Kolkata

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…

Kareem’s has kept its Mirza Ghalib Street outlet shut after receiving the licence suspension notice. picture by Biplab Bhattacharjee Kolkata: Even as owners and managers of several restaurants that received food licence suspension notices from KMC visited the civic body’s headquarters on Wednesday, seeking clarity on what steps were needed to reopen and how quickly…

Kolkata: Restaurant bodies in Kolkata have asked members to ensure that every stored food item, including raw and cooked vegetables, frozen and fresh meat, fish, paneer and ingredients like spices, is labelled. They have also asked restaurants to ensure that no food, raw or cooked, is stored for more than three days. The restaurants have…

Simla restaurant on EM Bypass. Photo by Biplab Bhattacharjee Big Boss restaurant in Tangra. Photo by Indranil Das Simla restaurant on EM Bypass. Photo by Biplab Bhattacharjee Big Boss restaurant in Tangra. Photo by Indranil Das Simla restaurant on EM Bypass. Photo by Biplab Bhattacharjee Kolkata: Following the suspension of licences of 40 eateries, restaurants…

Kolkata: The state has three laboratories to analyse 2,758 samples collected during the week-long food safety drive, a mammoth task given that all results must be ready within two weeks and with many samples still arriving at the laboratories.Two of the laboratories are in Kolkata — one of them run by KMC and the other,…

Durga idol inside Cambridge University museum KOLKATA: Did you know that a Durga idol has been preserved at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge, for nearly a decade? The museum staff call her “The Cambridge Goddess”.The idol was worshipped at the community Durga Puja organised by the Indian Cultural Society (ICS), Cambridge,…

Rathindra Bose plans to urge Bengalis living abroad to visit Bengal and contribute to the state’s growth Kolkata: State legislative assembly speaker Rathindra Bose will on Sept 11 leave for a three-country visit to reach out to the diaspora and urge them to contribute to the development of Bengal.Bose will first travel to Cape Town…

Purno Das Baul meet CM Subhendu Adhikari in Janatar Darbar Kolkata: Ninety-three-year-old Purna Das Baul, a Padma Shri awardee, knocked on the door of Janatar Darbar, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari’s interactive session with citizens, at the BJP office in Salt Lake on Wednesday, seeking a resolution to a long-standing land dispute.Purna Das and his son,…

Kolkata: The hearings in response to the draft revised ward boundaries published by KMC ended on Wednesday. The delimitation will raise the number of wards from current 144 to 209.A civic official said they received around 300 suggestions and objections from political parties and individuals. Several political functionaries filed multiple complaints and appeared before the…

The fire department on Wednesday conducted fire safety audits at multiple malls Kolkata: The fire department on Wednesday conducted fire safety audits at multiple malls including South City Mall, Mani Square, Avani Riverside and Patakha Building on Free School Street that houses a department store ahead of Durga Puja when footfall is at an all-time…