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PIL in Cal High Court post electrocuted deaths in city

Kolkata, Sept. 24 -- A day after several people lost their lives to electrocution in rain-battered Kolkata and its adjoining areas, India Secular Front (ISF) MLA Naushad Siddique on Wednesday moved a ... Read More


Malls usher in festive spirit with themed Puja mandaps

Kolkata, Sept. 24 -- With Durga Puja, the UNESCO-recognised 'Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity', just days away, two of Kolkata's premier malls have set the tone for the grand celebration with ... Read More


Minister urges prospective school principals to act as servant leaders

Jakarta, Sept. 24 -- Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Abdul Mu'ti urged prospective school principals to lead as servant leaders. He officially closed the second cohort of the 2025 Prospec... Read More


BJP acting like political vulture, spreading a cesspool of lies: TMC

Kolkata, Sept. 24 -- The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday accused the Bengal BJP of behaving like a "political vulture," alleging that the saffron party was indulging in politics over dead bodies... Read More


KMC drains flooded city on war footing

Kolkata, Sept. 24 -- After Tuesday's deluge that left large parts of Kolkata under water, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) said on Wednesday it had pressed all its resources into service to bri... Read More


HC reserves order in pregnant woman's deportation case

Kolkata, Sept. 24 -- The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday reserved its order in the case of eight-month-pregnant Sonali Khatun, who was deported to Bangladesh along with her husband and minor son in J... Read More


Metro to run night-long services during Puja

Kolkata, Sept. 24 -- The Kolkata Metro will run night-long services on the Blue and Green lines during Durga Puja to facilitate pandal-hoppers. While overnight services on the Blue Line have been a Pu... Read More


HC directs state to engage RG Kar protest face at same hosp

Kolkata, Sept. 24 -- The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the Bengal government to engage Aniket Mahato, one of the prominent faces of a protest movement over the rape-murder of a postgraduat... Read More


TMC claims Amit Shah dropped Puja inauguration plan over 'no crowd'

Kolkata, Sept. 24 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) spokesperson Kunal Ghosh on Wednesday claimed that Union Home minister Amit Shah's scheduled inauguration of Sevak Sangha Puja pandal in Lake Avenue on th... Read More


Salt Lake pujas draw crowd with themes on Ritwik Ghatak, nostalgia

Kolkata, Sept. 24 -- Though the official Puja vacation is yet to begin, city streets are already crowded with pandal hoppers making their way to Durga Puja marquees. In Salt Lake, the popular pujas a... Read More