If all goes as planned, Prime Minister Narendra Modi could give a green signal to at least three railway projects in West Bengal during his two-day visit to the state on 20 and 21 June.
The chief minister explained the rationale behind the exercise, saying while some wards have over 40,000 to 50,000 voters, the electorate count in some other wards is only around 8,000 to 10,000.
The Institute of Engineering & Management (IEM), Kolkata, and the University of Engineering & Management (UEM), in association with SMART Society USA, successfully concluded the 2026 edition of their flagship Study Abroad Program (SAP), International Internship Initiative, and the Smart Edge & Neuromorphic Systems Conference (SENSE-SG 2026) in Singapore.
The police had issued a third notice against Biswas requiring him to appear at the police station within 48 hours. Biswas had skipped the earlier two summons issued against him in connection with the 'Messi fiasco'.
The Asansol Dakshin MLA expressed suspicion about the timing of this entire political development within the TMC camp.
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday sought a report from the Sanjiv Goenka-owned private power generation-cum-distribution utility, CESC Ltd, on multiple electrocution deaths in and around Kolkata.
The Meteorological office on Thursday said that a new low-pressure area is developing over the Bay of Bengal, which will bring rain to Kolkata from Saturday.
Since January this year, there have been several incidents of suicide at IIT Kharagpur in West Bengal, one of the premier institutes of the country.
During Durga Puja days (Panchami to Dashami) the Metro Railway, Kolkata will operate total 3021 number of special Metro services over it’s Blue, Green, Purple and Yellow Lines.
A series of attacks on Hindu idols and pandals in Bangladesh by irate mobs ahead of the Durga Puja festival has triggered concern in West Bengal, with political parties like BJP, monks and Hindu organisations staging a protest outside the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata on yesterday afternoon.
