Kolkata: Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) officers of Kolkata Customs intercepted an Indian passenger at Kolkata airport on Wednesday and seized 707 live red-eared slider turtles. The passenger had arrived via an IndiGo flight and was stopped after crossing the Green Channel. A detailed search of his checked baggage led to the discovery of the live…
The two women were arrested from a Bhowanipore guest house Kolkata: The Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police has arrested two women from Thailand for allegedly smuggling MDMA into the city for the local rave party scene.The suspects, identified as Supawadi Sukuliyat and Suthuwana Kut, are both residents of Bangkok. Officers intercepted them on…
Kolkata: After an 18-day break, students of classes 5-7 and 11 returned to Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya on Wednesday. Regular classes will begin on Thursday.The school had declared a closure from July 5 following the death of class-12 student Diptangshu Mahato after drinking scalding tea. The authorities decided to reopen the school in a phased manner….
Khuti Puja at Md Ali Park Kolkata: Industries minister Tapas Roy on Wednesday assured govt support for ‘sanatani’ Durga Pujas and said this year’s festivities would be conducted without the hurdles “faced in previous years”. Roy was at the Khuti Puja of the Mohammad Ali Park Durga Puja.Roy also said there would be no objection…
Two journalists from The Times of India won Press Club Kolkata’s ‘Sangbad Prabhakar Shera Sangbadikata Puraskar 2026’. The awards were given away on Wednesday.Pinak Priya Bhattacharya, who reports from Jalpaiguri, won the first prize in the ‘English Print Media’ category for his story on 16-year-old Sumita Oraon, a girl from Budhuram village in Jalpaiguri’s Gorumara…
Kolkata: The Central Delimitation Committee set up for the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) area is considering a proposal to split 21 wards to increase the total number of civic wards from 144 to 200, sources said.The Bengal govt has asked the 10-member committee to create 56 additional wards before the civic body, now under an…
MCH doctors and nurses with the patient Kolkata: A 48-year-old woman suffering from persistent abdominal pain and progressive abdominal swelling for nearly a year, who was initially being treated at a private hospital, finally got successful treatment at Medical College Hospital Kolkata (MCH). Doctors at the MCH gynaecology department removed an abdomino-pelvic tumour measuring approximately…
Kolkata: The Bengal govt will table all pending CAG reports, including the one on alleged irregularities in Amphan relief distribution, in the assembly on July 25 and recommend registration of FIRs wherever audit findings establish corruption, regardless of the stature of or high office held by those involved, CM Suvendu Adhikari said on Wednesday.“Wherever the…
Kolkata: Metro Railway is all set to extend revenue services by one-and-a-half hours on the Blue Line and 65 minutes on the Green Line from next Monday.Metro will run from 6 am to 10.30 pm between Dakshineswar and Shahid Khudiram stations or the Blue Line, barring Sundays.Services on the Green Line or the East-West metro…
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