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Kolkata: A real estate developer narrowly escaped an alleged kidnapping attempt linked to an extortion demand. According to a victim’s complaint, the incident occurred on the evening of April 19 near a petrol pump on Karl Marx Sarani. The developer said that he had been called to the spot under the pretext of a business…

Kolkata: A real estate developer narrowly escaped an alleged kidnapping attempt linked to an extortion demand. According to a victim’s complaint, the incident occurred on the evening of April 19 near a petrol pump on Karl Marx Sarani. The developer said that he had been called to the spot under the pretext of a business…

Kolkata: Surgeries halted midway and patients inside operation theatres and wards were wheeled out on stretchers and wheelchairs after a fire broke out inside the second-floor cathlab of Anandalok Hospital on Tuesday morning, triggering panic and an emergency evacuation in the middle of critical procedures.The blaze, reported started around 10 am at the hospital near…

Kolkata: As Bengal prepares for its upcoming assembly elections, a quiet but crucial mission is unfolding at the Regional Braille Press in Narendrapur. Run by the Ramakrishna Mission Blind Boys’ Academy, the press is working double shifts to ensure thousands of blind voters exercise their franchise with dignity and accuracy.The press, which was established in…

Kolkata: A fresh wave of confusion swept through several housing complexes on Tuesday after the EC barred “outsiders” from staying on the premises that will host polling booths during the mandatory silence period.The restriction, announced by Bengal CEO Manoj Agarwal, will be in force from 6 pm on April 27 till the end of polling….

Kolkata: The anti-ragging committee of Jadavpur University has decided to issue a show-cause notice to the placement officer from whose office sensitive information of an RTI was leaked to some engineering students, who harassed another third-year engineering student. The third-year engineering student filed an RTI to know about the data related to the placement cell.“The…

Kolkata: The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) has introduced ayurveda and yoga as topics in environmental science for classes IX and X. The council has developed resource material for ICSE environmental science at the secondary level, making the subject more engaging and transformative.In line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, the…

Kolkata: Barely a week before polling day in Kolkata, voter slips have started reaching electors’ homes. Booth-Level Officers (BLOs) have started the final round of field visits since SIR amid confusion over mandatory presence electors at home during handover of the slips.The process started on Monday and is expected to be completed within a few…

Mahisadal (East Midnapore): In Mahisadal’s Mirpur village, the SIR has not been an unpleasant experience.Only two out of 824 people have fallen foul of the SIR in this village in a marked — and happy — deviation from what has happened in the rest of the state.Residents here with surnames like Nunes, Rozario, Lobu, Tesra…