Kolkata Metro: Purple Line Gains Speed, Process Starts To Acquire 5,871-sq m Land | Kolkata News

Top view of the Purple Line’s terminal Joka Metro station and the surrounding area Kolkata: Now the Purple Line, too, has gathered steam. The railway ministry has issued land acquisition notices for the Purple Line’s extension to Diamond Park, via IIM-Calcutta.A gazette notification to acquire land for Phase 1 of Kolkata Metro’s Joka-Diamond Park corridor…

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Encroachments removed outside Tala Park | Kolkata News

Kolkata: Encroachments outside Tala Park were removed with payloaders on Saturday. The operation was carried out in the presence of local Cossipore-Belgachhia MLA Ritesh Tiwari. On Monday, a high-level delegation visited Kashipur Ghat, and officials indicated that illegal occupation there would also be removed shortly.Tiwari said, “During the election campaign, I promised these areas would…

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More state buses on road for women’s free commute | Kolkata News

Kolkata: West Bengal’s state transport undertakings are scrambling to maximise the number of their buses on the roads following a significant surge in commuters after the state’s announcement of free bus rides for women.Transport officials are rapidly repairing and deploying grounded vehicles. “We are trying to maximise fleet utilization,” a senior transport department official said….

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JU accepts placement officer’s resignation | Kolkata News

Kolkata: Jadavpur University accepted the resignation letter of officer on special duty (training and placement – contractual) Samita Bhattacharya and asked her to hand over the charge along with files and documents pertaining to placement to the newly appointed placement officer Subhendu Kundu.Bhattacharya tendered her resignation letter on May 18, citing “personal grounds.” The release…

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‘Mera sar katega lekin jhukega nahi’: Rebel TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar responds amid TMC internal crisis | Kolkata News

KOLKATA: Rebel TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, a long-time confidante of Mamata Banerjee, on Monday said that concerns over “national interest” and governance issues had pushed her to support a breakaway position from the party amid growing internal divisions within the TMC, according to news agency ANI. This came after Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar…

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CPM Youth Leader Seeks Calcutta HC Action Over Doctored Video | Kolkata News

Kolkata: CPM youth leader Dipsita Dhar approached Calcutta High Court on Monday, alleging doctored videos from a political rally speech are doing the rounds on social media.Dhar’s counsel, submitted before Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya that Dipsita might be ‘lynched’ anytime because of the doctored video, uploaded online to trigger violence. A police complaint has also been…

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5.7 earthquake strikes Bhutan, tremors felt in north Bengal | Kolkata News

Darjeeling: A 5.7-magnitude earthquake that shook Darjeeling and large parts of North Bengal late Sunday night has once again brought into sharp focus the region’s growing seismic vulnerability, particularly after the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), under the revised Indian Standard 1893 seismic zonation map, placed almost the entire Himalayan and sub-Himalayan belt, including the…

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