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KOLKATA: State schools have been instructed to sing ‘Vande Mataram‘ in the morning assembly every day before classes start.The school education department notice to institute heads states, “The singing of ‘Vande Mataram’ during morning assembly prayers prior to the start of classes should be made mandatory so that ‘Vande Mataram’ is sung by all students…
Former Panihati MLA Nirmal Ghosh Kolkata: The mother of the RG Kar Medical College rape-murder victim, now Panihati MLA, moved the Sealdah court with her husband on Wednesday, seeking the arrest of former Panihati MLA Nirmal Ghosh, Somnath Das and local Trinamool Congress functionary Sanjib Mukhopadhyay.The family alleged the three tried to destroy evidence in…
Former West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee appeared before the Calcutta high court on Thursday. KOLKATA: Former West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee appeared before the Calcutta high court on Thursday in connection with a PIL alleging post-poll violence in the state, urging the court to “protect…
Former West Bengal chief minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee, wearing a lawyer’s court, arrives at the Calcutta high court. KOLKATA: Former West Bengal chief minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee, wearing a lawyer’s court, arrived at the Calcutta high court to appear before chief justice HC Sujoy Pal, in connection with the post-poll violence…
Kolkata Knight Riders’ skipper Ajinkya Rahane speaks to Sunil Narine. (ANI Photo) With just 11 days left in the league stage of the IPL 2026, the playoff race has opened up dramatically. A late revival from Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings means as many as eight teams are still mathematically alive in the…
KOLKATA: A Calcutta High Court division bench on Tuesday released multiple cases related to the RG Kar rape and murder, citing “heavy roster”. During the hearing, the bench remarked that there would be a judicial commission formed by the state and it would need a detailed hearing then.“Given the heavy roster of this court, we…
Kolkata: Five days after the murder of Chandranath Rath, the personal assistant of Suvendu Adhikari, by gunmen, barely 170 metres from his Madhyamgram residence, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the case and camping in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar has nabbed three persons in connection with the incident. One of the accused has been identified…
KOLKATA: The BJP govt on Monday directed police to ensure loudspeaker sound does not travel beyond religious precincts and that prayer congregations do not block roads and cause inconvenience to the public, except on special occasions.These were among the dozen instructions to senior police officers that also included zero tolerance for illegal coal- and sand-mining,…
Sports promoter Satadru Dutta, who organised Lionel Messi’s India tour, said he regrets hosting the event in Kolkata after the controversy at Salt Lake Stadium during the Argentine star’s visit.The event came under criticism after Messi left the stadium within 25 minutes amid crowd-control issues and security concerns. Dutta said he never expected the situation…
KOLKATA: A day after the swearing-in ceremony, BJP MLAs Agnimitra Paul, Dilip Ghosh and Tapas Roy on Sunday sought to debunk the party’s alleged aversion to non-veg food by holding a ‘fish festival’ in several parts of the city, in which BJP workers took part in large numbers. The netas and workers savoured pieces of…
