Flipkart is partnering with the Paschim Banga Society for Skill Development to equip local youth with industry-relevant warehousing and supply chain skills, Flipkart Group CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy said. Kolkata: Bengal will be the hub of operations for e-commerce major Flipkart to cater to eastern India and the northeast, with the company set to make a…
The victim’s mother (L) recounted the alleged assault, while police said a case was registered promptly after receiving the complaint. PASCHIM MEDINIPUR: Following the alleged sexual molestation of a six-year-old Class 1 student in West Bengal’s Paschim Medinipur district, protests have broken out outside the school.Parents and locals demand action against the accused and the…
Kolkata: A freak accident claimed the life of a two-and-a-half-year-old girl on Sunday morning after she fell into an open underground water reservoir located inside the compound of an under-construction building in New Town.The victim, Ankita Das, was the daughter of a caretaker at a nearby residential building. According to cops, the toddler had gone…
Kolkata: To boost north-south connectivity through public transport, the West Bengal Transport Corporation (WBTC) has launched a new non-AC bus route and revived two popular historical routes on Saturday.The newly introduced route, S-71, establishes a direct link between Khardaha and the state secretariat, Nabanna, in Howrah. Alongside this new connection, transport authorities have restarted two…
Kolkata: The Manicktala police have initiated a preliminary inquiry after a woman, a Trinamool Congress supporter, alleged that she was molested, dragged by her hair, and driven out of her home by a group of 22 neighbours following the declaration of the recent Bengal assembly election results.The incident took place on May 4 this year…
Kolkata: A BJP-supporting woman was allegedly tied to a lamp post, brutally assaulted and subjected to severe torture in South 24 Parganas’ Narendrapur. The victim and her family have accused supporters of former Sonarpur North Trinamool Congress MLA Firdousi Begum of carrying out the attack, though police said there was no direct evidence linking the…
Kolkata: A 12-day-old born with a rare and life-threatening congenital heart defect was successfully treated at a city pvt hospital following timely diagnosis and an emergency cardiac surgery. The disease – infracardiac Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection (TAPVC) – constitutes less than 1% of all congenital heart anomalies and can only be treated surgically at…
Fee car parking area in Salt Lake Kolkata: The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) is set to launch a digital parking fee collection system in Salt Lake. The cash-based parking fee collection system will be stopped. The authorities are asking the enlisted parking fee collection agencies to collect fees only through digital transfers through smart kiosks,…
Inspection Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS), Northeast Frontier Circle, Sumeet Singhal, during Sunday’s inspection Kolkata: The CRS, the autonomous body under the ministry of civil aviation, is mandated to issue safety certification for any metro or train operations across India. Once the CRS’ written emboss comes, Metro Railways can run trains along the 16.6 km…
Kolkata: To eliminate procedural delays and ensure rapid action in criminal investigations especially in cases involving crimes against women, children and senior citizens, Kolkata Police commissioner Ajay Nand on Sunday issued a stringent five-point “quick guideline” regarding the registration and transfer of Zero FIRs. The thrust, claimed Lalbazar, is to ensure that the complainant has…
