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AINAA 2026 to bring media voices, students together

NEW DELHI, Feb. 16 -- The 13th edition of AINAA, the annual journalism festival of the AJK Mass Communication Research Centre (MCRC), Jamia Millia Islamia, is on February 16 and 17. Organised by stude... Read More


KMC license revenue up 40% after 15-year fee hike

Kolkata, Feb. 16 -- A long-pending revision of trade licence fees and a simplified online system have pushed up collections in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation's (KMC) Licence Department, with revenu... Read More


New KMC policy splits city parking lots into 5 segments

Kolkata, Feb. 16 -- Parking spaces across the city will now be divided into five segments - each accounting for roughly 20 per cent of the total - under a new tender policy approved by the Kolkata Mun... Read More


STF Bust: 9 Improvised Guns, 3 nabbed

Kolkata, Feb. 16 -- The Special Task Force (STF) of West Bengal police seized nine improvised firearms and arrested three persons in two separate operations in Malda and Birbhum districts over the wee... Read More


Bus Syndicate urges Chief Minister to address Election requisition issue

Kolkata, Feb. 16 -- A joint body of private bus operators has sought the intervention of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the requisition of buses for the 2026 Assembly election, citing confusion o... Read More


Woman alleges abduction and molestation in Kasba area

Kolkata, Feb. 16 -- A woman has alleged that she was forcibly taken into a car and molested near her home in the Kasba area of south Kolkata on Friday night. Police said a case has been registered aga... Read More


Agri marketing Min assures support to cold storage amid price slump

Kolkata, Feb. 16 -- State Agricultural Marketing Minister Becharam Manna on Monday said the government has laid emphasis on strengthening storage infrastructure in view of bumper potato production, ad... Read More


Historic milestone: ZSI scientists discover new Diplura species

Kolkata, Feb. 16 -- Scientists at the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have discovered a new species of Diplura, marking a historic milestone in Indian entomology and ending a nearly five-decade hiatu... Read More


JU to hold ICC student polls in March-April

Kolkata, Feb. 16 -- Jadavpur University will hold elections in March or April to choose undergraduate and postgraduate student representatives for the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC), a senior uni... Read More


ECI's new clarification is a move to delete valid voters: Trinamool

Kolkata, Feb. 16 -- Calling it a "violation" of the spirit of the Supreme Court's order and an attempt to delete names of valid voters, the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Monday criticised the Ele... Read More