Kolkata: An elderly man had a miraculous escape after he lost consciousness and fell onto the metro tracks at Kalighat station around 7.30 am on Saturday.The man, who was waiting on the platform, collapsed and landed on the track bed. Alert Metro personnel initiated emergency measures and rescued him before any train could enter the…
Kolkata: The previous govt increased the number of undergraduate seats in colleges in an unplanned way, which led to the problem of vacant seats every year, claimed higher education minister Jagannath Chattopadhyay. “Every year around 6 lakh to 6.5 lakh students clear Higher Secondary exams but there are 9 lakh to 9.5 lakh seats in…
Kolkata: Former KMC councillor of Ward 104 Tarakeswar Chakraborty was on Saturday remanded in police custody till July 7.Chakraborty, who is also the former chairman of Borough XI, was arrested later on Friday in connection with two FIRs registered against him, alleging extortion, criminal intimidation, attempted molestation, forgery, theft and land grab. The complaints, lodged…
Kolkata: A city court on Saturday extended the police custody of Trinamool functionary Swarup Biswas till June 30. He was arrested in an alleged case of financial irregularity of Rs 23 lakh, registered at the Regent Park Police Station.Investigators said nearly Rs 23 lakh was spent under various heads, but no proper account or supporting…
Heavy rainfall wreaked havoc in Sikkim, washing away a crucial Bailey Bridge over the Phee Khola in North Sikkim on Saturday night GANGTOK: A Bailey Bridge over the Phee Khola at north Sikkim’s Phidang was washed away on Saturday night following heavy rainfall, disrupting road connectivity in the region.According to officials, continuous rain caused the…
Open-air gym for persons with disabilities Kolkata: Kolkata’s first outdoor gymnasium dedicated to persons with disabilities has been set up at Lions Safari Park in Rabindra Sarobar, creating an inclusive open-air fitness and recreation zone in the heart of the city.Spread across 13,000 sq ft, the play and exercise area has been designed to allow…
Fire at Alipore Zilla Parishad Office……Debobrata Shome Kolkata: Around 3,000 EVMs were destroyed in the Alipore New Administrative Building fire, a senior EC official said.The fire, which broke out at the building on June 10, damaged several floors of the 10-storey building. The strongroom on the 10th floor, where the EVMs were kept, was gutted….
Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation is set to make all municipal markets hawker-free. The exercise will begin from New Market and will later be implemented in phases across all major markets to make them encroachment-free. The matter was discussed on Saturday afternoon at a Town Vending Committee meeting at the civic headquarters.The KMC market dept…
Kolkata: Bengal has added another feather to its cap in the field of Geographical Indication (GI) recognition, with 23 more traditional products from the state receiving GI tags.The newly GI-tagged products include ‘jalbhora’ sandesh from Chandernagore, ‘monohara’ from Janai, Santiniketan batik and Santiniketan ektara from Birbhum, ‘mecha’ sandesh from Beliatore in Bankura, Banglar ‘nolen gur’,…
Kolkata: A 14-year-old schoolgirl was allegedly molested by an auto-rickshaw driver in Phoolbagan. Following a complaint by the girl’s family, Phoolbagan police registered a criminal case against the auto driver and launched a manhunt to arrest him.The incident took place around 6.30 pm on Wednesday, near the Phoolbagan crossing, when the minor was returning home…
