Kolkata: The Bengal govt has appointed senior IAS officer Krishna Gupta as the new state election commissioner (SEC), the post lying vacant since last Sept after Rajiva Sinha retired.According to a govt notification, Dr Gupta, currently serving as additional chief secretary in the co-operation department, will assume charge after his retirement on superannuation on June…
The workshop was held recently in the Sundarbans Kolkata: A community culinary excellence initiative — a two day transformative capacity-building workshop — was implemented at BaghBon ,the Multipurpose Community Resource Centre of a city-based NGO in the Sundarbans to equip communities residing in the forest-fringe villages of the Sundarbans Tiger Reserve with advanced culinary skills,…
The death toll in the Kolkata warehouse collapse has climbed to 10, with rescue efforts intensifying using advanced Army technology KOLKATA: The death toll in the Kolkata warehouse collapse rose to 10 on Thursday as rescue teams, aided by the Army’s advanced ground-penetrating radar (GPR) system, continued intensive search operations nearly 21 hours after the…
A stellar line-up of musicians came together at Netaji Indoor Stadium on Sunday as musical duo Sourendro and Soumyojit marked World Music Day with a concert celebrating India’s independent music scene. Inspired by folk traditions from across the country, the evening featured original compositions performed by Hariharan, Shankar Mahadevan, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Rekha and Vishal…
Efforts underway to rescue trapped workers from the debris of concrete slabs, mangled iron beams, steel and corrugated tin sheets at the Taratala collapse site Kolkata: “Father said he was alive and then his phone got switched off,” said the daughter of missing labourer Azgar Hossain before breaking down in tears at the Taratala warehouse…
Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Ritabrata Banerjee Kolkata: In documents submitted the office of the Bengal CEO on Tuesday, Trinamool rebel MLAs, who claim their camp to be the “real Trinamool” have informed the Election Commission that the party’s central office is located on Rajdanga Road, not at Kalighat.Since the party’s inception, the address of the…
Kolkata: Two minutes saved Faruque Mondal from getting buried under tonnes of concrete and steel on Wednesday.Mondal, 30, a labourer from Basanti in the Sundarbans, had just stepped out of the under-construction warehouse in Taratala with fellow worker Vijay Yadav to carry a stack of iron bars when the structure behind them collapsed.“I had just…
Several workers injured in the Taratala warehouse collapse have been admitted to the Trauma Care Centre at SSKM Hospital in Kolkata. Pix:- Biplab Bhattacharjee Kolkata: Koi andar hain? (Is anyone there?).The desperate call from workers rang out through the mangled remains of an under-construction warehouse on Transport Depot Road in Taratala on Wednesday as rescuers…
Kolkata collapse Kolkata Police, fire brigade ,Army and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel carry out a rescue operation at the site of an under-construction godown collapse, at Taratala, in Kolkata………Subhojyoti Kanjilal Kolkata: Residents and office-goers near Transport Depot Road were the first to rush to the rescue of the labourers trapped under the debris…
Muharram procession guidelines Kolkata: No permission would be granted for any new Muharram procession, said Kolkata Police as it issued a set of strict security and logistical guidelines ahead of Muharram on Friday.For the first time, Lalbazar clarified that only traditional Muharram processions, being taken out for many years, would be granted approval, subject to…
