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Rallies in Kolkata over Delhi violence

9:22 pm February 27, 2020

Kolkata: Appealing to people to save the country from divisive forces, two separate rallies were taken out in Kolkata on Thursday by the Trinamool Congress’s women’s wing and the Congress-backed Chhatra Parishad over the communal violence in Delhi. Thousands of women took part in the rally organised by the Trinamool Mahila Congress. It began at […]

Bengal's Silicon Valley big flop, cows graze there: Dilip Ghosh

Mamata should submit accounts of funds spent instead of writing to PM: Dilip Ghosh

9:45 pm February 23, 2020

Kolkata: BJP West Bengal unit president Dilip Ghosh on Sunday claimed that in order to avoid submitting accounts of funds provided by the Centre, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sent a letter demanding release of the state’s share of money instead of attending meetings in Delhi for the purpose. Holding that the Centre gives the state […]

New twist to Gumnami Baba mystery!

12:29 am February 21, 2020

Kolkata: The mystery shrouding the identity of Gumnami Baba, who many claimed was Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in hiding, has deepened further with CFSL, Kolkata, saying the electropherogram of the reclusive sadhu’s teeth was not available with it. An electropherogram shows a sequence of data that is produced by an automated DNA sequencing machine and […]

Smoke in Kolkata Metro coach, passengers evacuated

5:27 pm February 15, 2020

Kolkata: Passengers of a Noapara-bound train in the North-South line of the Kolkata Metro were evacuated at Chandni Chowk station after smoke was seen billowing out from one of the coaches on Saturday, officials said. Passengers raised an alarm after seeing smoke coming out from the air-conditioned metro rake when it stopped at the station […]

College, university teachers protest in Kolkata over pay

10:55 pm February 14, 2020

Kolkata: College and university teachers in the state held a sit-in demonstration here on Friday, demanding the implementation of the revised UGC pay scale from 2016. Members of 16 teachers’ bodies from across the state took part in the demonstration, said Partha Pratim Roy, general secretary of the Jadavpur University Teachers’ Association (JUTA). The three-hour […]