KOLKATA: Electric vehicles (EVs) have outpaced traditional diesel-powered vehicles in Kolkata.Nowhere is this green dominance more definitive than at Public Vehicles Department (PVD) in Beltala, Kolkata’s largest vehicle registration hub, which has witnessed a steady decline in the enrolment of diesel vehicles.The trend coincides with the central govt’s clean energy push. The issue acquired more…
Former CM Mamata Banerjee said on Sunday that “bulldozers cannot become the language of governance” in her first public statement after Trinamool’s election defeat. KOLKATA: Former CM Mamata Banerjee said on Sunday that “bulldozers cannot become the language of governance” in her first public statement after Trinamool’s election defeat.“Bulldozers cannot become the language of governance…
Kolkata: Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee and national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday met the party’s zilla parishad members at Kalighat and reiterated their commitment towards “protecting Bengal and ensuring a better tomorrow”.District presidents have been asked to send written reports to Abhishek and former minister Chandrima Bhattacharya on possible reasons behind the defeat, including…
Asansol: The Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate has arrested 26 people in connection with brick-batting and vandalism at the Jahangiri Mohalla police outpost. Seven of the accused were remanded to police custody after being produced in court on Sunday, while 19 others were sent to judicial custody, reports Mohammad Asif.“Those who were involved in vandalising the…
Howrah: Villagers vandalised the house of a Trinamool panchayat chief in Howrah’s Amta on Sunday, accusing her and her husband of siphoning off funds from multiple govt schemes for months. Around 200 villagers, armed with sticks, stormed the residence of Anjali Dolui, damaging property and setting fire to furniture, clothes and documents.Villagers Nazneen Begum and…
Kolkata: Former CM Mamata Banerjee said on Sunday that “bulldozers cannot become the language of governance” in her first public statement after Trinamool’s election defeat.“Bulldozers cannot become the language of governance in a state built on culture, compassion and resistance to oppression. A govt that demolishes first and listens later has forgotten the very spirit…
Kolkata: Bengal food minister and Bongaon North MLA Ashok Kirtania visited the India-Bangladesh border area at Chhoygharia near Petrapole on Sunday to speak with residents over land acquisition for border fencing, appealing to landowners to cooperate in the interest of national security.Senior district administration officials and BSF personnel have already begun ground assessments in border…
Kolkata: While West Bengal has largely been spared from the worst of the season’s extreme temperatures so far, Kolkata’s retail kitchens are feeling the heat of heatwaves raging across the rest of India.A sharp drop in agricultural arrivals from southern and western India has triggered a severe supply crunch, sending the prices of kitchen staples…
Kolkata: Death toll in Tiljala leather factory fire has risen to three after 37-year-old Mohd Ibrar, also known as Yusuf, succumbed to his injuries late on Saturday night. He had been undergoing treatment at Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital. With severe burns, his condition was stated to be critical after he was admitted to…
Kolkata: Amid a growing unease ahead of the festival of Bakrid, also known as Eid al-Adha, set to be observed in the last week of May, Muslim intellectuals and religious figures across Kolkata have urged the community to follow all legal guidelines on animal sacrifice after the newly elected BJP govt in Bengal reiterated existing…
