[ad_1] Popular playback singer KK died on Tuesday night after performing in Kolkata. As per reports, the singer felt unwell after his performance at Nazrul Manch. He was taken to […]
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2 school children killed while rowing after being hit by squall in Kolkata
[ad_1] The two victims have been identified as Pushan Sadhukan and Souradeep Chatterjee. They were both aged 14 years and were students of reputed schools in Kolkata. Kolkata: Two school […]
Kolkata’s Dhakeshwari idol: More clues unlocked
[ad_1] Could the vajra-dharan mudra, held by every deity in the Dhakeshwari idol tableau, have a link with Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, guru of Swami Vivekananda? Take a look at the image […]
Passenger train services between India and Bangladesh to resume from May 29
[ad_1] The train services between Kolkata and cities in Bangladesh were suspended in March 2020 as a precautionary measure against the spread of Covid-19. Passenger train services between India and […]
ED can examine TMC leader, wife in Kolkata: SC
[ad_1] The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the Delhi high court order, which had dismissed the pleas filed by TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee and his wife Rujira Banerjee seeking quashing […]
Mizoram, Tripura begin rationing fuel as rain, landslides in Assam halt rail connectivity
[ad_1] Guwahati: Rail connectivity to Barak Valley in Assam, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura remained disrupted for the fourth consecutive day on Tuesday due to large-scale damage to tracks in Assam […]
Babul Supriyo’s former staff named by CBI in corruption case
[ad_1] Sushanta Mallick, allegedly took a bribe of ₹50 lakh by promising to help a company grab a tender floated in 2016 by Engineering Projects (India) Ltd (EPIL), a CBI […]
Babul Supriyo, Bengal guv Dhankhar trade barbs amid row over swearing-in
[ad_1] Kolkata: Former Union minister Babul Supriyo, who won the April 12 by-election from Kolkata’s Ballygunge assembly seat, can continue as a member of the legislative assembly (MLA) without taking […]
Toll in Bengal’s Birbhum massacre rises to 10; woman dies in hospital
[ad_1] Kolkata: The death toll in the March 21 arson at Bogtui village in Bengal’s Birbhum district rose to 10 on Sunday, when a 50-year-old woman died at the local […]
TMC to launch massive public outreach drive from May 5
[ad_1] Kolkata: The ruling Trinamool Congress is all set to launch a massive public outreach program over the next few months starting from May 5 which commemorates the day when […]
IPL 2022: Unsettled and unravelling, the Kolkata Knight Riders story
[ad_1] On paper, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have one of the most balanced sides. A potent new ball attack in Umesh Yadav and Pat Cummins backed by canny spin options […]
This IAS officer tags Bollywood stars on Howrah Bridge pic. Here’s why
[ad_1] Amid the controversy over the new tobacco TV commercial advertisement featuring Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgn and Akshay Kumar, an IAS officer from West Bengal tweeted a […]
Crude bombs, weapons found in an abandoned autorickshaw in Kolkata
[ad_1] The Kolkata Police have seized 19 crude bombs, a country-made revolver and two live cartridges from an abandoned auto-rickshaw parked next to children’s home in Kolkata. “We have recovered […]
Harvesting old memories of home
[ad_1] Come April and the Capital is painted in the hues of fervent celebrations. Be it Baisakhi, Poila Boishakh or Bohag Bihu, the residents of the city are all for […]
Kolkata: Cafe run by HIV-positive youths breaks stigmas, attracts crowds
[ad_1] A cafe run by seven HIV-positive youths in Kolkata’s Ballygunge area is attracting prejudice-free customers from all walks of life, besides clearing misconceptions about the disease. ‘Positive Cafe’, first […]
NCB busts drug racket that used to supply to local addicts in Kolkata; 4 held
[ad_1] NCB officials seized a huge quantity of psychotropic substances including Diazepam, Buprenorphine, Pentazocine and Phensedyl among others. The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) busted a drug racket in Kolkata that […]
Architect Gita Balakrishnan is walking from Kolkata to Delhi with a message
[ad_1] “It was not meant to be so hot,” says architect Gita Balakrishnan. When she set off from Kolkata on February 13, planning to walk to New Delhi over two […]
In Bengal, CM Mamata slashes prices of vegetables, fruits sold at govt-run stores
[ad_1] West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee slashed the prices of some fruits and vegetables that are sold from government-run stores, while urging the Centre to cut fuel prices, waive […]
Underwater metro tunnel in Kolkata – India’s first – to be ready in 2023
[ad_1] The Kolkata East-West Metro line is being constructed by Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRCL) and is the underwater tunnel that will go beneath the Hooghly river. The construction of […]
Spectator by Seema Goswami: Remains of the day
[ad_1] The best trips down memory lane, as far as I am concerned, are the ones that involve travelling back to my birth city: Kolkata. Or, as it was called […]
‘After Gambhir, KKR under Shreyas is the team to beat’: India legend reserves ultimate praise for Iyer’s captaincy
[ad_1] Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) bounced back to winning ways in perfect style after Andre Russell muscled eight sixes in his unbeaten 31-ball 70 to help the two-time Indian Premier […]
Flash drive: Meet the mother and son touring India anew every summer
[ad_1] For Mitra Satheesh and her 10-year-old son Narayan Satheesh, the pandemic will always be linked to a summer road trip that was just the two of them, and their […]
What’s in store for India’s coastal cities?
