Kolkata: Bengal recorded 2,059 human-elephant conflict cases between 2000 and 2025, resulting in 1,761 human deaths and 298 human injuries. Also, 753 elephants died during the same period, according to a Wildlife Institute of India-Project Elephant study.As per the data, north Bengal’s Dooars remains the principal conflict belt, with Jalpaiguri division recording the highest number…
Kolkata: More than 60 restaurants from Bengal are attending the food delivery summit of National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) in Ahmedabad that started on Aug 20, according to NRAI national president and founder of Wow! Momo, Sagar Daryani.The 5th NRAI Food Delivery Summit 2026, is presented by Petpooja, in association with Nestlé Professional and…
Withdrawing the notification, the state school education directorate said the deployment of teachers should be done in a manner that it does not adversely affect learning activities Kolkata: The state govt on Wednesday informed the Calcutta High Court that it has withdrawn a notification mandating teachers to engage in census work after school hours and…
A recent fire in Kolkata’s “Mini Bangladesh” area claimed nine lives KOLKATA: When Md Ujjal, a 49-year-old trader from Khulna, found himself trapped in smoke during the Free School Street hotel fire, he had nowhere to escape. He spent nearly 40 minutes beside a grill, shouting for help and struggling to breathe as he feared…
Police and emergency personnel reached the spot following the incident. (AI Image) KOLKATA: At least five people were injured in a blast at a firecracker factory in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on Thursday, according to news agency PTI.The injured were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.Police and emergency personnel reached the spot…
Left-leaning groups, however, accused the ABVP of bringing outsiders into the campus and indulging in vandalism. KOLKATA: A clash broke out between members of the ABVP and Left-leaning student groups at Jadavpur University early on Thursday, with both sides accusing each other of bringing outsiders onto the campus, varsity sources said.According to news agency PTI,…
Despite the affordability of the hotels in ‘Mini Bangladesh’, many left for other places in the city after the fire Kolkata: The fire that killed at least nine people, including eight Bangladeshis, in a hotel building on Mirza Ghalib Street has cast a fresh shadow over Kolkata’s ‘Mini Bangladesh’ just as the neighbourhood’s tourism-dependent economy…
The 20-minutes discussion centred around the institute of eminence (IoE) tag and the shortage of maintenance funds Kolkata: State finance minister Swapan Dasgupta met Jadavpur University (JU) vice-chancellor Chiranjib Bhattacharjee on Wednesday during a visit to the institute for a blood donation camp. The 20-minutes discussion centred around the institute of eminence (IoE) tag and…
Kolkata Police arrested Abu Zafar, the leaseholder of Hotel Shikha Inn. KOLKATA: The leaseholder of Hotel Shikha Inn, where a fire broke out on Thursday, has been arrested, Kolkata Police said. Abu Zafar was arrested from Entally Main Market on Wednesday.Police also detained two hotel staff members for questioning as part of the investigation into…
a suspected short circuit triggered a blaze on the second-floor terrace of the Air Traffic Management complex at Kolkata airport in the early hours of Tuesday Kolkata: Evacuating a building is standard protocol in the event of a fire. But when a suspected short circuit triggered a blaze on the second-floor terrace of the Air…
