Queue for long-distance buses at Esplanade Queue for bus at Esplanade bus terminus on Saturday — Photo by Indranil Das Kolkata: Train services between Kolkata and North Bengal were restored by Saturday evening after nearly 48 hours of round-the-clock work by around 400 railway officials and workers to repair tracks affected by land subsidence near…
The battle over the Jadavpur University walls continued on Saturday as Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), JU unit, wrote slogans such as “Free PoK”, “Free Aksai Chin”, “Akhand Bharat”, “Make JU nationalist again”, on the campus walls. This comes a day after another right-wing students’ body – Nationalist Students’ Front -made their debut on the…
The KMC food team during Saturday’s survey on Dacres Lane . picture by Bipab Bhattacharjee Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation’s food safety teams on Saturday destroyed cooked food and sweets at eateries on Dacres Lane, one of Kolkata’s most cherished food streets, after the items failed to clear the prescribed safety test. Separate teams of…
Kolkata: A bust of social reformer and educationist Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was found dumped in bushes at Vidyasagar Shishu Udyan in Baruipur, South 24 Parganas, on Saturday, prompting allegations of vandalism by local residents.The park is located in ward 11 of Baruipur Municipality, near the offices of the sub-divisional administration and the municipality. Residents visiting…
The victim Sarit Ghosh (16) KOLKATA: A Class XI student of an English-medium school in Kolkata and a seasoned swimmer who had been practising for the past eight years drowned in a swimming pool at Rabindra Sarobar during a regular practice session on Friday evening.Sarit Ghosh (16), a resident of Dhakuria, was reportedly practising an…
Kolkata: Swimming clubs in and around Rabindra Sarobar and the rest of the city are revising safety protocols and increasing supervision during training sessions following the deaths of two trained teenagers in less than three months. Both teens had reportedly been practising underwater breath-holding techniques when they lost consciousness in the water. Swimmer death Club…
KMC heath department during a safety drive on Saturday. picture by Bipab Bhattacharjee Kolkata: The raid on restaurants across Kolkata and beyond has led National Restaurants’ Association of India (NRAI) to announce a two-day “Food Safety Supervisor Training” for eatery employees. The sessions, to be held on Sept 18 and 21 at a restaurant in…
Those with e-visas are required to register their biometrics on arrival Kolkata: The Bureau of Immigration has operationalised four self-service biometric registration kiosks at Kolkata airport to enable foreign nationals arriving in India for the first time on e-visa to complete the mandatory scan of their fingers and face.The introduction of the kiosks has significantly…
Manish Mehta began his blood donation journey in 2013 Kolkata: It was a bloody good century for Manish Mehta on Saturday when he donated Single Donor Platelet (SDP) for the 100th time. Incidentally, Saturday was also the Hazra resident’s birthday, making it the best birthday he has celebrated in recent times. The SDP went to…
Kolkata: A persistent throat infection with a lingering, low fever has laid thousands low and croaking in Kolkata over the last week. The infection has triggered a sharp pain in the throat and a voice choke, leaving those affected struggling to speak. Frequent temperature changes and fluctuating humidity were the reasons behind a quick spread…
