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New Delhi, April 6 Bollywood actor Jackie Shroff paid tribute to the late Bengali star Suchitra Sen on her 95th birth anniversary.Born on April 6, 1931, as Roma Dasgupta, the actor died on January 17, 2014, in Kolkata due to a heart attack following a respiratory infection.Shroff shared a...

April 06, Kolkata: The Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings are set to face off in today's Indian Premier League 2026 match at the legendary Eden Gardens in Kolkata, continuing one of the league's most exciting rivalries.Their encounters in recent seasons have delivered drama and...

Kolkata, April 5 Congress candidate Mohtab Sheikh, whose name had been placed in the "adjudication cases" column of the final electoral roll on February 28, was a happy man on Sunday evening after a tribunal ordered that his name be reinstated.A relieved Sheikh told reporters, "Justice has...

Kolkata, April 5 The Election Commission has suspended the officer-in-charge (OC) of the Kasba police station in Kolkata for allegedly failing to include the name of a known criminal in the list of offenders ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, an EC official said on Sunday evening.The...

Balasore (Odisha), April 5 The Odisha police have registered an FIR regarding the death of actor Rahul Arunoday Banerjee, who allegedly drowned during the filming of a Bengali television serial at Talsari beach in the Balasore district, officials said on Sunday.Banerjee, 43, drowned on March...

Kolkata, April 5 Police recovered approximately ₹38 lakh in cash from a vehicle in the Tollygunje area of Kolkata on Sunday, officials said.The cash was seized from an SUV parked near Plywood House More on N S C Bose Road in the Netajinagar area, a senior Kolkata Police officer said.The...

Kolkata, April 5 Senior Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday accused the Narendra Modi government of withholding the state's dues for the past five years, aiming to make the poor people of West Bengal go hungry in order to vote the TMC to power in successive assembly elections...

Kolkata, April 5 Dilip Ghosh, a senior leader of the West Bengal BJP and the party's candidate from the Kharagpur Sadar constituency, has declared total assets of around Rs 2 crore, up from his net worth of Rs 1.82 crore disclosed during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, which he unsuccessfully...

Kolkata, April 4 – The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) arrested Reshma Bibi, the wife of alleged drug trafficking kingpin Sheikh Munir, in Kolkata on Saturday, and seized drugs worth approximately ₹50 crore, officials said.Investigators said the arrest was made following a raid in the Ekbalpur...

Lahore, April 4 Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif warned India on Saturday that it would retaliate with a strike in Kolkata if India engaged in any "future misadventures.""If India attempts to stage a false flag operation this time, then, God willing, we will respond in Kolkata," Asif...

New Delhi, April 4 A new novel seeks to shed light on the plight of gig workers in Kolkata, the challenges they face with limited rights and protection, and how they are often forced to accept poor working conditions.Ashoke Mukhopadhyay's "No. 1, Akashganga Lane: The First Novel about the Gig...

Kolkata, April 4 Services along the North-South corridor of the Kolkata Metro were disrupted for 20 minutes on Saturday after a 40-year-old woman attempted suicide at the Kalighat station, a Metro spokesperson said.The incident occurred at 1:06 pm, and the woman, who had jumped onto the...

Kolkata, April 4 The ruling TMC on Saturday announced election committees for 29 assembly constituencies in six districts.Committees were announced for the constituencies of Panskura Purba, Moyna, Nandakumar, Mahisadal, and Haldia in Purba Medinipur.The party also named committees for Haroa...

Kolkata, April 3 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced on Friday the suspension of a joint block development officer (BDO), who was also the assistant returning officer (ARO), in the East Burdwan district of West Bengal, on charges of gross dereliction of duty.The officer in...

Kolkata, April 3 Authorities have postponed the interview process for candidates who qualified in the 2022 Primary Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) in the wake of the ongoing election process, an official said on Friday.The written examination was held on December 11, 2022, and the written test...

Kolkata, April 3 App-based bus commute service provider Cityflo will launch shuttle operations in Kolkata from April 6 with around 300 buses, days after ride-hailing platform Uber discontinued that service in the city from Friday, offering an alternative option for office-goers, a company...

New Delhi, April 3 – Former Indian cricketer Wasim Jaffer has raised concerns about national boards restricting overseas all-rounders in franchise leagues, citing Australian all-rounder Cameron Green's lack of bowling as a key example in the ongoing 2026 Indian Premier League.Green, who was...

Kolkata, April 2 Police arrested at least 17 people on Thursday, including a poll candidate, for their alleged involvement in the gherao of seven judicial officials in Malda district, West Bengal, over the deletion of names from the electoral rolls, a senior officer said.Maulana Shahjahan Ali...

Kolkata, April 2 Police on Thursday registered an FIR against several people, including two TMC councillors, for allegedly gathering unlawfully and defying police instructions near the state election office here, a senior officer said."An FIR has been lodged against multiple people for...

Kolkata, April 2 The Election Commission has processed nearly 49.63 lakh voter records so far as part of the ongoing Systematic Area Verification (SAV) of electoral rolls, officials said on Thursday.The seventh supplementary list was released on Wednesday evening, although the exact number of...