Florence Mansion on Free School Street Kolkata: Florence Mansion at 15G, Mirza Ghalib Street used to be a residential building with 24-25 flats, many of them occupied by Sindhis. Over the years, as residents sold off their properties amid the commercialisation of the neighbourhood, the new owners made a series of changes and the building…
The Nehru Children’s Museum in Kolkata Kolkata: Nehru Children’s Museum will resume its dance, painting and recitation classes at the ground floor, starting from Saturday after the state govt pledged support to upgrade fire safety. The museum had decided to shut its classes, keeping in mind the safety of the students. In a meeting on…
Kolkata: On World Mosquito Day, observed on Thursday, virologists and infectious diseases experts warned against mosquito-borne diseases. According to them, these diseases have claimed over 400 lives in the state in the last decade. Kolkata accounted for 20%-30% of the casualties. Over a lakh were infected by dengue, malaria and chikungunya during the period in…
Wreaths on the pavement outside the building on Free School Street where a fire claimed nine lives on Wednesday Kolkata: A day after a fire at a Free School Street lodge killed nine boarders, including seven Bangladeshi nationals, Kolkata Municipal Corporation on Thursday raided several hotels and guest houses in the area and closed down…
Kolkata: Waves of violence and vandalism rocked Jadavpur University from late evening on Wednesday as right-wing supporters entered the campus and went on a rampage for nearly three hours past midnight and then did a repeat on Thursday afternoon outside the campus.The attackers broke into the university through Gate No. 4 on Wednesday night and…
Mohammad Sohail from Dhaka visited Free School Street after receiving the news of his friend’s death Kolkata: The two grew up together in the narrow lanes of Dhaka’s Amin Bazaar Begun Bari, chasing cricket balls and talking about the future. Years later, Mohammad Sohail and Babu Ahmed (37) happened to be in Kolkata at the…
Tourists pack up and leave after Wednesday’s fire took nine lives… Sukhomoy Sen Kolkata: A fatal pre-dawn fire at Shikha Inn in a building on Mirza Ghalib Street that claimed nine lives, including five Bangladeshi nationals, has prompted a section of foreign tourists to cut short their Kolkata stays, while prospective visitors across the border…
Kolkata: The battle on the Jadavpur University (JU) campus on Thursday was fought on several fronts — including over a political emblem and the university’s own emblem, designed by one of the pioneers of modern Indian art — Nandalal Bose.On Thursday afternoon, when ABVP supporters climbed atop gate 4 to enter the campus and tried…
Hindu Jagran Manch functionary Sanjib Mahato defended the move, saying, “There has been a political change, but Hindus have not achieved social victory. The hall has been renamed Syama Prasad Bhavan with the resolve of building an Akhand Bharat (undivided India).” Kolkata: Members of Hindu Jagran Manch on Thursday announced that North 24-Parganas zilla parishad’s…
The injured were identified as Jharna Naskar and another worker. Jharna, wife of the unit owner, suffered burns on her hands, legs, face and body Kolkata: Two people, including a woman, were injured in an explosion at an illegal firecracker manufacturing unit in Champahati on Thursday morning. Both suffered burns and were admitted to a…
