Politics
Bengal’s Cultural Identity Back in Political Spotlight as Suvendu Adhikari Targets Left, TMC
Kolkata: Bengal’s politics has once again turned towards religion, festivals and cultural identity, with Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari accusing successive Left Front and Trinamool Congress governments of weakening the traditional cultural practices of Bengali Hindus. Speaking at a Ganesh Puja programme in Kestopur on Saturday, Adhikari said the issue goes back several decades, covering the […]
Forces
Kolkata Police gets 183 electric motorcycles; Ultraviolette X-47 ‘Skyforce’ joins patrol fleet
Kolkata: Kolkata Police has added 183 Ultraviolette X-47 ‘Skyforce’ electric motorcycles to its fleet, marking a major deployment of electric two-wheelers for police operations in the city. The motorcycles were formally handed over at the Lalbazar Police Headquarters on Friday. According to Ultraviolette, the deployment is among the largest electric motorcycle fleet inductions by an […]
Drone Warfare Enters New Phase: IAF Launches Dronathon-2026 at Pokhran
Jaisalmer: The Indian Air Force has launched its first-ever Dronathon-2026 at the Pokhran Field Firing Range in Jaisalmer, bringing together India’s leading unmanned systems companies, start-ups and defence innovators to test advanced drone technologies under realistic operational conditions. Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit, Vice Chief of the Air Staff (VCAS), inaugurated the three-day event on Monday. […]
Kolkata
Cancer Survivors Walk the Ramp in Kolkata, Turning Recovery Into a Celebration of Life
Kolkata: For the women taking part in the ramp walk at Manipal Hospital EM Bypass, the spotlight was about much more than fashion. Each step represented a personal journey through diagnosis, surgery, chemotherapy and recovery. The women, all survivors of gynaecological cancer, came together in Kolkata for ‘The Courage Walk – Onco-Gynae Survivor Meet 2026’, […]
GNIT Holds Degree Award Ceremony for 2023-25 Graduating Batches
Kolkata6: Guru Nanak Institute of Technology (GNIT) organised its Degree Award Distribution Ceremony 2026 at its Kolkata campus on Saturday, honouring students from the graduating batches of 2023, 2024 and 2025. The ceremony brought together graduating students, their families, faculty members and senior representatives of the JIS Group. Degrees were formally awarded to students marking […]
DPS Mega City team wins Kolkata round of TCS InQuizitive 2026
Kolkata: Students of Delhi Public School (DPS), Mega City, emerged winners of the Kolkata round of the 2026 TCS InQuizitive inter-school quiz competition after a day of intense competition involving school teams from across the city and surrounding areas. The winning team, comprising Devayudh Das and Iraj Singh, secured the top spot in the Kolkata […]
