West Bengal Minister Jyoti Priya Mallick being taken into custody by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Kolkata on Oct. 27, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI The arrest of West Bengal Minister Jyoti Priya Mallick by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on October 27 over an alleged public distribution system (PDS) scam has sparked a political … Read more
The celebration of the festival will start with a ‘purojit’ (priest) who will officiate the puja (Photo: IE/ Praveen Khanna) Durga Puja Kolkata: The raging COVID-19 has put brakes on this year’s Durga Puja festivities as well. A private hospital, however, in Kolkata decided to bring a touch of Durga Puja festival to a COVID-19 … Read more
(This story originally appeared in on Jul 25, 2021) KOLKATA: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to attend a meeting in New Delhi’s Banga Bhawan during her July 26-30 visit for which senior opposition leaders will be invited, senior TMC leaders said on Saturday. The meeting has been tentatively scheduled on July 28 at 3 … Read more
KOLKATA: There was a 17% drop in attendance among health workers in Bengal on Monday — the second day of vaccination in the state — compared with Saturday, the inaugural day of the countrywide launch of the Covid-19 inoculation drive, primarily because of a malfunctioning Co-WIN app. Though Bengal had targeted to administer the vaccine … Read more