Circular for Jadavpur University Kolkata: Students or any person found on the Jadavpur University campus without legitimate reason and permission after 8 pm would be treated as trespassers and appropriate legal action would be taken against them, said new acting registrar Debajit Dutta on Monday. A circular, signed by him, mentioned only evening course students,…
KMC engineers stage an agitation at the KMC headquarters, protesting against their colleague’s arrest Kolkata: KMC engineers across 16 boroughs on Monday observed a cease-work, demanding the release of the sub-assistant engineer of Borough 15, arrested in connection with the collapse of an under-construction three-storey warehouse at Taratala in June, where 16 people were killed.One…
Pics: Manoj Kumar Kar & Aatreyee Mohanta Tea took centre stage at a boutique hotel on Russell Street last Friday, when chef Smriti Iyer – known for her ingredient-forward, modern vegetarian cooking – hosted a six-course tea pairing menu, in collaboration with the property, whose tea from their Darjeeling estate accompanied every sip. CT was…
Maa flyover Almost empty on Maa flyover on Saturday. Pix:- Biplab Bhattacharjee Kolkata: Kolkata Police will be pulling out all stops — from using a drone on Maa flyover-AJC Bose flyover stretch to deploying cops at almost all sensitive zones where manja accidents have been reported in the past, like Topsia, Park Circus and Hastings…
BJP leaders participating in Ganesh Puja in Kolkata BJP leaders participating in Ganesh Puja in Kolkata BJP leaders participating in Ganesh Puja in Kolkata BJP leaders participating in Ganesh Puja in Kolkata BJP leaders participating in Ganesh Puja in Kolkata Kolkata: BJP seniors were in considerable demand across Kolkata and its suburbs over the weekend…
Kolkata: With barely a month left for Bengal’s biggest festival, Kolkata Police is busy finishing its homework. Preliminary inputs gathered by Lalbazar thus far show that there will be new challenges during Durga puja this year, most importantly in and around pujas that will be held either for the first time like at Park Street’s…
Kolkata: The number of community Durga Pujas in Bengal is expected to cross 65,000 this year, with peak power demand likely to exceed 14,000 MW on Oct 13, the day of Tritiya, minister of state for power Gargi Das Ghosh said on Monday.She also said state govt and power utilities were taking all necessary measures…
Devotees offering prayer on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi at Shree Siddhi Vinayak Devasthanam on Muktaram Babu Street in Kolkata on Monday. Photo by Indranil Das Kolkata: From barely 350 last year to over 800 this year, the number of Ganesh Pujas in Kolkata and its fringes has emerged as a major community celebration, with…
Kolkata: Data from 2022-23 and 2023-24 show a dip in student enrolment in several state-aided universities with exceptions being Calcutta University, Jadavpur University and West Bengal State University, where the slide is marginal. But transferring teachers to those institutes under the new transfer bill would not help, said professors, pointing out that fresh recruitment and…
Both ISF and ABVP members have lodged complaints against each Kolkata: At least eight students were injured as a clash broke out between supporters of Indian Secular Front (ISF) and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) at Bhangar College on Monday.ABVP members alleged they had gone to speak with the professor in-charge about an upcoming programme…
