An earlier photo of Shaky, who had lived on the campus since young age. She died due to maggot infestation on Wednesday Kolkata: The death of a dog, lodged in the new enclosure at IIM Calcutta—it died of maggot infestation—has sparked an outrage among alumni, students and a section of faculty members at the business…
Access to Bankra mosque is suspended for two days due to urgent road repairs. KOLKATA: Access to the 136-year-old Bankra mosque inside airport’s operational area has been suspended for two days, till Sunday, after airport authorities cited rain damage to the approach road and began urgent repairs. Devotees may resume namaz from Monday if work…
Kolkata: The KMDA is taking up carriageway and structural repair of seven canal bridges in north Kolkata, including the old Durgapur bridge connecting Ultadanga with VIP Road, where large potholes have developed amid rain, leading to congestion.“The repair of the old Durgapur bridge’s road surface will start at the earliest,” said an official. The work…
Kolkata: The impasse over the relocation of BC Roy Market was the focus at the meeting, held by a high-level task force at Nabanna on Saturday, which aimed at clearing the major site acquisition hurdle for the Purple Line’s underground Esplanade terminal station.Implementing agency RVNL requires the temporary relocation of 528 stall owners to build…
Kolkata: RVNL started concrete deck launching between piers 326 and 327 of the Orange Line after 8pm on Friday and proceeded steadily throughout Saturday. Since the Chingrighata flyover has been shut and Nicco Park bound traffic is being diverted through a slip road built by RVNL, there were traffic snarls on the Bypass as cars…
Kolkata: Kolkata Police have busted two fake loan call centres operating from central Kolkata and arrested 10 people for allegedly duping loan seekers by posing as executives of a leading finance company and collecting money on the promise of instant low-interest loans.Raids on July 9 led to the arrest of nine accused and the seizure…
Driverless metro trains use the modern signalling system Kolkata: The city’s Green Line (East-West Metro) will undergo examinations on Sunday to be able to run driverless trains on the automatic train operation (ATO) signalling mode. Green Line services will commence from 4.30 pm on Sunday instead of the usual 9 am for the inspection.The ATO…
Kolkata: The state administration has constituted a high-level committee, comprising nine members, to prepare the draft Uniform Civil Code (2026) “irrespective of religion, faith or community” that will include laws on marriage, divorce and succession.The state judicial department issued the notification on Friday. Retired Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai will chair the committee. The…
CM Suvendu Adhikari at Indrajit Mondal’s house in Baruipur on Saturday Baruipur: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday said Indrajit Mondal’s death in Baruipur last Sunday following the rape-murder of a schoolgirl was not mob lynching but pre-meditated murder. The 35-year-old was targeted after his “naam ar parichay (name and identity)” were verified, he said.“I…
Kolkata: Census 2027 is set to start in Bengal on Aug 1 with a fortnight-long self-enumeration phase, during which individuals have to answer a set of 34 questions online.The data to be collected during the census, which is being held after 15 years, will be considered valid as of March 1, 2027, the reference date…
