Kolkata: Services on metro’s Blue and Green lines as well as operation hours will be increased from Monday, on an experimental basis. Blue Line will have 272 trains on weekdays and 158 on Sundays. Green Line will have 236 services on weekdays and 111 on Sundays.On weekdays, the first services will be at 6 am…
The computer centre in the Sundarbans Kolkata: A flood relief centre that had given shelter to about a hundred villagers of Sundarbans during cyclones Remal and Dana in 2024 has been transformed into a computer learning school for local children.At a time when the new govt has announced its plan to develop tourism in Sundarbans,…
The man lost Rs 7 lakh in the scam Kolkata: A 70-year-old resident of Naktala lost Rs 7 lakh in a digital arrest scam. Kolkata Police launched an investigation to track the culprits and froze the recipient bank accounts. The scam came to light when the senior citizen appeared distressed in his home, prompting his…
Md Salman Hossain, one of the 14 accused, being produced in court on Sunday Kolkata: Foreign-funded “Jamatis”, and not students, may have been behind the attacks on police personnel and journalists during Friday’s demonstration in Esplanade over the alleged NEET paper leak, CM Suvendu Adhikari said on Sunday. He clarified that neither Cockroach Janta Party…
The Indian Museum, Kolkata, on Sunday commemorated the birth centenary of artist and visual chronicler Rathin Mitra Kolkata: The Indian Museum, Kolkata, on Sunday commemorated the birth centenary of artist and visual chronicler Rathin Mitra (1926-2019) by inaugurating a retrospective exhibition and released a commemorative volume that pays tribute to his contribution in documenting India’s…
Kolkata: The renewed attempt to issue a no-objection certificate (NOC) to Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM-C) will pave the way for Rs 500-crore project comprising a 950-capacity hostel building, a substation building, a service building, academic block and a food court. This is part of a phased modernisation plan of the business school campus…
Kolkata: Actor Sreelekha Mitra is facing fresh legal trouble after multiple police complaints were filed against her for holding an offensive caricature of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a student rally between Sealdah and Esplanade in Kolkata on Friday.BJP spokesperson Keya Ghosh lodged a formal complaint at Anandapur Police Station, while additional complaints were filed…
West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari Kolkata: Former Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s contributions to the country’s education, women empowerment and the rise of eastern India will endure for generations, CM Suvendu Adhikari said “with a heavy heart” in a social media post on Friday night.“Public life often demands difficult decisions, but the contributions he has…
Kolkata: In a 26-year-old case over the demolition of an unauthorised building, the Calcutta High Court on Friday reprimanded the Howrah Municipal Corporation (HMC), saying that while other administrations are “actively” using JCBs to demolish illegal structures, HMC has taken years to act despite the court’s orders.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya gave the corporation time till Aug…
NITI Aayog vice-chairperson Ashok Lahiri (file picture) Kolkata: Centre would consider revising retail petrol and diesel prices once the West Asia situation stabilises, NITI Aayog vice-chairperson Ashok Lahiri told TOI on the sidelines of an event here on Sunday. He added that the Centre was first taking steps to improve energy efficiency and to diversify…
