Kolkata International Foundation for Arts, Literature and Culture will host the Little Magazine Festival 2026 KOLKATA: Kolkata International Foundation for Arts, Literature and Culture will host the Little Magazine Festival 2026 on Sept 12 and 13, bringing together 25 little magazines, editors, poets, writers and literary enthusiasts for a two-day celebration of Bengal’s independent literary…
(Represnetative image) In a controversial move, the government has prohibited serious offenders from making phone calls to their families KOLKATA: Prisoners charged under the draconian Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) or under various sections of the anti-terror laws or for waging war against the state are no longer able to make phone calls to their…
Kolkata: Jharkhand Police has arrested a Kolkata Police traffic sergeant and a woman civic volunteer of the Beliaghata Traffic Guard in connection with the murder of a businessman in Chandil in Jharkhand last month, senior police officials said on Friday. Six others had already been arrested in the case.“Ayan Gupta(37), a resident of Parnasree and…
Kolkata: An intense spell of rain pounded pockets of the city on Friday early morning. Triggered by a low pressure area, localities in north and central Kolkata received less rain than southern pockets.The Alipore Met office recorded a 44.3 mm of rain between 5.30 am on Thursday and 5.30 am on Friday.While this system is…
New drug to stall Alzheimer’s progress Kolkata: The first patient in eastern India has received a dose of the breakthrough imported drug to counter early Alzheimer’s disease at the state-run SSKM Hospital. Neurology department doctors administered the drug to a septuagenarian, a former air hostess with mild cognitive impairment.While the therapy is for 18 months,…
Kolkata: The state govt has formed a 10-member state-level advisory committee to examine proposals for naming and renaming of roads, streets, avenues, bridges and public places across Bengal, with Swami Pradiptananda or Kartik Maharaj as its chairperson. Its tenure will be determined by the state govt.The committee also includes former governor Tathagata Roy, adviser to…
Transfer worry among vacancies Kolkata: A wide gulf exists between the number of sanctioned teaching positions and vacancies across eight established state-run universities and that at the 23 universities established after 2011. A majority of them were set up after 2017.Contrary to the perception that vacant posts are few in older institutes, such as Calcutta…
Inter-University Transfer Bill, 2026 Kolkata: The Inter-University Transfer Bill, 2026 passed at the Assembly on Thursday reignited debates over the state power to transfer college professors, a contentious practice with deep roots in the Left Front regime and which continued in the Trinamool times as well.University professors fear this transfer policy will be heavily weaponised…
The pump crashed at Thanthania pumping station Kolkata: One of the two pumps at the KMC-run Thanthania drainage station has crashed, leaving officials worried as the pumping station is responsible for draining out rainwater from large swathes of north and central Kolkata, including flooding-prone Amherst Street and Thanthania.Sources said KMC shifted one of the pumps…
The higher education department on Wednesday wrote to JU VC Chiranjib Bhattacharjee, saying the state would provide Rs 250 crore as part of its share. It mentioned JU should write to the ministry of education for Rs 1,000 crore under the ‘Institute of Eminence’ tag. CM Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday also announced that Centre would…
