Nirmal Bangla: South 24 Pgns to have over 7.52 lakh toilets
23 Dec 2016 5:47 AM ISTSouth 24 Parganas will have over 7.52 lakh toilets under Nirmal Bangla Mission, which is the country’s first district to have the highest number of...
Car which aided Netaji’s Great Escape set for overhaul
14 Dec 2016 5:36 AM ISTThe historic German car Wanderer which helped Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose flee his country in 1941 is given a thorough overhauling by auto giant Audi...
To ensure jute bags’ quality, Textile Ministry steps up vigil
8 Dec 2016 5:40 AM ISTThe ministry of Textiles has decided that all jute B-T Will sacking bags must have the quality fixed by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BSI) and Jute...
City gets first ever pet-friendly restaurant in Tollygunge
3 Nov 2016 5:17 AM ISTWith the concept of pet-friendly restaurants hitting off in big cities, Kolkata gets its first pet friendly restaurant, The Love Room, which has come...
HIDCO plans to set up habitat building for senior citizens in New Town
31 Oct 2016 3:07 AM ISTAt a time when parental neglect by children has taken an alarming turn with the news of torture inflicted on them appearing on media almost daily,...
Project Muslin evokes great response among domestic, foreign buyers
25 Oct 2016 5:06 AM ISTProject Muslin, an initiative taken by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to revive the state’s highly acclaimed fabric for centuries has evoked great...
CM to give away 1L cycles in West Midnapore, Bankura
22 Oct 2016 6:18 AM ISTChief Minister Mamata Banerjee will distribute 1 lakh bicycles among the students of Classes IX of state-run, aided and sponsored schools in West...
House where Sister Nivedita started girls’ school to reopen on her 150th birth anniversary
8 Oct 2016 7:00 AM ISTHectic work is on to complete restoration of the building at 16 A, Bosepara Lane in North Kolkata, where Sister Nivedita stayed before her...
Illegal buildings on slum lands cause of concern for KMC
4 Oct 2016 6:24 AM ISTThe Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is concerned over the unauthorised buildings that have come up on basti lands in the past three decades during...
Gandhiji’s rare letters seeking pardon for INA activists on death row recovered
30 Sept 2016 6:46 AM ISTThe letters have been published in the Bengali book ‘Phasir Mancha Theke Phire’, written by Jyotish Chandra Basu, one of the four accused, and will be...
82-year-old Sohini Devi decides to observe Santhara, ‘win over death’
29 Sept 2016 5:47 AM ISTSohini Devi Dugar (82), owing to her determination to mark a victory over death, has risen over being just an ordinary elderly Jain woman suffering...
Govt mulls introducing floating markets
28 Sept 2016 7:02 AM ISTThe West Bengal Housing and Infrastructure Development Corporation (WBHIDCO) is considering a proposal to improve the waterfront beside the Biswa...
