Kolkata’s heritage clubs are rolling out year-round initiatives to keep their senior members active, engaged and socially connected Kolkata: Reduced subscription fees, indoor games, doctor consultations on age-related ailments and no minimum monthly billing — Kolkata’s heritage clubs are rolling out year-round initiatives to keep their senior members active, engaged and socially connected. With many…
AI Image Used For Representational Purpose Only KOLKATA/MUMBAI: Long before true-crime documentaries turned unsolved murders into national conversations, a series of killings on the streets of Mumbai and Kolkata created one of country’s enduring crime mysteries.The victims were largely pavement dwellers who were attacked while sleeping. Their heads were smashed with heavy stones or concrete…
REJINAGAR (MURSHIDABAD): The second act of the Rejinagar bypoll drama unfolded on Sunday, with AJUP chief Humayun Kabir, who won the seat four-and-a-half months ago, announcing that he would not campaign for his son and party candidate Golam Nabi Azad, citing “hostility” from the administration.Hours later, he said his son, too, would stay away from…
First row, second pic credit: Samik Sen In Kolkata, Pujo shopping has a rhythm of its own – the crowd at New Market, the shoulder-to-shoulder scramble on Gariahat’s footpaths, three hours gone before you’ve found a single sari. But scattered across the city is a quieter route: boutiques that double as cafes, where you can…
Attack on ex-MLA Debabrata Majumder’s house Kolkata: Widespread political violence erupted across six wards of Jadavpur assembly constituency on Saturday evening after a bike-borne mob went on a multi-hour rampage, vandalising several Trinamool and CPM party offices and targeting the home of a former MLA and ex-councillors aligned to Mamata Trinamool.The unrest, which unfolded over…
Kolkata: Kolkata Police and Customs officials descended on the century-old Galiff Street pet market in north Kolkata on Sunday morning to enforce a high court order against the illegal sale of protected wildlife, birds, fish, plants and other pets, while also restricting vendors without valid licences from setting up stalls. The action followed a Sept…
Khunti Puja at Baghbazar on Sunday Kolkata: Baghbazar Sarbojanin Durgotsav & Exhibition, the city’s oldest community Durga Puja, held its kathamo and khunti puja on Sunday to mark the start of the idol making and pandal construction even though work had started around a fortnight ago.The delay of over a month in conducting the ceremonies…
On Sunday, another 197 dogs were administered DHPPiL vaccines as part of the programme. Alipurduar: As part of preparations to reintroduce tigers in Buxa Tiger Reserve, forest department, along with an NGO, has launched a dog vaccination programme aimed at reducing the risk of infectious diseases spreading from free-ranging dogs to wild animals.A 12-member team…
Shoppers make most of the dry weather on Saturday. picture by Sukhomoy Sen Kolkata: With less than a month to go for Durga Puja, the pre-festival shopping frenzy picked up in earnest on Saturday, with the three traditional shopping hubs as well as malls recording a surge in footfall. A relatively dry day after incessant…
The vax drive underway near Buxa Alipurduar: As part of preparations for the proposed reintroduction of tigers in the Buxa Tiger Reserve, the forest dept, along with an NGO, has launched a dog vaccination programme aimed at reducing the risk of infectious diseases spreading from free-ranging dogs to wild animals.A 12-member team of the Society…
