Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday invited international filmmakers to collaborate with West Bengal at the inaugural function of the 30th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) 2024, while also acknowledging and appreciating talented local filmmakers from the state. I welcome everyone to this film festival. We wanted to dedicate this year to our international friends … Read more
December 5, 2024 05:24 IST First published: 5 December 2024 04:50 IST Share it In West Bengal, potatoes are in the grip of a storm – a production shortage has prompted the state. Stop its export to neighboring Jharkhand and OdishaDue to which the prices in those states go up. Bengal, which produces around 90-100 … Read more
‘Dad, when I grow up I’m going to buy a car that no one in the whole street owns. I will make a separate room for both of you on the ground floor’ – cried a 39-year-old man and his 34-year-old wife while sitting in their one-room makeshift house in Vasant Vihar, recalling their son’s … Read more
As Delhi elections approach, the AAP government on Wednesday allocated over Rs 2,500 crore for capital projects in the city, which was earmarked in the budget announcement in March. The Delhi Jal Board (DJB), which is facing a fund crisis, has been given an additional Rs 1,900 crore in the revised budget estimates for the … Read more
After the arrest of ISKCON monk Chinmoy Krishna Das, allegations of continuous torture and humiliation of minorities in Bangladesh, hotels in Malda district on the India-Bangladesh border have decided not to allow Bangladeshi citizens to stay from Wednesday. Indian flag in neighboring country Members of the Malda Hotel Association called a meeting to discuss their … Read more
Amid a spat between the IIT-Khargpur (KGP) administration and its teachers’ union (IITTA), the institute has extended the deadline to December 13 for the IITTA to provide documents supporting its allegations against the institute’s administration. IITTA wrote to the Union Education Ministry in September, accusing the institute of “nepotism”, “arbitrary” recruitment and other irregularities. It … Read more
Dec 5, 2024 04:55 IST First published: 5 December 2024 at 04:55 IST Share it A presidential pardon in America — and in democracies — is an opportunity to seize the moral high ground. Joe Biden’s “Full and unconditional” forgiveness to his sonThe hunter, does not represent only a retreat and abandonment. It also smacks … Read more
Ensuring that protocol is duly followed and representatives are treated respectfully during their district visits has been a major concern for the Uttar Pradesh government, which has issued more than 12 orders and reminders in the past two years. “With the People’s Representative. These instructions include providing them with seating arrangements decorated “according to their … Read more
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday directed senior officials to identify those creating unrest in Sambhal, put up their posters and compensate them for property damage. Adityanath has given directions to review law and order in various districts and to resolve revenue disputes by holding meetings with relevant officials. Senior field officers including Divisional Commissioners, … Read more
A 20-year-old Delhi University student, a state-level boxer, allegedly slit the throats of his parents and sister at their home in south Delhi’s Deoli village on Wednesday morning. According to the police, the deceased are ex-serviceman Rajesh Kumar (51), his wife Komal (46) and 23-year-old daughter Kavita. Police said that accused Arjun Tanwar made a … Read more