Bandhan Bank founder Chandra Shekhar Ghosh Kolkata: Bandhan Bank has reported 35% year-on-year growth in net profit at Rs 501.6 crore for the first quarter this fiscal. This was largely due to around 40% reduction in provisions during the period, the bank said. However, it witnessed an 18.6% year-on-year fall in operating profit to Rs…
TMC MP Mahua Moitra at the Parliament House complex during the Monsoon Session of Parliament in New Delhi on Monday, July 20, 2026 Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday granted interim protection against coercive action to Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra in cases lodged against her for allegedly hurting religious sentiments but directed her to…
Rain in Kolkata on Monday A waterlogged street in north Kolkata Rain in Kolkata on Monday A waterlogged street in north Kolkata Rain in Kolkata on Monday Kolkata: The city received a few spells of rain for most part of Monday, but the rainfall pattern was marked by a massive north-south divide. While Dum Dum…
An app cab stuck at the waterlogged Haldiram crossing Waterlogging in front of the airport terminal An app cab stuck at the waterlogged Haldiram crossing Waterlogging in front of the airport terminal An app cab stuck at the waterlogged Haldiram crossing Kolkata: Heavy afternoon rain and extensive waterlogging brought air traffic to a crawl and…
Saurav Palodhi, the film’s director, with child actors Riddhiman Banerjee, Tapomoy Deb, and Gitashree Chakraborty KOLKATA: Saurav Palodhi, director of “Onko Ki Kothin”, which saw its three child actors win National Awards, has publicly declared his support for Sonam Wangchuk. Palodhi dedicated the film’s recent success to Wangchuk, who is leading a youth-driven movement calling…
Kolkata: A 40-year-old man was arrested on Monday for allegedly sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl after distracting her by handing over a mobile phone, triggering widespread protests in Dum Dum. Police also arrested a former councillor of Dum Dum Municipality for allegedly attempting to shield the accused, identified as Billal Gazi of Sapuipara.The woman’s mother…
Kolkata: The Union rural development ministry will conduct a four-day training programme for Bengal govt officials this week to accelerate the implementation of the VB-G RAM G scheme. According to officials, the programme will be held from Tuesday to Friday at the Biswa Bangla Convention Centre in New Town. Senior officials from the Union ministry…
A commission report on the 1993 police firing was tabled in the assembly. The report stated the firing was worse than the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. KOLKATA: “There was no need to fire bullets to control the crowd located far away from Writers’ Building,” Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari read out from the Sushanta Chatterjee Commission’s report…
Calcutta High Court (file picture) Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday refused to grant interim relief to the Mamata Banerjee-led faction of Trinamool against the ED’s freeze on three of its bank accounts, observing that the remaining 36 accounts — holding around Rs 164 crore — remain unfrozen.Justice Krishna Rao held that the ED’s freeze…
Martyrs’ Day July 21 rally Kolkata: Three rallies marking the July 21 Shahid Diwas—one led by the Mamata Banerjee faction of Trinamool Congress, one by the Ritabrata faction and the third by the Congress—are set to hit the city on Tuesday, putting Kolkata’s traffic management to test.While the Mamata Banerjee faction of Trinamool will hold…
