Kolkata: A general physician and owner of one of the port area’s most prominent nursing homes, also an ex-Trinamool MLA, will not be able to vote this time — along with four of his family members — thanks to SIR. The former legislator, Abul Kasem Molla, is shocked that the SIR has snatched voting rights…
Kolkata: The CBSE announced the class 10 board results on Wednesday with an overall pass percentage of 93.7, an increase of 0.04 percentage points from the previous year’s 93.66%. Though students have another chance to reappear for the exams to improve their scores, most school principals felt very few would avail of the option as…
KOLKATA/DARJEELING: Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday made a slew of promises targeted at north Bengal on Wednesday, including the withdrawal of “false” cases against Gorkha representatives and the inclusion of the Rajbanshi language in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution, which recognises official languages in India.He said the Centre was already working on…
KOLKATA: With central forces arriving at their premises well ahead of the polls, many state-aided schools have decided to delay first summative exams until the elections are over.They also plan to conduct the examinations before the onset of summer vacation.The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) has given nod to these schools for the…
Replica LPG cylinders, cricket bats, bicycles, sacks of potatoes — in the Bengal theatre of assembly polls, such props have occupied centre stage, each of them carefully chosen to signal a message, trigger emotion, or to sharpen a political attack.Across constituencies, candidates have been relying on the symbolism of these objects to cut through the…
Kolkata: A fire broke out on the top floor of a two-storey residential building on Ekbalpore Lane in Mominpore, located in the densely populated Naptani Bagan locality. No one was injured. An Ekbalpore PS officer said it was around 4.20 pm that thick plumes of smoke were seen billowing out of a room on the…
Kolkata: A rape survivor told the Calcutta High Court that she had “suffered enough” and did not want to pursue further charges against her brother-in-law, who had raped her in 2013 when she was 17. Respecting her wishes, the HC on April 9, while upholding the conviction, reduced the man’s life sentence to 12 and…
Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said central forces approached her car while she was at the Dum Dum airport and she asked them to check it, and questioned why vehicles of Trinamool seniors were being checked while those of the PM’s and HM’s were spared.“At Dum Dum airport, central forces approached my vehicle. I…
KOLKATA: Scientists have rolled out an AI-powered forecasting system to help fishers locate hilsa shoals in the Bay of Bengal — a first-of-its-kind initiative aimed at boosting catch, but already raising concerns among sections of the fishing community over sustainability and the risk of overfishing.Those involved with the project said some awareness camps have been…
Jalpaiguri: Falakata MLA Dipak Barman, also the constituency’s BJP candidate, was allegedly roughed up by locals on Tuesday evening at Kadambini tea estate, where he was on campaign.As Barman reached the garden and got down from his vehicle, a crowd stopped him from entering the garden. When he tried to force his way through, he…
