Kolkata: Election Commission has written to both the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress and the rebel faction headed by Ritabrata Banerjee, seeking their responses to rival claims over the party’s organisational elections and authorised signatories. Both camps have been asked to submit their replies by 5.30pm on July 6.The development comes hours after the Ritabrata Banerjee-led…
Kolkata: A video of two traffic officials, including a sergeant, has gone viral after an alleged incident near Narkeldanga bridge on Wednesday morning.Locals claimed that a young biker was injured after a traffic sergeant allegedly kicked him while he was riding. They said the rider lost balance, fell on the road, and was taken to…
Kolkata: City-based Jupiter Wagons is setting up a new manufacturing plant in Hooghly district dedicated to producing Vande Bharat and Metro coaches, making it Bengal’s second facility for railway rolling stock after Titagarh Rail Systems’ plant at Uttarpara, which began production last year in a joint venture with BHEL.“The new plant where we are going…
Kolkata: Bengal Gas Co Ltd (BGCL) is set to submit a detailed plan to KMC, seeking permission to lay piped natural gas (PNG) pipelines across nine stretches in the city in the first phase, following an assurance from the civic body that the application would be processed expeditiously.BGCL, a joint venture of GAIL and the…
KOLKATA: West Bengal has emerged as a critical industrial hotspot for black carbon emissions, discharging a staggering 95,901 tonnes annually into the atmosphere. A pioneering study by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) reveals that the state is the second-largest emitter in the Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP), a region that collectively generates roughly 4.5 lakh…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent Mann Ki Baat address has cast a national spotlight on Meghalaya’s iconic Living Root Bridges, elevating a localized indigenous tradition into a premier national model for community-led climate resilience.Far from being mere tourist attractions, the Jingkieng Jri (Living Root Bridges) of the southern Khasi and Jaiñtia Hills are now being…
Kolkata: The state health department has started the process of reverting to merit-based counselling for the appointment of senior resident doctors (SR) with the launch of the portal, where eligible candidates can fill their choice for the place of posting. The portal opened on Wednesday, nine days after the department’s order of fresh counselling for…
Bidhannagar SD Hospital has been renamed after B C Roy Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday attended a programme to rename Bidhannagar Sub-Divisional Hospital as Bidhan Chandra Roy Multispecialty Hospital. Later, at a Netaji Indoor Stadium event, he announced a series of measures aimed at strengthening women’s safety across Bengal, including the launch of…
Kolkata: BJP MLA Papiya Adhikary’s statement that the Eastern India Motion Pictures & Cultural Confederation (EIMPCC) is a non-profit organization, registered under the Societies Registration Act, has elicited significant scrutiny, as it contradicts corporate records, identifying the entity as a private company limited by shares.BJP state president Samik Bhattacharya on Monday said the party had…
Kolkata: A PIL has been filed in the Calcutta High Court, claiming those deleted from the electoral roll after SIR were unable to sell property. The HC on Wednesday directed the petitioner to specify the cases where such sales were denied.The matter will next be heard on July 7.Senior Advocate Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharyya said, “Some…
