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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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West Bengal: Colleges to publish provisional merit list, address applicants grievances next week

KOLKATA: Colleges and universities are gearing up for the next phase of admissions to undergraduate courses after the applications phase drew to a close. Colleges will be publishing a comprehensive general merit list for all subjects in the next few days, after which, applicants will get a window to report…

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West Bengal: Salt Lake homes may be allowed extra floor

KOLKATA: House-owners in Salt Lake may soon be allowed to construct an additional floor - a proposal that was mooted several years ago. The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started working on a draft plan for this even as civic officials said the proposal has been discussed and accepted in…

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Kolkata: 'Denied leave', CISF jawan fires at mates in museum, kills ASI

KOLKATA: An assistant sub-inspector of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) dep-loyed at the Indian Museum was shot dead and an assistant commandant injured after a head constable in the force opened fire in the barracks on Saturday evening, shortly after the museum had shut for the day.

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One killed in fratricide by CISF personnel at Indian Museum

The deceased was an Assistant Sub-Inspector while an officer of Assistant Commandant rank sustained injuries

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Ranchi: Kolkata crime branch seizes documents from lawyer’s home

RANCHI: A crime branch team from Kolkata on Friday seized several bank passbooks, electronic devices, documents related to PILs and property documents during raids carried out in the house of high court advocate Rajiv Kumar in Ranchi.

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Kolkata: Birds get new homes on school campuses as tribals help students 'install' nests

KOLKATA: Around 50-odd tribals from areas like Purulia, Birbhum and Ranchi have come together to help green activists put up nests in trees on school campuses in Kolkata and its outskirts. The aim is to provide suitable places for birds to breed. While birds are losing out their natural habitat…

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West Bengal: Panels to keep tabs on oxygen stock in districts, medical colleges

KOLKATA: The health department will form district oxygen committees to take stock of the oxygen situation in the state. There will also be panels at medical colleges that will report to Swasthya Bhavan. A health department directive has asked the CMOHs to set up the committees and submit a report…

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Kolkata: From September, traders to pay 50% more for market upkeep

KOLKATA: Traders at 21 municipal markets in the city will have to pay 50% more from September following Kolkata Municipal Corporation market department's decision to charge a maintenance fee over the rent. The maintenance fee has been fixed at 50% of the rent.

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Kolkata: Biker dead, 6 injured in 3 accidents

KOLKATA: A youth on a bike was killed and six others were injured in three accidents in the city on Friday.

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BRICS film festival award for 'Aparajito'

KOLKATA: 'Aparajito', the Anik Dutta film that is inspired by the story behind the making of Satyajit Ray's 'Pather Panchali', has won the special jury award at the 2022 BRICS Film Festival. The jury for this festival included Indian director Nila Madhab Panda, Russian film scholar Nina Kochelyaeva, Brazilian film…

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Alipore museum to open soon in Kolkata

KOLKATA: The state's much awaited Alipore Independence museum project is nearing completion and will be open to public soon.

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Kolkata: NGO help for New Town green drive

KOLKATA: A NGO has come forward to distribute cloth bags at subsidized rates in New Town markets.

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Cab confusion brings taxi touts back to Kolkata airport

KOLKATA: Taking advantage of the multi-pronged commute trouble from Kolkata airport, where pre-paid taxis are few and app cabs throw tantrums (right from refusing to go to passenger's destination to seeking cash as the preferred mode of payment), taxi touts are slowly making a comeback outside Kolkata airport. Unlike on…

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West Bengal declares Rakhi holiday on August 11

KOLKATA: The state government has declared a holiday on August 11 - Thursday - on account of the Rakhi Bandhan festival in Bengal. All state government offices and educational institutes will remain closed.

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Kolkata: Meet over Jadavpur University campus safety

KOLKATA: Jadavpur University held a meeting with all stakeholders on Friday to discuss security on campus after teachers and scholars complained against drinking, scuffles and harassment of women with outsiders entering the premises in the evening.

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Step up preventive measures: West Bengal chief secretary HK Dwivedi

KOLKATA: With dengue cases on the rise, the state on Friday convened a meeting at Nabanna to step up vector control measures. The state chief secretary, HK Dwivedi, told all stakeholders to take up active measures to control the mosquito menace.

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3 weeks after flyover helpline launch, Kolkata Traffic Police get a dozen breakdown calls a day

KOLKATA: Kolkata Traffic Police has started receiving over a dozen breakdown calls daily on the 1073 helpline number advertised for cars encountering trouble on Maa or AJC Bose Road flyovers. Three weeks after the facility was launched, cops claim that on a daily basis, three to four calls pertain to…

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Kolkata: Impaled on bamboo, mason saved after 7-hour operation at Seth Sukhlal Karnani Memorial Hospital

KOLKATA: A 27-year-old mason who fell from a height of 30ft and was impaled on a bamboo pole, which pierced through his pancreas, stomach and a kidney, underwent a marathon repair and reconstruction surgery at the state-run IPGMER. Doctors at the hospital's Trauma Care Centre said the patient, Sushanta Das,…

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Covid takes back seat; dengue, other virals return in Kolkata

KOLKATA: With Covid waning and life getting back to the 'old normal', doctors warn of a spurt in dengue cases this season. Lifting of restrictions and relaxation of health norms that had been strictly followed during the pandemic over the last two years make return of dengue a strong possibility,…

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West Bengal: Salt Lake markets to get a facelift with Rs 2.5 crore Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation funds

KOLKATA: Community market complexes across Salt Lake will soon get a facelift. The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has allocated Rs 2.5 crore funds this year to repair and renovate several markets, which have been in a bad shape.

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National Flags sewn by women of Kashmir to flutter in Kolkata homes

KOLKATA: National Flags made by women in Kashmir are set to flutter in homes of Kolkata soon. Organisations in Kolkata and Kashmir, along with the Army, are facilitating this move to generate funds to help the Kashmiri women earn a living and become self-dependent.

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Kolkata: A business enterprise that empowers sex workers, transgenders & poor

KOLKATA: A handful of talented but marginalised women - underprivileged, sex workers, trafficking victims and transgenders - have been receiving support from an unusual quarter to rebuild their lives. Businessman Namit Bajoria has been the pillar of hope for these women, and some young children, for whom 'Kutchina Krritika' turned…

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Met department predicts heavy rain in coastal districts of West Bengal

KOLKATA: A low-pressure set to form over northwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal on August 7 is likely to trigger rain in the coastal districts of Bengal, including Kolkata between August 9 and 11.

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