Eight days after a mob attack during Kolkata’s Gita Path event, patty seller Sheikh Riyajul remains traumatised and jobless. His Rs 3,000 earnings were destroyed, and the five accused walked free on bail. With no help from authorities or society, fear and financial pressure may force him to return.
ECI draft electoral rolls show 58 lakh voter deletions in West Bengal. Data and independent analysis suggest non-Muslims, particularly Matuas and non-Bengali voters, are more affected. The findings challenge claims that voter exclusions under the SIR exercise primarily target Muslim infiltrators.
Born during the 2020 COVID lockdown in Kolkata’s Topsia, SR Foundation grew from a Rs 7,500 hunger-relief effort into a multi-state humanitarian NGO. From cyclone relief in Bengal to Punjab floods, members ensured transparency by even paying travel costs themselves so every donated rupee reached victims.
A multidisciplinary study tour by Aliah University highlighted microplastic damage to mangroves, the urgent need for community radio, cultural insights including Arabic linguistic influence, and climate-driven challenges like species shift and soil loss. Researchers stressed mangrove restoration, resilient embankments and rainwater harvesting as essential adaptation measures.
Kolkata/Dhaka: Even as the first batch of 167 medical students from Jammu & Kashmir stranded in Bangladesh were airlifted from Dhaka, under Operation Vande...
Kolkata: About 40 healthcare workers, including interns, were exposed to a suspected Covid-19 patient in the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department but the head of...
Kolkata: A CBSE-affiliated school in south Kolkata has hiked its fees for the academic session 2020-21.
DAV Public School in Taratala has hiked admission fees...
Birbhum/Kolkata: With Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s orders that the lockdown in Bengal will be strict but humane, the state’s police force has the task...