Bengal finance minister Swapan Dasgupta (file picture) Kolkata: Bengal govt is working on a start-up policy which will be announced after the govt introduces its new industry policy, state finance minister Swapan Dasgupta said on Sunday. Dasgupta was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the inauguration of the state’s first Atal Incubation Centre, set…
Kolkata police arrested three more people on Sunday in the NEET protest violence incident, bringing the total to 14. KOLKATA: Three more people were arrested on Sunday in connection with the violence during a protest over the NEET paper leak held here two days ago, taking the total number of arrests to 14.The latest arrests…
Minister Agnimitra Paul visits Lindsay Street on Saturday Agnimitra pal visited at New Market —— TOI Kolkata: Effective steps would be taken to clear encroachments from carriageways in and around New Market, said state urban development and municipal affairs minister Agnimitra Paul during an unannounced visit to Lindsay Street on Saturday.Expressing her dismay over the…
Kolkata: Around 15% of couples seeking assisted reproduction in Kolkata were now below 30 years old, indicating infertility was no longer limited to older couples, said fertility experts on World IVF Day on Saturday.City doctors have also observed a growing number of first-time fertility consultations from urban professionals aged 32-40 years, with many couples seeking…
An early morning drizzling in Esplanade… Sukhomoy Sen Kolkata: The city and most other parts of south Bengal are set to receive moderate to heavy rain over the next two days under the impact of a low-pressure area over northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining Bengal-north Odisha coasts. An associated cyclonic circulation extended up to…
Kolkata: A 26-year-old woman, Reshmi Das, was arrested for allegedly killing her husband, Amit Das, after a quarrel as he failed to bring momos and skipped a visit to an Ulto Rath fair in north Kolkata’s Chitpore area on Saturday. According to a complaint lodged by the victim’s mother, Reshmi kicked and punched Amit on…
Cancer survivors being felicitated at the meet in Kolkata on Saturday Kolkata: Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI), New Town, organised an interactive meet of cancer survivors, patients and caregivers on Saturday, where doctors and recovered patients stressed early detection, timely treatment, positivity and family support in fighting the disease.The event brought together survivors and medical…
Kolkata: Hundreds across Kolkata have been left with red, swollen and sticky eyes, thanks to a twin outbreak of viral conjunctivitis and seasonal allergic conjunctivitis.Triggered by a swelling of the conjunctiva gland of the eye, it is highly contagious and has made many rush to doctors and hospital OPDs for treatment. This time, the outbreak…
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Saturday granted interim protection from eviction to alleged occupiers of railway land at Belgharia station till Aug 31.As the eviction drive was supposed to take place at 11 pm on Saturday, an urgent hearing was conducted before Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya’s bench.Since it was submitted by the petitioners that hearing on…
West Bengal CM Suvendhu Adhikari assured that the new law will impose strict penalties on those involved, aiming to prevent future disorder and enhance public safety KOLKATA: Bengal’s stringent, new anti-gang law made its debut on Saturday, with the administration using it to register seven FIRs at Hare Street and Entally Police Stations as it…
