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KOLKATA: An FIR was lodged against actors Parambrata Chatterjee and Swastika Mukherjee at Gariahat Police Station on Thursday night for allegedly inciting post-election violence in 2021. The charges were filed under Sections 109 and 153A of the IPC, with Section 153A being a non-bailable offence. Section 153A criminalises the promotion of enmity and hatred.Since the…

KOLKATA: The West Bengal government on Saturday removed the controversial football-themed sculpture installed outside the Salt Lake Stadium, which was designed by former chief minister Mamata Banerjee.Earlier, State Sports Minister Nisith Pramanik had announced the decision while outlining a series of planned infrastructure upgrades at the stadium.Speaking to the media, Sports Minister Nisith Pramanik on…

Kolkata: In compliance with govt directives, mosques across Kolkata and neighbouring districts held prayers in two shifts on Friday to ensure worshippers could offer namaz within mosque premises and avoid spillover onto roads.Several mosques in areas like Park Circus, Beck Bagan, AJC Bose Road, Collin Street, Elliot Road, Rajabazar and Narkeldanga organised staggered congregations, with…

Kolkata: The phase II work to bridge Orange Line’s viaduct gap at Chingrighata started more than an hour late on Friday because of heavy traffic flow. The second 60-hour traffic block — closing the eastern flank connecting piers 318 and 319 — was to start at 8 pm and continue till 8 am on Monday.A…

Kolkata: Three climbers from Bengal reached the summit of Mount Everest in the last two days. Shuvam Chatterjee also climbed Mount Lhotse the day after his Everest summit while Lakshmikanta Mandal made it to the summit for the second time. The third climber was Munmun Ghosh. Chatterjee, a businessman from Hind Motor, reached the Everest…

KOLKATA: A centralised, technology-enabled platform, the Scribe Bank, connecting students with visual impairment and other disabilities to verified volunteer scribes, covering end-to-end coordination from registration and scribe matching to examination-day support, was launched on Friday with an aim to address the “structural gap” so that no visually impaired students are turned away from examination for…

Kolkata: Jadavpur University (JU) has written to Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to immediately capture all stray dogs from the campus, including areas near the quarters, and ensure their vaccination and sterilisation following multiple dog-bite cases on campus. Meanwhile, a letter with over 580 signatures from animal lovers, including teachers and students, was submitted to the…

Kolkata: Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) chairman G Immanuel, who is also the president of Council of Boards of School Education (COBSE), hinted that he will discuss the issue of an increasing number of dummy schools at the higher secondary level at an upcoming meeting in June to find a solution to this…

Kolkata: The health and wellness centres in Bengal that were named ‘Suswasthya Kendra’ are set to be branded as ‘Ayushman Arogya Mandir’ (AAM). The brand transition will come with a colour change as the health facilities will be painted in metallic yellow and ethnic brown, as mandated by the National Health Mission. The chief municipal…

Kolkata: There could be different funding and coverage for Ayushman Bharat beneficiaries in Bengal — one for those who qualify under the existing criteria and the other for the rest, a large number of whom belong to the middle- and lower-income groups and are now covered under Swasthya Sathi, said a source close to the…