Durga Puja diktat from VHP Kolkata: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has denounced an oft-repeated quote of former CM Mamata Banerjee, “religion belongs to individuals, but festivals belong to everyone” as unacceptable and called for its rephrasing to “religion belongs to individuals, and festivals belong to those individuals, too”.“Religion belongs to individuals, but festivals belong…
Kolkata: The govt has formed a 24-member advisory board, comprising two monks, a senior journalist and representatives from various fields, to guide the Kolkata Book Fair committee in organising the 50th International Kolkata Book Fair 2027, scheduled to be held from Jan 22 to Feb 3, 2027.The Publishers & Booksellers Guild will organise the fair…
The poster for the puja at Ruby crossing Kolkata: ‘Nandigram to Nabanna: Bubair Joyjatra (Bubai’s Journey of Victory)’ will be the theme for the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha Durga Puja at Ruby More, where chief minister Suvendu Adhikari’s political journey will be represented through various visuals and models. Adhikari is popularly known as ‘Bubai’ in…
The students were dancing to ‘Chikni Chameli’ at freshers’ orientation programme Durgapur: “Is this a joke? Better know the class,” said Manika Saha, NIT Durgapur’s associate dean of students’ welfare, as she stopped students dancing to the Bollywood song, ‘Chikni Chameli’ during a freshers’ orientation programme in a now-viral video.NIT Durgapur held its student induction…
Flash floods in Nepal have triggered alerts in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar KOLKATA/SILIGURI/KALIMPONG: Thirty-two tourists from Kolkata, 18 women and 14 men who had set out for the Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage from Kolkata on Aug 19 and were scheduled to cross the Nepal-Tibet border on Wednesday morning, have been reported missing after efforts to contact…
Kolkata: Officials at IPGMER-SSKM Hospital have lodged a complaint with Bhowanipore Police Station to find out who had uploaded a prescription from the hospital’s physical medicine department that has gone viral on social media. According to the OPD prescription, a doctor has written “wife bite last night” which was causing the patient pain, swelling and…
West Bengal health department seeks reports from Malda Medical College Hospital (Representative image) MALDA: The West Bengal health department has sought a detailed report from Malda Medical College and Hospital (MMCH) after 60 children died at the facility during the first three weeks of August, including 10 deaths reported in a single day in the…
Kolkata: A four-year-old was allegedly sexually abused inside a residential complex in Garfa on Wednesday morning. The 55-year-old accused, who fled the spot after the incident, was eventually detained.According to cops, the minor was visiting a relative’s flat at the complex when the accused neighbour, allegedly lured the child to the roof and assaulted the…
Kolkata: Hastings cops have launched a probe following the theft of four mobile phones belonging to members of a theatre group from a makeup room at Sisir Mancha on Aug 23. The incident prompted the group to approach cops after the venue authorities failed to provide assistance.According to a complaint lodged by Arghyadeep Banerjee, secretary…
Kolkata: The Cyber Cell of Kolkata Police has launched a probe into a widespread cyber fraud network involving the creation and distribution of unauthorised “ghost SIM cards”. The illegal operation led to residents across the city losing over Rs 1.1 crore within two months.According to cops, on and before Aug 21, several point of sale…
