Kolkata: Around 75% of Durga Puja committees in Bengal — those with budgets below Rs 10 lakh — are likely to continue receiving government financial assistance, with chief minister Suvendu Adhikari indicating to puja organisers that the new BJP govt will not withdraw support from organisers who genuinely need it.Bengal has around 43,000 officially recognised…
Mamata Banerjee’s faced an attack by protesters in Halisahar, North 24 Parganas KOLKATA: Former West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee came under attack in Halisahar, North 24 Parganas, on Sunday afternoon when protesters surrounded her SUV and allegedly hurled stones, bricks, mud and slippers at it.Banerjee was in Pramodnagar to meet…
Kolkata: The crackling sound over walkie-talkies announcing the VIP call sign, “Charlie Mike on the go” (Chief Minister on the move), will soon be a thing of the past.The police Wireless Branch, which maintains radio communication networks to enable instant real-time data transmission between field officers and headquarters, will be relieved of its VIP security…
Kolkata: The Rs 45,810.9 crore expansion of IISCO Steel Plant at Burnpur is on schedule for completion by June 2027, Union minister of state for steel Bhupathiraju Srinivasa Varma told Rajya Sabha. Orders for all 14 major packages have been placed, with the project targeting 4 MTPA crude steel capacity. Source link
Residents alleged that the water reservoirs and the water treatment system at the complex have not been maintained properly for a long time Kolkata: More than two dozen residents of Siddha Happyville, a housing complex near Rajarhat Chowmatha, have reportedly fallen ill after allegedly consuming contaminated water supplied from the complex’s reservoir, prompting residents to…
The assessee numbers of more than 9 lakh property taxpayers in Kolkata will change Kolkata: Following the delimitation exercise, the assessee numbers of more than 9 lakh property taxpayers in Kolkata will change as the ward numbers to which the assessee numbers are linked are undergoing a major rejig following the addition of 65 new…
The city’s average PM2.5 concentration remained above India’s prescribed standard through Jan-June Kolkata: Kolkata bucked West Bengal’s broader trend of improving air quality in the first half of 2026, recording a rise in fine particulate pollution even as Howrah, Asansol, Durgapur and Barrackpore registered significant declines, finds an analysis by an independent research organisation, Centre…
Agartala: Tripura CM Manik Saha held a late-night review meeting on Saturday, soon after returning from Delhi, amid widespread protests over high electricity bills, smart meter installation and frequent power outages.The protests were triggered by complaints of exorbitant electricity bills and recurring outages following the installation of smart meters. Several offices of the Tripura State…
CM Suvendu Adhikari with parents of the RG Kar rape-murder victim at the memorial event in Panihati on Sunday Kolkata: The state govt will set up an inquiry commission to investigate the RG Kar rape-murder case, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said on Sunday, exactly two years after the crime shook Bengal and the nation. Police…
Kolkata: Disoriented by laser beams, the pilot of a Malaysia Airlines flight was forced to reposition his craft and delay the landing barely 15 km away from Kolkata airport on Saturday night. The plane, with 159 passengers and seven crew members on board, had to gain elevation and circled for some time before making a…
