Kolkata: India’s engineering exports rose 8.8% year-on-year in April 2026 to $10.3 billion from $9.5 billion in the same month last year despite logistical and production disruptions due to the West Asia conflict.The growth was primarily driven by aluminium and its products (38%), copper and its products (80%), electric machinery and equipment (9.5%), two- and…
Kolkata: City cops investigating the death of 66-year-old film-maker Anik Dutta are now certain it was a case of death by suicide.The sleuths have cited several findings — from the postmortem report, witness accounts and the recovery of a note and slippers on the roof from which Dutta fell — to arrive at the conclusion.Dutta…
Kolkata: The engineers who drew up a river-training scheme for the lower Hooghly in 1981 — to keep the approach to Haldia port navigable for large cargo vessels — knew that part of their plan would intensify erosion along the shores of three islands downstream — two of them inhabited. So they included a protective…
Agitation against MP Sougata Roy at Nimta Kolkata: Veteran parliamentarian Saugata Roy ran into protestors at a Nimta police station on Thursday as they shouted “chor-chor” (thief-thief) slogans and hurled eggs at his vehicleAccording to cops, the 78-year-old Dum Dum MP had gone to the police station to submit a deputation alleging attacks on Trinamool…
Kolkata: People can themselves log in to the Census website and fill in their details from Aug 1 to Aug 15 to do away with the doorstep verification by enumerators.A major new feature of Census 2027 will be the self-enumeration facility, which enables households to voluntarily submit their details online via the official portal (www.se.census.gov.in)…
Bonny being paraded by cops Former Trinamool strongman Abhijit Roy alias Boni wearing underwear was paraded by police in public in Kanchrapara ——- Amar Kar Kolkata: Former Trinamool strongman Abhijit Roy, alias Bonny, of the Bijpur assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas, who was earlier arrested in connection with extortion and Arms Act cases, was…
Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has decided to probe an AI-generated eviction notice that was circulated among traders in the New Market area. The purported notice asked for all hawker stalls, dalas and encroachments near the Metro Esplanade station gate No. 6 and around the Grand Hotel to be vacated within a month, following which…
Kolkata: Concerns of transporters over rising operational uncertainties and fuel costs have triggered the private operators to urgent call for state intervention to “revive the transport sector” following the recent political transition in Bengal.The Joint Forum of Transport Operators (JFTO), an umbrella body representing five major transport associations, has formally approached chief minister Suvendu Adhikari,…
Idol-makers have 141 days to finish their work Kolkata: Ever since the ban on digging soil from riverbanks came into effect, sticky clay from the Hooghly has become scarce. As a result, the making of Durga idols has taken a hit. Artisans are concerned over how to complete the idols, as they have only 141…
Debashis Konar & Kaushik PradhanKolkata: The state govt on Wednesday released the 11-page application form (12 pages in Bengali) for the newly launched Annapurna Yojana, a direct benefit transfer (DBT) scheme under which eligible women will receive monthly financial assistance of Rs 3,000.Unlike the Lakshmir Bhandar form, which was a simple two-page document requiring minimal…
