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Covid positivity above 1% after 3.5 months, West Bengal govt tells hospitals to up vigil

KOLKATA: The Covid positivity graph in Bengal climbed above 1% on Monday after a gap of more than three months. With cases rising in a few states, the Bengal government has asked all hospitals to be vigilant at a meeting of senior health officials at Swasthya Bhawan on Monday. Private…

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51.8 acres in Kolkata tech hub for Adani hyperscale data centre

KOLKATA: Adani Enterprise Ltd, the flagship group of Adani Group, will set up a 'hyperscale data centre' at Bengal Silicon Valley in New Town, industries minister Partha Chatterjee announced on Monday. The state cabinet has okayed a proposal to allot 51.8 acres for the project.

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Mujib documentary: Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina opens up on father’s Kolkata connect

KOLKATA: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has recounted Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s Kolkata days for film-maker Goutam Ghose’s documentary.

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Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Liston Colaco raring to go

KOLKATA: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu and Liston Colaco represent the old and the new face of Indian national football team as Igor Stimac’s side gets battle-ready for the Asian Cup’s third and final-round qualifiers, starting here on Wednesday.

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Kolkata: Bus operators keen on CNG for sustenance

KOLKATA: Reeling under the high cost of diesel, a section of bus operators is now keen on switching to CNG, a less expensive and more environment-friendly fuel and also exploring new AC routes to make the operations sustainable in the long run.

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Kolkata: National Library city hub to reopen

KOLKATA: Ajay Pratap Singh, the new director-general of the National Library (NL), plans to restore and rejuvenate the National Library’s historic city hub at Esplanade which used to house newspapers and periodicals with IT support; develop repositories of all 22 scheduled languages; and focus on developing virtual environment to provide…

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Kolkata: No-honking zones near school clusters set to rise from next week

KOLKATA: Lalbazar is set to increase the number of no-honking zones in the city from next week when schools start reopening. Lalbazar has identified school clusters (and not just the gates of the schools) where its special raid section will carry out regular drive against those honking unnecessarily.

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West Bengal: JP Nadda’s tour to include Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay tribute, outreach to intellectuals

KOLKATA: BJP national president J P Nadda, on a two-day tour of West Bengal, is likely to address the state executive of the Bengal unit, which is still facing internal bickering and exodus. He will also address an interaction with city intellectuals as part of his outreach programme.

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Kolkata: Territorial Army jawan’s body reaches home in N 24 Parganas

KOLKATA: The body of Territorial Army (TA) jawan Narayan Chanda, who died during evacuation operations in flood-affected Assam on Saturday, was brought to his Asokenagar home in North 24 Parganas late on Sunday.

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Kolkata: Bhowanipore couple brutally murdered, cops smell robbery

KOLKATA: A couple in their 50s were found brutally murdered at their ground-floor apartment on Harish Mukherjee Road in Bhowanipore, south Kolkata, on Monday evening, the sheer violence and impunity of the crime sending shockwaves through the upper middle-class residential neighbourhood.

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West Bengal: 4 cycle companies to inject Rs 40 crore into Kharagpur industrial park

KOLKATA: The Bengal cabinet on Monday approved a proposal to allot four bicycle manufacturing companies 5 acres each at Vidyasagar industrial park in Kharagpur, said industries minister Partha Chatterjee. The WBIDC park will thus soon become home to a 20-acre cycle hub.

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Adani Enterprises to set up hyper-scale data centre park at Bengal Silicon Valley: Report

KOLKATA: West Bengal industry minister Partha Chatterjee on Monday said the state government has given its nod to Adani Enterprises for setting up a hyper-scale data centre park at Bengal Silicon Valley in the New Town area on the outskirts of the city.

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AFC Asian Cup qualifiers: Local players Pritam Kotal, Subhasish Bose feel 'VYBK atmosphere will be a big boost'

KOLKATA: Playing the AFC Asian Cup final-round qualifiers at a packed Salt Lake Stadium will be a "big boost" for the Indian football team, feel Pritam Kotal and Subhasish Bose, the Blue Tigers' two local players.

