Rose, tulsi...: If chai isn't purely from tea plant, you can't call it tea: FSSAI KOLKATA: Are you hooked on ‘herbal tea’? Do you unwind sipping on ‘flower tea’?Your favourite hot beverages have suddenly lost their ‘tea’ tag, though their appeal is set to endure.The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) issued a directive on Dec 24 asking all food business operators and...
Kolkata: Stressing his commitment to BJP, Bengal leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari said on Thursday he would not contest polls and focus entirely on campaign if the party so desired. Adhikari, who vowed never to desert BJP, said the party would have to put up a united fight against Trinamool in the assembly polls.Adhikari was speaking at a programme to celebrate the birthday of former Prime Minister...
Kolkata: While the Bangladesh Nationalist Party's acting chairman, Tarique Rahman, returned to Bangladesh after 17 years amid a massive show of BNP's strength in Dhaka on Thursday, Awami leaders in exile felt that Rahman's return would only give "political legitimacy" to the foreign powers trying to control the country's polity. They also hoped that Rahman, who is enjoying a "vibe and hype" now, would...
Kolkata: Amit Mitra, principal chief adviser to CM Mamata Banerjee, on Wednesday said GST in its current form had lost the purpose for which it was rolled out."At the Bengal Business Conclave, Mamata Banerjee expressed her anguish over the current mess in GST and rightly said that I advised her to support GST. Why did I? In 2009, I brought to her attention that small and medium enterprises (MSMEs)...
Kolkata: A poster reading ‘No space for Islamophobia in JU' appeared towardsthe end of the Jadavpur University convocation held on Wednesday. First-year PG students of the English department, who were receiving their UG degrees, were protesting against an incident at the department where a professor allegedly "harassed" two third-year UG students. The professor singled them out and asked them to...
Kabir drops influencer 24 hrs after picking her as candidate KOLKATA/BEHRAMPORE: In less than 24 hours after Humayun Kabir announced the name of social media influencer Nisha Chatterjee as his Janata Unnayan Party's Ballygunge candidate, the Bharatpur MLA dropped her, citing her "inappropriate social media posts". Chatterjee has threatened to drag Kabir to court, alleging he defamed her "public image"....
Kolkata: Park Street will turn into a large arena for Christmas gala from Wednesday afternoon, but under the watchful eyes of police with 2,000 personnel being assigned to Park Street along and another 500 for the periphery. Not taking any chance what with the Bangladesh violence and the recent terror attacks in Delhi, Lalbazar has also set up four watchtowers and will deploy drones.Quick Response...
Kolkata: In the sixth seizure of exotic species at Kolkata airport this year, the Customs officials have seized two rare primates, golden lion tamarins, late on Monday night. Also known as golden lion marmoset, they are endemic to coastal forests of Brazil and considered endangered on IUCN Red list. A pied sun conure, four lorikeets and two hanging parrots have also been seized. The consignment was...
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has leveled serious accusations against the Election Commission. She claims the EC, in league with the BJP, is deliberately removing 1.5 crore voters from Bengal's electoral roll KOLKATA: CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused Election Commission, which she said is being led by "Vanish Kumar babus", of conniving with "BJP khokababus" to delete the names of 1.5...
Kolkata: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) came down heavily on Birbhum district administration and Visva-Bharati University for failing to comply with its orders on solid and liquid waste management in and around the university in general, and related to Shantiniketan's Poush Mela in particular.The NGT eastern zonal bench of Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi and expert member Ishwar Singh on Monday imposed a...
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