Kolkata: Several neighbourhoods in the Tollygunge-Garia belt experienced power cuts between midnight and 3 am on Friday as circuits in CESC distribution boxes tripped following a sharp surge in load. The utility said its demand hit a record peak, both during the day and night on Thursday, as the city witnessed unprecedented use of home…
Kolkata: IndiGo Airlines will cancel flights from Kolkata to Singapore, Shanghai, Ho Chi Minh City and Siam Reap from July 1 and reduce frequency to Phuket, majorly impacting the city’s international flight connectivity.IndiGo is also slashing domestic flights, cutting back on sectors with multiple frequencies and those with low yields or profitability and relatively low…
Kolkata: An intense rain spell along with lightning, thunder and gusty wind pushed the mercury down to its lowest in more than three weeks in Kolkata. The maximum temperature dipped to 32.1 degrees Celsius from 36.8 a day ago while the minimum nosedived to 23.2 degrees from 29.8 degrees. The Alipore Met office has not…
The TMC is challenging the Speaker’s decision to recognize Ritabrata Banerjee as the opposition leader in the Calcutta High Court. KOLKATA: Escalating its battle against the rebel faction, the TMC will approach the Calcutta high court against assembly speaker Rathindra Bose’s decision to recognise Ritabrata Banerjee as the leader of the opposition.The party has termed…
KOLKATA: Commemorating World Environment Day, the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata and GreenAI Services Private Limited jointly designed and delivered a pivotal symposium on Friday. The landmark event gathered top technologists, academicians, and industry leaders to discuss the future of eco-friendly, culturally inclusive artificial intelligence in India.Sunil Kumar Khare, Director of…
‘I have been humiliated time and again’: Karnataka minister R Ramalinga Reddy quits as minister, flags ‘U-turn’ by DK Shivakumar KOLKATA: TMC’s post-split turmoil played out Thursday along divergent tracks, with several Lok Sabha MPs receiving feelers to dump the Mamata Banerjee -Abhishek Banerjee duo amid signs that some among the 58 MLAs of the…
Kolkata: Anik Dutta’s Satyajit Ray centenary tribute, “Aparajito”, will begin screening at Nandan this Friday in honour of the recently deceased director. Despite a written recommendation from the Nandan film selection committee, the movie was originally blocked from the venue following intervention from “higher authorities”. According to the committee, this controversial exclusion inadvertently sparked a…
Kolkata: Eastern Railway’s Sealdah division will impose two major traffic and power blocks over this weekend for infrastructure upgrades and safety maintenance. Suburban services in Sealdah North and South sections will be regulated because of this.The first is a 15-hour traffic and power blocks on both Up and Down between Sealdah and Kankurgachi Road Junction,…
Kolkata: Livelihood cyclists made up 73% of bicycle-riders in Kolkata, revealed a newly released study, prompting demands for the lifting of the prohibition on the eco-friendly two-wheelers on as many as 71 roads in the city.Bicycles, the cleanest mode of transport independent of any fossil fuel, powered 75% of Kolkata’s short trips, found the study,…
The 65-ft Syama Prasad Mookerjee statue in Lucknow, so far the tallest in the country 65-feet-high bronze statues of Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee in Lucknow Kolkata: A 125-ft-tall statue of Syama Prasad Mookerjee would be erected in the city to honour the legacy of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder in his 125th birth anniversary year,…
