some of the…
Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari along with supporters hold National Flags during the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ rally ahead of the Independence Day celebrations, in Kolkata on Monday Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Monday announced that the state govt would officially celebrate Rakhi Bandhan from this year, calling it a move not only to uphold the festival’s…
The tunnel boring machine (TBM), Divya, digging the underground section of the Purple Line metro will complete its journey from Kidderpore to Victoria Memorial on Tuesday Kolkata: The tunnel boring machine (TBM), Divya, digging the underground section of the Purple Line metro will complete its journey from Kidderpore to Victoria Memorial on Tuesday, a month…
CM Suvendu Adhikari speaks to Birju Keot’s wife Jenny at her Halisahar house on Monday Kolkata: Three days after the death of a Trinamool worker after alleged police torture, CM Suvendu Adhikari met the victim’s family and said “it was clear as daylight” that 48-year-old Birju Keot had died in police custody. Investigating officer Vivek…
On Monday the maximum temperature surged to 33.2°C, shooting past the normal mark after six days Kolkata: Northern parts of the city recorded heavy downpours ranging between 90 mm and 150 mm, with Belgachhia (150 mm) and Dum Dum (135 mm) bearing the brunt of the rain. In sharp contrast, southern pockets received significantly lighter…
Kolkata: Five days after an 86-year-old man was fatally run over while taking an evening walk inside Uniworld City complex in New Town, police on Sunday arrested a 47-year-old woman who was allegedly learning to drive an SUV when it veered out of a parking area and ploughed into pedestrians.The deceased, Sribas Chandra Ojha, was…
Sourav Ganguly and Stve Waugh in Wankhede Stadium Kolkata: Former India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly and his wife Dona have received death threats, following which the Kolkata Police STF and the directorate of security have started a probe. STF has zeroed in on a location 32km from the Gangulys’ Behala house, from where threat letters…
Kolkata Municipal Corporation Kolkata: Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has resumed the process of issuing death certificates, revoking a verbal order that suspended the signing authority of sub-registrars, bringing relief to at least 4,000 bereaved families by crematorium figures alone. The state had kept the process of issuing death certificates from crematoriums and burial grounds suspended…
Kolkata: Police have traced the source of the laser beam that disoriented the pilot of a Malaysia Airlines flight during its landing approach at Kolkata airport on Saturday night to Ashoknagar in North 24 Parganas and are now trying to identify those responsible.The incident has prompted Bidhannagar and Barrackpore police to step up enforcement, with…
Kolkata: The state govt has initiated the process to engage a consultant for preparing a detail architectural and engineering plan for setting up the proposed Syama Prasad Mookerjee memorial complex on 14.5 acres. The proposed complex will also include a 125 ft high statue of Mookerjee at Eco Park in New Town.“This will be the…
