Khuti Puja at Md Ali Park Kolkata: Industries minister Tapas Roy on Wednesday assured govt support for ‘sanatani’ Durga Pujas and said this year’s festivities would be conducted without the hurdles “faced in previous years”. Roy was at the Khuti Puja of the Mohammad Ali Park Durga Puja.Roy also said there would be no objection…
Two journalists from The Times of India won Press Club Kolkata’s ‘Sangbad Prabhakar Shera Sangbadikata Puraskar 2026’. The awards were given away on Wednesday.Pinak Priya Bhattacharya, who reports from Jalpaiguri, won the first prize in the ‘English Print Media’ category for his story on 16-year-old Sumita Oraon, a girl from Budhuram village in Jalpaiguri’s Gorumara…
MCH doctors and nurses with the patient Kolkata: A 48-year-old woman suffering from persistent abdominal pain and progressive abdominal swelling for nearly a year, who was initially being treated at a private hospital, finally got successful treatment at Medical College Hospital Kolkata (MCH). Doctors at the MCH gynaecology department removed an abdomino-pelvic tumour measuring approximately…
Kolkata: Metro Railway is all set to extend revenue services by one-and-a-half hours on the Blue Line and 65 minutes on the Green Line from next Monday.Metro will run from 6 am to 10.30 pm between Dakshineswar and Shahid Khudiram stations or the Blue Line, barring Sundays.Services on the Green Line or the East-West metro…
Kolkata: The Central Delimitation Committee set up for the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) area is considering a proposal to split 21 wards to increase the total number of civic wards from 144 to 200, sources said.The Bengal govt has asked the 10-member committee to create 56 additional wards before the civic body, now under an…
Kolkata: The Bengal govt will table all pending CAG reports, including the one on alleged irregularities in Amphan relief distribution, in the assembly on July 25 and recommend registration of FIRs wherever audit findings establish corruption, regardless of the stature of or high office held by those involved, CM Suvendu Adhikari said on Wednesday.“Wherever the…
Visitors at Nehru Children’s Museum Visitors at Nehru Children’s Museum Visitors at Nehru Children’s Museum Visitors at Nehru Children’s Museum Visitors at Nehru Children’s Museum Kolkata: A one-of-its kind museum on dolls that has enthralled nearly 2 crore visitors over the last 53 years has reached out to the govt and non-govt sectors to stay…
Kolkata: The state govt on Wednesday formally constituted the 7th Pay Commission, tasking it with examining and recommending changes in the pay structure, allowances, pension and other benefits and service conditions of state govt employees and pensioners, with a direction to submit its recommendations within six months. The govt plans to pass the benefits by…
The complaint was lodged on Tuesday by Gunadhar Patra, proprietor of Parboti Store in Bangur Avenue Kolkata: Lake Town Police have registered a criminal case against four alleged Trinamool Congress supporters after a local grocer accused them of extorting supplies and cash worth over ₹3 lakh through intimidation, assault and political pressure spanning over three…
Kolkata: Hours after separate Martyrs’ Day events, netas of both Trinamool factions received ED summons. While Kamarhati MLA Madan Mitra, a part of the rebel TMC camp now, received a summons in the municipal job scam probe on Tuesday night itself, Mamata Banerjee loyalist and TMC treasurer Subhasish Chakraborty received one on Wednesday in connection…
