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…
Jogen Chowdhury’s sketch of Sachin Tendulkar was printed on the Day 1 ticket for the Kolkata Test in 2013 Jogen Chowdhury flips through an early copy of ‘Of Rain and Shine’, a book on his works set to be released at the Bengal Biennale Jogen Chowdhury’s sketch of Sachin Tendulkar was printed on the Day…
Kolkata: The death of a woman at her marital home on Oct 22 has prompted cops to start a probe under legal provisions related to dowry harassment, domestic violence and unnatural death. Chaitali Das was found hanging in the house on Gagan Sarkar Road around 8.45 am. Her family was informed, and she was later…
Kolkata: Police have arrested a youth, Akash Sarkar, on Monday, for allegedly posting objectionable content about CM Suvendu Adhikari on social media. Police said, the arrest was made after a complaint lodged at Nagerbazar PS. Police alleged that Akash had been circulating misleading information about the CM and several BJP leaders on social media over…
IIT Kharagpur has signed an MoU with Vinod Gupta and IIT Kgp Foundation, US, to set up Benjamin Gupta School of Physical AI Kolkata: IIT Kharagpur will set up India’s first dedicated AI school with funding from alumnus and philanthropist Vinod Gupta and another alumnus. The institute has signed a tripartite MoU with Gupta and…
Sandakphu, at 11,929 feet, is the highest point in Bengal Darjeeling: Tourists heading to Sandakphu, at 11,929 feet, will now have to produce a medical fitness certificate or undergo health screening at Maneybhanjang before proceeding to the high-altitude destination. Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) has introduced the measures following the deaths of two tourists in the…
Asserting that this year’s Durga Puja has taught the state an important lesson in religious responsibility and peaceful coexistence, Adhikari said people have realised that responsibility to protect one’s religion rests with each individual Kolkata: None responsible for the Chorbagan stampede that claimed 19 lives will be shielded, CM Suvendu Adhikari said on Monday, adding…
