New Delhi: Petrol prices touched Rs 113.47 and diesel Rs 99.82 per litre in Kolkata after state-owned oil companies effected the fourth hike in retail fuel rates in 11 days, raising petrol prices by another Rs 2.86 and diesel by Rs 2.80 to cut losses from selling auto fuels below market cost.The cumulative increase in…
Kolkata: A proposed metro line between Baranagar and Barrackpore stuck for nearly 16 years got a fresh push on Monday after Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL), the implementing agency for the corridor, met civic officials at Kolkata Municipal Corporation headquarters to iron out the issues plaguing the project.The 12.5-km Pink Line was sanctioned in 2010…
Kolkata: Bengal will get a comprehensive land and data policies within 100 days of the new govt’s swearing-in, state BJP president Samik Bhattacharya announced while addressing members of the Bharat Chamber of Commerce in Kolkata on Monday.Speaking to TOI, Bhattacharya said the new land policy — a prerequisite, he argued, for any serious industrialisation —…
Kolkata: Goat prices in Kolkata have surged sharply ahead of Eid-uz-Zuha on May 28 as increased demand and limited supply have reshaped livestock markets across the city following renewed enforcement of cattle slaughter regulations in the state. Traders at major goat markets said prices have risen by nearly 70% to 75% this year as many…
Kolkata: Aradhya Kumari Singh won against TB meningitis after fighting the deadly condition for more than a month. The recovered 12-year-old Jorabagan resident was sent back home from the hospital on Monday.According to girl’s parents, she started complaining of pain in the abdomen, severe headache and frequent loss of consciousness around the beginning of April….
Kolkata: A traffic sergeant suffered a fractured finger and two other police personnel were injured after three helmetless bikers allegedly assaulted cops who tried to stop them on Patuli flyover on Saturday night — the second such attack on Kolkata Police personnel during an anti-helmet drive in a week. Patuli police have arrested one of…
Kolkata: The third consecutive hike in petrol and diesel prices in 10 days is forcing many car owners to consider switching over to public transport for daily commute. Many people who drove to their workplaces in their own cars till Saturday have decided that they will use public transport, especially Metro and AC buses, to…
Kolkata: The Orange Line overcame its most difficult hurdle and managed to bridge the 62m viaduct gap atop the busy Chingrighata crossing early on Sunday.Making full use of the continuous day-night block since Friday night, RVNL was able to place 12 concrete pieces across the 34m viaduct gap between piers 318 and 319 around 7…
Kolkata: In a thought-provoking session that blurred the lines between science and philosophy, a renowned astrophysicist and former director of MP Birla Planetarium, Dr Debiprosad Duari invited students to confront the possibility that human existence is a product of sheer cosmic accident. He underscored the precarious nature of our existence by describing the sun as…
Kolkata: The mere involvement of a vehicle in an accident cannot invite criminal charges under animal cruelty laws unless there is evidence of intent to cause harm, the Calcutta High Court has held while quashing a criminal case against a Howrah man accused of running over a stray dog.The single bench of Justice Ajoy Kumar…
