Vehicles stuck in a traffic jam on the way to NJP Darjeeling: Tourists travelling from Darjeeling to catch trains or flights are being urged to leave the Hills much earlier than scheduled as traffic congestion amid a heavy tourist rush has pushed journey times to the plains to nearly six hours instead of the usual…
West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari at the inauguration of the Santragachi Jaipur Khatipura Express at Santragachi Railway Station on Monday. — TOI Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday urged railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi to unveil the 4.5-km Beleghata-IT Centre stretch (Sector V) — by Dec, when the…
Elections In 7 Civic Bodies Kolkata: A draft electorate list for KMC poll, with over 32 lakh voters in 209 wards, was published on Monday. The notification for the election is likely to be issued within a week. The draft roll will provide Kolkatans the first opportunity to know their new ward number following the…
Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari is expected to hold a meeting with Kali Puja organisers on Wednesday to discuss the safety and security measures at pandals. Addressing puja committees at the Bijoya greetings programme at Milan Mela on Monday, Adhikari said preparations for safer festivals will start from Oct 28. Sources in the state administration…
Kolkata: Posta police has started an investigation after a construction promoter from Posta area filed an extortion complaint, alleging repeated harassment and threats related to demands for subscription money or chanda for Kali Puja, Diwali and Jagatdhatri Puja.Police sources said the alleged harassment took place between Oct 20 (Tuesday) and Oct 25 (Sunday), while the…
Kolkata: Kolkata Police has summoned theme artist Susanta Shibani Pal for questioning over the Oct 17 stampede at the Chorbagan Sarbojanin Durga Puja pandal. Pal designed the theme and layout of the pandal. He has been asked to appear at Lalbazar by Wednesday.Investigators will check the original design plans to see if the pandal was…
File photo of a horse-drawn carriage in Kolkata Kolkata: Former MP and actor Mimi Chakraborty and Deepak Mahajan, the grieving father of 18-year-old Romanch Mahajan, who had died after a runaway horse-carriage incident in New York, have separately urged the West Bengal urban development and municipal affairs minister, Agnimitra Paul, to fast-track the state’s reported…
Essential for industrial growth Kolkata: People checking land records before buying a plot, verifying property details or dealing with land-related paperwork in Bengal may find it easier to identify their plots’ broad categories after the state segregates existing plot classifications under 16 heads and introduces a separate ‘Supra Category’ column in the Record of Rights…
Kolkata: Decks have been cleared for Kolkata’s oldest school hostel to be converted into a law college.The 237-year-old hostel building at St Thomas’ School in Kidderpore will now house a law college, offering a five-year BA LLB programme. “The approval (for the law college) has come from the Bar Council of India and the college…
Kolkata: Two women were injured after a man attacked them with broken beer bottles on Gopal Mishra Road during Lakshmi Puja celebrations on Sunday.Police said the incident was linked to a family dispute. One of the injured women had gone to her friend’s house to celebrate Lakshmi Puja with her current partner. During the visit,…
