Kolkata saw a cloudy sky and sporadic drizzles on Sunday.. Sukhomoy Sen Kolkata: Kolkata received sporadic drizzles on a cloudy Sunday even as the Met office has predicted light to moderate showers in the city and its surrounding districts over the next two days. While thunderstorms and rain lashed several districts including East Bardhaman, Hooghly,…
Kolkata: Around 75% of Durga Puja committees in Bengal — those with budgets below Rs 10 lakh — are likely to continue receiving government financial assistance, with chief minister Suvendu Adhikari indicating to puja organisers that the new BJP govt will not withdraw support from organisers who genuinely need it.Bengal has around 43,000 officially recognised…
Kolkata: The Rs 45,810.9 crore expansion of IISCO Steel Plant at Burnpur is on schedule for completion by June 2027, Union minister of state for steel Bhupathiraju Srinivasa Varma told Rajya Sabha. Orders for all 14 major packages have been placed, with the project targeting 4 MTPA crude steel capacity. Source link
Junior Doctors Front along with the Abhaya Mancha members take out a protest rally Kolkata: It has been two years since the protests over the rape and murder of the 31-year-old junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on Aug 9 rocked the city.However, the answer to whether doctors and women feel safer…
Residents alleged that the water reservoirs and the water treatment system at the complex have not been maintained properly for a long time Kolkata: More than two dozen residents of Siddha Happyville, a housing complex near Rajarhat Chowmatha, have reportedly fallen ill after allegedly consuming contaminated water supplied from the complex’s reservoir, prompting residents to…
The assessee numbers of more than 9 lakh property taxpayers in Kolkata will change Kolkata: Following the delimitation exercise, the assessee numbers of more than 9 lakh property taxpayers in Kolkata will change as the ward numbers to which the assessee numbers are linked are undergoing a major rejig following the addition of 65 new…
Agartala: Tripura CM Manik Saha held a late-night review meeting on Saturday, soon after returning from Delhi, amid widespread protests over high electricity bills, smart meter installation and frequent power outages.The protests were triggered by complaints of exorbitant electricity bills and recurring outages following the installation of smart meters. Several offices of the Tripura State…
Kolkata: Disoriented by laser beams, the pilot of a Malaysia Airlines flight was forced to reposition his craft and delay the landing barely 15 km away from Kolkata airport on Saturday night. The plane, with 159 passengers and seven crew members on board, had to gain elevation and circled for some time before making a…
CM Suvendu Adhikari with parents of the RG Kar rape-murder victim at the memorial event in Panihati on Sunday Kolkata: The state govt will set up an inquiry commission to investigate the RG Kar rape-murder case, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said on Sunday, exactly two years after the crime shook Bengal and the nation. Police…
The city’s average PM2.5 concentration remained above India’s prescribed standard through Jan-June Kolkata: Kolkata bucked West Bengal’s broader trend of improving air quality in the first half of 2026, recording a rise in fine particulate pollution even as Howrah, Asansol, Durgapur and Barrackpore registered significant declines, finds an analysis by an independent research organisation, Centre…
