File photo of the under-construction godown which collapsed, at Taratala, in Kolkata………Subhojyoti Kanjilal Kolkata: Aminur Sheikh, sub-assistant engineer of Kolkata Municipal Corporation, who was arrested for “negligence” in connection with the collapse of an under-construction warehouse in Taratala police station area, was granted bail on Saturday.One of the lawyers who appeared for Sheikh (28) said…
A fire audit at Kothari Hospital in Kolkata Kolkata: After hotels and shopping malls, the state fire and emergency services department has launched an extensive on-site safety audit across major private healthcare facilities in Kolkata, reviewing on-ground preparedness and the functioning of automated emergency response mechanisms.In the special drive, which commenced on Friday, teams inspected…
Kolkata: Justice Prakash Shrivastava, chairperson of National Green Tribunal (NGT), visited Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden on Saturday and planted saplings.An official said the tree plantation programme was organised under the “Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam” campaign in Endemic and Threatened Plant Section of Indian Botanic Garden, as part of Swachhata Hi Seva…
Many hotels and guest houses are still closed in the surrounding areas after the fire incident in Free Schoool Street…. Sukhomoy Sen Kolkata: Hotels and guest houses in central Kolkata and elsewhere that were summarily shut down following the fire at a Free School Street lodge on Aug 19 that left nine people dead are…
Decisions after meetings with Sharadwat Mukherjee Kolkata: Curbing noise pollution, improving accessibility, ensuring smoother movement for residents as well as pandal-hoppers and ending VVIP culture: A series of citizen-centric measures is set to change the festive experience at major Durga Puja pandals in the Bidhannagar constituency.The authorities have made the 70dB cap on noise level…
Kolkata: A 32-year-old man was arrested on Friday night for allegedly filming portions of Ajay Devgn-starrer ‘Drishyam 3’ on his mobile inside a multiplex off EM Bypass, police said.Despite Santanu Banerjee’s attempt at being discreet while recording the film on his cellphone, others in the theatre noticed his action and alerted the multiplex management, which…
Kolkata: The body of a 58-year-old woman, Sabita Kar, was found floating in an abandoned well on the premises of her home on Kastho Danga Road at Sarsuna in Behala on Friday night. Disaster management group personnel fished her out and sent her to Vidyasagar State General Hospital, where she was declared dead on arrival….
The toto lost control on the broken, waterlogged stretch in front of CTI in ward 50 Howrah: A man died andthree passengers were injured after a toto hit a water-filled pothole and overturned on a damaged Howrah Municipal Corporation road in Dasnagar on Saturday evening.Locals said the toto lost control on the broken, waterlogged stretch…
CM Suvendu Adhikari meets local residents at a Seva Setu camp at Bhowanipore’s Jai Hind Bhavan on Saturday Kolkata: The city will witness a mega spectacle in the sky on Mahalaya, with 3,000 drones to be flown as part of commencing Durga Puja festivities, CM Suvendu Adhikari said on Saturday.Speaking at the 100th birth anniversary…
Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday made public a five-year-old medical report by Bangur Institute of Neurosciences to claim that Mamata Banerjee’s leg injury in the run-up to the 2021 Bengal assembly elections was “false”. The CID was probing the case, he added.Trinamool also released a five-year-old image of Banerjee’s bleeding left knee, saying it…
