Digi Yatra chaos at Kolkata airport, flyers forced to wait in long queues KOLKATA: Hundreds of flyers were forced to stand in serpentine queues at the Kolkata airport on Sunday as the Digi Yatra facial recognition system suffered a prolonged glitch, slowing entry and security checks throughout the morning and in the afternoon.Frequent flyers, who…
Darjeeling: After a gap of 10 months, Sandakphu, the highest point in the state, witnessed the season’s first snowfall on Saturday evening. Though the snowfall lasted briefly and did not accumulate, it brought excitement among tourists and renewed optimism for stakeholders dependent on tourism.However, the region typically experiences snowfall between Dec and Feb. The snowfall…
Kolkata: Axis Mutual Fund, floated by Axis Bank, is eyeing a slot in the top six mutual funds by assets under management (AUM). It is already the youngest fund in the top 10.Axis MF MD and CEO Gop Kumar Bhaskaran said the fund has an AUM of Rs 3.8 lakh crore and a 5.6% market…
Kolkata: Pratik Ur Rahaman, CPM state committee member who recently quit his party membership, on Thursday lauded the state govt’s “Lakshmir Bhandar” scheme, fuelling speculation about his political future. Rahaman also raised questions about the functioning of CPM state general secretary Md Salim.“State govt rolled out projects for poor people. Once, the Left Front used…
Kolkata: Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Thursday said that the Ayushman Bharat scheme will be introduced in the state in the next few months when BJP is voted to office this time and said that the scheme will also benefit migrant workers.At a private hospital event in Durgapur, Bhattacharya said, “Bengal is the only…
Kolkata: Texmaco Rail & Engineering Ltd and Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) formalised a strategic partnership by signing a joint venture shareholders’ agreement on Thursday. RVNL will hold 51%, while Texmaco holds 49%.Saroj Kumar Poddar, chairman of Texmaco, said: “The alliance brings together Texmaco’s industrial manufacturing scale and export reach with RVNL’s proven execution track…
Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday issued a fresh summons to Manoranjan Mandal, the former officer-in-charge of Budbud Police Station, directing him to appear before the agency in connection with an illegal coal mining case. This marks the third time Mandal has been called for questioning. Earlier this month, the West Bengal Police revised its…
Midnapore: Long before dawn broke over the red-soil fields of Musna village, a mother stood guard beside a dark, silent well — calling out into the night for her fallen child. Little did she know that these calls would unite villagers and foresters who would strive through the night to rescue her little one.Around 1am…
Visual from Kolkata airport KOLKATA: The city airport this year is set to upgrade the three-seater chairs in the terminal building with ones that will have built-in USB ports to enable flyers to charge their cell phones before a flight.The decision will help resolve a major peeve among flyers: paucity of charging ports at the…
Behrampore: Murshidabad Police on Wednesday served a legal notice to Meera Sultana — wife of Bharatpur MLA and JUP chairman Humayun Kabir — for allegedly owning a house built on a wetland. According to the notice, Kabir’s three-storey house at Manikyahar, under Shaktipur PS, was constructed by encroaching upon govt land belonging to the PWD….
