Kolkata: Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) scientists have discovered a new electric ray species in the deep waters of Arabian Sea off India’s southwestern coast, marking the first confirmed record of genus Tetronarce in northern Indian Ocean. The species has been named Tetronarce ramanamurthyi.The discovery was based on nine specimens collected under ministry of earth…
Kolkata: A mother’s anguished cries echoed along the corridors of Chandpara Rural Hospital as Prahlad Das’s body was wheeled away for postmortem. The 23-year-old, prime accused in the alleged rape and murder of a Class 11 student in North 24 Parganas’ Gaighatra, was gunned down in a police encounter early on Tuesday.“Didn’t you think of…
The Buxa tigress has been spotted in Assam’s Raimona Kolkata: Following a series of livestock kills in Assam’s Rajendrapur village, the forest departments of Assam and Bengal have decided to take a call on the capture of the Buxa tigress after monitoring her movement for two days. The tigress, brought to Buxa Tiger Reserve from…
Kolkata: Award-winning agriculturalists like Padma Shri Sabarmatee and Padma Shri Subhash Sharma, and environmentalist Sunita Narain, director-general of Centre for Science & Environment, New Delhi, are set to address the 6th Kisan Swaraj Sammelan, which will be hosted by the city for the first time from Oct 29-31.The three-day conference, organised by Alliance for Sustainable…
The hospital has been home for 48-year-old Gopal Patra for the past 12 years. Gopal Patra at a pandal with the junior doctors of RG Kar Medical College Kolkata: The hospital has been home for 48-year-old Gopal Patra for the past 12 years. Abandoned by family and bedridden, Patra has not stepped out of his…
Three individuals were to parade shirtless after an assault KOLKATA: In a fresh development in the Sarsuna naked parade case, all the accused have been arrested and made to parade without clothes in the same locality in Behala during crime scene reconstruction by police.The development comes days after an 18-year-old youth, his 19-year-old friend and…
Wormwood Synergy Hotels is set to invest around Rs 80 crore to significantly expand its footprint in eastern India, aiming to double its hotel properties from five to ten by 2027 KOLKATA: Kolkata-based Wormwood Synergy Hotels is strengthening its expansion plans across eastern India with a planned additional investment of around Rs 80 crore to…
A 23-year-old man named Prahlad Das, accused of raping and murdering a teenager, was killed in an encounter. KOLKATA: The 23-year-old man arrested for the alleged rape and murder of a 17-year-old Class 11 student in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district was killed in a police encounter early Tuesday, police sources said.The accused, Prahlad…
Kolkata: Bangladeshi tourists are slowly returning to the New Market-Free School Street hotel belt, a neighbourhood that had turned listless after over 150 hotels and guest houses were shut around the end of Aug on orders from KMC and the fire department.The first signs of recovery are modest but visible. Hotel owners said guests from…
Kolkata: An 87-year-old man was cheated of Rs 40,000 in an ATM card-swapping fraud near Diamond City West in Bakultala. The victim was duped by a youth inside an ATM kiosk around 10 am on Oct 15. The youth allegedly told him to re-enter his PIN and, when the senior citizen was not looking, swapped…
