The passengers were stuck in the elevator at Liluah Railway station for 40 minutes Howrah: After being trapped in an elevator for about 40 minutes at Liluah railway station, nine passengers were rescued by personnel of Belur GRP, RPF and two technical staffers.On hearing the screams of the passengers on Friday, the rescue team rushed…
Kolkata: The state govt plans to deploy two passenger hybrid-electric ferries on the Hooghly, connecting Babughat in Kolkata with Mayapur, in an effort to promote river, religious and heritage tourism.Announcing the initiative on Saturday, tourism minister Sankar Ghosh said the proposed waterway would help tourists explore places associated with India’s freedom struggle as well as…
General maintenance building at Jadavpur University campus Kolkata: A little-known but one of the important administrative sections of Jadavpur University (JU), the general maintenance office, shot into prominence after being given the charge of whitewashing the graffiti from the walls of the campus. The office with seven permanent staff and around 35 contractual workers operates…
Kolkata: A familiar butterfly species across Bengal and much of the Indian subcontinent — the tawny coster — has emerged as a striking example of how butterfly ranges are changing in a warming world. It’s one among the 1,758 butterfly species from 109 countries whose examples were highlighted in a global study to show how…
CM Suvendu Adhikari at Tarapith temple on Saturday Rampurhat/Kolkata: Bengal govt will build a large tourist lodge at Rampurhat to provide affordable accommodation to middle class and lower middle class pilgrims, CM Suvendu Adhikari announced on Saturday ahead of the Sept 10-11 Kaushiki Amavasya festival.“I have asked the DM to build a large tourist lodge…
Malda: A 60-year-old man was found dead at his home in Englishbazar, allegedly killed by a relative and his friend after he refused to give them money for online gaming.Arnab Sen’s throat was slit and his body wrapped in a bedsheet when family members found him dead on Friday morning.Police found no major signs of…
CM Suvendu Adhikari at the Rampurhat residence of former deputy speaker Ashis Banerjee Rampurhat/Kolkata: Former minister Ashis Banerjee’s death by suicide was painful but state govt’s crackdown on corruption would continue, CM Suvendu Adhikari said after visiting the former Trinamool neta’s home in Birbhum’s Rampurhat on Saturday.Elaborating on the crackdown against corruption in Birbhum, Adhikari…
CM Suvendu Adhikari at the Rampurhat residence of former deputy speaker Ashis Banerjee Rampurhat/Kolkata: Former minister Ashis Banerjee’s death by suicide was painful but state govt’s crackdown on corruption would continue, CM Suvendu Adhikari said after visiting the former Trinamool neta’s home in Birbhum’s Rampurhat on Saturday.Elaborating on the crackdown against corruption in Birbhum, Adhikari…
You were associated with the Panna tiger reintroduction programme. What are the biggest lessons that you believe are applicable to Buxa?It is important to create inviolate space to recover and sustain tigers. Panna had lost tigers largely due to poaching, whereas in Buxa, the tiger population was also lost to poaching of prey and habitat…
A case has been filed against Mamata Banerjee and Trinamool Chhatra Parishad organisers KOLKATA: A case has been registered against former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and organisers of the West Bengal Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (WBTMCP) over an alleged violation of a Calcutta high court order during the organisation’s foundation day programme on Friday.According…
