A student sustained serious injuries Kolkata: One student sustained injuries and received medical attention after the bus that he was travelling in collided on NH-16 near Mechagram in Purba Medinipur, around 82 km from Kolkata, on Friday afternoon.Several others escaped unhurt after two of three private buses carrying students of a prominent English medium school…
The accused, 25-year-old Ashwar Ali Laskar, allegedly gave jail staff the slip Kolkata: Two jail warders have been suspended after an undertrial prisoner escaped from Baruipur Correctional Home, only to be rearrested from his Bakultala residence on the same day.The accused, 25-year-old Ashwar Ali Laskar, allegedly gave jail staff the slip. Following a complaint by…
Kolkata: Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani and his son Anant Ambani are expected to visit Bengal and explore investment opportunities, CM Suvendu Adhikari said on Saturday.Speaking at a programme in Kolkata, Adhikari said he had spoken to Anant, who, according to CM, assured him he would visit Bengal along with his father. “I have spoken…
Kolkata: Three CPI (Maoist) members from the Bengal squad — Ramprasad Mandi alias Sachin, his wife Mita Sahu and Jaba Mahato alias Gauri — are expected to formally surrender in Bengal within days after nearly two decades in armed underground activity, police sources said. Officials are completing paperwork under the state rehabilitation policy following sustained…
Knock twice. Say the password. Watch a bookshelf swing open, or a phone booth become a doorway into candlelight and jazz. This is what a speakeasy is at its core – a 100-year-old American secret, born of Prohibition, when drinking meant whispered orders and a closely watched door. Reborn worldwide as pure theatre, with no…
Kolkata International Foundation for Arts, Literature and Culture will host the Little Magazine Festival 2026 KOLKATA: Kolkata International Foundation for Arts, Literature and Culture will host the Little Magazine Festival 2026 on Sept 12 and 13, bringing together 25 little magazines, editors, poets, writers and literary enthusiasts for a two-day celebration of Bengal’s independent literary…
(Represnetative image) In a controversial move, the government has prohibited serious offenders from making phone calls to their families KOLKATA: Prisoners charged under the draconian Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) or under various sections of the anti-terror laws or for waging war against the state are no longer able to make phone calls to their…
The higher education department on Wednesday wrote to JU VC Chiranjib Bhattacharjee, saying the state would provide Rs 250 crore as part of its share. It mentioned JU should write to the ministry of education for Rs 1,000 crore under the ‘Institute of Eminence’ tag. CM Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday also announced that Centre would…
CM Suvendu Adhikari recently asked Durga Puja committees across Bengal not to allow CPM bookstalls outside pandals if they use the term ‘Sharadotsab’ instead of ‘Durga Puja’ Kolkata: CPM netas said on Friday that their Durga Puja bookstalls are not branded as ‘Sharadotsab’ stalls but as ‘Pragatishil Pustak Bikray Kendra’ or ‘Marxiya Sahitya Pustak Bipani’….
Kolkata: Prisoners charged under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) or under various sections of the anti-terror laws or for waging war against the state are no longer able to make phone calls to their family members, friends, lawyers and human rights activists after the govt issued a circular that curbed their right to make…
