Shops outside Jadavpur railway station being bulldozed on Sunday night Kolkata: A midnight bulldozer drive cleared “encroachers”, mostly engaged in construction materials business, on the precincts of Jadavpur railway station in the intervening night between Sunday and Monday. Around 35-40 “illegal structures” were razed on the land adjacent to platform 2 during the drive. The…
Kolkata: A severe clay shortage has stalled Durga Puja preparation in Kumartuli, while also affecting the production of other earthen products. Artisans organised a rally on Monday from Ramlila Maidan to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation building to demand regularisation of supply and save the industry dependent on it. A team also submitted a memorandum to…
Kolkata: The Regional Passport Office (RPO) in Kolkata announced the resumption of the walk-in appointment system. Starting June 15, the passport office at 4, Brabourne Road, will strictly limit walk-in entry to just three days a week — Monday, Wednesday and Friday — and narrow the window of service down to a single hour, 10…
Kolkata: On a day Trinamool’s Lok Sabha MPs split to form a rebel bloc, its Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray resigned with nearly three years of his parliamentary term remaining.A vocal critic of the TMC leadership, Ray on Monday also severed all ties with Trinamool by quitting its primary membership. Rajya Sabha chairman CP…
Jalpaiguri: India stepped in on Monday to provide shelter and food to a Bangladeshi family of 10 who had been stranded in no-man’s land for days near the Shyam border outpost in Sakati, Jalpaiguri Sadar block, after Bangladesh refused to take them back and allegedly had their documents seized.The family had originally been pushed back…
Kolkata: The Confederation of Indian Small Tea Growers’ Associations (CISTA) has written to CM Suvendu Adhikari, urging him to set up a small tea growers’ development board. It has suggested that the board should have representatives from Tea Board, department of industry, commerce & enterprises, district administrations, and small tea growers. It has also requested…
Howrah: Police on Monday arrested three Trinamool workers in connection with the public humiliation of TMC neta Sannyasi Manna in Amradaha, Shyampur, after his wife Sabita Manna identified them in her complaint, officers said.Arun Roy, Tridib Samanta and Bikash Bhandari were produced before a court in Uluberia and remanded to judicial custody. Locals alleged they…
Kolkata: Bengal presents a starkly divided picture of development, showcasing strides in farming and public health while displaying a collapse in environmental management and infrastructure, a study revealed.The study report titled ‘State of India’s Environment 2026: In Figures’ , released by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), ranked all 28 states and eight Union Territories…
Kolkata: The state govt on Monday dissolved the Trinamool Congress-run Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) board and appointed municipal commissioner Smita Pandey as the administrator of the civic body, formalising the authority she has effectively exercised since the assembly election results were declared on May 4.The board was dissolved under subsection (1) of Section 117 of…
Kolkata: Former Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim spent 70 minutes with ‘expelled’ Trinamool MLA and leader of opposition (LoP) Ritabrata Banerjee in the assembly on Monday, and stepped out to claim that he wanted “the party to remain one”. The meeting came on a day party senior Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay moved Calcutta High Court questioning speaker Rathindra…
