Howrah: Acting on CM’s orders, CID on Saturday took over the investigation into the murder of BJP functionary Prasanta Dey in Bagnan. A CID team visited Dey’s home and spoke to his wife, Soma Dey, and other family members.The same team then recorded statements of family members of the main accused — Sheikh Mofizul Islam…
T-Shirts being sold at Bidhan Market —— Suparna Goswami Kolkata: Preparations for the International Yoga Day celebrations on Red Road on Sunday, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be leading a mass yoga session, have triggered a sharp rise in demand for yoga-related products across Kolkata. This has provided a healthy boost to the city’s…
Kolkata/Tarakeswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented to the state projects worth over Rs 1,492 crore spanning agriculture, railways, connectivity and healthcare at an event to mark Paschimbanga Divas in Tarakeswar on Saturday. Addressing his first public rally since the new CM’s swearing-in, Modi said winds of change have brought “a new freshness and fragrance” to…
Kolkata: As the city prepares to celebrate the International Day of Yoga on Sunday, with PM Narendra Modi leading a mass yoga event on Red Road, housing societies across Kolkata are preparing to host community yoga sessions for residents.Diamond City South in Tollygunge will hold its annual group yoga session on Sunday. “Last year, we…
CM Suvendu Adhikari with PM Narendra Modi during the celebrations at Tarakeswar on Saturday Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday said the state govt has officially observed “Paschimbanga Divas” (West Bengal Day) for the first time, signalling a major shift in acknowledging the historical timeline that had led to the state’s creation.June 20 marks the…
A badly leaned Cotton Tree (Shimul) at Rabindra Sarovar successfully replanted with bulldozer (payloader) and 15-ton hydraulic ladder Kolkata: Payloaders and cranes rolled into Rabindra Sarobar on Saturday morning, not to demolish illegal structures or remove encroachments, but to replant four large trees that had toppled during a thunderstorm about three weeks ago.The 88 kmph…
Daltonganj: A 35-year-old man from West Bengal was electrocuted while erecting a tent for a wedding ceremony in Daltonganj on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Tapan Kumar Das, a resident of Kolkata, and worked as a tent house worker. Das was erecting a pole for the tent in an open plot of land overlooking…
Madrasa yoga Students of ap department calcutta madrasah govt higher secondary school practicing yoga at the school compound. Kolkata: On the International Day of Yoga, thousands of students at madrasas in Bengal will perform yoga — most of them for the first time in their lives. In the past three weeks, many of them have…
Kolkata: No punitive or coercive action will be taken against govt employees who do not do yoga on International Day of Yoga; their participation is not mandatory, state govt told Calcutta High Court on Friday.The state coordination committee of the govt employees had approached the single bench of Justice Amrita Sinha, where their lawyer, senior…
Minister Agnimitra Paul at Alipore zoo Kolkata: Torrential rain for a couple of hours in the morning—this monsoon’s first heavy spell—flooded large areas of Kolkata as well as Salt Lake and New Town on Friday. Consequently, traffic on multiple stretches, especially in central Kolkata, slowed down in the morning peak hours.The intensity of the showers…
