Kolkata, June 6 (IANS) Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw took a ride in a metro from the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport in Kolkata on Saturday. After getting off at the Noapara station, the minister took an auto to the Belghoria Expressway, in keeping with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call to use public transport to conserve fuel.A senior official said the minister travelled on the Kolkata Metro from Jai Hind Station to Noapara Station and interacted with fellow pas…
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New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) On this day in 2014, Tapan Sikdar, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stalwart who scripted history by winning the Dumdum Lok Sabha constituency twice, the first party leader to do so in West Bengal, passed away in New Delhi after a prolonged illness. The name is relevant now, with renewed efforts to relocate a mosque, reportedly 136 years old, from within the operational area of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata. Sikdar had long advocated its rem…
Barasat, May 30 (IANS) Reacting to the proposed relocation of an over 100-year-old mosque situated near the secondary runway of Kolkata’s Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, the BJP on Saturday said that religion should not become an obstacle to development and infrastructure expansion. Speaking to IANS, BJP MLA Sourav Sikdar said that the mosque’s location has become a major concern for the expansion of the airport runway and also poses safety and security challenges.“There ha…
Paschim Medinipur, May 29 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Education Sukanta Majumdar on Friday asserted that no leader from the Trinamool Congress will be allowed to join the BJP.The Union Minister was at Vidyasagar University in West Bengal’s Paschim Medinipur for the inauguration of certificate courses for retiring military personnel.Addressing reporters after the event, the BJP leader asserted: “The party has decided that no Trinamool Congress leader will be allowed to enter the BJP. The T…
Kolkata, May 26 (IANS) A mishap took place inside the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in West Bengal’s Kolkata when an elevator cable snapped during maintenance work due to which three labourers sustained serious injuries on Tuesday, officials said. According to airport authority officials, the incident took place around 1 p.m. at elevator number 34, located in the airport’s bus lounge. It was told that this elevator had been out of service for several days to undergo repairs. T…
Washington/New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, during his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Saturday, emphasised that the United States will not let Iran hold the global energy market hostage and affirmed that US energy products have the potential to diversify India’s energy supply, the US State Department has detailed. “The Secretary and Prime Minister discussed the current situation in the Middle East. The Secretary emphasised that the United S…
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Visiting US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, on Saturday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi soon after his arrival in New Delhi and extended an invite on behalf of US President Donald Trump for PM Modi to visit the White House in the near future. After the meeting, PM Modi said that both countries will continue to work closely for the global good. “Happy to receive the US Secretary of State, Mr. Marco Rubio. We discussed sustained progress in the India-US Comprehensi…
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) Lionel Messi’s ‘GOAT India Tour-Kolkata edition’ organiser Satadru Dutta has lodged a written complaint against former state Sports Minister Aroop Biswas at Bidhannagar South Police Station in connection with alleged mismanagement during the Argentine football legend’s event at Yuva Bharati Krirangan in December 2025 in Kolkata. In the letter to the police, Dutta has accused Aroop Biswas of unlawful intrusion into restricted security zones, collapse of perimeter discipline…
Kolkata, April 15 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday alleged that central forces tried to check her car on the way to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport earlier in the day.The allegation from the Chief Minister came a day after the Election Commission allegedly ordered checks on vehicles of Trinamool Congress leaders and their family members.Addressing an election rally in Islampur in North Dinajpur district, Banerjee said, “Today, the central forces a…
Kolkata, March 28 (IANS) Following a squall that swept across Kolkata and several districts overnight, the Met department on Saturday forecast an intensification of rain accompanied by thunderstorms later in the day, particularly across south Bengal.The Regional Meteorological Centre in Kolkata’s Alipore said that the current spell of rain is due to a western disturbance. Last night, due to thunderstorms and rain, Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s aircraft was unable to land at Netaji Subhas Chand…