Effect of heat stress on pregnancy Kolkata: Prolonged exposure to extreme heat during pregnancy significantly increases the risk of low birth weight, pre-term birth and stillbirth, with women in Bengal among the particularly vulnerable because of the state’s humid subtropical climate, researchers conducting the first nationwide study examining the impact of heat stress on pregnancy…
Kolkata: The Bengal govt on Monday rolled out Mukhya Mantri Swasthya Bima Yojana (MMSBY), a Rs 5-lakh health coverage for each family that CM Suvendu Adhikari promised earlier this month for those who do not qualify for the Centre’s Ayushman Bharat scheme.A notification on the implementation of the scheme was sent during the day to…
Kolkata: Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has stopped issuing death certificates at crematoriums and burial grounds since Saturday, leaving hundreds of bereaved families without a crucial govt document and with no clarity on when or how it will be issued.The sudden move, reportedly resulting from a verbal order linked to an ongoing inquiry into the issuance…
The area in Behala where the incident happened Kolkata: A protest against late-night loud music turned violent in the Sanjib Pally area near Behala Chowrasta in the early hours of Sunday. A group of four men assaulted a local resident and attacked his 48-year-old mother after the latter objected to the loud music being played…
Home guard cadre diverted Kolkata: The state administration has reportedly launched a comprehensive probe through Lalbazar — after appointing independent auditors — into serious allegations regarding the systemic “misuse of human resources”, including the controversial recruitment and deployment of nearly 800 temporary home guards between April 2024 and March 2026, by a few senior officials…
Kolkata: With a growing number of cyber frauds where senior citizens are falling prey – a random estimate by Kolkata Police last year found that over 60% of all digital arrest fraud victims were senior citizens – the cops are worried. Thus, special cyber awareness programmes have been launched to inform them.But from now on,…
Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation buildings dept will conduct an on-the-spot survey of Shantiniketan, the building on Harish Mukherjee Road that is owned or co-owned by Abhishek Banerjee, his family or company.The decision was taken after a hearing on the property on Monday. The hearing was conducted at the KMC borough IX office. Lawyer Indrajit…
Kolkata: “In the changed circumstances… let people remain in peace,” Calcutta High Court observed on Monday saying it was not inclined to proceed with Suvendu Adhikari’s contempt plea against former speaker Biman Banerjee over security provided to MLAs on the assembly premises.Adhikari had filed the case before Justice Amrita Sinha when he was leader of…
Kolkata: Following nationwide NEET protests and the resignation of former Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Bengal BJP took out a ‘Tiranga Yatra’ in Kolkata on Monday. The party claimed that the country’s youth and children were being misled and used as a shield to serve the political agenda of opposition parties. The party also said…
New Delhi/Kolkata: Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday met Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla and submitted two letters, urging him to expedite a decision on the party’s petitions to disqualify 20 rebel MPs and to revoke recent changes made to the seating arrangements of its parliamentarians.Banerjee’s move comes just a day before CM…
