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Preview show of Durga Puja 2025 launched

KOLKATA, Sept. 18 -- In a city where art complements faith, Kolkata on Thursday witnessed the inauguration of massArt's Autumn Art Fair 2025 and the Preview Show 2025 Of Durga Puja Art (PSDPA), markin... Read More


State govt mulls use of recycled plastic for bricks & paver blocks

Kolkata, Sept. 18 -- State Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Pradip Kumar Mazumdar on Thursday urged officials of his department to explore the use of bricks and paver blocks made from recycled... Read More


City gears up for Puja with themes of heritage, freedom fighters, folk art

Kolkata, Sept. 18 -- With barely a week to go before Bengal's biggest carnival, Durga Puja, the city is ready to soak in festive spirit with organisers crafting diverse themes for their pandals, rangi... Read More


B'desh sends 100 metric tonnes of Hilsa to Bengal

Kolkata, Sept. 18 -- The first consignment of Hilsa from Bangladesh has finally reached Bengal. About 100 metric tonnes of the prized fish, popularly known as Ilish, arrived in two phases through the ... Read More


JU death: Cops focus on CCTV footage, 3D mapping of site likely

Kolkata, Sept. 18 -- The homicide squad of Kolkata Police is likely to question several individuals spotted in CCTV footage near the lake inside Jadavpur University (JU) in connection with the mysteri... Read More


Health body raps Narayana Hosp after doc crushes patient's phone

Kolkata, Sept. 18 -- The West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission (WBCERC) on Thursday came across a unique case in which a doctor who went to Narayana Superspecialty Hospital in Howra... Read More


HC seeks report on Murshidabad riot relief

Kolkata, Sept. 18 -- The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the West Bengal government to submit within a week a report on steps taken to reconstruct houses damaged during the April 2025 protest... Read More


FICCI summit: Of family, legacy & more

Kolkata, Sept. 18 -- Are family businesses more sustainable? Do banks feel more secure lending to them? How do they preserve their legacy? These questions took centre stage at the second edition of FI... Read More


High Court commutes death sentence to life in double murder

Kolkata, Sept. 18 -- The Calcutta High Court has upheld convictions in a double-homicide but spared the convict from the gallows, commuting his death sentence to life imprisonment with no remission un... Read More


UCO Bank holds FinTech & Cybersecurity Hackathon 2025-26

Kolkata, Sept. 18 -- UCO Bank, in partnership with the Indian Institute of Engineering Science & Technology (IIEST), Shibpur, successfully hosted the FinTech & Cybersecurity Hackathon 2025-26, an init... Read More