Majority of these accommodations are found running without proper firefighting arrangements Kolkata: Non-compliance of fire-safety norms plagues the city’s second Mini Bangladesh at Mukundapur where many hotels have been instructed to shut down. This compounded the problems of patients and their kin, including those who shifted to these accommodations from the New Market area following…
Kolkata: Two alarming snakebite incidents on the school campuses within a week have triggered concern among other schools too.Schools operating out of heritage or ageing structures have been taking measures and planning to sensitise students, particularly those in junior classes, on safety.The scare began last week when a class 3 student was bitten at a…
Kolkata: In response to an alarming surge in sophisticated cybercrimes and escalating threats to state infrastructure, the Kolkata Police is laying the groundwork to constitute a dedicated “Artificial Intelligence Task Force” at its Lalbazar headquarters.The specialized unit will be tasked with investigating AI-driven scams, preventing high-tech fraud, and fortifying government systems against state-sponsored hacking attempts.Preliminary…
The fatal incident occurred outside the urology outpatient department. Pix:- Biplab Bhattacharjee The fatal incident occurred outside the urology outpatient department. Pix:- Biplab Bhattacharjee The fatal incident occurred outside the urology outpatient department. Pix:- Biplab Bhattacharjee The fatal incident occurred outside the urology outpatient department. Pix:- Biplab Bhattacharjee The fatal incident occurred outside the urology…
Kolkata: A milder variant of Covid has affected hundreds in Kolkata with symptoms that are far more benign than those during the pandemic, barring one that has been reminding patients and doctors of the torrid period – loss of taste and smell. It has been very severe for many who have been going without these…
Kolkata: Tension flared in Baruipur after 45-year-old BJP worker Bapi Pramanik died following a clash over the formation of a local Durga Puja committee in Uttar Tangarberia on Sunday night.Baruipur Additional SP Atish Biswas said the clash erupted between two groups over control of the committee. Pramanik sustained severe injuries and died on the way…
Cops lathi-charge to disperse a crowd of protesters Durgapur: Police had to resort to lathi-charge and tear gas shelling in Durgapur as a mob attacked a former Trinamool councillor’s house and vandalised it on Sunday night.Former ward 39 councillor Shashank Shekhar Mondal, away from his home since the May 4 assembly poll result day, returned…
Union Minister of State for Education and Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Sukanta Majumdar Kolkata: A day after Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya cautioned his party colleagues against new “overenthusiastic” inductees who joined after the assembly poll results were out, Union minister Sukanta Majumdar said that errant members would be driven out of the…
The white-hooded babbler clicked in Rongtong outskirts Kolkata: A bird believed to have possibly disappeared from north Bengal has made a comeback through a birder’s lens after 95 years. The white-hooded babbler, considered historically resident in the Bengal Terai, had not been sighted since 1931.The photo was captured by eBird reviewer and birder Sandeep Biswas…
Howrah: Two men were arrested from the India-Nepal border in Siliguri’s Kharibari, on suspicion of carrying out terrorist activities, by Bengal STF, with help from Howrah City Police. Police suspect the two were planning to escape to Thailand via Nepal.The arrested duo, who were living in Howrah and worked as moneylenders, have been identified as…
