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Kolkata: Couple injured in bike accident

KOLKATA: A 41-year-old man and his wife were injured when an unidentified vehicle hit their bike on EM Bypass near Mukundapur crossing in the early hours of Sunday.

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Kolkata: Hope, concern after Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation proposal for extra floor

KOLKATA: The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation's proposal to allow Salt Lake homes to add an extra floor, and allow elevators in all G+2 structures, will have a direct bearing on the township's estimated 26,000 homes. Till now, the floor area ratio (FAR) allows only two-storey buildings on plots under 4 cottah…

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Entrance tests for Jadavpur University English, sociology pushed back

KOLKATA: Jadavpur University has deferred the admission tests scheduled on August 11. The Arts faculty admission committee took a decision on Sunday and decided to hold the admission tests of English and sociology on August 16 instead.

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Kolkata Police meet Golf Green victim's kin

KOLKATA: A team of officers from Kolkata Police's Detective Department and Anti Rowdy Squad visited the Azadgarh residence of Dipankar Saha - the youth whose family has alleged that police atrocities led to his death - and met his parents on Sunday.

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'10-15 cases a month from armed forces', says SSKM's Institute of Psychiatry Kolkata

KOLKATA: According to the statistics available at SSKM's Institute of Psychiatry - Centre of Excellence (IOP), the institute receives at least 10-15 referred mental health cases from the armed forces a month.

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Selectors bank on 'land rowing' test again to pick 6-member West Bengal team for national event

KOLKATA: In absence of rowing activities at Rabindra Sarobar for over two and half months now, Bengal Rowing Association will be forced to select a six-member team for the 36th National Games - to be held at Gujarat next month - based on the performance on an ergometer test this…

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Kolkata: CISF museum unit takes guard after roster rejig

KOLKATA: Indian Museum authorities will meet the CISF top brass to take stock of the situation in the wake of the firing incident in the museum compound on Saturday evening that has left everyone rattled.

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Operation Mojo in Kolkata: 27 commandos, 75 mins, no loss of life after initial shooting

KOLKATA: Operation Mojo, a 75-minute operation to isolate and disarm CISF head constable Akshay Kumar Mishra armed with AK-47, was achieved on Saturday night without a single bullet being fired by the 27-member Kolkata Police commandos on the Indian Museum campus.

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3,000 dengue cases in West Bengal in last 1 week

KOLKATA: The health department is worried with the increasing cases of dengue across the state. The department has issued an advisory on dengue management.

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Meteorological Office predicts 70-110 mm rain in Kolkata

KOLKATA/SOUTH 24 PARGANAS: The Met office has predicted heavy showers in Kolkata on August 10 and 11 under the impact of a low-pressure triggered by a cyclonic circulation over northwest Bay of Bengal. The rain may be accompanied by surface wind at a speed of 40-50 km/hr at one or…

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Kolkata: Covid units at 2 hospitals shut as surge ebbs

KOLKATA: Responding to a sharp drop in Covid admissions over the last two-three weeks, two city private hospitals have formally shut down their Covid units for the first time since the pandemic struck in March, 2020. Another is set to follow from Monday.

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Kolkata: 19-year-old driver revving Jaguar loses control, kills 40-year-old

KOLKATA: A 19-year-old youth at the wheel of a red Jaguar rammed into an app cab, a woman crossing the road, and a stationary BMW on Ballygunge Circular Road on Sunday afternoon, killing the woman on the spot and heavily damaging the vehicles.

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Kolkata: 4 seniors targeted, 2 could save selves

KOLKATA: Akshay Kumar Mishra had targeted at least four senior officers on Saturday - assistant commandant Subir Ghosh, assistant sub inspector Ranjit Sarengi and two other officers of inspector and sub inspector ranks. While he managed to gun down Sarengi and severely injure Ghosh, the other two managed to escape…

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Kolkata: Day after shooting, thrill-seekers push up Indian Museum footfall

KOLKATA: The Indian Museum saw a larger-than-usual weekend crowd on Sunday, a day after a CISF jawan fatally shot a senior colleague and injured another. But many of the visitors readily conceded that they were neither interested in the millennia-old artefacts, nor even the ongoing "March to Freedom" exhibition, but…

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Security beefed up at Kolkata's Indian Museum after shooting

Security arrangements at the Indian Museum, the oldest and largest in the country, were increased following the incident, officials said

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Drone watch, special drives by Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation , New Town Kolkata Development Authority

KOLKATA: Following instructions from Nabanna, Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) and New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) are intensifying their dengue control measures in Salt Lake, New Town and Rajarhat-Gopalpur.

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'Go green' mantra to make Kolkata a sustainable place

KOLKATA: Philanthropy runs in the family of this young businessman. According to Saket Mohta, managing director of Merlin Group, it's from his father that he got inspiration to do welfare activities. He says, "It is our responsibility to contribute to the society and environment where we live in. So, we…

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Kolkata: Businessman duped of Rs 30 lakh

KOLKATA: An elderly businessman from Entally was robbed of Rs 30 lakh by a woman he befriended on Facebook. A complaint has been filed.

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Kolkata: Flights diverted from Bagdogra

KOLKATA: Five Bagdogra-bound flights were diverted to Kolkata due to bad weather in North Bengal. Among the flights diverted was an Air Asia flight from Delhi and a SpiceJet flight from Mumbai.

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West Bengal: Newly wed dies, husband held

KOLKATA: A 26-year-old woman was found dead in a pool of blood on the premises of a five-storey apartment complex in Baguiati on Friday night. Police suspect Titas Nandy fell from the terrace. Her husband Kaustav Sarkar was arrested on Saturday after her family members alleged he had pushed her…

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Why should tax-payers suffer for tech snags, says Justice Md Nizamuddin

KOLKATA: The tax-payers should not face unnecessary harassment for technical snags, said Justice Md Nizamuddin of Calcutta high court while speaking at a seminar organized by the the Direct Tax Profesionals' Association on Saturday.

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West Bengal: Made-in-Howrah Tricolours to fly high across India on 75th Independence Day

HOWRAH: As the country gets ready to celebrate its 75th Independence Day next week, the occasion has made business brisk for National Flag-maker Raju Haldar, 46, whose family has been churning out millions of Tricolours since 1947 from their home at Unsani in Howrah.

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West Bengal: Low pressure may intensify in 24 hours, says Meteorological office

KOLKATA: A low-pressure area has formed over northwest Bay of Bengal off the Bengal-Odisha coasts on Saturday under the impact of a cyclonic circulation. The circulation extends up to a height of 7.6km from the sea-level, said the Met office.

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Dengue fight: Kolkata Municipal Corporation, cops to break open locked buildings to clear garbage

KOLKATA: Civic officials have been empowered to force their way into compounds and buildings that are locked to clear garbage and stagnant water so that they don't turn into breeding grounds of aedes aegypti mosquitoes and lead to the spread of dengue. The decision was taken at a civic body…

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'India has 1,331 bird species, West Bengal has 837'

KOLKATA: India is home to 1,331 bird species, of which about 837 are found in Bengal. In a unique field guide by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), it has documented all these species with their photographs.

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