Embarkation headquarters Kolkata gets a new commandant
Group Captain Pankaj Upadhyay took over as Commandant, Embarkation Headquarters, Kolkata, today.
Group Captain Pankaj Upadhyay took over as Commandant, Embarkation Headquarters, Kolkata, today.
Doctors in Kolkata say current Covid-19 infections largely resemble the Omicron pattern, with mild symptoms in most cases, though elderly people and those with underlying illnesses remain vulnerable.
The exiled Bangladeshi writer accused sections of the Left of hypocrisy and appeasement politics, while maintaining that her return to Kolkata has been organised by a secular organisation and not any political party.
Attention all hagglers of Gariahat. Yes, those of you who pride themselves on negotiating prices down till the vendor has slashed them by more than half.
The Kolkata Police have started a fraud case following complaints from Lok Bhavan that a caller was contacting various officials from a particular mobile number impersonating Governor RN Ravi.
Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on his way to Mejia in Bankura yesterday had met with the local MLAs of West Burdwan district at Andal and called all the nine legislatures to Kolkata on 22 July for an urgent meeting.
Every village has a story of its own. This story in Habichak is about a dream. That dream gave birth to a tradition, which is now 100 years old. Nearly a century ago, zamindar Promoth Nath Kar went to Puri with his mother.
Jaydeep Saranagi is an academic and a creative writer based in Kolkata. Notes on the Rock of Job Charnock is his latest collection of poetry.
Addressing the exhibition, the minister said Bengal has enormous potential in jackfruit cultivation and stressed that scientific research, modern farming techniques and better market connectivity would be crucial to take the sector forward.
The West Bengal government will develop a heritage religious tourism circuit at Garh Jungle in the West Burdwan district, modelled after the Kashi Vishwanath Temple circuit.
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