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Singer Arijit Singh performed his first live show in Kolkata just days after announcing his decision to step away from playback singing. Several videos and photographs from the concert, held on Sunday at the Netaji Indoor Stadium, surfaced on social media, showing the singer sharing the stage with sitar maestro Anoushka Shankar.In one of the…
Bengal Congress senior netas meet Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi on Thursday KOLKATA: Snapping its decade-old alliance ties with the Left Front, Congress on Thursday decided to “go it alone” in the 2026 Bengal assembly polls and fight in all 294 seats, setting the stage for a four-cornered contest.Putting to rest speculation…
NEW DELHI: A Turkish Airlines flight’s made an emergency landing in Kolkata after its right engine caught fire minutes after take-off from Kathmandu airport on Wednesday. The plane had 236 people on board, including 11 crew members.“The Turkish Airlines with flight number ‘THY-727’ caught fire within four minutes of the take off, the right engine…
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KOLKATA: Two days before her meeting with chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, CM Mamata Banerjee on Saturday shot off another letter to Kumar — her 6th since the Nov 4 SIR rollout — questioning EC’s intent in saddling Bengal with 8,100 “illegally appointed” micro-observers, who she claimed, are manipulating voter data.Bengal is the only state…
Trinamool leader Abhishek Banerjee hit back at Home Minister Amit Shah’s criticism regarding a fire tragedy, drawing parallels to other incidents and questioning the PM’s accountability. KOLKATA: If home minister Amit Shah blames CM Mamata Banerjee for the fire tragedy in Anandapur, then PM Nar-endra Modi is equally responsible for the Goa nightclub blaze a…
File photo: Union home minister Amit Shah (Picture credit: IANS) NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday mounted a sharp offensive against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, alleging that her government has failed to protect women, people and land in the state, while allowing corruption and infiltration to flourish for electoral gains.Addressing…
KOLKATA: Calcutta high court has directed Bengal govt to hand over to BSF by March 31 land parcels earmarked and paid for by the Union govt across nine border districts for a project to secure the porous India-Bangladesh boundary with barbed-wire fencing.The order came on a PIL filed by a former Deputy Chief of Army…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday condoled the loss of lives in the devastating fire at two godowns in Kolkata’s Anandapur area and announced ex-gratia assistance for the victims from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund.In a statement, the PMO said, “The recent fire mishap in Anandapur, West Bengal is very tragic and…
Police in Kolkata have arrested manager Raja Chakraborty and deputy manager Manoranjan Sheet of Wow! Momos following a massive fire in the Anandapur area of South 24 Parganas, on the outskirts of Kolkata. KOLKATA: Kolkata Police on Friday arrested manager Raja Chakraborty and deputy manager Manoranjan Sheet of Wow! Momo following a massive fire in…
