Kolkata

IndiGo celebrating Durga Puja at six airports

Community Durga Puja themed on 102 years of Bengali cinema

6:25 pm October 7, 2019

Kolkata: A community Durga Puja in the city has been themed on 102 years of Bengali cinema. Organisers of the Bhawanipore Sammilani community puja in south Kolkata have put up posters and stills of over 100 Bengali movies, from the 1950s era to contemporary times, at their marquee. “As part of our theme based on […]

Pakistani intruder killed by BSF along International Border in Jammu

BSF, BGB agree to strengthen border management

9:07 pm October 6, 2019

Kolkata: The Border Security Force (BSF) and its Bangladesh counterpart BGB on Sunday agreed to further enhance sharing of information and cooperation to ensure effective border management system. The two forces also decided to pursue the construction of developmental projects in the respective border areas at the four-day-long IG level talks between them. The conference […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Woman ‘assaulted’ by puja committee members

2:53 pm October 4, 2019

Kolkata: A middle-aged woman was allegedly assaulted by members of a Durga Puja organising committee in Sealdah area of the city after she objected that its puja marquee had blocked the entrance to her restaurant. The restaurant owner had raised her voice that the decision of the puja committee to set up the pandal in […]

Kolkata Durga puja themed on refugees amid fear over NRC

12:22 pm October 3, 2019

Kolkata: At a time when panic over National Register of Citizens (NRC) has gripped several parts of West Bengal, a community Durga puja committee in the city has chosen “refugees” as its theme this year. Rajdanga Naba Uday Sangha puja, one of the award winning community pujas in the city, has placed shuttlecocks and badminton […]

PNB inks deal with Indian Oil to provide up to Rs 2 cr loan to dealers

34 functional teams to smoothen merger of UBI, PNB, OBC

8:04 pm October 2, 2019

Kolkata: A total of 34 functional teams have been formed to smoothen the process of merger of United Bank of India (UBI), Punjab National Bank (PNB) and Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC), a senior official said. The merger is scheduled to come into force from April 1 next year. “Thirty four functional teams have been […]