Nehru Children’s Museum houses miniature clay models, depicting the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, around 1,100 dolls from various countries and a Ganesh gallery Kolkata: Nehru Children’s Museum director Sudip Srimal is set to meet the chief minister’s chief adviser, Subrata Gupta, at the state secretariat to find a way to prevent the closure of the…
Monday’s 89 mm rainfall led to overnight waterlogging at Heysham Road in Bhowanipore Kolkata: After clocking 89 mm of rain on Monday Kolkata recorded only 3.8 mm of rain on Tuesday. While the city is expected to encounter light to moderate rain on Wednesday, the Met office has forecast enhanced rainfall activity in Kolkata and…
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday set aside the interim stay on the hike of daily budget allocation of cooked food for patients at govt hospitals, observing the rise—from Rs 57 per patient to Rs 110—was a policy decision and the tenderer could not have a say in it.The state increased the allocation and…
Kolkata: Alleged JeM-Shazad Bhatti operative Hamim Mondal, arrested last week, was present in the Chinar Park area near chief minister Suvendu Adhikari’s residence as well as on the routes the CM took, revealed an examination of his cellphone tower locations by security agencies. He, however, was not caught in any CCTV footage in the zone.Adhikari’s…
Kolkata: A College Street resident, Sumit Bose (55), was robbed of his cellphone as two men on a motorcycle snatched it from him near Lady Dufferin Victoria Hospital on Monday afternoon.Bose was walking along Raja Rammohan Ray Sarani around 4 pm, speaking with his wife on his mobile, when the accused rode up behind him…
Kolkata: A youth, Subhendu Mondal (25), died on Tuesday afternoon, being electrocuted by an exposed live wire while he was working on a pandal in the Muchipara area.Subhendu was a resident of Dhanyakata village in Mandirbazar, South 24 Parganas.Police said Subhendu, along with his father, Basudeb, and his brother, was setting up a pandal on…
Kolkata: The Bengal forest dept has proposed that zoos in the state shift to feeding goat meat to its carnivorous animals as the supply of buffalo meat is drying up, a move that may significantly increase the zoos’ meat procurement cost, officials said on Tuesday.“We recently met meat suppliers. I had proposed that we consider…
Kolkata: Cracking down on extortion and corruption complaints against its grassroots workers and mid-level functionaries, Bengal BJP has expelled more than 30 and suspended about 250 from the party since coming to office in May. The party’s state disciplinary committee has warned of more heads rolling as it enforces a “zero-tolerance” policy towards anti-party activities.The…
Taslima Nasrin said denying Joy Goswami the opportunity to speak was an insult to him. She said, “I felt bad. I invited Joy and requested him to speak. I spoke about freedom of speech — people can have different opinions, but everyone should be allowed to express their views. Why did those who claim to…
The state on Tuesday announced a 20% increase in Dearness Allowance (DA) for govt employees, along with a corresponding hike in Dearness Relief (DR) for pensioners and family pensioners with effect from Oct 1, 2026 Kolkata: The state on Tuesday announced a 20% increase in Dearness Allowance (DA) for govt employees, along with a corresponding…
