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Will continue our protest at PS: Detained TMC leader Derek O’Brien
New Delhi: Hours after Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders were detained for staging a dharna outside the Election Commission here, party leader and MP Derek O’Brien said they will continue their protest at…
- India
Can’t stop Mahua Moitra from defending herself in public: HC
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday said TMC leader Mahua Moitra cannot be prevented from defending herself against allegations made by an estranged friend in public domain as long as…
- India
Warship INS Kolkata carrying 35 Somalian pirates, reaches Mumbai
Mumbai: Warship INS Kolkata, carrying 35 pirates who were apprehended in an operation off the coast of Somalia, reached Mumbai on Saturday morning, the Navy said. These pirates were then handed over…
- India
Kolkata building collapse: Toll rises to 10, two still missing; landowner held
Kolkata: Rescue workers on Tuesday evening recovered the body of another person from underneath the debris of the collapsed five-storey building in Kolkata’s Garden Reach area taking the toll to 10, a…
- Kolkata
Educating people: Kolkata youth icon Wali Rahmani appeals for funds, this time to build a hostel
By Heena Fatima Kolkata-based young education activist and youth icon Wali Rahmani who hit the headlines in September last year for collecting Rs 7.5 crore in seven days for a school building…
- India
Mamata visits building collapse site in Kolkata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday visited Garden Reach area in the city, where an under-construction building collapsed, leaving two persons dead and at least seven people injured. She…
- India
TMC to launch mass outreach programme to counter BJP’s CAA narratives
Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress will launch a mass outreach programme in West Bengal to counter BJP’s positive narrative about the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), the notification for which was announced by the…
- India
TMC to announce LS candidate list on Sunday from mega rally in Kolkata
Kolkata: The TMC will announce its candidate list for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls on Sunday from a mega rally at Kolkata’s Brigade Parade Ground. The party will launch its poll campaign…
- India
CBI weighing legal options to transfer Sheikh Shahjahan from Kolkata to Delhi
Kolkata: After getting the custody of Sheikh Shahjahan, the accused mastermind in the January 5 attack on ED and CAPF personnel at Sandeshkhali in West Bengal, the CBI sleuths are now mulling…
- India
Bangladeshi national arrested in Kolkata for sending bomb threat mail at Delhi airport
New Delhi: A 29-year-old Bangladeshi national was arrested from Kolkata for sending a hoax threat email at Delhi Airport regarding explosives in a flight on February 27, police said on Monday. The…
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Photos: BJP dharna over Sandeshkhali incident in Kolkata
Kolkata: Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari speaks during a sit-in ‘dharna’ against the state government over the Sandeshkhali incident, in Kolkata, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. The BJP…
- India
Historians Swapna Liddle, Alka Pande talk about Mughal art, architecture
Kolkata: Historians Swapna Liddle and Alka Pande discussed what lives on from the legacy of Mughal art and architecture at the Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival (AKLF). The session titled, ‘The Mughals and…
- Bollywood
Mithun Chakraborty hospitalised in Kolkata, here are updates
Mumbai: Veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty also known as “Mithun Da,” has been admitted to a private hospital in Kolkata on Saturday morning after complaining of chest pain. According to reports, the actor…
- India
Woman alleges ‘inappropriate behaviour’ by co-passenger aboard flight
Kolkata: A woman has accused a co-passenger of “inappropriate behaviour” on board a SpiceJet flight from Kolkata to Bagdogra in West Bengal, a spokesperson of the airline operator said. The woman and the…