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New Delhi, March 12 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Assam and West Bengal over the next two days – Friday and Saturday – to attend various programmes and launch major development initiatives aimed at strengthening connectivity and infrastructure in the region, government officials said...

Kolkata, March 12 Hours after taking oath as the 22nd governor of West Bengal, RN Ravi on Thursday paid tributes to the state's spiritual and cultural heritage and vowed to serve its people with "utmost devotion".Ravi, a former IPS officer, was administered the oath by Calcutta High Court...

Kolkata, March 12 Abhinan Sanjeev of Tamil Nadu, ranked 22nd in the country, continued his impressive run as he defeated Rohan Mehra 7-6 (4) 7-5 to reach the quarterfinals in the Central Excise & CGST ITF M25 Kolkata 2026 tournament, here on Thursday.However, the campaign ended for the...

New Delhi, March 12 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit West Bengal on Saturday, during which he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stones of multiple development projects worth around Rs 18,680 crore in Kolkata.An official statement said that these initiatives "reflect the Central...

Kolkata, March 12 – The Trinamool Congress strongly criticised the sudden increase in the price of cooking gas in the country on Thursday, linking the development to the US-Iran conflict in West Asia.At a press conference held at Trinamool Bhavan in Kolkata, state minister Chandrima...

Kolkata, March 12 Shortages of cooking gas cylinders have begun to affect midday meals in schools across West Bengal, forcing authorities to adopt alternative fuels such as firewood or serve limited food items to students, officials said on Thursday.At Krishnachandrapur High School in South 24...

Kolkata, March 12 Chaos erupted outside the West Bengal Education Department headquarters in Salt Lake on Thursday as hundreds of aspiring candidates from the 2016 panel staged a protest march demanding immediate counseling and recruitment, leading to a tense standoff with police.The...

Dubai, March 12 The last group of South African and West Indian players stranded in India after the T20 World Cup has departed, the ICC announced on Thursday, ending a crisis caused by the closure of Gulf airspace in the wake of the ongoing West Asia conflict.The ongoing conflict threw travel...

Kolkata, March 12 Long queues of auto-rickshaws outside LPG dispensing stations and domestic consumers at local gas agency offices were seen on Thursday in Kolkata and several districts of West Bengal, as government assurances failed to calm panic buying that has sharply pushed up demand for...

Kolkata, March 11 – West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that she would hold an emergency meeting on Thursday amid concerns over the shortage of cooking gas (LPG), particularly for commercial use.Blaming the Central government for "creating this situation", she said that she would...

Kolkata, March 11 – The West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is anticipating a record turnout at the party's mega rally at the Brigade Parade Ground in central Kolkata on March 14, which will be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Preparations are already in full swing at...

Kolkata, March 11 Former Governor CV Ananda Bose described his successor RN Ravi as a "very competent person" on Wednesday and said adopting the "middle path" would be the best approach while dealing with a politically sensitive state like West Bengal.Speaking to

Kolkata, March 11 – A division bench of the Calcutta High Court, led by then Chief Justice T.S. Sivagnanam, recused itself from hearing the R.G. Kar rape and murder case on Wednesday.According to the division bench of Justices Debangshu Basak and Md Shabbar Rashidi, when the matter was...

Kolkata, March 11 – The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned former West Bengal education secretary Manish Jain and expelled Trinamool Congress leader Kuntal Ghosh in connection with the SSC teachers’ recruitment corruption case, sources in the central agency said on Wednesday.Both have...

Kolkata, March 11 Long queues at cooking gas agency offices and at LPG dispensing centers for auto-rickshaws became a common sight in Kolkata and several other places in West Bengal on Wednesday.Officials of the Petroleum Dealers' Association said that petrol and diesel availability was normal...

Chennai, March 11 Outgoing Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi left for Kolkata on Wednesday to assume office in West Bengal, after serving the southern state for over four years.Kerala Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar has been given the additional charge of Tamil Nadu.Ravi was appointed as the...

Kolkata, March 11 – A shortage of commercial LPG cylinders, triggered by disruptions in global oil and gas supplies amid tensions in the Middle East, has begun to affect roadside eateries and small restaurants across Kolkata, forcing many to raise food prices while others fear closure.Along...

Chennai, March 11 – According to industry sources, the unit of director Sundar C's film, "Purushan," starring Vishal, is set to head to Kolkata for its next schedule after completing its current schedule in Chennai.Vishal is currently filming the movie in Chennai. Sources say that the current...

March 11, New Delhi — India is set to host a top international archery competition for the first time in 22 years, with Delhi being awarded the second leg of the Asia Cup in 2027, following approvals from World Archery Asia during a meeting.The decision was finalized after the World Archery...

India is set to host a top international archery competition for the first time in 22 years, with Delhi being awarded the second leg of the Asia Cup in 2027. The country last hosted a major international archery tournament when the Asian Archery Championships were held in Delhi in 2005. The...