Kolkata: Conmen from Taratala allegedly duped a jobseeker of Rs 4 lakh after they falsely promised the man of securing him a well-paid job in New Zealand.The victim’s wife lodged a complaint at the Taltala Police Station against three persons, including a woman. The jobseeker, a resident of Alimuddin Street, had approached an office on…
Nizam’s, which shut on Tuesday, plans to carry out an independent testing with the help of a third-party agency Kolkata: The suspension of licences of around 40 restaurants by the KMC has caused much anxiety in the city’s food and hospitality industry weeks ahead of the festive season, when restaurants typically see a surge in…
KMC Crackdown On Hotels, Lodges Kolkata: After closing down over 900 lodges and guest houses across the city’s 144 wards, the KMC will conduct suo motu hearings of owners who want to reopen their establishments after upgrading the fire safety norms.KMC launched a strict inspection of lodges, guest houses and hotels, checking for their compliance…
Niladri Bhattacharjee is told to make his office fire safety-compliant Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Tuesday allowed advocate Niladri Bhattacharjee to retrieve his case briefs from his chamber on the first floor of Florence Mansions, where a fire broke out at Shikha Inn on second floor on Aug 19. He can get his files out…
Kolkata: Critically injured after an attack by a Bengal tiger, organs of a 36-year-old Sundarbans fisherman who was declared brain dead at SSKM Hospital’s Trauma Care Centre are set to save multiple lives. The organs of another deceased donor, a 37-year-old from Hooghly, will breathe new life in two renal failure patients.With this, the deceased…
Puja organisers are worried the controversy could affect the puja economy Kolkata: Organisers of big-ticket pujas and the catering industry are hoping that the cloud hanging over Durga Puja since Bageshwar Dham Peethadhishwar Pandit Dhirendra Krishna Shastri’s appeal to the “Hindus of Bengal” to keep non-vegetarian food away from puja venues will soon clear.Puja organisers…
Kolkata: Supreme Court on Tuesday settled a three-decade-old dispute involving Peerless General Finance and Investment Company Limited (PGFI) and Parasmal Lodha-owned Bhagwati Developers Private Limited (BDPL) over change in shareholding pattern by ruling in favour of PGFI.PGFI is the holding company of Peerless group, one of the largest home-grown conglomerates in Bengal. Currently, the Roy…
Kolkata: Kolkata Municipal Corporation on Tuesday issued suspension notices to 40 establishments including several prominent restaurants and confectioneries in the city for alleged violation of food safety norms during a week-long inspection drive.Among the establishments named by civic officials are specific outlets of popular Mughlai restaurants like Arsalan, Kareem’s, Nizam’s, Simla Biryani, Chinese restaurants Big…
Durga idol immersion at Baje Kadamtala ghat Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari’s announcement barring the use of cranes during Durga Puja idol immersion has prompted the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), which oversees immersion in the city, to explore alternatives that may include dissolving idols in situ with water jets or deploying workers to push them…
File pic of theme idol at Kashi Bose Lane BEST PUJA winner in North Kolkata – KASHI BOSE LANE DURGA PUJA COMMITTEE. Photo: TOI Kolkata: Theme artistes in Kolkata say reverence for Ma Durga and artistic freedom are not opposing impulses, even as recent advisories from the VHP and the govt have urged Durga Puja…
