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Calcutta HC quashes KMDA cancellation of industrial land

Kolkata, Sept. 13 -- The Calcutta High Court has quashed the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority's (KMDA) cancellation of about six acres of industrial land at Nonadanga, holding that its 2007 ... Read More


Baruipur: Youth held for sexual assault on woman

Kolkata, Sept. 13 -- Police arrested a youth on Saturday for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman inside her home in the Bakultala area of Baruipur in South 24-Parganas. The incident took place in t... Read More


ZSI-led team discovers new legless amphibian in Western Ghats

Kolkata, Sept. 13 -- The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), along with researchers from several institutions, has discovered a new species of subterranean, legless amphibian in the Northern Western Gha... Read More


BSAEU to open B.Ed admission portal for 152 colleges on Monday

Kolkata, Sept. 13 -- Baba Saheb Ambedkar Education University (BSAEU) will open its centralised admission portal on Monday for B.Ed courses across 152 self-finance colleges, the first batch found elig... Read More


Rain, gusty winds lash Bengal as monsoon lingers

Kolkata, Sept. 13 -- Though Durga Puja is almost a month away, the monsoon this year seems in no mood to leave Bengal just yet. On Sunday, spells of rain lashed parts of the state, with Kolkata witnes... Read More


KMC engineers protest against arrest of colleague in Taratala collapse

Kolkata, Sept. 13 -- Engineers of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) staged a demonstration on Saturday following the arrest of a civic body employee in connection with the Taratala warehouse col... Read More


St Xavier's Univ hosts conference on media, literature & culture

Kolkata, Sept. 13 -- St Xavier's University, Kolkata, hosted a two-day national conference titled "Narratives of the Mind: Media, Literature and Culture in the Indian Context" on September 10 and 11, ... Read More


Pre-2016 appointed teachers seek clarity on TET requirement

Kolkata, Sept. 13 -- Teachers appointed to the normal section before 2016 are seeking clarity on whether they will have to appear for the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET). From the 2016 recruitment sys... Read More


Opposition flags polling booth omissions in KMC redraw

Kolkata, Sept. 13 -- The Opposition has raised objections over polling booth shifts and omissions, which have figured prominently in the exercise to redraw Kolkata's municipal map, with the Kolkata Mu... Read More


KMC intensifies food safety checks in city's sweet shops

Kolkata, Sept. 13 -- The Kolkata Municipal Corporation's (KMC) food safety drive intensified ahead of the festive season with civic officials inspecting more than 10 sweet shops on Saturday, while a r... Read More