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India are set to play 5-time world champions Brazil in Kolkata on October 3 at the iconic Salt Lake Stadium also known as the Vivekananda Yuva Bharati Krirangan. For Brazil, this will be the final stop in the first set of friendlies they will play after a disa
Kolkata: Questioning the maintainability of a PIL regarding TMC chief Mamata Banerjee's alleged comments on the murder of a Bangladesh activist, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday observed that public interest litigations were being used as a special tool or w
The government has reduced the sugar stock limit for dealers to 2,000 quintals. This new rule, effective September 15, aims to prevent hoarding and ensure market supply
The first tranche of funds disbursed by the state government under the Annapurna Yojana, a direct cash transfer scheme for women, was credited to the accounts of nearly 1.1 crore beneficiaries, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said on Wednesday. While about 1.6
The Calcutta High Court recently directed the West Bengal government to disclose the whereabouts of 21 captive elephants that were transported out of the state, including two elephants that were earlier with the Famous Circus but whose status remains unknown a
KBC 18: The latest episode of Amitabh Bachchan-hosted Kaun Banega Crorepati 18 hosts a contestant from Mumbai, Maharashtra, who played an exceptional game and won Rs 25 lakh by the end of the episode. Ruchita Adhalrao, who is a student and an SSC (Staff Select
India could follow up their high-profile friendly against Brazil with another major test against 2026 FIFA World Cup surprise package Cabo Verde, with the two teams likely to meet on October 6. The proposed fixture would come just three days after India host f
A day after a hotel blaze killed nine people in central Kolkata, West Bengal s fire and emergencies department on Thursday pulled up nine guest houses and four restaurants-cum-bars on Mirza Ghalib Street for allegedly failing to comply with fire-safety rules
Tensions flared at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, on Wednesday night over a general body (GB) meeting. The row started with an argument during the meeting between members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad and students associated with the left-leaning st
India are likely to play Cape Verde in Kolkata or Kochi on October 6. With the match against Brazil scheduled here on October 3 and two more away to New Zealand in November, 2026 could be the year India play four matches against teams from the last World Cup
A fire at a hotel along Free School Street in Kolkata around 2 AM on Wednesday claimed at least 9 lives. Most of the guests in the hotel were sleeping at the time as smoke engulfed the hotel
The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Tuesday alleged that multiple venues in Kolkata cancelled or refused bookings for its meetings after the owners of a venue came under pressure from local BJP representatives. The CJP s scheduled press conference at the Kolkat
A 200-year-old building collapsed in Kolkata s Jorabagan amid heavy rain early Tuesday, killing an elderly woman and leaving several residents trapped under the debris. The three-storey structure had long been declared dangerous by the Kolkata Municipal Corpor
A well-marked low-pressure system over the Northwest Bay of Bengal rapidly intensified into a depression on Monday morning, triggering widespread heavy-to-very heavy rainfall across West Bengal and prompting the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to issue s
Padma Bhushan recipient and BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty revealed that he was not invited to the film festival in Kolkata, despite attending a meeting to mark the birth centenary of Bengali cinema icon Uttam Kumar.Mithun Chakraborty on Kolkata snub"I wasn't i
The investigation into the mysterious death of 30-year-old nurse at Nil Ratan Sircar (NRS) Medical College and Hospital, Rupali Barman, has taken a turn with preliminary post-mortem findings suggesting a possible drug overdose. Police, however, are awaiting de
From saffron to white and then back to saffron: A room in the Academy of Fine Arts in Kolkata has turned into a new battleground between the ruling BJP and the Left. Two months after the BJP stormed to power in West Bengal after trouncing the Mamata Banerjee-l
Baingan pakoda, also known as beguni, is a popular snack found at almost every street corner of Kolkata. It is one of the most delicious ways to prepare aubergine, making it an all-season favourite of many
Former Trinamool Congress MLA Nirmal Ghosh was arrested in Odisha on Thursday over his alleged involvement in the hurried cremation of the doctor who was raped and murdered at Kolkata s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in 2024, police said.Ghosh, the former
A 30-year-old nurse was found dead under mysterious circumstances inside a toilet at NRS Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata late on Wednesday night. The nurse, who was on duty in a High Dependency Unit at the government hospital, had begun her night shift
The West Bengal Special Task Force (STF) arrested a suspected Pakistani national along the India-Bangladesh border in Bongaon early Wednesday morning. Rana Rouf was allegedly living in India under the assumed name Wahab Alam using forged identification documen
Independence Day 2026: Butto Kristo Paul & Co. started as a modest establishment focused on importing foreign medicines
Reigning Indian Super League (ISL) champions East Bengal face Kuwait s league runners-up Al Arabi SC in a one-off preliminary stage playoff to decide whether they play in the AFC Champions League 2 this season or in the AFC Challenge League. The winner of the
Notably, India were supposed to play three ODIs and as many T20Is in Bangladesh in August 2025. The series, however, was postponed amid rising geopolitical tensions between the countries in the aftermath of the July Uprising, which resulted in Rahman s predece
Kolkata, Reigning Indian Super League champions East Bengal face their biggest test of the new season when they take on Kuwaiti league runners-up Al Arabi SC in a one-off AFC Champions League 2 preliminary-stage knock-out fixture here on Wednesday, with a plac
