Durga Puja pandal at Singhi Park in 2025 Kolkata: Common people, including members of prominent Kolkata families and Durga Puja organisers, are often more interested than priests in understanding the intricacies of Durga Puja and the significance of its rituals and ‘mantras’, said Jayanta Kushary, principal of the Sarva Bharatiya Prachya Vidya Academy, which conducts…
Kolkata: Measures were taken up to destroy mosquito breeding grounds at 27,378 locations during the three-day state-wide cleanliness and dengue prevention campaign conducted by the state urban development and municipal affairs department between Sept 3 and 5.As part of the drive, 6,065 clogged drains have been cleaned. Garbage has been removed from 1,608 locations. Roadside…
Meat being discarded at a city eatery Kolkata: The National Restaurants’ Association of India (NRAI) has alleged that big restaurant brands whose banners and exteriors were being shown live on TV during the ongoing inspections, are being unfairly maligned even though they have not yet been found to have violated rules or served unhygienic food.“Names…
Slogans written on walls inside Jadavpur University campus.Photo Basabdatta Sarkar Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari will lead a “saffron march” from Gol Park to Jadavpur University on Wednesday. Party sources said Adhikari would lead the rally himself to honour the prestige, sacrifice and ideals associated with saffron.The banner for the rally, which has gone viral…
Kolkata: Damodar Valley Corporation has for the first time in nearly seven decades initiated a comprehensive de-siltation of its Maithon and Panchet dams — a move aimed at restoring their water storage capacity and reducing the risk of flooding in the lower Damodar basin caused by water releases during heavy monsoon spells.Uncontrolled releases from Maithon…
Kolkata: The decentralised admission portal for undergraduate degree courses will go live after the first phase of joint entrance decentralised counselling, ensuring students have maximum admission opportunities. A dedicated decentralised admission portal has already been readied by the higher education dept.The West Bengal Joint Entrance Board is set to launch the decentralised portal on Monday…
Kolkata: The pandemic may have ended four years ago, but coronavirus continues to throw up an occasional scare. Last week, a newborn, who contracted the virus in her mother’s womb, was saved from the jaws of death at a city pvt hospital. Numerous such cases were reported during the height of the pandemic between 2020…
Agartala: A delegation from the Union ministry of home affairs (MHA) will visit Tripura next week to hold talks on fast-tracking the 2024 Tripartite Agreement with TIPRA Motha, signed before the last general elections, officials said on Sunday.The move follows a two-year stalemate over implementation of the pact among TIPRA Motha, MHA and Tripura govt….
Veteran actor Biswajit Chatterjee pays tribute to Uttam Kumar Kolkata: The four-day Uttam Kumar centenary celebrations, went far beyond traditional retrospectives by revisiting cherished memories through official commemorative stamp, special cover, and silver coin releases, celluloid print screenings at a film festival, a rare letter written by the actor seeking membership of the West Bengal…
According to sources, an ED team in New Delhi started probing a case and the team from Delhi reached the spot early on Sunday Kolkata: An enforcement directorate (ED) team on Sunday morning reached an apartment at Kankurgachhi in connection to a probe. According to sources, an ED team in New Delhi started probing a…
