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5.4 magnitude earthquake jolts Bangladesh; tremors felt in Kolkata, surrounding areas
27 Feb 2026 1:30 PM ISTKolkata: Tremors were felt in Kolkata and adjacent districts of West Bengal on Friday afternoon, after an earthquake of 5.5 magnitude on the Richter...
More than 84 lakh apply for Bengal’s ‘Yuva Sathi’ scheme
27 Feb 2026 12:48 AM ISTKolkata: In an overwhelming response, more than 84 lakh applications under the Yuba Sathi scheme had been received till Thursday.Of these, over 65...
Bengal polls: 240 companies of central forces to be deployed from March 1
27 Feb 2026 12:48 AM ISTKolkata: The Election Commission of India has finalised a district-wise plan for the initial deployment of 240 companies of central armed paramilitary...
ECI to publish draft voter list on Feb 28, marking verification status
27 Feb 2026 12:47 AM ISTKolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) will publish the draft voters’ list for Bengal on February 28 in compliance with directions from the...
Bengal approves govt jobs for kin of 61 people who died due to SIR-related anxiety
27 Feb 2026 12:47 AM ISTKolkata: The state Cabinet has approved a provision of government jobs to the families of those who allegedly died during the ongoing Special...
Scheduled Caste belts: State plans smart classrooms in 358 schools
27 Feb 2026 12:42 AM ISTKolkata: For hundreds of students in Scheduled Caste-concentrated pockets of Bengal — many of them first-generation learners — the traditional...
State partners with IIP for specialised GI product packaging
27 Feb 2026 12:42 AM ISTKolkata: The state MSME and Textiles department has tied up with Indian Institute of Packaging (IIP) for facilitating the Geographical Indication (GI)...
Himadri Chemical starts world’s largest speciality carbon black line
27 Feb 2026 12:42 AM ISTKolkata: With the start of commercial production at a newly installed 70,000-tonnes-per-annum speciality carbon black line, Himadri Speciality...
Victim’s silence before doctors no ground for acquittal: Cal HC in child rape case
27 Feb 2026 12:41 AM ISTKolkata: The Calcutta High Court has upheld the life sentence of a man convicted of raping a nine-year-old, holding that a traumatised child’s failure...
Fake Madhyamik question paper racket busted, 3 in custody
27 Feb 2026 12:41 AM ISTKolkata: Bidhannagar City Police has busted a racket circulating fake question papers of Madhyamik Examination 2026 in lieu of money and arrested...
MR Bangur removes 2,000 gallstones from elderly patient
27 Feb 2026 12:41 AM ISTKolkata: MR Bangur hospital in the southern fringes of the city has given a fresh lease of life to a 75-year-old woman from the Regent Park area by...
Fresh bomb hoax creates panic at Brabourne Road, Anandapur passport offices
27 Feb 2026 12:40 AM ISTKolkata: For the third consecutive day, fear spread across the city over a bomb hoax, with fresh incidents reported on Thursday at the Passport Office...
Ethnic Fault Lines
21 Feb 2026 10:13 PM ISTSize, Not Sense
21 Feb 2026 10:12 PM ISTAre You Exhausterwhelmulated?
21 Feb 2026 10:10 PM ISTA Child’s Call to Save the Cheetah
21 Feb 2026 10:08 PM ISTFrom Silence to Assertion
21 Feb 2026 10:07 PM IST
‘Where will actors like me go?’ - Adarsh Gourav’s heartbreaking...
27 Feb 2026 10:23 PM ISTVin Diesel calls 'Sinners' one of the best films of the year
27 Feb 2026 10:19 PM ISTPrakash Jha returns with socio-political thriller ‘Sankalp’
27 Feb 2026 10:14 PM ISTWe were baffled by the response to 'Ikkis'; hope more people watch it...
27 Feb 2026 10:11 PM ISTActors are ‘insecure, not loyal’: Karan Johar
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