Amid the controversy over the blending of ethanol with petrol, BJP MP Janardan Mishra Sunday defended the Centre's policy as he questioned those opposing it: "Will pure petrol come from your father's house?" Speaking at the inauguration of new flight services
Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee faced protests in Halisahar in West Bengal s North 24 Parganas district on Sunday while she was on her way to visit the family of a Trinamool Congress (TMC) worker who died in police custody. A crowd surrounded
India Energy Week 2027 will be held in Kolkata from January 28-31, marking a shift from Goa, where a Rs 1,000-crore convention centre was built as a permanent venue. The fifth edition will take place at the Biswa Bangla Convention Centre in New Town, with prep
Last week, spurred by two disparate pieces of news, I grew unusually hungry and uncharacteristically enthusiastic. First, was a New York Times feature headlined, 'In Rome, It's a Pizza Renaissance.' Just a few days later, it was Kolkata's The Telegraph that fe
In a fiery speech delivered in the West Bengal Assembly Thursday, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari sought to link the warehouse collapse in Kolkata s Taratala, which led to 15 deaths, to systemic corruption in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), pointing a
Almost 20 years after being forced to leave Kolkata following violent protests over her writing, Bangladesh-born Swedish author Taslima Nasrin is set to return to the city to participate in a literary event on August 1. The programme at the city s Rabindra Sad
The delimitation exercise has begun in West Bengal for the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC). The exercise would add 56 wards to the civic body
Bernadette Szocs held her nerve in a winner-takes-all finale to guide unbeaten Dempo Goa Challengers to a thrilling 8-7 victory over HVR Kolkata ThunderBlades in the Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) Season 7 here on Monday. With the tie locked at 7-7 heading into t
Kolkata Airport Authority has suspended entry to the 136-year-old Gouripur Jama Masjid, also known as the Bankra Mosque, inside Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, and halted prayers at the site citing "operational and security concerns." Airport
Rebel Trinamool Congress leader Ritabrata Banerjee claimed Sunday that the TMC faction led by him, the Ritabrata-TMC , is the real TMC, while citing a purported court order. However, the Mamata Banerjee camp said it was only an interim order and the final verd
Weeks after quitting as the Trinamool Congress (TMC) Rajya Sabha MPs, three former party leaders Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, Sushmita Dev and Prakash Chik Baraik joined the ruling BJP on Thursday. Hours later, the BJP named them as its candidates for the upcoming Raj
Written by Subhosree Modak Kolkata is bracing for a sustained spell of inclement weather between July 10 and July 15, as a favourable monsoon trough and strong moisture incursion from the Bay of Bengal have triggered widespread rain across the region. Accordin
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Kolkata: The France-Morocco quarter-final is a number of things. It is a rematch from four years ago but one round earlier
The alleged mastermind behind the fake international call centre busted in the state capital last week allegedly channelled proceeds of the cyber fraud into real estate ventures in Ahmedabad and his girlfriend s nightclub and salon in Kolkata through hawala ch
On June 20, the district collector of Wayanad Meghashree D R wrote a letter stating that work at the twin tunnel project near Meenakshi area of Kerala s Wayanad district should stop temporarily, until the soil accumulated post-tunnelling is removed from the ar
Written by Subhosree Modak A deep weather system over South Jharkhand and adjoining north interior Odisha has prompted weather alerts across West Bengal, with the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Kolkata, Tuesday warning of heavy rain, thunderstorms, ligh
The Enforcement Directorate conducted searches at five Kolkata locations on Tuesday. This action is part of an ongoing money laundering investigation concerning financial dealings
India s warship-building capability is gaining new speed in modern technology, self-reliance, and self-confidence, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Krishna Swaminathan said on Saturday as the Navy commissioned three frontline platforms INS Dunagiri, INS Sanshodhak
The West Bengal government's SIT is investigating the alleged rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl in Baruipur, South 24 Parganas. Two people have been arrested
Security was tightened outside TMC chief and former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's residence ahead of her proposed visit to Baruipur, where protests have followed after an incident with a minor girl. Central Armed Police Forces were deployed outs
The Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) of North Kolkata recently installed two busts, one of Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee and another of Gopal Mookerjee, on APC Road near Sukiya Street, under the Beliaghata Assembly constituency. The statues were scheduled for a
Once a key face of Mamata Banerjee s women brigade in West Bengal and one of her closest aides, Chandrima Bhattacharya s exit from the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Saturday not only fuels the erosion in the party, but also raises questions over the acceptabilit
Rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) legislators, headed by Ritabrata Banerjee, on Friday occupied the party s multi-storey rented office in Kolkata off the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass, saying they represented the original TMC. Mantu Saha, the property owner, did no
In the BJP s first Budget for West Bengal, Finance Minister Swapan Dasgupta on Monday announced a total allocation of Rs 4.39 lakh crore for 2026-27, headlined by a 20 percentage point increase in the dearness allowance (DA) for government employees to 38%, re