The stretch where the Mamata Banerjee faction of Trinamool Congress has been allowed to hold its July 21 rally Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Wednesday ordered that the venue for the July 21 ‘Martyrs’ Day’ rally of Trinamool Congress, which was held in front of Victoria House every year since 2012, be shifted to the…
Sleep loss for warm nights Kolkata: Kolkata: Rising nighttime temperatures are robbing Kolkatans of sleep, with the city ranking as India’s third most sleep-deprived megacity, according to a new global study by Climate Central.The study found that the average Kolkatan loses 80 hours of sleep a year because of warm nights, compared with 93 hours…
Madan Mitra with Ritabrata Banerjee and Sandipan Saha in assembly Kolkata: A day after Enforcement Directorate (ED) served notices on Kamarhati MLA Madan Mitra’s wife and two sons in the school job scam, the 71-year-old Trinamool Congress veteran on Wednesday snapped his more than three-decade-old association with Mamata Banerjee and joined the rebel faction led…
Students of Dakshineswar High School staged a protest on Wednesday, locking the school gate and blocking a nearby road over prolonged administrative lapses. Protesters alleged class 11 students who appeared for their finals have not received their exam results, leaving them unable to complete admission to the higher class. Students and parents blamed the absence…
Kolkata: Police have launched a probe after a tea stall owner in Beniapukur, Madan Shaw (54), lodged a complaint against a viral, fake WhatsApp voice message being circulated in his name.The audio, he claimed, falsely declared that he had complained to the police about the “high volume of azaan (call to prayer) at a local…
Calcutta High Court (file picture) Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Wednesday asked the speaker of the Bengal legislative assembly if the leader of opposition can be appointed purely on the basis of numerical strength and if the decision can be taken without the Election Commission recognising one faction of a party over another in case…
The deal under the India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), which came into effect on Wednesday, grants Indian exporters duty-free access to 99% of UK tariff lines while significantly lowering import duties on UK goods entering the country Kolkata: From jewellery, Darjeeling tea and roasted coffee to betel leaves, fruits and vegetables including mango,…
KOLKATA: Trinamool neta Kailash Kumar Mishra, who contested the 2026 Assembly election from Bally, is facing fresh legal trouble after Kolkata Police registered an FIR against him on charges of extortion, criminal conspiracy and fraud.The case was lodged by Burrabazar Police Station under multiple provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) following a court order….
Shyam Steel Group director Lalit Beriwal Kolkata: Shyam Steel Group’s mega projects, the foundation stone for which is likely to be laid by CM Suvendu Adhikari on Friday, are expected to generate employment for 20,000 people with an investment of Rs 15,000 crore, making these the biggest projects in terms of investment and jobs announced…
Kolkata: Eleven under-construction highrise buildings received the go-ahead to resume full-fledged construction on Tuesday after a high-powered committee constituted to conduct an audit of projects cleared them.However, work remained suspended at 125 other project sites that the expert inspection team had visited after anomalies were detected in labour issues and use of deep tube well…
