Union minister Sukanta Majumdar was speaking at a gathering in Kolkata on Friday afternoon when the city was shaken by an earthquake. KOLKATA: Union minister Sukanta Majumdar was speaking at a gathering in Kolkata on Friday afternoon when the city was shaken by an earthquake.Tremors were felt across Kolkata and neighbouring districts of West Bengal…
Kolkata: Junior Union minister Sukanta Majumdar led Bengal BJP’s door-to-door poll campaign on Wednesday, starting with the Panihati assembly constituency, home to the victim of the 2024 RG Kar Medical College rape-murder case.“People are welcoming BJP and change is palpable. We have spoken to people in hundreds of households. This assembly has seen its daughter…
Kolkata: Irdai (Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India) has urged the insurance sector to focus on bringing down the high cost of customer acquisition and EoM (expenses of management) in order to achieve more profitability and provide insurance products to customers at more affordable prices.While speaking at “InsureInd”, organised by CII in Kolkata on…
Kolkata: The Centre has amended laws related to the shipping sector to help the shipbuilding industry flourish and has modified maritime rules to ensure India becomes a major marine power, said Sanjeev Sanyal, member, Economic Advisory Council to the PM, on Wednesday.Speaking at a shipping and logistics conclave organised by the Bengal Chamber of Commerce…
Bengal Congress on Tuesday flagged probable delays in the SIR process and urged the fixing of a deadline for its completion. “Unless a deadline is set by the Supreme Court for SIR completion, the process of publishing supplementary lists on a continuous basis may turn out to be a prolonged exercise, and that could even…
Kolkata: IIT Kharagpur will offer a four-year Bachelor of Science (BS) in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data Science in Bengali from the 2026 academic session, announced director Suman Chakraborty during a press meet on Tuesday at the Renaissance 2.0 global summit held at the IIT Kharagpur Research Park.“We are introducing a BS programme in AI…
KOLKATA: A police complaint has been filed by a woman Booth Level Officer (BLO) against BJP supporters, allegedly led by Suvendu Adhikari, in connection with an incident of assault, criminal intimidation, and outraging of modesty. An FIR has been registered in the matter, according to news agency ANI. According to the complaint letter, the incident…
Kolkata: City-based real estate developer Srijan Group has forayed into the fashion retail segment under a new brand, ‘Srijan Style’, with an initial investment of Rs 500 crore.The company has decided to come up with about 10 stores in Kolkata in the first quarter, according to Keshav Agarwal, director of Srijan Realty Pvt Ltd. “Our…
Kolkata: More than 1,200 listeners sat spellbound as Sangeetacharya Amiya Ranjan Bandyopdhyay stepped onstage on Feb 21 — his 100th birthday — and reiterated that age is just a number. The hall filled beyond capacity, and another 200 people turned back, shut out not by lack of devotion, but by lack of space. In a…
Kolkata: A honey badger, rarely sighted in India, has been spotted in the forests of Jhargram, a senior official said on Monday. The animal was photographed by a trap camera installed by the forest department during a recent survey.Earlier, a honey badger was captured on camera in Purulia.Chief conservator of forest S Kulandaivel said the…
