Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the new office-bearers, saying the team combines “organizational experience, energy and grassroots connect” Kolkata: BJP on Monday appointed senior lawmaker and Alipurduar MP Manoj Tigga as national secretary, while oncologist and Mahila Morcha functionary Madhuchhanda Kar was named national vice-president in the new team announced under national president Nitin Nabin….
Kolkata: Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee has moved the Supreme Court against Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla, Lok Sabha secretary general and 20 Nationalist Citizens’ Party (NCPI) MPs, questioning the delay in deciding disqualification petitions filed against the rebel MPs.The petition, registered in the SC on Monday, alleges that the speaker has failed to…
Kolkata: The Bengal govt has announced has announced early closure of govt offices and educational institutions in Bankura and Purulia districts on Tuesday, Aug 18, on account of Maa Manasa Puja.According to a finance department notification issued on Monday, all state govt offices and institutions under its control in the two districts will close at…
IIT director Suman Chakraborty delivers a talk on the IITs of tomorrow during the Platinum Jubilee celebrations at the institute’s research park at Rajarhat Kolkata: An IIT can no longer measure its greatness solely by the achievements confined within its own campus walls. Instead, an IIT must become a mentor of mentors—strengthening NITs, IIITs, universities,…
Cockroach Janta Party leaders; CJP member Abdul Hafiz’s father was beaten to death BANKURA: A leader of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Monday gave the West Bengal government 10 days to arrest all those allegedly involved in the death of the father of a party volunteer in Bankura district and demanded a probe into…
In West Bengal, the alarming rise in road fatalities is disproportionately affecting pedestrians, outpacing the deaths of two-wheeler riders for the first time KOLKATA: Pedestrian Safety Day has brought renewed attention to Kolkata’s most vulnerable road user, with an IIT Kharagpur analysis warning that West Bengal’s road deaths are increasingly concentrated among people on foot.The…
Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw KOLKATA: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw reviewed the impact of heavy rainfall on railway operations in Odisha’s East Coast region and directed officials to step up monitoring of vulnerable stretches to ensure safe and uninterrupted train movement.Vaishnaw instructed the General Manager of South Eastern Railway (SER) to maintain close surveillance of sections…
A dog lover who was feeding and taking care of the street dogs for more than two decades was assaulted in her locality for feeding dogs… Sukhomoy Sen Kolkata: A long-standing conflict over feeding stray dogs in north Kolkata’s Shyampukur neighborhood escalated into alleged violent altercations, death threats, and cross-complaints, prompting local authorities to register…
LPG customers in queue in front of an LPG dealer at Thakurpukur on Sunday afternoon. Photo Basabdatta Sarkar Kolkata: The deadline for completing e-KYC for domestic LPG connections may have been extended by a week, from Aug 16 to Aug 23, but there has been little respite for consumers struggling to complete the mandatory process.Persistent…
Minister Agnimitra Paul at the Lansdowne Market on Sunday Kolkata: After inspecting Lansdowne Market on Sunday, state urban development and municipal affairs minister, Agnimitra Paul, urged the traders there to set aside politics and cooperate with the developer for the long-pending redevelopment of the market. The redevelopment project has been stalled for nearly four decades.“A…
