The city remained cloudy on Saturday Kolkata: The city and south Bengal remained cloudy and received drizzles on Saturday. Moderate rain is expected in Kolkata and surrounding districts on Sunday, while north Bengal is expected to be lashed by heavy rainfall on Sunday. The monsoon trough now passes through Ranchi, Digha and southeastwards towards northwest…
Kolkata: The state govt plans to buy or rent special tree spade machines to transplant trees instead of cutting them down.Urban Development and Municipal Affairs minister Agnimitra Paul said the machine can lift a full tree with its roots and replant it elsewhere. The department is contacting Tolly Club to find out where such a…
A still from ‘Aajo Ardhangini’ (L); a still from ‘Bonolata Sen’ (R) KOLKATA: Jaya Ahsaan’s “Aajo Ardhangini” (AA) marks a significant moment in cross-border cinema, serving as a major collaboration featuring a Bangladeshi star following the July 2024 uprising.While eased visa norms have allowed artistic movement between Kolkata and Dhaka to resume, the nature of…
A still from ‘Bonolata Sen’ Kolkata: Jaya Ahsaan’s “Aajo Ardhangini“ (AA) marks a significant moment in cross-border cinema, serving as a major collaboration featuring a Bangladeshi star following the July 2024 uprising. While eased visa norms have allowed artistic movement between Kolkata and Dhaka to resume, the nature of infrastructural partnership is transforming. As filmmakers…
Kolkata: Restoring sewage flow into the East Kolkata Wetlands is essential to revive small indigenous fish and strengthen wetland fish farmers’ livelihoods, farmers and experts said at a workshop organised by CGIAR-IWMI and implemented by the Society for Creative Opportunities and Participatory Ecosystems (SCOPE).The programme brought together researchers, fisheries advisors and local stakeholders to discuss…
Kolkata: A 19-year-old resident of Merlin Ultadanga survived a fall from a 12th-floor corridor window of the 13-storey Block III early on Saturday as he landed on the terrace balcony of a ninth-floor flat instead of plunging to the ground.Police said Saptarshi Bhattacharya, a hotel management student, was found lying injured and bleeding on the…
Kolkata: A lawyer has lodged a police complaint, saying two men attacked her with a knife outside the Patuli Police Station, demanding that she should withdraw cases linked to former Trinamool councillor Bappaditya Dasgupta and party youth member Sourav Ghosh. Source link
Kolkata: An 85-year-old man died after he fell off the seventh-floor corridor window of a 15-storey residential building inside a housing complex at Belgachhia Milk Colony on Saturday afternoon. Arun Kumar Basu lived on the seventh floor.Security guards and residents of the building found him lying on a path road inside the complex around 2…
Kolkata: Lok Bhavan, Bengal, has issued an advisory, warning people against a fraudster allegedly impersonating the governor as well senior officials, and calling dignitaries, govt officials and citizens from a mobile number, +91 98365 40163.The governor’s office has urged people to be vigilant and refrain from responding to unsolicited or suspicious calls, messages or communications,…
Some hawkers in the Burrabazar area started removing plastic sheets and umbrellas while the police team was still around Kolkata: Cops from the Jorasanko Police Station visited several parts of Burrabazar on Friday evening and instructed traders, shopkeepers and hawkers to immediately remove plastic sheets used to cover their goods, clear encroachments from pavements and…
