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State eyes toy manufacturing hub in Asansol, says minister

Kolkata, Sept. 3 -- Bengal is considering offering land in Asansol for a toy manufacturing hub, state labour and law minister Moloy Ghatak announced on Wednesday. Speaking at a session titled "Toy In... Read More


'College autonomy can't extend to imposing ideological conformity'

Kolkata, Sept. 3 -- The Calcutta High Court has ruled that a college's autonomy cannot be stretched to reject a candidate recommended by the West Bengal College Service Commission (WBCSC) on grounds o... Read More


Polba: Two booked for extorting bizman

Kolkata, Sept. 3 -- Two youths have been arrested by Polba police for extorting a businessman while impersonating police officers. The accused, identified as Soumyadip Santra and Pratap Ghosh, were p... Read More


WBJEE felicitation ceremony honours academic excellence

Kolkata, Sept. 3 -- Education technology company PhysicsWallah (PW) organised a grand felicitation ceremony in Kolkata to honour the exceptional achievements of Bengal students in WBJEE and other majo... Read More


Kolkata Metro segregates Yellow & Blue lines to ease congestion after Kavi Subhash closure

Kolkata, Sept. 3 -- Just a week after the Yellow Line (Airport-Noapara) began commercial operations on August 25, Metro Railway has segregated it from the Blue Line (Noapara-Shahid Khudiram) to reduce... Read More


TMC flags 'unusual' revenue jump in firm headed by Nitin Gadkari's son in past one yr

Kolkata, Sept. 3 -- The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday raised a question on the hike in revenue of CIAN Agro Industries & Infrastructure in the past one year. Trinamool Congress on social medi... Read More


Malda migrant worker 'savagely beaten in Odisha'

Kolkata, Sept. 3 -- In another incident of atrocity, a Bengali speaking migrant worker from Bengal's Malda district was badly beaten up in BJP-ruled Odisha. The victim's feet were badly injured. Trin... Read More


Exhibitions remember Uttam Kumar on his 99th birth anniv

Kolkata, Sept. 3 -- When Uttam Kumar smiled, the audience smiled with him. When he romanced Suchitra Sen in classics like 'Saptapadi' and 'Harano Sur', love itself seemed to fill the air. And when he ... Read More


Rainfall becomes the new 'asur' for artisans of Kumartuli

KOLKATA, Sept. 3 -- Pedestal fans whirr beside half-finished Durga idols, trying to dry the stubborn clay. Huge plastic sheets drape over the goddesses, shielding them from the rain. On Wednesday, at ... Read More


Illegal entry, fake identity: 3 B'deshi nationals arrested

Darjeeling, Sept. 3 -- Three Bangladeshi nationals, who had illegally entered India and started living in the country under false identities, were arrested by the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) near the In... Read More