Tourists Rizaul Islam and Sumaiya Akhtar Kolkata: When smoke began filling their second-floor room at Shikha Inn on Mirza Ghalib Street, tourists Rizaul Islam and Sumaiya Akhtar knew that stepping out into the corridor could be a fatal mistake. With the passage outside their room engulfed in smoke, the young couple broke open a window…
Kausar Hossain and his son Taskin Salim Kolkata: Kausar Hossain and his family were supposed to be on a bus to Bangladesh by 11 am on Wednesday. Instead, a few hours before that, he was carrying his eight-year-old son through a corridor filled with smoke so thick he could barely see a few feet ahead.The…
Tangled wires, meters, and MCB boxes at the foot of a staircase inside a hotel on Mirza Ghalib Street The narrow corridor of a hotel on Mirza Ghalib Street Narrow staircase in a hotel on Mirza Ghalib Street Tangled wires, meters, and MCB boxes at the foot of a staircase inside a hotel on Mirza…
Kolkata: The state govt on Wednesday informed the Calcutta High Court that it has withdrawn a notification mandating teachers to engage in census work after school hours and on weekends.This came a day after the HC flagged a lack of coordination between the state and the Centre over the work schedule for teachers assigned census…
Despite the affordability of the hotels in ‘Mini Bangladesh’, many left for other places in the city after the fire Kolkata: The fire that killed at least nine people, including eight Bangladeshis, in a hotel building on Mirza Ghalib Street has cast a fresh shadow over Kolkata’s ‘Mini Bangladesh’ just as the neighbourhood’s tourism-dependent economy…
The 20-minutes discussion centred around the institute of eminence (IoE) tag and the shortage of maintenance funds Kolkata: State finance minister Swapan Dasgupta met Jadavpur University (JU) vice-chancellor Chiranjib Bhattacharjee on Wednesday during a visit to the institute for a blood donation camp. The 20-minutes discussion centred around the institute of eminence (IoE) tag and…
a suspected short circuit triggered a blaze on the second-floor terrace of the Air Traffic Management complex at Kolkata airport in the early hours of Tuesday Kolkata: Evacuating a building is standard protocol in the event of a fire. But when a suspected short circuit triggered a blaze on the second-floor terrace of the Air…
Kolkata: All the deaths in the blaze that broke out in a commercial building at 15G, Mirza Ghalib Street occurred on the ill-fated second floor, which investigators said had been altered extensively and housed multiple establishments in cramped conditions.Police said the deaths were the result of gross negligence and that fire and building safety rules…
The other hotel, owned by Bireswar Mitra, located also on Free School Street Kolkata: Bireswar Mitra, owner of Shikha Inn, located on the second floor of the five-storey building at 15, Mirza Ghalib Street, also owns Hotel Jaapon, situated right opposite. Apart from these two, Mitra owns two hotels in Digha.Mitra, the resident of Roy…
Fang marks on the child’s leg Kolkata: The private school near Ruby Hospital remained closed on Wednesday to conduct a thorough inspection of the premises to ensure it was clear of snakes. The student is undergoing treatment at a private hospital and is in stable condition.A Class 3 student of the school suffered a snakebite…
