Kolkata: Enforcement Directorate has summoned former state tourism minister Indranil Sen to appear before it on Oct 7 in connection with the probe against alleged anomalies by massArt — a company linked to his wife and paymentsallegedly linked to Mamata Banerjee.The agency on Thursday pointed fingers at Sen’s two close associates, Dhrubajyoti Basu and Dipesh…
Election Commission Directive Kolkata: Booth-level officers (BLOs) will soon come knocking at your doors again, if your name was deleted from the electoral roll during SIR.A letter from Election Commission, which has reached all district election officers (DEOs), instructs BLOs to go on “house-to-house visits” to identify voters whose names were deleted. They have to…
A repaired stretch of E M Bypass Kolkata: KMC has formed five teams to finish repairing battered stretches of 76 arterial roads by Monday and make them puja-ready.An official said the 76 stretches were identified, based on KMC’s feedback mechanism and a list of bad roads sent by the Kolkata Police. “We started repairs a…
The stadium, which already had 244 CCTV cameras, has been equipped with another 100 temporary cameras over the past 24 hours, covering entry and exit points Kolkata: No water bottles, no food packets and, this time, not even food kiosks inside the stands. Nearly a year after chaos during Lionel Messi’s appearance at Salt Lake…
Bus Jatra 4.0 focused on woman conductors, drivers, bus owners and transport personnel Kolkata: Transport minister Arjun Singh on Friday flagged off a procession of four buses from Howrah Maidan, honouring female bus conductors, drivers, owners and transport personnel from Bengal.The rally was part of Bus Jatra 4.0, a rally-cum-exhibition held by Kolkata Bus-o-Pedia Foundation,…
Kolkata: Eight Kolkata Durga Pujas have been shortlisted for grants under the inaugural Durga Puja Adani Preview 2026, selected from more than 70 applications received for the initiative.The artists behind the eight selected pujas will each receive Rs 10 lakh to pursue their art, while the corresponding Durga Puja committees will each receive Rs 15…
Trams often get stranded due to illegal parking on tracks Kolkata: Vehicles being parked illegally on tram tracks, especially at night, are posing a hurdle for trams.At a time when the new govt assures of revival of tram networks, operators request the authorities and police to keep the tracks free. At present, trams run on…
Barbara Avian and Nathalia Almeida outside Salt Lake stadium Kolkata: For some, Saturday’s India-Brazil clash at Salt Lake Stadium is a football match. For others, it is a chance to see their beloved Brazil in the flesh — even if it means standing outside the stadium gates or catching a fleeting glimpse of the team…
Howrah: Civic services in the Howrah Municipal Corporation area are being upgraded through projects worth Rs 125 crore ahead of civic elections.Municipal affairs minister Agnimitra Paul spoke about the allocation of fund to Howrah earlier in the week. Civic teams on Thursday launched work on road repairs, drainage restoration, beautification, vector-borne disease control, reconstruction of…
On Sept 24, 1977, Pele brought Kolkata, the undisputed Mecca of Indian football, to a complete standstill Kolkata: It was the city’s first tryst with a global football icon and the first time ever that a Brazilian weaved magic on Indian soil. And the icon was none other than Pele. On Sept 24, 1977, Pele—widely…
