Kolkata: The high level inquiry committee set up by the state govt is finalising a standard operating procedure based on which audit of high-rises and commercial buildings in 12 civic body areas, including Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), will be conducted.Officials said the audit will be conducted according to a two-layer system. The first layer will…
Kolkata: Five men instinctively clasped hands and formed a chain beneath a massive concrete slab moments after an under-construction warehouse in Taratala came crashing down around them. The desperate human chain created just enough space to stop the slab from crushing them instantly, giving them a fragile pocket of survival beneath tonnes of concrete and…
Kolkata: A new wasp (‘bolta’) species discovered in Rajarhat by a team of Kalyani University and Cairo University scientists and research scholars has been named after award-winning cartoonist and creator of ‘Batul’ and ‘Nonte-Phonte’, Narayan Debnath.The new species of parasitoid wasp, Tetrastichus narayandebnathi, is associated with a tortoise beetle. A parasitoid is an organism that…
Kolkata: The family of 72-year-old Kamalendu Chowdhury, who was declared brain dead at Apollo Multispeciality Hospitals, has given a new lease of life and sight to multiple patients through organ donation. Following the family’s consent, a swift final allocation of his organs was co-ordinated on Saturday evening. This is the fifth organ donation in the…
Kolkata: Bidhannagar cyber crime police have arrested three people in connection with two separate investment fraud cases involving a total of nearly Rs 90 lakh, officials said on Saturday.Two of the accused were arrested in a case involving a Baguiati resident who was allegedly duped of Rs 58.5 lakh, while the third was held for…
Siliguri: Expressing concern over the growing exodus of students from West Bengal, State tourism minister Dr Shankar Ghosh on Saturday said the state must urgently strengthen its educational infrastructure and improve the quality of institutions to retain talent, warning that the migration of bright students is hampering Bengal’s long-term development.Addressing the inaugural session of the…
Kolkata: Bengal’s newly elected BJP govt is planning to hold its first industry conclave in the next three to four months, possibly in Sept, according to officials, who said the govt was focused on projects that can be implemented quickly following announcements.“We plan to hold an industry conclave before or soon after Durga Puja. The…
West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya Kolkata: Scheduled Tribes (STs) will be kept out of the proposed Bengal Uniform Civil Code (UCC), state BJP president and MP Samik Bhattacharya said on Saturday, asserting that their constitutionally protected customs, traditions and special rights would remain untouched.Quoting a provision from the draft UCC on X, Bhattacharya said:…
Kolkata: Temperature fluctuations triggered by rains since last Thursday have unleashed the first spate of monsoon viruses. Hundreds across Kolkata have been laid low with fever, severe cough and body ache since last week. With maximum temperature plunging sharply from 35.5°C last Thursday to 29°C on Friday, the conditions started turning ideal for viruses to…
Marquis Street in Kolkata, which sees influx of Bangladeshi tourists Kolkata: Indian envoy to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi’s announcement that India will resume issuing tourist visas to Bangladeshi citizens has brought relief to businesses in Kolkata’s Mini Bangladesh, where hotels, restaurants and shops have struggled since the suspension began nearly two years ago after the 2024…
