Messi and Cabo Verde goalkeeper Vozinha in action Kolkata: After watching an edge-of-the-seat thriller in the early hours of Saturday as unheralded Cabo Verde pushed holders Argentina to the very limit, a mightily relieved group from Kolkata will set off for the US on Monday to root for La Albiceleste, led by Lionel Messi, assured…
File photo of Syama Prasad Mookherjee Kolkata: The handwritten copy of the resolution from the seventh managing committee meeting, held on Nov 26, 1946, at Bhawanipur Mitra Institution under the presidentship of Syama Prasad Mookerjee, bears his original signature.On Monday, marking Mookerjee’s 125th birth anniversary, this historic document, along with his photograph and pen, will…
Kolkata: Eastern Railway will slap Rs 200 fine for littering or spitting at stations or train coaches, general manager Milind Deouskar said on Saturday while launching “Eastern Railway is Watching You”, a rigorous cleanliness drive. Commuters can post photos of offenders on a WhatsApp number to enable the authorities to catch them red-handed. Also, special…
Flyer Utpal Roy, who is yet to get his baggage Kolkata: Lake Gardens resident Utpal Roy, who was travelling on SpiceJet flight SG 161 from Srinagar to Jammu on June 30, has complained to the civil aviation ministry that his checked-in baggage did not arrive at Jammu and has demanded that the airline pay Rs…
The bag in which Gopal allegedly transported and disposed of his father’s body at a location around 3.5 km from their Milan Pally home Kolkata: An engineering graduate allegedly murdered his father after being denied money for a vacation. The accused, Rajoshree Roychowdhury alias Gopal (30), has been arrested and has reportedly confessed to the…
Illegal constructions at East Kolkata Wetlands Kolkata: KMC buildings department will tally sanctioned plans with on-ground structures along the city’s eastern edge as a special investigation team (SIT), formed after the Taratala warehouse collapse, probes an alleged civic racket that enabled illegal construction and change of land character inside the East Kolkata Wetlands.The SIT is…
Mrinal Sen’s ‘Oka Oorie Katha’ Kolkata: Mrinal Sen’s ‘Oka Oorie Katha’, an adaptation of Munshi Premchand’s ‘Kafan’, restored in 4K by NFDC-NFAI under the National Film Heritage Mission, had its world premiere at the 70th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on Saturday. Sen’s powerful cinematic commentary on rural poverty and social injustice is part of…
The TMC office in the middle of controversy Kolkata: The rebel MLAs’ attempt to “take control” of the Trinamool party office at Metropolitan off the EM Bypass took a dramatic turn on Saturday, with rebel MLA Akhruzzaman claiming that former Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim — now in the rebel camp — had signed the tenancy…
Kolkata: People who have married more than twice or have refused to vaccinate their children or have dropped out of govt schools to enrol in “certain religious educational institutions” or are non-citizens will not be eligible for any of the state’s social welfare schemes, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari has said.The CM, who held a review…
Chandrima with son Sourav at the assembly on Saturday Kolkata: Former Bengal finance minister Chandrima Bhattacharya, among Mamata Banerjee’s closest aides, shot off a letter to Didi on Saturday resigning from all party posts, including state president and authorised signatory, and immediately went to the Bengal assembly and met rebel MLAs. She also called on…
