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Waste-to-charcoal plant to debut in Puja, KMC eyes citywide rollout

Kolkata, Sept. 15 -- Tala Pratyay Club in North Kolkata has set up an eco-friendly solid waste treatment plant that converts local waste into charcoal. The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will mon... Read More


Metro mulls induction of 800 add'l security staff

Kolkata, Sept. 15 -- The Kolkata Metro Railway has announced that it is actively considering the induction of 800 additional security personnel in response to growing concerns over passenger safety fo... Read More


State to frame plan for moving Buxa Hills crops to plains

Kolkata, Sept. 15 -- The Agricultural Marketing department will soon draw up a plan for transporting premium-quality ginger, cardamom and sweet potato grown in the Buxa Hills of Alipurduar to the plai... Read More


Blue Line services briefly hit on Monday

Kolkata, Sept. 15 -- Metro services on the Blue Line (Dakshineswar-Shahid Khudiram) were briefly affected around noon on Monday after a problem was reported between Noapara and Dum Dum. One train fro... Read More


'Modi visits Bengal in poll season only'

Kolkata, Sept. 15 -- On a day PM Modi inaugurated the 16th Combined Commanders' Conference (CCC) at the Eastern Command headquarters of the Army at Vijay Durg, the erstwhile Fort William, the ruling T... Read More


'Sukanta's convoy stopped at airport as per PM's security protocol'

Kolkata, Sept. 15 -- Union minister Sukanta Majumdar's convoy was denied entry into the VVIP zone of Kolkata airport on Monday while he was on his way to see off PM Modi. He then stepped out of his ve... Read More


Mamata pays tribute to Sarat Chandra on his birth anniv

Kolkata, Sept. 15 -- Marking the anniversary of 'Kotha Shilpi' Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that her government has sanctioned Rs 1.82 crore for renovating h... Read More


TMC MP assures support to families of Birbhum victims 'pushed back' to B'desh

Kolkata, Sept. 15 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Samirul Islam, on Monday, met the family members of those victims from Birbhum who were allegedly "pushed back" to Bangladesh. Islam has assured their ... Read More


Abhishek holds organisational meets with Purulia and Birbhum leaders

Kolkata, Sept. 15 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee held two back-to-back organisational meetings, one with the leaders from Purulia and the second with the core... Read More


Jadavpur Univ student's death: Murder case registered after plaint by father

Kolkata, Sept. 15 -- In a major development in the Jadavpur University (JU) student Anamika Mondal's unnatural death case, police on Monday registered a murder case following a complaint by her father... Read More