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Raid on call centre, 9 held in Kolkata

KOLKATA: Officers of Bidhannagar Cyber Crime Police raided the office of JoinUs Techsoft Consultancy Services on the fourth floor of Meridian Building at Sector V on Friday. They found hundreds of young men and womencalling people in UK, USA and Australia on the pretext of giving tech support.

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Kolkata: 786 in March to 270 in May, Licence suspension drops

KOLKATA: The Kolkata Traffic Police has suspended 270 licences in May, down from 786 suspensions in March. The total number of suspensions since February stands at a little more than 1,100 in the city.

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Fresh Covid case count shows fluctuating trend in West Bengal

KOLKATA: Stray Covid cases have been reported in recent weeks though almost all of them have been mild, said CMRI Hospital pulmonology director Raja Dhar. "Other viruses are more common now but Covid persists, albeit in a mild form. These deaths indicate that we need to be on guard, especially…

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Kolkata: Campus canteens hike prices to stay afloat

KOLKATA: After enduring losses for two years, some college and university canteens in the city have hiked prices of food items to stay afloat, whereas others have decided to stick to pre-pandemic rates to keep their clientele intact. The price rise at Presidency University canteens - Srishti and Puroshottam -…

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West Bengal: Centralised admissions to bring ease, transparency

KOLKATA: The switch to the centralised admission system to government and government-aided colleges and universities will help resolve a lot of issues hindering the entrance process to undergraduate courses and will introduce transparency, said principals and vice-chancellors. Since the admissions will be conducted through a single portal launched by the…

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In a first, Particulate matter 2.5 count in Kolkata touched ambient air quality standard last year

KOLKATA: In 2021, PM2.5 - the tiniest of pollutants that play havoc with human lives - had for the first time touched the annual national ambient air quality standard of 40 g/m³ (microgram per cubic meter) in Kolkata. Compared to 2018, the dip in PM2.5 was 6.4%, revealed a study…

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35-yr-old dies of Covid in Kolkata, docs say don't drop guard

KOLKATA: A woman from Amdanga in North 24 Parganas succumbed to Covid at the Infectious Diseases Beleghata General Hospital on Saturday, six days after the state had rec-orded its last Covid death on May 29. The 35-year-old wom-an was on ventilation for 13 days at a nursing home in Bag-uiati…

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Heart condition, hypoxia led to KK death: Kolkata Police

KOLKATA: Singer KK had an underlying heart condition that was aggravated by lack of oxygen on Tuesday evening, which led to a fatal cardiac arrest, the final post-mortem report has said. "It is suggested that death occurred following the effects of hypoxia following Acute Cardiogenic Pulmonary Oedema, caused due to…

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Kolkata: Attack on ex-ward president’s house

KOLKATA: Over 30 men, allegedly owning allegiance to a TMC councillor, attacked the former TMC local ward committee president’s house twice in Kasba on Friday night. The tension continued into the wee hours of Saturday, claimed victim Bapi Dev.

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Legal requirement to probate wills executed in Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata, challenged in High Court

Litigant wants Section 213 of Indian Succession Act, 1925, declared unconstitutional because of discrimination on the basis of religion and geographic location

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West Bengal: 102-year-old woman sells vegetables to support family

KOLKATA: Age is just a number for Lakshmi Maity, a 102-year-old vegetable seller who, for the past five decades, has never let financial constraints come in the way of her family's basic needs.

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Lake rowing accident: Victim’s father files FIR in Kolkata

KOLKATA: The father of Souryadeep Chatterjee (14) — one of the two South Point High School students who drowned at the Rabindra Sarobar while practising rowing two weeks ago — has registered an FIR against unknown persons in South Point High School and Lake Club for their alleged negligence leading…

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