Kazi Masum Akhtar was assaulted and abused by construction workers in North Kolkata KOLKATA: Padma Shri awardee teacher Kazi Masum Akhtar and his woman colleague Swati Banerjee were allegedly assaulted and abused when they confronted construction workers after debris from an under-construction high-rise fell on them while they were returning from census duty in North…
CCTV grab of the row at the factory Kolkata: A group of 40-50 people allegedly barged into the Dum Dum Pramod Nagar factory of Eastern Organic Fertilizers Pvt Ltd, off Belgharia Expressway, around 6.30 pm on Saturday and demanded that people of their choice be appointed at the plant. According to the complaint, the group…
KP grievance redressal system Kolkata: If you are peeved in the manner your “stolen” mobile phone is being reported as “missing” in police records or your attempts to get back money lost to cyber crooks is taking unusually long because of red tape, you can now lodge your grievance in a manner that will reach…
Kolkata: The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) has begun inspections of examination venues, checking for steel cupboards with double-locking systems to secure examination materials, the distance from the bank custodian, and infirmary facilities. The inspection proforma contains a detailed questionnaire for the convener to assess venue schools’ preparedness for conducting board examinations.The…
Kolkata: A clash between two rival workers’ factions on Cossipore Road left at least eight persons injured on Saturday night. Sources said the confrontation stemmed from a dispute over inducting new workers at the Cossipore Gun and Shell Factory and letting a few others go.While both factions claimed allegiance to BJP and accused each other…
ICMR director general Rajiv Bahl in Kolkata Kolkata: The country might get its dengue vaccine by the end of next year if all goes well with ongoing follow-up on volunteers participating on the phase 3 trial of the home-grown vaccine. ICMR director general Rajiv Bahl, who was in Kolkata on Sunday, said this trial is…
Kolkata: Purulia-born filmmaker Anuparna Roy won the NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film at Venice International Film Festival for her Hindi-Sylheti Bengali-Marathi feature film ‘Lovers in the Blue Night’.The recognition establishes her as a leading fixture in contemporary world cinema following her Orizzonti Best Director win for ‘Songs of Forgotten Trees’ at the Venice festival…
Kolkata: Lenin Sarani, Karl Marx Sarani and Ho-Chi-Minh Sarani are among the thoroughfares whose renaming is likely to be recommended by a 10-member panel set up by the Bengal govt to rename roads, bridges and public places across the state.The advisory committee led by Swami Pradiptananda (Kartik Maharaj), which will hold its first meeting after…
Kolkata: Nakhoda Masjid, the city’s largest mosque on Chitpore Road and an institution that still takes the call on moon-sightings and Eid in Kolkata, has turned 100.Built by business tycoon Hazi Zakaria who was into the shipping business, and with contribution from the Kutchi Memon community, the mosque still preserves some of its age-old traditions…
Kolkata: Amid a stand-off with students, Surendranath Law College vice-principal Mohammadi Tarannum issued a notice announcing special classes from Monday for students with low attendance. She also issued two other notices containing instructions for teachers and assigning duties to teaching and non-teaching staffers.However, protesting students decided not to follow the instructions.Tarannum clarified that she had…
