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MURSHIDABAD: Suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir laid foundation stone for ”Babri Masjid-style” mosque in West Bengal”s Murshidabad on Saturday.Kabir cut a ceremonial ribbon alongside visiting clerics on the dais as slogans of “Nara-e-Takbeer, Allahu Akbar” were raised at the venue, where thousands had gathered since morning.The foundation-laying ceremony took place under a heavy security blanket,…
KOLKATA: Security has been stepped up in Murshidabad district, West Bengal, ahead of a controversial foundation-laying event of ‘Babri Mosque’ planned by suspended Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir.On Saturday, Kabir told reporters, “All is well. Wait until it’s 12 noon; the reading of the Quran will begin then. After that, the foundation stone will be…
KOLKATA: Security has been tightened in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district ahead of a contentious foundation-laying ceremony planned by suspended Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir, who has announced he will inaugurate a structure named “Babri Masjid” in Beldanga on Saturday. Safiqul Islam, a resident of Uttar Barasat, was seen carrying bricks on his head, saying his…
Gold prices slipped while silver futures gained on Thursday amid mixed global trends and weak US economic data, prompting cautious sentiment among investors.On the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), gold futures for December delivery fell by Rs 88, or 0.07 per cent, to Rs 1,30,374 per 10 grams in a business turnover of 13,122 lots.However, silver…
TMC suspends Murshidabad MLA Humayun Kabir over Babri Masjid remark KOLKATA: West Bengal’s political temperature spiked on Thrusday after the Trinamool Congress suspended its Murshidabad MLA Humayun Kabir, after he reiterated that he would go ahead with a December 6 ‘shilanyas’ for a mosque modelled on the Babri Masjid in Murshidabad — despite Raj Bhawan’s…
KOLKATA: A 28-year-old woman has filed a police complaint alleging physical assault and molestation inside a moving car for close to an hour after being forced into the vehicle while she was waiting for a bus near Ambedkar Setu around 9 pm on Friday.Police found her heavily drugged and abandoned in the Maidan area and…
S Jaishankar at a felicitation ceremony at IIM Calcutta KOLKATA: External affairs minister (EAM) S Jaishankar said on Saturday that the world was looking beyond the US and China to other countries and blocs for trade and energy as they try to hedge against contingencies.Calling the US the “long-time underwriter of the contemporary system”, Jaishankar…
What ISI Bill 2025 means for ISI Kolkata. Image credit: isical.ac.in In September, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) put the draft Indian Statistical Institute Bill, 2025 into the public domain. What followed was not routine academic commentary but a coordinated pushback from faculty, staff and students across the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI)…
Gold prices surged on Tuesday in the futures trade, tracking firm global cues as expectations of a US Federal Reserve rate cut next month gained further momentum after dovish comments from top officials. The optimism pushed bullion higher for the third straight session, with traders increasing their bets on easier monetary policy.On the Multi Commodity…
KOLKATA: On November 14, a Boeing 737-200 aircraft that was lying idle at Kolkata airport for over 13 years finally rolled out and headed to Bengaluru on a tractor trailer, where it will be used for the training of maintenance engineers. This was the 14th defunct aircraft cleared from the airport’s grounds in the past…
