Kolkata: “Heaven will not fall,” Calcutta High Court remarked on Tuesday while hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) against making six stanzas of Vande Mataram mandatory in madrasas.The Acting Chief Justice (ACJ) Tapabrata Chakraborty further remarked, “There have been thousands of Christian schools where all students are asked to pray to the Lord. Then, do…
CM Suvendu Adhikari meets Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday met Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi to discuss reviving Bengal’s tea industry and improving the welfare of workers in the state’s textiles sector.“Today’s meeting went well. Apart from financial matters, the finance minister showed particular…
The house in Tangra where the family lived till the tragedy happened in Feb 2025 KOLKATA: Chess has become a crucial part of the slow rehabilitation of the 15-year-old survivor of the Tangra family tragedy, helping him return to routine, school and confidence after months of trauma.The teenager, who lost his mother, aunt and cousin…
Members of Nationalist Citizens Party of India with CM Suvendu Adhikari at Delhi’s Banga Bhawan on Tuesday Kolkata: The ownership of Trinamool Congress’s twin flowers symbol has emerged as the final hurdle before the newly formed Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) secures formal recognition, MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay said after meeting CM Suvendu Adhikari and…
Kolkata: Rebel Trinamool MLA from Islampur Kanaia Lal Agarwal was on Tuesday appointed chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Bengal assembly after the 20-member panel was constituted unopposed.Assembly sources said exactly 20 nominations were received for the committee, matching its strength and making a formal election unnecessary. The PAC comprises 14 members…
Calcutta High Court (file picture) Kolkata: Senior advocate Kalyan Banerjee on Tuesday urged Calcutta High Court to expedite the hearing of Mamata Banerjee’s election petition challenging CM Suvendu Adhikari’s victory from the Bhowanipore assembly seat in the 2026 polls.“Let Calcutta High Court set a record by deciding an election petition within five years,” Banerjee told…
Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee (file picture) Kolkata: Calcutta High Court will hear Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee’s plea seeking permission to travel abroad for eye treatment on Wednesday, after the Supreme Court on Monday directed the HC to dispose of the matter within a week.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya asked the additional govt pleader to inform both sides…
Cheating complaint against wife Kolkata: Anandapur Police is investigating a case where a businessman residing in a condo has lodged an FIR against five individuals — his new wife and four members of her family — alleging criminal conspiracy, cheating worth more than Rs 2 crore, physical assault, and theft. He claimed he even contemplated…
Kolkata: Rajasthan Police, supported by technical inputs from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and on-ground execution by the Sealdah GRP, arrested three suspected cyberfraudsters at Sealdah railway station on Monday. The suspects were apprehended after stepping off the Ajmer Express and while moving towards the Sealdah South section.Preliminary investigations reveal that the trio belong…
Protest against ISI Bill 2026 Kolkata: Indian Statistical Institute Bill, 2026 was tabled in Lok Sabha on Monday by the minister of statistics and programme implementation Rao Inderjit Singh to provide for a comprehensive statutory framework to the 95-year-old institute. The bill, which Singh claimed would pave the way for the institute to become a…
