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.
Trinamul Congress has alleged that the police observer in South 24-Parganas is visiting the houses and misbehaving with women in absence of the male members of the family.
Loudspeakers blared instructions to polling officers and security officers, who have gathered from nearby polling stations at Kolkata’s more than a century-old St Lawrence School, for last-minute instructions.
The final phase of the keenly-watched West Bengal Assembly elections on 142 seats will on Wednesday test the fate of around 1,448 candidates, including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee — engaged in the mother of all elections with BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, who in 2021 Assembly elections had defeated her in Nandigram, her bastion.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced a major development push for Sikkim, including plans to enhance connectivity and tourism infrastructure, while addressing the closing ceremony of the state’s 50th year of statehood celebrations in Gangtok. He asserted that the “new generation of Sikkim reflects true patriotism.”
In a reflective final outreach before campaigning ended on Monday for the second phase of West Bengal’s crucial Assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned to the written word, releasing an open letter that fused political messaging with personal reflection, invoking both faith and civic duty to make his closing pitch to voters.
