In March 2022, the former Bengal state govt made a white-and-blue uniform mandatory, complete with the Biswa Bangla logo, for all students from pre-primary up to class 8 Kolkata: Blue and white may no longer be the mandatory school uniform colours for govt and govt-aided schools, according to discussions held in a recent internal meeting…
The 136-year-old Bankra mosque, Gouripur Jame Masjid, is located within the operational area of Kolkata airport Kolkata: Entry to the 136-year-old Bankra mosque, located within the operational area of Kolkata airport, has been stopped indefinitely, airport authorities said on Sunday, citing security concerns over allowing access solely on the basis of Aadhaar cards. On Saturday,…
Kolkata A 10-member Central Delimitation Committee (CDC) has been formed by Kolkata Municipal Corporation to create 56 additional civic wards, increasing the total from 144 to 200, officials said.The committee, tasked with ensuring a balanced distribution of voters across the 200 wards, has to submit its recommendations by July 27. The KMC elections are due…
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court has overturned an almost 30-year-old acquittal in a case of bigamy and directed a 75-year-old former policeman to serve three years in prison and pay Rs 1 lakh as compensation to his second wife.The bench of justices Rajasekhar Mantha and Ananya Bandopadhyay, which delivered the ruling on Friday, observed that the…
Mangroves in the Sundarbans Kolkata: The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is set to introduce an Indian standard for the restoration of mangrove ecosystems, marking the country’s first such set of guidelines for the restoration of biodiversity, which will help streamline restoration efforts in the Sundarbans. The draft Indian Standard, titled ‘Restoration of Mangrove Ecosystem…
Kolkata: Scottish Church College has been granted a No Objection Certificate (NoC) by Calcutta University (CU) to apply for autonomy status from the University Grants Commission (UGC). While the college had applied to the UGC for autonomous status in May, it simultaneously requested the necessary certificate from the university. Following this appeal, the university issued…
Sector V hawkers free up pavement space Kolkata: Following instructions to clear encroachment from pavements, hawkers and street vendors across the IT hub of Sector V are removing temporary structures and tarpaulin to free up almost two-thirds of the space. Since Saturday, street vendors on several stretches of Sector V have been removing the temporary…
Kolkata: A 77-year-old resident of New Town was reportedly defrauded of Rs 53 lakh by cyber criminals who kept him under fake “digital arrest” after falsely accusing him of money laundering and anti-national activities.According to cops, the incident began on April 21 when the 77-year-old victim, a resident of a co-operative society in Action Area-I,…
One of the teams after receiving the award at an event in Kolkata recently Kolkata: Teams from north Bengal’s Jaldapara and Cooch Behar wildlife divisions were recently felicitated at an event in Kolkata for their efforts to save 13 stranded one-horned rhinos during 2025 flood rescue operations.The teams were awarded the Professor Ratan Lal Brahmachary…
CM Suvendu Adhikari at an organisational meeting in East Midnapore on Sunday Kolkata/Mecheda: After Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya described the party’s induction of three ex-Trinamool MPs into BJP “an exception”, CM Suvendu Adhikari described it as a “necessity” while addressing party members and supporters at a meeting in East Midnapore on Sunday.According to sources,…
