The place where the incident took place KOLKATA: A petrol pump manager was allegedly pelted with eggs, slapped, and pushed by a group of men following a dispute over fuel payment at a Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited retail outlet located at Kadapara on Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Sarani close to Kankurgachi.According to the outlet management,…
Kolkata: Calcutta University has pushed back all undergraduate and postgraduate exams scheduled on Monday, July 6. Following the directive by the state govt, the university has declared the day a holiday. Practical exams of semester four are currently underway and Monday was the last day. The university has already communicated the rescheduled date for the…
Kolkata: While most schools in the state have declared a holiday on Monday to mark the 125th birth anniversary of Syama Prasad Mookerjee, a few city schools will remain open at least for few hours to pay tribute to him.Devi Kar, the director of Modern High School, said, “We felt that children should learn about…
Kolkata: IIT Kharagpur, which introduced alternative admission pathways apart from the usual JEE Advanced route for its BTech and BS programmes, have admitted 15 students in its BTech courses through Sports Excellence Admission (SEA) and Science Olympiad Excellence Admission (SCOPE) in this academic year. “Twelve students have got admission with science olympiad achievements and three…
Kolkata: The Regional Passport Office (RPO), Kolkata, will hold three special passport adalats this month — July 9, 16 and 21 — to clear backlog. The adalats will be held on July 9, 16 and 21, with 800 applicants per day in five slots between 9.30 am and 5.30 pm. “The initiative is aimed at…
The Posta wholesale market in Kolkata was shut down on Thursday following an assault on the general secretary of the Posta Bazar Merchant Association. The strike was called off on Friday Kolkata: Posta Market, one of Asia’s largest wholesale markets, had shut down on Thursday following an assault on the 73-year-old general secretary of its…
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court has declared Monday, July 6, a holiday on account of the 125th birth anniversary of Syama Prasad Mookerjee. Acting Chief Justice (ACJ) Tapabrata Chakraborty announced it for all the benches of Calcutta HC, including circuit benches at Jalpaiguri and Port Blair, as well as district judgeships and the West Bengal Judicial…
Kolkata Film Industries Workers Union meeting on Friday Kolkata: The hiring of National Award-winning makeup artist Somnath Kundu for Suman Sen’s ‘Eka’ — starring Nandita Das, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, and Mona Singh — has sparked a storm in Tollywood. There are further tensions with three new regulatory mandates for Bengal film shoots introduced by a…
Kolkata: A day after allotting union room offices to two workers’ organisations at Subarna Jayanti Bhavan, JU authorities are reconsidering the decision in the face of agitation by SFI students on Friday. The students demanded the decision be revoked since allotting rooms to organisations “directly affiliated to political force” at academic buildings or spaces is…
KMC notice on construction Kolkata: The KMC on Friday issued a modified notification, clarifying that owners of all buildings up to five storeys (G+4) with valid sanction plans could go ahead with constructions, emergency maintenance and repairs. The civic body had to come up with the notification following a rush of harassment complaints from homeowners,…
