Kolkata: US secretary of state Marco Rubio began his maiden India visit with a brief but symbolic stop in Kolkata on Saturday, spending nearly three hours in the city. Rubio, accompanied by his wife Jeanette Dousdebes Rubio and US ambassador to India Sergio Gor, later flew to Delhi aboard a US Air Force Boeing C-32A…
Kolkata: The Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) recent mandate requiring a third language at the secondary level has triggered concern among parents, students and school administrators, particularly over mid-session implementation and the impact on those who have been studying a foreign language as their second language.The revised policy states that students must study three…
Actor Soham Chakraborty faces complaint over alleged film contract issue. KOLKATA: After actor and former TMC MLA Soham Chakraborty lodged a complaint against producer Tarun Das on Wednesday, Das filed a counter complaint in Balurghat on Friday. Both complaints were made after a dispute over a film signing amount in 2018.Chakraborty said, “I offered to…
KOLKATA: An FIR was lodged against actors Parambrata Chatterjee and Swastika Mukherjee at Gariahat Police Station on Thursday night for allegedly inciting post-election violence in 2021. The charges were filed under Sections 109 and 153A of the IPC, with Section 153A being a non-bailable offence. Section 153A criminalises the promotion of enmity and hatred.Since the…
KOLKATA: The West Bengal government on Saturday removed the controversial football-themed sculpture installed outside the Salt Lake Stadium, which was designed by former chief minister Mamata Banerjee.Earlier, State Sports Minister Nisith Pramanik had announced the decision while outlining a series of planned infrastructure upgrades at the stadium.Speaking to the media, Sports Minister Nisith Pramanik on…
Kolkata: In compliance with govt directives, mosques across Kolkata and neighbouring districts held prayers in two shifts on Friday to ensure worshippers could offer namaz within mosque premises and avoid spillover onto roads.Several mosques in areas like Park Circus, Beck Bagan, AJC Bose Road, Collin Street, Elliot Road, Rajabazar and Narkeldanga organised staggered congregations, with…
Kolkata: The phase II work to bridge Orange Line’s viaduct gap at Chingrighata started more than an hour late on Friday because of heavy traffic flow. The second 60-hour traffic block — closing the eastern flank connecting piers 318 and 319 — was to start at 8 pm and continue till 8 am on Monday.A…
Kolkata: Three climbers from Bengal reached the summit of Mount Everest in the last two days. Shuvam Chatterjee also climbed Mount Lhotse the day after his Everest summit while Lakshmikanta Mandal made it to the summit for the second time. The third climber was Munmun Ghosh. Chatterjee, a businessman from Hind Motor, reached the Everest…
KOLKATA: A centralised, technology-enabled platform, the Scribe Bank, connecting students with visual impairment and other disabilities to verified volunteer scribes, covering end-to-end coordination from registration and scribe matching to examination-day support, was launched on Friday with an aim to address the “structural gap” so that no visually impaired students are turned away from examination for…
Kolkata: Jadavpur University (JU) has written to Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to immediately capture all stray dogs from the campus, including areas near the quarters, and ensure their vaccination and sterilisation following multiple dog-bite cases on campus. Meanwhile, a letter with over 580 signatures from animal lovers, including teachers and students, was submitted to the…
