Kolkata: Darjeeling, Siliguri, Cooch Behar and North Dinajpur will cease to exist if the delimitation bill is passed, CM Mamata Banerjee said on Friday, slamming the BJP-led govt’s move as a “deliberate attempt at dividing the country”.“They tabled the delimitation bill. Women’s reservation is a false front, as I support it independently. We will support…
Kolkata: Income-tax officials on Friday raided CM Mamata Banerjee‘s poll nomination proposer Miraj Shah (also the trustee of one of the state’s biggest private educational institutions), and Trinamool’s Rashbehari candidate Debashis Kumar, prompting the CM to call BJP “cowards and spineless” and ask why it is so scared. “Ballots, and not bullets, win polls,” she…
Kolkata: Bharatpur MLA and AJUP chief Humayun Kabir on Friday moved the Calcutta High Court, seeking a court-monitored probe into the 19-minute viral sting video purportedly featuring him and an unidentified man. Kabir said the video, which purportedly shows him saying that he took money from BJP to mislead Bengal’s Muslims, was part of a…
Kolkata: Rampant on-road parking is choking Kolkata’s already strained road network, with transport officials warning that unchecked encroachment of carriageways is severely impacting mobility across the city. “In a city with extremely limited road space, parked vehicles are reducing usable carriageway and slowing down traffic,” said a transport department official.Kolkata has just 6% of its…
Kolkata: The temperature has started rising once again a day after thundershowers pulled it down below the normal mark. On Friday, the maximum temperature in Kolkata rose to 34°C from 32.4°C the previous day. With no possibility of rain in the next few days, brace for hot and sultry days ahead. Met officials said the…
Kolkata: IIT-Kharagpur is set to establish an interdisciplinary research initiative aimed at advancing data-driven innovation in the mining sector, named Vikram Sodhi Centre of Excellence for AI-Enabled Geological & Mining Systems, with a funding commitment of Rs 15 crore over five years from Vikram Sodhi, vice chairman of Mineros SA and managing partner of Sun…
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress candidate for Rashbehari constituency Debasish Kumar has always been a late riser. Friday morning would have been no different. Kumar had been on a whirlwind tour of his constituency on Thursday night, returned home well past midnight and went to sleep at 2 am. But he was rudely woken up at 6…
Kolkata: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday addressed the Marathi ‘manoos’ at Maharashtra Niwas near Kalighat, asserting that “only a safe Bengal can ensure a safe India”.Fondly known as ‘Devabhau’, Fadnavis highlighted the contributions of both Bengal and Maharashtra to the nation’s development.Promoting his vision of “magnetic Maharashtra”, Fadnavis chose to speak in fluent…
Kolkata: With good scores in the class 10 boards, several city CBSE schools have reported that students who earlier wanted to appear for a second board exam have started withdrawing their names. However, schools on Thursday issued fresh circulars to know how many still want to avail of the second chance to improve their scores.At…
Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said “no one happier” than her after the Supreme Court allowed those, whose names were deleted during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) but restored by appellate tribunals, to vote in the Bengal polls.“Congratulations to everyone. I received the good news just after boarding the helicopter from Dinhata. I was…
