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Bhutia also made a sarcastic comment on the standard of competition and said India could still make the semifinals if they send their second or third rung teams. (Photo: AFP)

Former football skipper Bhutia backs MS Dhoni's batting approach in World Cup

The Indian football team's second-highest scorer urged the International Cricket Council to undertake "serious efforts" to spread the game.

04 Jul 2019 7:05 PM

Shankar, who started his career as a clerk to the last British barrister of the Calcutta High Court, Noel Frederick Barwell, will now take up the reins as the new Sheriff of Kolkata, a coveted post under Calcutta High Court and appointed by the Governor of Bengal. (Photo: Facebook)

Eminent author Sankar takes over as new Sheriff of Kolkata

Sankar’s first book around Law Court began shortly after Barwell’s demise in 1953 following a heart attack in Madras while arguing a case.

04 Jul 2019 5:11 PM

According to reports, the helmetless biker hit a senior citizen on Syed Amir Ali Avenue in front of Quest Mall. (Photo: Representational)

Biker flees after hitting pedestrian, drags cop for 100 metres

Tapan Orang, who suffered serious injuries on his hands and legs in the incident, is currently recuperating at a police hospital.

03 Jul 2019 1:47 PM

Kumar was asked to surrender his passport while granting bail. (Photo: File)

Saradha scam: HC extends interim bail of IPS officer Rajeev Kumar

Kumar headed the Special Investigation Team that investigated the Saradha scam before the Central Bureau of Investigation took charge.

02 Jul 2019 7:13 PM

Jahan, who got married to a Kolkata-based businessman and was heavily trolled for wearing vermilion and sporting a 'mangalsutra' at her oath-taking ceremony.(Photo: File)

ISKCON sends Rathayatra invitatioUnfazed with trolls, Nusrat Jahan accepts ISKCON temple's Rathyatra invitationn to TMC MP Nusrat Jahan

Thanking the actor for accepting the invitation, an ISKCON official said,a she was 'really showing the road forward'.

02 Jul 2019 1:35 PM

'Today is World #SocialMediaDay. Social media should be used for the good of mankind. It must not misused by anyone to spread dangerous #fakenews and misinformation,' she tweeted. (Photo: File)

Social media must not be used to spread fake news: Mamata Banerjee

On world Social Media Day, Banerjee also said that social media should not be used to spread fake news and misinformation.

30 Jun 2019 1:14 PM

West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh lashed out at the West Bengal government, saying that it had ordered the construction of dining rooms in state-run schools in Cooch Behar district which had more than 70 per cent students from minority communities. (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

Another conspiracy: BJP slams WB govt over school dining rooms with ‘70 pc Muslims'

West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh questioned whether there was any 'malafide motive' behind the 'segregation'.

28 Jun 2019 3:25 PM

Speaking during the debate on the governor's address in the state assembly, she said the BJP is trying to run a parallel government in the state and parties like the Congress and the CPI(M) should join hands with the TMC to fight against it. (Photo: File)

Mamata urges Cong, left in WB to fight against BJP; Oppn deny

The Trinamool Congress supremo said all the 23 opposition parties should unitedly fight against malfunctioning of EVMs.

27 Jun 2019 12:21 PM

Trinamul Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee

Mamata Banerjee seeks help of CPM, Congress

The West Bengal chief minister made the offer to the CPI(M) and the Congress while speaking in the state Assembly on Wednesday.

27 Jun 2019 2:07 AM

Earlier in the day, TMC supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged that the BJP is ‘liable for Bhatpara’. (Photo: ANI)

TMC delegates to visit Bhatpara on June 28 to take stock of post-violence situation

On June 20, clashes broke out between two groups suspected to be affiliated to the ruling TMC and the BJP in Bhatpara.

26 Jun 2019 8:46 PM

‘Sometimes, she cannot control her emotions. Something triggers and she wants to cause harm to her. And when she does that she get relief,’ the vice principal said. (Photo: ANI)

Class 10 girl in Kolkata tries to slit wrist inside school washroom

Vice Principal Sudeshna Banerjee said that the girl when questioned told she is undergoing psychiatric treatment and was under medication.

26 Jun 2019 8:16 PM

Speaking to ANI, Mamata said that she has personally spoken to the victims who were allegedly thrown out of the train. (Photo: ANI)

WB CM to give Rs 50,000 compensation to men who were pushed off moving train

The men were attacked and pushed off for not chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’.

26 Jun 2019 8:08 PM

Banerjee further stated that the Opposition parties need to come together against the BJP. (Photo: ANI)

'BJP ran parallel administration in WB during LS polls,' says Mamata Banerjee

Banerjee went on to add that '2019 election was not a real election'.

26 Jun 2019 6:19 PM

The decision to create this platform had been triggered and accelerated by the sheer number of incidents of unfair labour practices, which cannot be resisted by the IT employees individually, said a spokesman of FITE. (Photo: Pixabay | Representational Image)

Kolkata IT employees plan to form trade union

FITE has already applied for registration as proposed trade union for IT, ITeS, BPO and KPO industries operating in West Bengal.

26 Jun 2019 3:46 PM

Gem and jewellery industry approached govt for reduction in customs duty on gold in the Union Budget for the fiscal 2019-20.

Gem and jewellery industry seeks lower customs duty on gold

The council has also urged the government to allow EMI purchases of jewellery, which the RBI currently does not allow.

24 Jun 2019 6:02 PM

This is for the second time that the company promoters were divesting their stakes.

Emami promoters further divests stake to pare debt

The total promoter stake in Emami Limited subsequent to the stake sale, stands at a controlling majority of 52.74 per cent.

24 Jun 2019 5:05 PM

Socialist Unity Centre of India (Marxist) or the SUCI were protesting outside Raj Bhavan in Kolkata. (Photo: ANI)

SUCI in Kolkata protests over deaths of children in Muzaffarpur

Police has detained SUCI members who were protesting outside Raj Bhavan over deaths of children in Bihar due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome.

24 Jun 2019 2:36 PM

A TMC citadel for long, Bhatpara has been witnessing frequent post-poll violence between the rival parties. (Photo: File)

BJP acts like a terrorist organisation; imports goons: TMC

The TMC said that the BJP was spreading communal violence in the state as it was in a great hurry to capture power.

24 Jun 2019 9:31 AM

Led by former Union minister and Bardhaman-Durgapur MP S S Ahluwalia, other members of the delegation were newly-elected MPs and former police officers Satyapal Singh and B D Ram. (Photo: ANI twitter)

BJP delegation visits Bengal's Bhatpara, claims police firing killed 2

The BJP leadership had also demanded a CBI probe into the incident.

22 Jun 2019 8:56 PM

Police resorted to firing teargas shells to bring the situation under control. The injured have been admitted to a private hospital in the area. (Photo: Representative image)

Priority is to ensure law and order, action will be taken when required: WB police

Local authorities in Bhatpara and Jagatdal imposed Section 144 after one man died and four others were injured in clashes.

22 Jun 2019 2:40 PM

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