The Congress party has announced its candidates for upcoming West Bengal bypolls. KOLKATA: The Congress on Friday announced Mohd Abdullahil Kafi as its candidate for the Rejinagar assembly constituency and Milan Pradhan for the Nandigram seat in the upcoming West Bengal bypolls.Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge approved the candidature of the two candidates, according to an…
CM Suvendu Adhikari recently asked Durga Puja committees across Bengal not to allow CPM bookstalls outside pandals if they use the term ‘Sharadotsab’ instead of ‘Durga Puja’ Kolkata: CPM netas said on Friday that their Durga Puja bookstalls are not branded as ‘Sharadotsab’ stalls but as ‘Pragatishil Pustak Bikray Kendra’ or ‘Marxiya Sahitya Pustak Bipani’….
Security was stepped up in the border area during the handover, which was completed in the presence of Bongaon district police. Surveillance has since been intensified. Kolkata: Forty-seven Bangladeshi nationals were repatriated through Petrapole-Benapole border near Bongaon in North 24-Parganas on Friday after being accused of entering India illegally. They were handed over to Bangladeshi…
Kolkata: The state govt will take 1,100 people on a pilgrimage to Somnath Temple in Gujarat as part of the nationwide Swabhiman Parv, commemorating 1,000 years of the temple’s heritage. Tourism minister Shankar Ghosh will flag off a special train carrying the pilgrims from Kolkata station on Saturday.The pilgrims are predominantly senior citizens, with the…
Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari Behrampore/Jhargram: In a major crackdown against underage marriages and deliveries, Bengal cops made multiple arrests and detentions on Friday. CM Suvendu Adhikari had recently spoken of state govt’s policy of zero tolerance towards child marriage.A boy and a girl, set to be wed, were rescued in Farakka’s Beniagram and their guardians…
Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port have identified over 10 ghats along the Hooghly that will be illuminated on Sept 17 evening as part of celebrations marking PM Narendra Modi’s 25 years in public life.An SPM Port official said Baja Kadamtala Ghat, one of the largest ghats along the Hooghly,…
Bageshwar Baba at the Glasgow event Kolkata: Four days after saying non-vegetarian food should be kept away from Durga Puja venues and calling those who eat non-veg during Navratri “pakhandis” (impious), Bageshwar Dham Peethadhishwar Dhirendra Krishna Garg, alias Bageshwar Baba, clarified from Glasgow on Thursday night that he never intended to dictate what people eat…
Calcutta High Court (file picture) Kolkata: Calcutta HC on Friday restrained the state fire services department from acting on a Sept 4 notice directing TMC to vacate its Camac Street office over alleged non-compliance with fire safety norms. Justice Krishna Rao said the relief would remain in force until Sept 16, when the matter will…
The incident occurred on the night of Feb 23, 2025, in Sathbhuiya Bari of Jolaibari when Manoranjan, seated in front of Molin Das Tripura’s shop with several others, was smoking a hookah. Accused Chandra Kumar Tripura, 30, allegedly attacked them with a machete. Agartala: South Tripura district court on Friday awarded a life sentence to…
Calcutta High Court (file photo) Kolkata: Calcutta HC will hear on Sept 16 Flipkart India’s challenge to a ruling on the GST treatment of its logistics services in a dispute involving an estimated tax liability of about Rs 500 crore.The case concerns whether transportation charges collected by Flipkart from individual customers qualify as exempt goods…
