Kolkata: In view of the high teenage pregnancy rate in the state the Bengal health dept has formed a committee to formulate an SOP to manage teenage pregnancy. Health officials said that teenage pregnancy is one of the reasons for high mortality in maternal and neonatal death.The nine-member committee headed by a professor of community…
Kolkata: KMC has inspected more than 1,000 hotels and guest houses since the Aug 19 fire at a Free School Street hotel that killed nine people. Of these establishments, only 42 have been allowed to remain open. The rest have been shut for failing to comply with fire safety norms.Several owners of closed hotels and…
Kareem’s has kept its Mirza Ghalib Street outlet shut after receiving the licence suspension notice. picture by Biplab Bhattacharjee Kolkata: Even as owners and managers of several restaurants that received food licence suspension notices from KMC visited the civic body’s headquarters on Wednesday, seeking clarity on what steps were needed to reopen and how quickly…
Kolkata: Restaurant bodies in Kolkata have asked members to ensure that every stored food item, including raw and cooked vegetables, frozen and fresh meat, fish, paneer and ingredients like spices, is labelled. They have also asked restaurants to ensure that no food, raw or cooked, is stored for more than three days. The restaurants have…
Simla restaurant on EM Bypass. Photo by Biplab Bhattacharjee Big Boss restaurant in Tangra. Photo by Indranil Das Simla restaurant on EM Bypass. Photo by Biplab Bhattacharjee Big Boss restaurant in Tangra. Photo by Indranil Das Simla restaurant on EM Bypass. Photo by Biplab Bhattacharjee Kolkata: Following the suspension of licences of 40 eateries, restaurants…
Kolkata: The state has three laboratories to analyse 2,758 samples collected during the week-long food safety drive, a mammoth task given that all results must be ready within two weeks and with many samples still arriving at the laboratories.Two of the laboratories are in Kolkata — one of them run by KMC and the other,…
Purno Das Baul meet CM Subhendu Adhikari in Janatar Darbar Kolkata: Ninety-three-year-old Purna Das Baul, a Padma Shri awardee, knocked on the door of Janatar Darbar, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari’s interactive session with citizens, at the BJP office in Salt Lake on Wednesday, seeking a resolution to a long-standing land dispute.Purna Das and his son,…
Kolkata: The hearings in response to the draft revised ward boundaries published by KMC ended on Wednesday. The delimitation will raise the number of wards from current 144 to 209.A civic official said they received around 300 suggestions and objections from political parties and individuals. Several political functionaries filed multiple complaints and appeared before the…
The fire department on Wednesday conducted fire safety audits at multiple malls Kolkata: The fire department on Wednesday conducted fire safety audits at multiple malls including South City Mall, Mani Square, Avani Riverside and Patakha Building on Free School Street that houses a department store ahead of Durga Puja when footfall is at an all-time…
Annual general meeting for private school forum Kolkata: The managements of several private schools in the city felt the need for a platform, where they could exchange dialogues with the govt and address concerns, ostensibly given the recent state interventions and inspections.The issue was raised at the second annual general meeting of the West Bengal…
