The festival will feature hot-air balloons and other aerial attractions Kolkata: The Maidan skyline is set to get a colourful makeover this Vishwakarma Puja, with the Bengal govt planning a kite and balloon festival featuring large-scale kite flying, hot-air balloons and aerial displays in the heart of the city.Bengal’s tourism minister Shankar Ghosh announced the…
1.45 crore beneficiaries till Thursday Kolkata: The number of beneficiaries for Annapurna Yojana is more in north Kolkata than that in south Kolkata as of now.“I enquired with the finance department and learnt that till afternoon, the money under Annapurna Yojana scheme has been disbursed to 1.31 crore beneficiaries. In north Kolkata zone, which covers…
An aerial view of the East Kolkata Wetlands Kolkata: Exactly 25 years after the East Kolkata Wetlands (EKW) were declared a Ramsar site, a new report by the Society for Creative Opportunities and Participatory Ecosystems (SCOPE) warns that Kolkata’s most vital ecological infrastructure is being weakened by neglect, poor governance, and shrinking livelihood incentives.Spread over…
“It is a matter of shame that Bengal is No. 1 in teenage pregnancy data. We got this information during maternal death review meetings. Underage pregnancy is a major risk factor in maternal mortality, and we need to stop this,” said Sharadwat Mukherjee Kolkata: Bengal health minister Sharadwat Mukherjee has hinted at an aggressive campaign…
Kolkata: Three emergency patients, who were rushed to state-run IPGMER-SSKM Hospital were admitted to KPC Medical College on Monday. These three cases are the first lot of patients who are getting medical care at private hospitals free of cost under the state govt’s initiative of making private hospitals provide free treatment on 10% beds for…
Kolkata: Ayushman Bharat (AB) patients continued to trickle in for the second day on Tuesday. The AB-PMJAY scheme for Bengal was rolled out Sunday. Hospitals started admitting patients under this scheme from Monday.In addition, the empaneled private hospitals are also getting calls from individuals enquiring on documents required to bring to the hospital in case…
Tarapith: Fifteen hotels in Tarapith were shut down on Tuesday for allegedly failing to meet mandatory safety and statutory requirements, a day after a fire at Hotel Bideshini claimed nine lives.The establishments, all located in Chandipur, where Monday’s blaze broke out, were served immediate closure notices after officials found deficiencies including the absence of pollution…
Kolkata: Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee’s personal assistant Sumit Roy was questioned by CID for the tenth straight day on Tuesday. By rough estimates, he has already faced nearly 70 hours of questioning in two cases. Sources said he has been summoned again, for the 11th time.According to officials, Tuesday’s session focused primarily on the Debra…
Kolkata: TMC MP Saugata Roy faced a BJP protest at Kolkata airport on Tuesday when he arrived to attend a meeting of the Passenger Safety Committee. Roy, chairman of the committee as the Dum Dum Lok Sabha MP, was surrounded by BJP workers as his car entered the Airport Authority of India office premises. Protesters…
Suvendu Adhikari at Birju Keot’s house Kolkata: Bengal govt has ordered a CID investigation into the death of Birju Keot, 10 days after the death of the Halisahar Trinamool worker in police custody. Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari had earlier acknowledged police negligence in the incident. He had met the family and had ordered a magisterial…
