KOLKATA: At least three workers were injured after a lift under maintenance snapped and fell at Kolkata airport on Tuesday, officials said. The incident occurred while maintenance work was being carried out on Lift 34 at the airport. Kolkata Airport Director Vikram Singh said, “During the maintenance work, the lift snapped and fell. Three workers…
Kolkata: Several restaurants across Kolkata are set to raise menu prices by around 5%-10% from June. The hike has been prompted by the sharp rise in commercial LPG price along with a rise in prices of food ingredients, including chicken, fish, paneer, cream and cooking oil, they said. The last two-three months were a financially…
Kolkata: A severe public transport crisis has gripped Kolkata as private bus operators massively cut services or pulled fleets off the roads entirely. Driven to the brink by diesel prices hovering near Rs 100 per litre, transport operators, app-cab drivers and stranded commuters are united in a singular, urgent demand: an immediate, official hike in…
Kolkata: Actors Prosenjit Chatterjee and Shantilal Mukherjee have been named in a case filed before the Competition Commission of India by the producer of ‘Kone Dekha Alo’ (KDA). The complaint also names office-bearers of the Artists’ Forum, represented by Ranjit Mullick, along with 19 executive committee members. It alleges misuse of dominant position and anti-competitive…
Kolkata: Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari is likely to meet Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday during his second visit to New Delhi after his swearing-in. Adhikari is likely to discuss the full expansion of the cabinet during the meeting, a source said.During their Delhi visit last week, both Adhikari and Bengal BJP president Samik…
Kolkata: Prashanta Burman, the BDO accused of kidnapping and murdering a 45-year-old Salt Lake gold trader last year was detained by Bidhannagar police in a drink-and-drive case on Monday night.Burman, who was denied protection by the Supreme Court in this case had been absconding since January.On Monday, a video purportedly showed him under the influence…
Kolkata: In a major breakthrough for Indian biodiversity research, scientists from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have developed the country’s first and largest DNA barcode reference library for cockroaches, uncovering several undocumented and endemic lineages found nowhere else in the world.The study, published in the international taxonomy journal Zootaxa, revealed that India’s hidden cockroach…
Kolkata: A 25-year satellite study has revealed that southern Bengal and Bihar have become the epicentres of particulate matter (PM) pollution across the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP). The research warns that elevated carbon pollution has expanded to the entire state, threatening ecologically fragile zones like the Sundarbans and the Eastern Himalayas.The study, published in the prestigious…
Kolkata: The Election Commission on Monday appointed senior IAS officer Neelam Meena as the new chief electoral officer (CEO) of West Bengal, succeeding Manoj Agarwal, who was recently elevated to the post of chief secretary.Meena is the second woman IAS officer, after Leena Chakraborty, to be appointed as Bengal CEO.An EC notification said: “In exercise…
Kolkata: Suvendu Adhikari will attend NITI Aayog‘s governing council meeting on June 11 as Bengal’s first BJP chief minister, marking a departure since the last few years when his predecessor Mamata Banerjee shunned these meetings.Adhikari, a source said, has directed the state health department to finalise the agreement on the implementation of Ayushman Bharat by…
