Former MLA Nirmal Ghosh’s son Tirthankar was paraded on Saturday Kolkata: Crude bombs were hurled at former TMC MLA Nirmal Ghosh’s house early on Sunday, hours after his son Tirthankar Ghosh was paraded by police through parts of Sodepur-Panihati.Police said masked assailants arrived on motorcycles around 1.30am, lobbed bombs at the Railway Park house and…
. Author and poet Taslima Nasrin at an event at Rabindra Sadan —— Subhojyoti Kanjilal Kolkata: A commotion broke out at Rabindra Sadan on Saturday during an event marking exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasrin’s return to the city after nearly two decades, when she invited noted Bengali poet Joy Goswami to join her on stage….
Plan to revive Kolkata’s tram network Kolkata: In a push for clean urban mobility, the state has engaged RITES (Rail India Technical and Economic Service) to prepare a blueprint for the revival of trams in the city. The initiative aims at modernising and restoring Asia-Pacific’s oldest surviving tram network, integrating it into Kolkata’s rapidly expanding…
France team at FIFA World Cup (AP Photo) Spain’s former Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has come under fire after claiming that France’s national football team has “no French players” ahead of Tuesday’s World Cup semi-final between the two countries.The remark, made in an opinion piece for Spanish news website El Debate, sparked widespread criticism from…
Kolkata: Return a fee of Rs 9,50,000 to the student, who sought to leave the college as she found the institute did not have “proper educational facilities”, six days after taking admission, the Calcutta High Court directed a private dental college, pointing out that they had to follow the University Grant Commission (UGC) fee refund…
Police inspect the bins after residents suspected a dead animal was causing the stench Bicholim: The Bicholim Municipal Council (BMC) on Wednesday cleared decomposed waste and removed overflowing garbage bins from the town’s central market following repeated complaints from residents, traders and devotees about a foul stench.Five bins packed with rotting waste had reportedly gone…
A total of 11 people have sustained injuries in various rain-related incidents during the monsoon season in Thane. THANE: Three people have died and nearly 800 others have been evacuated due to rain-related incidents across Maharashtra’s Thane district over the past week, while a lightning strike injured two people in the latest weather-related incident, officials…
India’s P.V. Sindhu (AP/PTI) New Delhi: Fifty days from now, the world’s finest badminton players will walk into New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi (IG) indoor stadium for the BWF World Championships from Aug 17-23, returning to Indian soil for the first time since Hyderabad hosted the event in 2009. For the country’s badminton, this is far…
A viral video showed a food vendor wailing after his wares were thrown NEW DELHI: A viral video showing a food vendor breaking down and pleading with a Delhi Police constable in west Delhi’s Janakpuri has triggered a controversy, with the vendor alleging that the policeman threw away his food and disrupted his livelihood.Hours after…
JNVST Class 6 admissions 2027 The Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) has extended the application deadline for the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Selection Test (JNVST) Class 6 admission 2027-28. Students can now submit their applications till August 10, 2026, through the official NVS website at navodaya.gov.in.The registration process for JNVST Class 6 admission started on July 6,…
