CM Suvendu Adhikari tucks into fish-and-pulao bhog at Kalighat temple on the occasion of Kaushiki Amavasya on Thursday Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari visited Kalighat temple on the occasion of Kaushiki Amavasya on Thursday evening and had the prasad — comprising fried fish, fish head and basanti pulao (yellow rice) — after praying to Goddess…
Sumit Roy being escorted to Bhavani Bhawan by CID officers Kolkata: Sumit Roy, personal assistant to Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, was arrested from Banerjee’s Kalighat residence on Thursday, less than 90 minutes after Supreme Court dismissed Roy’s anticipatory bail plea in the Salboni land-grab case.This was the second time that cops were…
Vehicles stuck in congestion on VIP Road Kolkata: An unexpected gesture from the airline carrier saved the day for Tollygunge resident, Rashmi Kothari. She was scheduled to fly from Kolkata to Bengaluru on an 8.25 pm Akasa flight on Wednesday. She had left home around 5.40 pm, expecting the journey to take about an hour….
Kolkata: A 93-year-old retired central government official, Nanigopal Das, and his 86-year-old wife, Tripti Rani, were charred to death in a fire at their two-storey house in Nimta, north Dum Dum, early on Thursday.Police said the fire completely destroyed the couple’s first-floor bedroom and two other rooms. Three fire engines were deployed and firefighters broke…
The bottle of unidentified liquid Kolkata: Two men died after consuming an unidentified liquid during a drinking bout in South 24 Parganas’ Joynagar on Thursday evening. Cops said there was no evidence so far to establish that the deaths were linked to spurious or illicit liquor.Three men were taken to Padmerhat Hospital after they fell…
Rally participants outside JU gates on Wednesday Kolkata: During the Left Front era, the state govt frequently exercised its power to routinely transfer professors between Presidency College and other govt colleges across Bengal. Critics and academics often accused the Left Front of using these transfers politically—either to deploy loyal cadre-aligned teachers or to penalise outspoken,…
The tiger safari at Jhargram will be the second in the state, with the existing one at Siliguri in North Bengal already emerging as a popular destination Kolkata: The state govt has identified 250 acres of land opposite Jhargram Zoological Park, out of which 65 acres will be utilised for a tiger safari project. The…
Kolkata: The state on Thursday appealed against a Calcutta High Court single bench order allowing Trinamool neta Asit Mazumdar to hold a meeting in Serampore on Friday, to be attended by ex-CM Mamata Banerjee. The meeting was postponed after the appeal.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya allowed Mazumdar to hold the meeting after he was initially denied permission…
Unnayan through Transformative Solar Applications (UTSA), an initiative by Tripura govt, is designed to develop skilled personnel for the growing solar industry Agartala: Tripura has set a target of 500 MW renewable energy capacity by 2030, covering green energy projects and off-grid solutions, power minister Ratan Lal Nath said after launching Tripura Clean Energy Roadmap,…
A musical tribute to legendary sarod exponent Pandit Buddhadev Dasgupta brought together five of his students and several Rabindrasangeet performers at a concert titled Transformations, presented by Soumikdatta Arts and Baithak UK.The concert featured bandish compositions by Dasgupta that drew inspiration from Rabindrasangeet. His students Pratyush Bandopadhyay, Soumik Datta, Abir Husain, Smarajit Den and Swarnendu…
