Kolkata: Metro will operate 244 services (122 Up + 122 Dn) instead of the usual 272 services on Blue Line on May Day on Friday. Timings of the first and last services of all lines will remain unchanged.Green Line will run 204 services (102 Up + 102 Down) instead of 228. Yellow Line will run…
Kolkata: A series of nor’westers through Wednesday night gave the city its second wettest April day in around 15 years. While the Met office did not rule out a few more spells of thundershower, albeit of less intensity, in the next few days, a special IMD bulletin issued an orange alert for thunderstorm in the…
Kolkata: Thunderstorms that raged across south and north Bengal on Wednesday evening forced the diversion of a domestic flight to an international airport. This was an unusual move as domestic flights were usually diverted to another Indian airport in an emergency.Air India Express flight IX 1179 from Delhi to Bagdogra took off from Delhi with…
Kolkata: The frenetic pace of campaigning may have concluded on polling day, but for candidates, the day after offered little scope for pause. Ac-ross constituencies, MLA-hopefuls slipped into a different rhythm on Thursday, marked by review meetings, damage assessment and anticipation.Senior functionary Aroop Biswas, who contested from Tollygunge, headed to the party office at Bijoygarh…
Kolkata: Kolkata Municipal Corporation chairperson Mala Roy on Thursday came down heavily on a section of senior officials who were marked absent at the KMC House. The civic authority decided to hold the monthly meeting on the last day of April as it was pending due to the polls. According to rules, it is mandatory…
Kolkata: After voting, professionals and migrant workers are scrambling back to work, driving up demand for outbound flights and keeping fares elevated through the weekend.Earlier this week, a surge in last-minute travel to Kolkata had already sent airfares and train ticket prices soaring, as voters across the country hurried back ahead of the second phase…
Kolkata: Two Trinamool functionaries are battling for their lives in Behala and Bhatpara after being attacked by BJP workers on Wednesday night, a charge which the BJP denied. Two brothers, both RSS workers in Behala, were also injured in attacks allegedly carried out by Trinamool supporters.After polling passed off peacefully, violence resurfaced in Bhatpara. Tapas…
A cultural evening, Cha-Chakra, is set to recreate the intimate world of Rabindranath Tagore through the simple yet profound ritual of tea. The programme draws from Tagore’s deep association with tea as a space for reflection, creativity, and meaningful exchange. From the verandahs of Jorasanko to the serene environs of Santiniketan, tea was more than…
SIR divides families across Kolkata: Chosen few celebrate vote as lakhs mourn deletion Kolkata: The special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral roll left several families across the city divided on poll day — while a chosen few had the privilege to press their button of choice on the EVM, lakhs mourned the deletion of…
Bongaon: Contrasting scenes marked the second phase of the assembly elections across the Matua heartland in Bongaon on Wednesday, where a family contest unfolded alongside voter discontent over exclusions from the roll.At the centre of attention was the face-off within the Thakur family. Trinamool candidate and MLA Madhuparna Thakur locked horns with BJP nominee Soma…
