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More officers to join ED team in Kolkata by August end to ease pressure

In an effort to handle increasing pressure of investigation related to financial embezzlements in West Bengal, as many as 80 additional officers will join the Enforcement Directorate's Kolkata team

Ex-BJP MP Subramanian Swamy meets Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata

Former BJP MP Subramanian Swamy on Thursday paid a visit to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the state secretariat here and they held a meeting for almost half an hour, a source in the administration said. The source described the visit of Swamy, a staunch critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as a courtesy call. Swamy later tweeted: Today I was in Kolkata and met the charismatic Mamata Banerjee. She is a courageous person. I admired her fight against the CPM in which she decimated the Communists. He also shared a photograph of him with Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress supremo. Following their meeting, speculation is rife about his political move. Swamy had called on Banerjee in November last year also in New Delhi.

India at 75: How did India adopt the Tricolour as its national flag?

Tricolour has evolved over several decades. The Indian flag is said to have been designed for the first time by Sister Nivedita; however, its present form was designed by Pingali Venkayya

Fuel prices today: Check the prices of petrol, diesel in your city

Crude oil showed a declining trend, and prices are still stable in India. Petrol in Delhi is available at Rs 96.72, while Mumbai is selling at Rs 106.31 per litre. Check out fuel rates in your city

Paramilitary jawan opens fire on colleagues at Kolkata museum, one dead

A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel was shot dead while another was injured when their colleague opened fire inside the Indian Museum CISF barrack in Kolkata on Saturday evening

CISF jawan shoots and injures two colleagues at Indian Museum in Kolkata

The jawan used his service weapon to shoot at an assistant sub-inspector and a head constable.

Partha, Arpita to remain in ED custody till Aug 5

Former West Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee and his aide Arpita Mukherjee were sent to three more days in the custody of the ED by a special court in Kolkata in the SSC scam case.

IndiGo flight from Assam cancelled after plane's wheels stuck in outfield

An IndiGo flight from Assam's Jorhat to Kolkata was cancelled apparently after the aircraft skidded off the runway during take-off and a pair of its wheels got stuck in the muddy outfield

ED recovers huge cash from Arpita Mukherjee's flat, grills another TMC MLA

Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday conducted raids in three locations in and around Kolkata and again recovered large stacks of cash from a flat linked to Arpita Mukherjee.

Scindia launches mass outreach drive in Kolkata's Dum Dum LS constituency

Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Sunday launched a mass outreach drive in Dum Dum Lok Sabha constituency near Kolkata, and had lunch at the residence of a Matua' community member

Scindia, Pradhan to be in Kolkata for BJP's Pravas' campaign across nation

Union ministers Jyotiraditya Scindia and Dharmendra Pradhan will be in Kolkata on Saturday to participate in organisational meetings as part of BJP's 'Pravas' campaign across the country

Kolkata BJP women cell demands Mahua Moitra's arrest for Kali comments

The Mahila Morcha members of the saffron party said police did not take any cognisance of the complaint they filed on July 6.

Smriti Irani becomes nostalgic while inaugurating Metro station in Kolkata

Union minister Smriti Irani became nostalgic on Monday while recollecting the memories of her maternal grandfather, as she inaugurated the Sealdah Metron station of the East-West Metro corridor.

Murmu's Kolkata visit cancelled due to national mourning for Shinzo Abe

Murmu has been visiting various states to seek support from the lawmakers for the July 18 presidential polls.

Youth with monkeypox-like symptoms admitted to hospital in Kolkata

A youth in Kolkata, who recently returned from Europe, has been admitted to the hospital with rashes and symptoms similar to the viral disease.

Third SpiceJet plane hit by snag in 24 hrs; cargo plane returned to Kolkata

A SpiceJet cargo plane on Tuesday flying to China returned to Kolkata as the weather radar was not working, the company said

Candle light march in Kolkata pays tribute to Stan Swamy on death anniv

The octogenarian activist had been suffering from multiple ailments, including Parkinson's disease. He breathed his last in a Mumbai hospital on July 5, 2021

Mumbai, Delhi most expensive cities for expatriates in India: Mercer study

Among the cities, Kolkata has the lowest cost of daily necessities such as milk, breads, vegetables, etc., while Mumbai and New Delhi have the highest costs

Emami Realty aims for 50% sales growth to Rs 750 crore in FY23

The real estate arm of the diversified Emami Group has targeted retiring its long-term debt by 2023-24, which is now pegged at Rs 118 crore, a top company official said

480,000 homes worth over Rs 4.5 trillion stuck in top seven cities

Anarock said that the Delhi-NCR and MMR together account for 77 per cent of the total stuck/delayed housing units, while the southern metros Bengaluru, Chennai, and Hyderabad have just 9 per cent