Peak summer demand and the subsequent shortfall prompted the state to set up the three large power plants, an official said Kolkata: Bengal is set to attract investments of over Rs 30,000 crore with the state govt deciding to set up three 800 MW supercritical/ultra-supercritical thermal power units.Among these, two will be developed at Santaldih…
Nationally, Myntra has 16,000 sellers and offers around 25,000 brands Kolkata: Myntra is planning to onboard 400-plus more sellers from Bengal before Durga Puja. The lifestyle and fashion portal generally witnesses a 50% spike in sales during Pujas. Bedanta Dutta, senior director, marketplace of Myntra, said there was a lot of demand for products from…
Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya (file photo) Kolkata: Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Sunday launched a blistering attack on those involved in the violence that ensued at the Kolkata rally on Friday, saying that “anti-national forces” were surfacing across the country again and “divisive forces raising anti-national slogans” will end up in hospitals. Bhattacharya’s…
14 vandals arrested and produced to Bankshal Court… Sukhomoy Sen Kolkata: The anti-gang law, which allows for a pre-trial auction of properties seized from persons suspected of rioting and vandalism, faced its first legal challenge on Sunday. Following the arrest of 14 individuals, police invoked sections 9 and 15A of The West Bengal Maintenance of…
Law student Debabrata Adhikari during the protest on Friday Debabrata Adhikari, member of Calcutta Cockroach Movement Kolkata: The cockroach controversy pinched an actor, a life science student, a law student and a businessman to come together as ‘fellow cockroaches’ to protest against the NEET exam paper leak and seek resignation of Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan.The…
Family memmbers of the 14 vandals produced to the Bankshal Court inconnection CPJ Student Protest chaos… Sukhomoy Sen Kolkata: There is no place for vandalism and attack on cops and journalists, said the kin of the arrested who gathered at the Bankshall Court on Sunday and insisted that they will stop providing any support to…
Dwaipayan.GhoshKOLKATA: The Bidhannagar Police has registered a case of abetment to suicide against a Baguiati resident, following the death of his wife in Krishnapur Purbapara on Wednesday.Victim’s daughter, Baishaki Ghosh of Nimta, has lodged the complaint, alleging domestic violence over the years.The deceased, Bharati Ghosh, was found hanging inside a locked room by her daughter.After…
Howrah: A 36-year-old pharmacist, Hasanur Mir, who was working at a private hospital in Andul, was murdered on Sunday in the Bankra Rasikpur area under Domjur police station of Howrah City Police.His brothers, Najimul Mir, 32, and Najrul Mir, 27, sustained critical wounds in a knife attack. They are undergoing treatment at Howrah District Hospital….
Kolkata: NRS Medical College has taken the lead in introducing CAR T-Cell (Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell) therapy, an advanced form of cancer treatment, among govt hospitals in eastern India. This therapy is meant for specific blood cancers that have either relapsed or are not responding to standard chemotherapy. In fact the haematology unit at the…
Kolkata: A 26-year-old KMC contractual driver was hospitalized with serious head injuries following a violent assault triggered by a minor parking dispute near an eye clinic in East Santoshpur on Wednesday afternoon. One person has been arrested so far.The victim, Subrata Mandal, was accompanying Subrata Mazumdar (30), a resident of Nadia district, and Sujan Sarkar,…
