Kolkata: The real estate industry in Kolkata has urged the state govt to lift the embargo on high-rise construction projects immediately, arguing that the audit of projects in the city and adjoining districts can continue alongside regulated work at sites.Developers said they are prepared to submit formal undertakings confirming compliance with all statutory, structural and…
Kolkata: State schools would have a revised syllabus from primary to higher secondary levels, aligned with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, state education minister Dipak Barman announced on Thursday.The school education department recently formed a new syllabus-cum-curriculum committee to review the curriculum at primary, secondary, and higher secondary levels at state schools. “The committee…
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday sought a report from the district police regarding the encounter of Prabhas Mondal, the prime accused in the Baruipur rape and murder of a minor.The division bench of Acting Chief Justice (ACJ) Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice Partha Sarathi Chatterjee directed a detailed affidavit including the case number and other…
Demolition work continues atop Sandip Ghosh’s home Kolkata: Former RG Kar Medical College principal Sandip Ghosh on Thursday got the illegally constructed pergola atop his G+3 Badan Roy Lane house demolished, 45 days after KMC served him a notice.The notice followed a hearing and physical inspection by KMC officials, who found that the pergola had…
KOLKATA: Panic gripped commuters at Dakshineswar railway station in Kolkata after an overhead electric wire snapped with a loud bang, disrupting train services.Videos from the scene show passengers jumping out of a local train and running to safety moments after the overhead traction wire snapped.Some commuters on the platform can also be seen running away…
Bengal BJP chief Samik Bhattacharya (file picture) Kolkata: Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Thursday urged CM Suvendu Adhikari to pursue Centre’s chemical parks scheme, calling it a “rare opportunity” to revive large-scale industrialisation in Bengal.In a letter to the CM, Bhattacharya suggested that Singur be pitched as a preferred location for the chemical park…
KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed investigating authorities not to take coercive steps against Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee in three FIRs — filed at Bhowanipore, Kalitala and Bishnupur police stations — until Aug 6, when the matter will be heard next.Investigators may, however, continue the probe. Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya also directed the state…
Workers on battery and chassis assembly line. Photo for representation Kolkata: Exide Industries has registered a 27.1% year-on-year jump in Q1 net profit, from Rs 320 crore to Rs 407 crore. The Q1 turnover of the company was up by 17.6% to Rs 5,305 crore, from Rs 4,510 crore in the last fiscal.Increased affordability and…
Police officials said Minar Mondal, a relative of Tulu Mondal, and his son were being questioned about the source of the wealth. SURI: Two trunkloads of cash, gold bars and biscuits worth around Rs 21.5 crore, and bundles of currency that crossed Rs 28.5 crore — the staggering haul from a two-storey house in Birbhum’s…
IIT Kharagpur’s Professor Surjya K. Pal has earned the notable J. C. Bose Grant, highlighting his impactful contributions to advanced manufacturing systems KOLKATA: IIT Kharagpur professor Surjya K. Pal, also dean (Research & Development), has been awarded the J. C. Bose Grant by the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), Government of India.The ANRF J. C….
