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’….
Kolkata: Prisoners charged under the 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 family members, friends, lawyers and human rights activists after the govt issued a circular that curbed their right to make…
Students perform aarti with incense sticks in Mohammadi Tarannum’s office Mohammadi Tarannum being escorted out of the college by police Students perform aarti with incense sticks in Mohammadi Tarannum’s office Mohammadi Tarannum being escorted out of the college by police Students perform aarti with incense sticks in Mohammadi Tarannum’s office Kolkata: ‘Gangajal’ made its debut…
Adhikari at the event organised by a fashion retail chain on Friday Kolkata: Bengal govt will hand over land parcels to 33 industries before Durga Puja and the cabinet has already cleared their proposals, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said on Friday. He added that he will also meet Reliance Industries chairperson Mukesh Ambani in Mumbai…
Kolkata: More than 5,700 alumni, students, teachers, researchers and well-wishers of Jadavpur University have submitted a letter to governor R N Ravi, also the university’s chancellor, demanding immediate action to safeguard the institute’s autonomy, freedom of education and research, and its overall excellence.They demanded effective measures to stop all external political programmes and interference on…
Kolkata: Several single-screen cinema halls across the city have been served urgent notices by the police commissioner under the West Bengal Cinemas (Regulation of Public Exhibitions) Rules, 1956. The directives mandate that halls submit valid fire safety and electrical installation inspection certificates within seven days, failing which they face immediate closure. Two prominent single screens…
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…
