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Fusing art & awareness | Pujas honour Ravi Verma, spotlight digital addiction

Kolkata, Sept. 27 -- A community Puja in south Kolkata is paying tribute to visionary painter Raja Ravi Verma, regarded as the hidden sun behind our vision of the divine, while another in New Town is ... Read More


No leave for forest personnel in elephant zones amid Puja vigil

Kolkata, Sept. 25 -- The state Forest department has cancelled leave of all its frontline staff, right from Ban Sahayaks to Divisional Forest Officers (DFOs), in elephant-prone divisions of South Beng... Read More


Forest dept proposes adoption scheme for off-display animals

Kolkata, Sept. 25 -- Principal Secretary of state Forest department, Debal Roy, urged the West Bengal Zoo Authority (WBZA) to consider an adoption programme of animals that are presently off display a... Read More


Jadavpur University shines in Stanford's 2024 list of top-cited scientists

Kolkata, Sept. 23 -- Jadavpur University (JU) has secured a spot among the country's top universities in the Stanford University database of leading scientists, which is based on citations for the yea... Read More


Tapping capital markets: State govt felicitates 19 SMEs

Kolkata, Sept. 21 -- The state MSME and Textiles department (MSME&T) felicitated 19 successful small and micro enterprises (SME) in the state who have successfully managed to raise funds through IPO m... Read More


Mamata pens soulful tribute as Puja honours Bengal's martyrs

Kolkata, Sept. 21 -- Suruchi Sangha in New Alipore is paying tribute to the freedom fighters from Bengal who sacrificed their lives for the Independence of the country through its theme 'Ahuti'. The c... Read More


'Can appeal before the Commission within 30 days': ECI delists 12 parties, including GNLF, for 6 years of poll inactivity

Kolkata, Sept. 20 -- A dozen registered unrecognised political parties (RUPPs) in Bengal have been delisted by the Election Commission of India (ECI) for not taking part in the election process for th... Read More


Diversity: Kolkata Puja themes highlight circus survival, river purity & illusion

Kolkata, Sept. 16 -- Two Puja committees in the city have chosen to remind pandal hoppers of their social responsibilities through unique themes this Durga Puja. At Barisha Club in Behala, the pandal... Read More


State govt orders weighing scale checks before Kharif procurement

Kolkata, Sept. 15 -- The Food and Supplies department has directed all District Controllers (Food and Supplies) to ensure that weighing instruments at paddy purchase centres are verified and duly cali... Read More


'Kisan Sarathi 2.0 to bridge gap between farmers & scientists'

Kolkata, Sept. 14 -- In a significant stride towards bridging the gaps between farmers and scientists at the grassroot level, the Krishi Vigyan Kendra (WBCADC KVK) at Bankura hosted a workshop on Kisa... Read More