Kolkata
Mamata Banerjee at Kolkata’s Imam-Muazzin Event Today: Will She Play Minority Card Ahead of 2024 Polls?
In 2012, Mamata Banerjee’s government had announced a special grant for Imams and muezzins, giving them a stipend. Ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, will Banerjee make any special announcement for the minority community?
One Day World Will Celebrate Kanyasree Divas as International Girl Child Day: Mamata Banerjee
The ’Kanyasree’ scheme is a conditional cash transfer scheme for adolescent girls aged 13 to 19 years from economically backward families in West Bengal to prevent their marriage before they turn 18. It was launched by 2012
Jadavpur University Asks 1st Year Students to Temporarily Shift to New Hostel After 18-yr-old Falls to Death
Swapnadip Kundu (18), a resident of Nadia, fell from the main hostel building on Wednesday and died while undergoing treatment at a hospital
Manoj Tiwary Set to Come out of Retirement and Continue Playing for Bengal: Report
Under Manoj Tiwary’s leadership, Bengal reached the semifinals of the Rani Trophy 2022-23 and ended the season as the runners-up
Durand Cup 2023: 10-man East Bengal Held 2-2 by Spirited Bangladesh Army
Nishu Kumar’s red card meant 10-man East Bengal were held to a 2-2 draw by Bangladesh Army in the Durand Cup.
World Champion Archers Aditi Swami and Ojas Deotale Products of Same Academy Built on Sugarcane Farmland in Satara
India's world champions Aditi Swami and Ojas Deotale trained under Sawant at the Drushti Academy in Satara's Wadhe Phata area.
SriLankan Airlines Likely to Resume Kolkata Flights Soon
Before the COVID-19 induced lockdown in India, SriLankan Airlines used to operate flights to 11 destinations in the country.
Woman Congress Activist Lynched in Bengal's Murshidabad
Bilal Mondal, the younger brother of the deceased said that besides being a die-hard Congress supporter she was also an ardent follower of state Congress president and veteran party Lok Sabha member Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Kolkata Man Poses as Police, Tries to Enter CM Mamata Banerjee's House With Firearm, Arrested
One firearm, one knife and contraband substances were recovered from him along with ID cards of different agencies
Bengal Panchayat Poll Violence May Be Two-pronged Weapon for BJP ahead of Lok Sabha Elections
Sources say the BJP may take the issue to the voters during campaigning and also use it to create a rift in the opposition unity efforts
Amid Protests, Kolkata's Presidency University Shelves 'Code Of Conduct' For Students
The drafted code of conduct had been issued to students by the institution. A disciplinary committee was constituted as part of it to oversee campus activities
Bengal Panchayat Polls: Murshidabad Test Vital for Mamata Critic Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury as Congress Takes on TMC
The Congress is emboldened in Murshidabad as it is the stronghold of party leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and he has no qualms about taking on CM Mamata Banerjee despite a pitch for opposition unity
Bengal Guv Visits Violence-hit Dinhata, Meets Oppn Leaders Ahead of Rural Polls
Governor Bose also talked to candidates and leaders of the CPI(M), Congress and the BJP, who voiced their concern over alleged incidents of violence in Cooch Behar ahead of the July 8 rural polls
Presidency University Won't Implement Code of Conduct, Students Welcome Move
Students affiliated to the SFI, and Independent Consolidation, had launched a weeklong protest on Monday against the draft code terming some of the recommendations as an "authoritarian step"
ISL Transfer News: Armando Sadiku Pens 2-year Deal With Mohun Bagan SG
Armando Sadiku signed a two-year contract with Mohun Bagan Super Giant
Bengal Rural Polls: Suvendu Adhikari Seeks Probe into Trinamool's Abnormally High Nominations
Demanding that the Income Tax department initiate an investigation on this alleged suppression of financial fact, Adhikari also accused Shahjahan Sheikh of murdering several local BJP leaders at Basirhat sub-division in North 24 Parganas after the 2019 Lo...