Building collapse at Sikadar Para Lane in Jorasanko area — Photo by Indranil Das Kolkata: A 53-year-old woman lost her life even as 19 others residing in the same three-storey dilapidated building in north Kolkata had a miraculous escape on Tuesday morning after it collapsed in the wake of continuous rain. Six hours later, a…
The deceased were Bangladeshi citizens who had travelled to Kolkata for medical treatment. KOLKATA: At least nine people were killed and six others injured after a massive fire broke out at a hotel in Kolkata’s Mirza Ghalib Street early on Wednesday, officials said.According to news agency ANI, the deceased were Bangladeshi citizens who had travelled…
Kolkata: A division bench of Calcutta High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition challenging a verbal directive from West Bengal Police regarding the removal of loudspeakers and microphones from mosques in the state.Dismissing the petition, the division bench of Acting Chief Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice Atarup Banerjee clarified that the court would not pass…
Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari plants a coconut tree at Mohar Kunja on Tuesday Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday stressed the need for aftercare of saplings, being planted across Bengal as part of the Sabuj Swadhinata drive, even as he inaugurated the campaign to promote greenery and ecological balance.The event was held at Mohur…
Kolkata: Strict enforcement of teachers’ attendance at state-aided colleges was a crucial step to restore the academic environment at institutes before bringing students back to campuses, state higher education minister Jagannath Chattopadhyay said on Tuesday.Chattopadhyay was speaking at a two-day workshop, held to discuss the rollout of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, where he…
Kolkata: Jadavpur University Teachers’ Association has written to higher education minister Jagannath Chattopadhyay, expressing concerns over the retrospective implementation of the new Career Advancement Scheme (CAS) rules. JUTA said the order on promotions for university teachers, librarians and physical education directors at state-aided institutes was issued on July 15 but its provisions took effect retrospectively…
The state would introduce the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana scheme for mothers from Oct, said CM Suvendu Adhikari. He also announced that in the police force, two new woman police battalions, named after Matangini Hazra and Rani Rashmani, were coming up. “The women’s emergency helpline (112) will start on Mahalaya,” he said. Source link
Three fire tenders took over two hours to douse the flames Kolkata: A fire broke out on the extended open terrace area of the second floor of the Air Traffic Control (ATC) building at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata around 4 am on Tuesday. Flight operations remained unaffected.Airport officials said that the…
The drive was conducted to clear roads around Lansdowne Market Kolkata: A pushback drive to clear the roads around Lansdowne Market triggered frantic activity on Tuesday, with hawkers pulling down bamboo frames, removing plastic sheets and trimming stall extensions two days after urban development and municipal affairs minister Agnimitra Paul inspected the area.On Monday evening,…
Kolkata: An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of Nalhati police station in Birbhum was arrested for allegedly kidnapping and raping a young woman at a guest house in Salt Lake CL block for two days two months ago.The 37-year-old ASI was arrested by Bidhannagar East police station from a hideout in Mumbai and was produced before a…
