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Friday, November 14, 2025
TopicAlipore

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Alipore Zoo director transferred amid ‘missing animals’ row

Director of the Alipore Zoo in Kolkata, Arun Mukherjee, has been transferred to the high-altitude Darjeeling zoo by the West Bengal forest department.

Over 300 animals ‘missing overnight’, there’s something fishy going on at Kolkata’s Alipore Zoo

City-based NGO Swazon has moved the Calcutta High Court alleging 'gross administrative negligence' at the British-era zoo, one of the country's oldest.

4 accused in Kolkata Law College gangrape case sent to 14-day judicial custody

Earlier, a court had sent three accused to police custody till 8 July, while the fourth was remanded till 4 July. The Kolkata Police detective department will now take over the probe.

On Camera

Virat, Anushka, Bumrah selling sarias & cement, dentists, vets, Bihar walls painted in ‘rurbanisation’

Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.