Kolkata: A school’s decision to isolate a young student for nearly six hours for wearing rubber shoes instead of regular school shoes after heavy rain soaked her footwear has triggered concern among parents, especially with monsoon flooding affecting daily school routines.The incident came to light after the child’s father, a doctor, wrote about his daughter’s…
CM Adhikari on Thursday reiterated a July 15 timeframe for the Ayushman Bharat rollout and set a Sept 30 deadline to integrate it with the state’s Swasthya Sathi scheme. The state cabinet also set up two committees — one headed by finance minister Swapan Dasgupta to release white papers on corruption, and another on investments…
Kolkata: Mystery shrouds the death of a 22-year-old bride-to-be whose body was found floating in a pond at Habra on Thursday evening just 10 days before her wedding. The body of the deceased, Mridula Saha, was found floating in a pond at Joygachhi Srinagar area in Habra. The incident has sparked widespread speculation over whether…
Katwa: Police have identified the man accused of tying a black cloth around the face and hands of the Mahatma Gandhi statue at Station Bazar in Katwa on Wednesday.The accused has been identified as Raman Kumar Jha. During interrogation, he was unable to provide any coherent information apart from his name, prompting suspicion about his…
Kolkata: Nineteen months after the death of former police officer Pankaj Dutta, his wife, Indrani Dutta, has lodged a complaint at Lake Town Police Station accusing 11 people, including journalists, police officers, politicians and rights activists, of criminal defamation, forgery and criminal intimidation, alleging that their actions drove her husband to death.In the complaint, Indrani…
Kolkata: A video of two traffic officials, including a sergeant, has gone viral after an alleged incident near Narkeldanga bridge on Wednesday morning.Locals claimed that a young biker was injured after a traffic sergeant allegedly kicked him while he was riding. They said the rider lost balance, fell on the road, and was taken to…
Agartala: Tripura has become the second-largest producer of milk in the Northeast, showcasing the effects of ongoing investments in dairy development, veterinary care and livestock services, Animal Resource Development and Fisheries Minister Sudhangshu Das said.Das indicated that the ARD Department utilised 97.3% of its budget for the financial year 2025-26 and has received a 23.33%…
Kolkata: Jio BlackRock, the mutual fund unit of Reliance, plans to gradually reduce the share of debt in its assets under management (AUM) as it expands its product portfolio, chief investment officer Rishi Kohli said on Wednesday.Debt currently accounts for nearly 70% of the fund house’s Rs 18,000 crore AUM, or about Rs 12,500 crore,…
Kolkata: City-based Jupiter Wagons is setting up a new manufacturing plant in Hooghly district dedicated to producing Vande Bharat and Metro coaches, making it Bengal’s second facility for railway rolling stock after Titagarh Rail Systems’ plant at Uttarpara, which began production last year in a joint venture with BHEL.“The new plant where we are going…
KOLKATA: West Bengal has emerged as a critical industrial hotspot for black carbon emissions, discharging a staggering 95,901 tonnes annually into the atmosphere. A pioneering study by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) reveals that the state is the second-largest emitter in the Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP), a region that collectively generates roughly 4.5 lakh…
