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Kolkata: Ukrainians, Russians set to join other expats in Ulta Rath

KOLKATA: Iskcon devotees from Russia and Ukraine will flag off the Ulta Rathayatra on Saturday that will set off from the Territorial Army Institute ground in the Maidan, where the three chariots of Jagannath, Baldev and Subhadra are parked since July 1.

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Kolkata: ‘Raze illegal structures to restore wetlands’

KOLKATA: The East Kolkata Wetlands Management Authority (EKWMA) has urged the environment and heritage department of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and Anandapur police to complete the demolition of encroachments in daag numbers 1,147; 1,148 and 1,149 in Ward 108 under Dhapa mouza.

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West Bengal: New pumping station to check waterlogging in Lake Town

KOLKATA: A new drainage system and pumping station will be inaugurated on the Bangur-Lake Town link road on Saturday. The pumping station, set up by South Dum Dum municipality, will help minimise waterlogging in large areas of Lake Town and Bangur, benefiting over 52,000 residents of the area.

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West Bengal: BMC starts fever survey to check dengue

KOLKATA: Bengal chief secretary H K Dwivedi held a meeting on Friday on ways to control dengue and asked local bodies to conduct door-to-door campaign and spread awareness.

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Awaiting West Bengal govt nod to fix private hospital rates: Health panel to Calcutta HC

KOLKATA: The West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission (WBCERC) said they had almost fixed private hospital charges for inpatient, outdoor and diagnostic services and was waiting for the state nod to implement the rates.

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Union minister Smriti Irani may inaugurate E-W's Sealdah station in Kolkata

KOLKATA: Union minister Smriti Irani is scheduled to visit Howrah Maidan, the terminal station of East-West Metro, on Monday. Sources said the minister might remotely launch the Sealdah station, the seventh station of E-W Metro, at 5pm that day. Commercial runs are likely to start on Thursday, they added.

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Spend 48 hours at Eco Park, Calcutta high court tells estranged couple

KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Friday asked a couple, separated for eight years, to try to bridge their differences. After the estranged couple agreed to the HC's suggestion, the court has asked them to spend two days in Eco Park and then inform the court on what they think…

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Kolkata: Parent's concern prompts schools to tweak timings

KOLKATA: Parents of students from nursery to Class V - kids who have not been vaccinated - are worried about the fast spread of Covid in Kolkata and have been reaching out to schools with their queries and concerns. This has prompted several city schools to introduce staggered timings to…

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West Bengal: Youth in hospital with suspected monkeypox

KOLKATA: Bengal reported the first case of suspected monkeypox on Friday.

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Kolkata: Covid wards filling up, hospitals restrict admission to only critical patients

KOLKATA: A few private hospitals in Kolkata are planning to restrict admission of Covid patients to only those who have comorbidities or low oxygen saturation levels to keep wards and beds free to continue non-Covid treatment. Covid patients with just fever as symptom will be advised to stay in home…

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Kolkata: BMC repairs damaged salt lake lamp posts, NKDA inspects street poles in New Town

KOLKATA: Following the repeated incidents of electrocution deaths where victims touched live street poles, the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started identifying and repairing the defunct and damaged street light poles across Salt Lake.

The Times of India

Kolkata witnesses year’s second zero-shadow day

KOLKATA: Kolkatans were lucky to experience the second zero-shadow day of the year on Friday with the overcast skies clearing up around 11.41am. Though the sun shone down bright, objects did not cast a shadow. The previous zero-shadow day was on June 5.

The Times of India

Just 155 fined in a month, mask rule goes for a toss at Kolkata airport

KOLKATA: A month on, there is least regard for the DGCA-enforced mask mandate at Kolkata airport — be it on part of passengers or airport and airline employees — although Bengal witnessed close to 3,000-odd cases in a day and three deaths on Friday. Kolkata airport rolled out a fine…

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Wriddhiman Saha signs for Tripura Ranji side

KOLKATA: Wicket-keeper bastman Wriddhiman Saha began a new chapter in his playing career on Friday after officially taking over as the player-cum-mentor of the Tripura team for the forthcoming Ranji Trophy season.

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Goalkeeper Vishal Kaith inks three-year deal with ATK Mohun Bagan

KOLKATA: Indian Super League heavyweights ATK Mohun Bagan on Friday announced the signing of former Chennaiyin FC goalkeeper Vishal Kaith on a three-year contract.

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Kolkata GMs hopeful of India’s chances in Chess Olympiad

KOLKATA: City Grandmasters are optimistic about India's chances in the upcoming Chess Olympiad scheduled to be held in Chennai from July 28.

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West Bengal: Lake Town to get new fire station

KOLKATA: Keeping up with local demands, the state fire and emergency services department will set up a new fire station at the Lake Town market area close to VIP Road, a densely populated area with both residential and commercial complexes.

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Inside the Alt News office after Mohammed Zubair’s arrest

It had seemed a regular Monday evening for Kalim Ahmed, 22, a writer at Alt News, when he reached home after shutting his office in Kolkata on June 27. But then a message from the factchecking platform’s director Nirjhari Sinha popped on his screen, informing him of the arrest of…

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SpiceJet freighter plane returns to Kolkata post snag; DGCA summons airline management

NEW DELHI: A SpiceJet Boeing 737 freighter (that carries only cargo) scheduled to fly from Kolkata to Chongqing in China, returned to Kolkata on Tuesday due to unserviceable weather radar.

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SpiceJet freighter aircraft returns to Kolkata due to its unserviceable weather radar

Eighth incident of technical malfunction on a SpiceJet aircraft in last 18 days

The Hindu

TMC condemns its MP Mahua Moitra’s remarks on Goddess Kali

Mahua Moitra had made some controversial remarks during a conclave arranged by a media house in Kolkata.

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West Bengal: 'Need to take steps to protect kids'

KOLKATA: Senior physician Sukumar Mukherjee, a member of the state government's Global Advisory Board on Covid-19, said a worrying thing, especially in the wake of increasing Covid cases, was that section people were not turning up for the second dose and booster.

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Kolkata: Religious divide blurs as youths rebuild temple

KOLKATA: At a humble neighbourhood in the Olaichandi Road area near Tala Park, youths from different communities have set aside their religious beliefs to come together and restore a half-a-century-old Shiva temple. Aftab Khan, Firoz Khan and Amrit Limboo have been as busy and invested as their friends, like Vinay…

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West Bengal: From 33,000 plus daily vaccine doses in June first week, numbers rise to 76,000 in last 7 days

KOLKATA: The door-to-door campaign accompanied by the rising Covid-19 cases has given an impetus to the vaccination drive across the state. From an average of 33,000-plus doses a day in the first week of June the average number of doses administered daily in the last one week has gone up…

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Kolkata police widen road, crack whip on illegal parking to clear school traffic mess

KOLKATA: After the ban on parking on Loudon Street, Rawdon Street, Robinson Street, Moira Street, Hungerford Street in the Park Street-Beckbagan zone helped unclog the school-hour traffic snarls, police have turned their attention to AJC Bose Road and Diamond Harbour Road.

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