KMC receives 300 suggestions, objections Kolkata: The KMC has received nearly 300 claims and objections from citizens and political parties over the proposed revision of ward boundaries, most objections being related to the shifting of parts or booths from one ward to another, or queries on why a part was split.A part or booth is…
A waterlogged Thanthania on Saturday…. photo by Sayantan Chakraborty Kolkata: A spell of intense rain, accompanied by thunderstorm and lightning strikes lashed the northern parts of Kolkata, North 24 Parganas, Howrah and Hooghly on Saturday evening. The rain lasted for close to an hour-and-half and was accompanied by a wind speed of 30-40 km/hour. While…
A family takes a dinghy ride home in Ghatal on Saturday Burdwan/Kharagpur/Tarakeswar/Siliguri: With rainfall easing in the upper catchment areas, Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) on Saturday reduced the volume of water discharge from Maithon and Panchet reservoirs, improving the flood situation in East and West Burdwan and Ghatal in West Midnapore. However, many villages in…
A family takes a dinghy ride home in Ghatal on Saturday Burdwan/Kharagpur/Tarakeswar/Siliguri: With rainfall easing in the upper catchment areas, Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) on Saturday reduced the volume of water discharge from Maithon and Panchet reservoirs, improving the flood situation in East and West Burdwan and Ghatal in West Midnapore. However, many villages in…
Firefighters battle the blaze at the hospital Siliguri: A fire broke out at a prominent private hospital in Siliguri on Saturday evening, sending thick black smoke through a section of the facility and triggering panic among patients, their relatives and hospital staff. There were no casualties.As the smoke spread, several patients admitted in the affected…
Malda: The health department has removed Prasenjit Bar as medical superintendent-cum-vice principal of Malda Medical College & Hospital after 89 infant and neonatal deaths were recorded at the facility in Aug. Ganesh Chandra Gayen, head of ENT department at the college, will replace Bar.Paediatrics department head Sushma Sau has also been replaced by Biswanath Basu…
Matibul Fakir, a resident of Adaldar Para who moved to Kerala two weeks ago to work as a construction labourer, died after a truck hit him in Thrissur on Friday Kolkata: An impoverished family from Diamond Harbour has appealed to district administration and Bengal govt for help to bring home the body of a migrant…
Officials examined records of movable and immovable assets to verify whether the properties were acquired with illicit funds Kolkata: A team from the state govt’s Commission on Institutional Corruption on Saturday searched the residences of former Trinamool councillors Jiban Saha and Alokananda Das over alleged disproportionate assets.The searches came two days after the commission, headed…
Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari (file picture) Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari announced the Bengal govt will set up two CM-Shri model schools, modelled on Centre’s PM-SHRI scheme, in every district and two centres for excellence for sports in north Bengal, at a Teachers’ Day event at the New Town convention centre on Saturday.“We will set up…
Agartala: The situation in Tripura’s Baramura Hills turned tense on the second day of a road blockade by former militants demanding a rehabilitation package, posing fresh challenges for police.The protest has stranded many vehicles, disrupting patients, travellers and candidates heading for exams. People needing urgent medical care have been forced to wait as movement remains…
