UPDATED COPY KOLKATA — Senior politician Chandra Bose — grandnephew of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose — has officially resigned from his primary membership in the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC). Talking to Safi Journal, Bose announced his future political direction,…
KOLKATA — West Bengal Finance Minister Swapan Dasgupta chaired a roundtable discussion with 40 young entrepreneurs and startup founders of North Bengal at the state secretariat Nabanna, on Thursday, to address regulatory pathways and early-stage capital access. The meeting, held…
KOLKATA — Bharatiya Janata Party Rajya Sabha MP and State President Samik Bhattacharya has written to West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, urging the state government to promptly secure a chemical park under the Centre’s newly approved BHAVYA Rasayan scheme.…
KOLKATA / (KOCHI) — State-owned builder Cochin Shipyard has floated the seventh anti-submarine warfare shallow water craft (ASW SWC), christened Machilipatnam, designated for deployment by the Indian Navy. The formal launch took place on Wednesday, marking substantial headway on an…
KOLKATA / (NEW DELHI) — Indian Railways completed a 40-wagon freight shipment carrying canola from Kolkata Port directly to the Biratnagar customs yard in Nepal, initiating a new phase in cross-border logistics under updated bilateral transit terms. The trial of…
KOLKATA / (HYDERABAD) — More than 1,500 students received academic degrees on Monday during the 2026 convocation ceremony at the BITS Pilani Hyderabad campus. The degree conferral included more than 1,200 first degree (undergraduate) programmes, nearly 200 higher degree (postgraduate)…
KOLKATA — Techno India University on Sunday launched AIC Techno, West Bengal’s first Atal Incubation Centre established under NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission, targeting the growth of over 500 startups during the next five years. The facility was inaugurated in…
KOLKATA — More than 500 young innovators from across eastern India gathered in Dum Dum on Saturday for the two-day Technoxian 2026 East Zonal Competitions, a regional qualifier for the World Robotics Championship. Hosted by the Dr. Sudhir Chandra Sur…
KOLKATA — West Bengal needs to aggressively invite high-tech and deep-tech industries to the state because these sectors create a strong multiplier effect on the economy, state Finance Minister Swapan Dasgupta said on Friday. Speaking at a felicitation event and…
KOLKATA/ (MALIGAON) — Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has announced special train services between Katihar and Manihari under its Katihar division to manage the passenger rush during the upcoming Shravani Mela. The decision aims to provide comfortable and safe travel for…
KOLKATA — Group Captain Pankaj Upadhyay took over as Commandant, Embarkation Headquarters, Kolkata, on Thursday. He succeeds Group Captain AL Kishore following the latter’s tenure at the helm. Embarkation Headquarters, Kolkata, plays a crucial role in coordinating the movement of…
KOLKATA — Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata, has achieved a major operational milestone with the resumption of coastal thermal coal handling at the Haldia Dock Complex (HDC) after a nine-month interval. The revival took place at HDC’s rejuvenated mechanical thermal…