[ad_1] Indonesia is shifting its capital, partly in an attempt to get away from the sea. Jakarta, its current capital city, sits on the island of Java, a narrow strip […]
Odia web portal editor who masterminded cameraman’s murder arrested from a bus
[ad_1] The editor of an Odia fortnightly and web portal, who has been accused of masterminding the murder of a 28-year-old cameraman working with her, was arrested on Monday after […]
Indians tighten belts as Ukraine war drives up prices of necessities
[ad_1] Many Indians are cutting down on fried food and even vegetables as the Ukraine war inflates the prices of items from edible oils to fuel, threatening a sputtering recovery […]
Abhishek Banerjee questions Delhi court order’s timing, ED’s neutrality in Bengal coal scam
[ad_1] It cannot be a coincidence that the Delhi high court quashed his appeal for not appearing before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Delhi in the Bengal coal smuggling case […]
ED summons Abhishek Banerjee again for questioning in Bengal coal smuggling case
[ad_1] The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Thursday accused the Centre of carrying out political vendetta after Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew and her party’s national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee […]
To protect Bengal’s coastline from cyclones, forest staff to create bio-shield
[ad_1] The first cyclone of 2022 is already brewing in the Bay of Bengal and the West Bengal forest department is all set to begin work on a multi-layered ‘bio-shield’ […]
Will seek nod to allow Ukraine returnees to study in Bengal: Mamata Banerjee
[ad_1] Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said her government will write to the medical education regulator for allowing 2nd to 6th year medical students, who have returned from […]
Bengal CPI(M) begins state conference ahead of 23rd party congress in Kerala
[ad_1] KOLKATA: The West Bengal unit of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), or CPI(M), began its 26th state conference in Kolkata on Tuesday to discuss a host of issues […]
The National Archives deserves attention, funds
[ad_1] In March 2012, a research scholar from the Harvard University, Dinyar Patel, wrote a series of articles in The New York Times titled: “The appalling condition of India’s archives, […]
Mid-air emergency: B’luru-Kol flight diverted to save a patient, but he died
[ad_1] On Sunday morning, an AirAsia Bengaluru-Kolkata flight had to be diverted to Bhubaneswar and make an emergency landing at Biju Patnaik International Airport to save a passenger who had […]
Mamata fields Shatrughan Sinha for Bengal LS bypoll; Babul Supriyo to contest assembly seat
[ad_1] Trinamool Congress (TMC) chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Sunday named former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Union minister and veteran actor Shatrughan Sinha as her candidate for the Asansol Lok Sabha […]
Flames continue to rage at Kolkata tannery after 12 hours of firefighting
[ad_1] The fire continues to rage at a tannery cum godown in the Tangra area of Kolkata even after 10 hours of firefighting operations, reported news agency ANI quoting a […]
Nawazuddin Siddiqui on 10 years of Kahaani: After I did this film, there was no looking back for me
[ad_1] There was a time when actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui was in two minds about doing Kahaani (2012) as he juggled his time between two film sets. As the film completes […]
Suvendu Adhikari skips key BJP meet after debacle in Bengal civic polls; TMC take a swipe
[ad_1] Even though Adhikari didn’t respond to calls, a senior BJP leader said that Adhikari had informed the state leadership late on Friday night that he would not be able […]
Ecostani | The IPCC report is a reality check for India’s climate preparedness
[ad_1] The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released on Monday has cited huge environmental challenges for India — disease burden, a fall in agriculture production, a spike in […]
Re-poll in 2 booths after poll panel chief meets Bengal guv; BJP moves court
[ad_1] The West Bengal State Election Commission on Monday ordered re-election in two booths in two separate civic bodies, amidst protests by opposition parties over allegations of violence on Sunday […]