KOLKATA: Kolkata: At least two corporate entities — a real estate firm and a hospitality company — have jumped onto the election bandwagon and introduced campaigns urging citizens to step out and vote at the ensuing Assembly elections in the state. The Election Commission of India (ECI) has also roped in a popular animation character…
Kolkata: Days before polls, Smriti Irani handed out ‘Matri Shakti Bhorosa Cards’—linked to BJP’s Rs 3,000-a-month promise for women—to five party workers, prompting Trinamool to question the timing.Explaining why she was distributing these cards before the elections, Irani said: “It was a symbolic handover. The card is a template. The idea is that with the…
Kolkata: Bengal has emerged as a leading state in financial inclusion, contributing nearly Rs 1,000 crore to the over Rs 10,000 crore total balance in financial inclusion accounts operated through BLS E-Services’ business correspondent network across India, the company said. BLS E-Services, the country’s largest business correspondent network, said the figure, as of Jan 31,…
Kolkata/Darjeeling: Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday made a slew of promises targeted at north Bengal on Wednesday, including the withdrawal of “false” cases against Gorkha representatives and the inclusion of the Rajbanshi language in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution, which recognises official languages in India.He said the Centre was already working on…
Kolkata: The footfall at city restaurants surpassed last year’s Bengali New Year figure on Wednesday. The crowd at most of the leading restaurants on Poila Baisakh eve was also higher than last year’s. Both lunch and dinner seats at most of the restaurants on Poila Baisakh were full, with some witnessing lunch booking till 5…
Kolkata: The ongoing poll season, described as Vote Puja, has forced major Durga Pujas in the city to defer their khuti pujas. The ritual is usually held on Poila Baisakh, as well as on Rath Yatra. But this time, Tala Prattoy is the only big-budget puja organiser that performed khuti puja on Wednesday. A few…
Kolkata/Malda/Behrampore: Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused Trinamool of ushering in a “dictatorship raj” in Bengal and paving the way for BJP, saying people in the state were “stuck” between an “anti-people” TMC and a “hate-spreading” BJP.Addressing a rally at Shamsherganj in Murshidabad, the Congress neta alleged governance failure under CM Mamata Banerjee. “There is complete…
Chef Amrita Bhattacharya’s The Blue Carbon Table residency moved beyond a traditional culinary showcase to present an applied anthropological study of coastal ecosystems. Working alongside Amit Sen, whose research focuses on the “soundscapes” and visual textures of the kitchen, Bhattacharya mapped the restorative potential of mangroves, marshes, and deltas.The experience transitioned from a masterclass on…
Kolkata: Kilburn Engineering has appointed Amritanshu Khaitan as non-executive chairman of its board, effective April 21, 2026, following the completion of the term of current independent chairman Manmohan Singh.Amritanshu, who was previously a director at the company, belongs to the promoter group. The development comes after Aditya Khaitan, chairman of Mcleod Russel, recently resigned as…
Trinamool has alleged all along that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls was designed to favour BJP. But in the Matua belt along some of Bengal’s border districts, it is the local BJP that is crying foul over SIR. Matuas — a Hindu sect from Bangladesh — had voted for BJP in large…
