Kolkata/Kharagpur: Newly sworn-in state minister Dilip Ghosh on Sunday said the thrust will be on rebuilding the state, especially law and order, along with education and health sectors. Out on his morning walk at New Town, Ghosh, who holds ‘durbar’ with locals, did not change his habits even on Sunday. However, unlike on other days,…
Kolkata: A day after the swearing-in ceremony, BJP MLAs Agnimitra Paul, Dilip Ghosh and Tapas Roy on Sunday sought to debunk the party’s alleged aversion to non-veg food by holding a ‘fish festival’ in several parts of the city, in which BJP workers took part in large numbers. The netas and workers savoured pieces of…
Dwaipayan.Ghosh@timesofindia.comKolkata: The Kolkata Police have launched a probe into the abandonment of a two-day-oldboy at Ladies’ Park on CIT Road, an incident that has triggered concern in the area.The matter came to light after a 45-year-old woman was spotted moving aimlessly with the newborn near Tiljala Road on Wednesday afternoon, leading to a police intervention…
Kolkata: Calcutta University is set to begin postgraduate admissions from Monday, ahead of the undergraduate sixth-semester exams. Students will have to choose if they want to quit or continue. The university has made entrance test mandatory for every student from this year. The 2023-24 batch is in its third year under the new programme, making…
Kolkata: A 55-year-old man from Baruipur has got back the use of his left hand, albeit without the thumb, after a surgery at state-run NRS Medical College and Hospital. Diagnosed with a rare tumour caused by an infection, that, too, at a very uncommon site, nearly cost him his left wrist. Doctors said the surgery…
Dwaipayan.Ghosh@timesofindia.comKolkata: The Kolkata Police have launched a probe into the abandonment of a two-day-oldboy at Ladies’ Park on CIT Road, an incident that has triggered concern in the area.The matter came to light after a 45-year-old woman was spotted moving aimlessly with the newborn near Tiljala Road on Wednesday afternoon, leading to a police intervention…
Contai: “A CM has to weigh his words. So talk less, work more. I am a CM for all,” chief minister Suvendu Adhikari told a group of supporters at the Nandakumar crossing after midnight, while returning to Shantikunj for the first time after being appointed the first CM of the BJP govt in Bengal. While…
Kolkata: Suvendu Adhikari, the first chief minister of a BJP govt in Bengal, may soon change his Kolkata address from his Chinar Park flat to the Soujanya complex in Alipore.Sources indicated on Sunday that the electrical wing of state Public Works Department (PWD) is actively considering if Soujanya can be used as the temporary residence…
Kolkata: Kolkata Police has been grappling with a fresh challenge since the past week — controlling fake news. While it initially started with fake circulars, beginning with “restrictions” on certain areas of the city, the latest fakes doing the rounds relate to the reported transfer of 93 cops — from DCPs to constables — out…
Kolkata: City hospitals are ready for a switch to Ayushman Bharat scheme or a transition of the existing Swasthya Sathi into the former, as per the govt’s direction. A Swasthya Bhavan meeting on Friday took up the issue, raising hopes of a revival of a universal health scheme on the lines of the Swasthya Sathi…
