Kolkata: Belaghata MLA Kunal Ghosh, a Mamata Banerjee loyalist, met state transport minister Arjun Singh at his office at New Secretariat on Wednesday.While Ghosh said he had a talk with Singh about a bus route in Beleghata, an official said he discussed Kaustav Bagchi, who had been in controversy over his recent comments against some…
Ashoke Sen delivers the S K Memorial Lecture on “Gravity from Strings and Strings from Gravity” at Calcutta University on Wednesday Kolkata: “International recognition does not require going abroad,” Ashoke Sen, the first Indian physicist to win the Oskar Klein Medal for his research in string theory, said on Wednesday on his visit to Calcutta…
Cloud pushed up by moisture injected by the Bay of Bengal triggered light rain in the city on Wednesday Kolkata: Cloud pushed up by moisture injected by the Bay of Bengal triggered light rain in the city on Wednesday. Met officials said there is a strong westerly wind as a fall out of the cyclone…
Kolkata/Kharagpur: The rise in cyberbullying, sextortion, misuse of private photos and videos among students has prompted IIT Kharagpur to launch the ‘Vishwas’ cell on Wednesday to ensure students can seek help before fear, shame and blackmail escalate into a crisis.Director Suman Chakraborty said, “The initiative aims at providing an institutional support mechanism to address cyber-related…
Kolkata: Beleghata MLA Kunal Ghosh was on Wednesday questioned for around 90 minutes in connection with a protest he had staged a day after the stampede at the Chorbagan Durga Puja pandal, in which 19 people were killed and 25 injured. Officers at the Girish Park Police Station had summoned Ghosh.After leaving the police station,…
Kolkata: The decomposed body of a newborn baby was recovered after police dug up a portion of a garden at a house at Gopalpur village in Arapanch, Sonarpur. The property belongs to a doctor, Girin Mondal, a resident of Sonarpur Naba Pally near an Iskcon temple.Villagers alleged an unidentified person entered the garden around three…
Chhath rituals being held at Rabindra Sarobar in 2018 Kolkata: If Bengal govt has its way, Chhath Puja could make a comeback to Rabindra Sarobar and Subhas Sarobar. State urban development minister Agnimitra Paul on Wednesday morning said the govt is considering allowing Chhath rituals at Rabindra Sarobar this year, subject to safeguards to prevent…
Kolkata: Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of RSS, is now trying to make a foray into Presidency University, the campus where Syama Prasad Mookerjee (to whom RSS traces its ideological lineage) and Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (its nationalistic Vande Mataram poet) spent their college days.The university’s ABVP unit has organised a seminar on…
Vandalised equipment at the nursing home in New Town Kolkata: Around 10 patients at a private nursing home in New Town were allegedly forced out of the healthcare facility after a group of men allegedly stormed the premises early on Wednesday, threatened staff and assaulted nurses on night duty, triggering a dispute between the nursing…
Kolkata: On Tuesday and Wednesday, CAPE Foundation conducted its annual Animal-Assisted Therapy and Humane Education programme for the nursery department of La Martiniere for Boys, creating two memorable mornings of learning, wonder and gentle interaction for the youngest students.Designed to introduce children to animals in a safe, supervised and age-appropriate setting, the programme encouraged curiosity,…
