It drizzled almost throughout Thursday in the city Kolkata: The city is expected to get spells of light to moderate rain on Friday, similar to that on Thursday. The Met office has forecast an overcast sky for one more day before the rain declined from Saturday.Alipore recorded a 24-hour rainfall of 8.1 mm till 5.30…
Kolkata: Health and physical education will be introduced as a new compulsory subject from Classes 9 to 12 in schools affiliated to the Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) from this academic year.A notification with detailed guidelines for implementing this was issued by CISCE Chief Executive and Secretary Joseph Emmanuel on Wednesday.The move, which…
Kolkata: Proposals for extension of retiring officials/employees could not be an established norm at govt offices, stated a circular from the chief secretary Manoj Agarwal on Wednesday, directing all departments to initiate the process of fresh selection of manpower supply agencies and identify replacements for retiring employees at least three months ahead of their last…
Cops check files at the KMC headquarters on Thursday Kolkata: Police on Thursday carried out searches at Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC), and several municipalities and gram panchayats across Bengal as part of a statewide probe into alleged irregularities in the issuance of birth and death certificates since 1997.The action coincided with…
Kolkata: Morning walkers at Eco Diversity Park along VIP Road near Dum Dum on Thursday morning were shocked to find the body of a 38-year-old toto driver, hanging from a roadside railing of the park on Thursday morning.Preliminary investigations suggest suicide, though the exact cause of death will be confirmed after the post-mortem examination, police…
Kolkata: The state has decided to open subsidised Maa Ahar Centres at govt institutions, including hospitals and healthcare facilities across Bengal.Urban development and municipal affairs minister Agnimitra Paul handed a letter to health minister Sharadwat Mukherjee in state assembly on Wednesday, requesting him to make the arrangements to start such canteens, which will offer fish…
Kolkata: A resident of Aurobindo Sarani has filed a complaint with the Shyampukur Police Station following the theft of a pair of gold earrings, weighing around three grams, from her bedroom.The complainant, Panchali Basu (Roychowdhury), residing in Aurobindo Sarani in Kolkata, said that she took out her jewellery box on Wednesday, July 15 to prepare…
Malda: In a case of alleged fratricide, two BSF jawans were shot dead and another sustained bullet injuries after a colleague opened fire following an argument at a battalion camp in Malda’s Baishnabnagar on Thursday afternoon.According to preliminary details, Shivam Mishra, a jawan belonging to the 119th Battalion and hailing from Chhattisgarh, opened fire on…
Kolkata: Centre on Thursday approved a six-month extension for Bengal chief secretary Manoj Agarwal. Agarwal was scheduled to retire on July 31.His extension will be effective from Aug 1 to Jan 31, 2027, according to an order by the Centre’s department of personnel and training.The Bengal govt had sent a proposal seeking an extension for…
Kolkata: With rebel MLA Ritabrata Banerjee recognised as LoP in the Bengal assembly, the post of chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is now set to be allotted to a member of the dissident camp.The frontrunners for the post of one of the assembly’s most influential oversight panels are Ratua MLA Samar Mukhopadhyay and…
