The Centre plans to install a memorial statue for Partition victims on the premises of Sealdah station.The Indian Railways had allotted on the premises of the station for the statue, said Union culture minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, who was in the city for an event on Thursday. Source link
KOLKATA: Cops have issued a traffic advisory announcing major road closures, parking restrictions, and vehicular diversions across central Kolkata on Monday in connection with the state’s planned ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ rally that will be attended by CM Suvendu Adhikari. Traffic movement across key stretches surrounding the Maidan and adjoining commercial corridors will be regulated or…
Alipore recorded a maximum temperature of 28.6°C on Friday, 3.4 notches down the normal mark Kolkata: A low pressure area brewing over the Bay of Bengal is likely to keep the rainy days going in the next few days. Met officials said while this system will impact parts of Odisha the most, Kolkata and other…
Kolkata: The latest delimitation exercise in Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) area has triggered one of the biggest reworkings of the city’s civic map, with the number of wards set to rise from 144 to 209. The addition of 65 wards has not only redrawn boundaries across the city but also pushed several well-known south Kolkata…
CM Suvendu Adhikari at the ‘Tiranga’ rally at Hazra on Friday Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari has urged people, irrespective of their caste, creed, religion or political affiliation, to join the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ rally on Aug 10. On Friday, Adhikari launched the campaign from his Bhowanipore constituency, walking from Alipore to Hazra with several ministers,…
Govt plans cooking infra in schools Kolkata: Starting Saturday, the Bengal govt will begin serving eggs in mid-day meals at schools to supplement the Iskcon veg meals. Self-Help Groups (SHGs) have been asked to provide the eggs.Following an internal meeting on Friday, it was decided that though initially boiled eggs will be distributed by the…
Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed its primary charge sheet against 11 individuals — including two BJP workers who joined the party in 2020 — in connection with the fatal shooting of Chandranath Rath, a personal assistant and close aide of chief minister Suvendu Adhikari, on May 6.The incident took place less…
In a written reply to a question by BJP Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya, Union minister of state for coal and mines Satish Chandra Dubey said around 1.78 lakh tonnes of ore had been identified in the block. The ore contains 0.4% caesium, 0.3% lithium and 0.1% rubidium, with total metallic content estimated at 0.8%….
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets NDA MPs, including MPs who recently joined the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) from the Trinamool Congress and Shiv Sena MPs who merged with the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, during a breakfast meeting at his residence in New Delhi on Friday, August 7, 2026. (Photo: IANS) Kolkata:…
Urban development and municipal affairs minister Agnimitra Paul Kolkata: The state govt will develop cities as “growth engines” to facilitate business and industrial activities, urban development and municipal affairs minister Agnimitra Paul said on Friday. Paul also assured investors that steps would be taken to improve ease of doing business. “The process of sanctioning building…
