Kolkata: Chingrighata Bridge will be closed for 60 hours, from 8 pm on Friday to 8 am on July 13, for Metro work. Kolkata traffic police will deploy extra personnel between Kadapara and Science City, especially on Saturday evening, to tackle heavy traffic that is expected due to rain, weddings and a working Saturday.Police are…
Annapurna Yojana status watch Kolkata: The state govt is preparing to introduce an “edit” option on the Annapurna Yojana portal to address widespread complaints over rejected applications, officials said. This feature will allow applicants whose forms have been rejected to correct errors and update information without submitting fresh applications.In a meeting last week, chief secretary…
Kolkata: Birbhum strongman Anubrata Mondal, one of Mamata Banerjee’s close confidants, may join the Ritabrata Banerjee-led rebel camp, MLAs of the camp indicated on Friday.“I have spoken to Mondal at least 30 times since May 4,” Ritabrata said while speaking to reporters on day one of the bloc’s national working committee meeting at a private…
Kolkata: A complaint has been filed at Rabindranagar PS in South 24 Parganas against TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee and 10 others. Complainant Malati Biswas claims “improper treatment” at a Sebaashray camp led to the loss of her left leg.According to the complaint, the woman, suffering from osteoarthritis, had gone to a Sebaashray camp in Maheshtala…
Kolkata: Amiruddin (alias Bobby), a former Kolkata Municipal Corporation member and ex-mayor-in-council, was allegedly attacked with deadly weapons while he was walking home along with an associate, Md Fahim, on Wednesday night. While Amiruddin escaped unhurt, Fahim sustained injuries and had to be hospitalised with the help of locals.According to a complaint filed by Fahim,…
Kolkata: Storage battery major Exide Industries is likely to invest Rs 1,400 crore more in the first phase its Bengaluru-based lithium-ion cell manufacturing plant in the current fiscal, MD and CEO Avik Roy said after the company’s annual general meeting on Friday. The first phase, with a capacity of 6 GWh, has already attracted over…
Kolkata: In a late-evening order on Thursday, at least 33 inspectors — most of them OCs — were transferred. Incidentally, five female officers were deputed to lead some of the most populous police stations, including Chetla, Sinthee and Sarsuna.Included among them is Chameli Mukherjee who was earlier posted as Kalighat OC for 24 hours before…
Kolkata: Concerned over the impact of rampant digital usage among children, including infants, the Union health ministry has decided to deploy ASHA workers to assess the extent of the problem and sensitise parents on digital devices.A similar initiative is also being incorporated into the school health and wellness programme, health ministry officials said in Kolkata…
Kolkata: The probe into dismissed BDO Prashanta Barman’s alleged role in jeweller Swapan Kumilya’s murder intensified after the SIT and a team of cops searched Barman’s New Town flat on Wednesday night and a forensic team collected samples from the apartment. The team collected several documents from the house for examination.Last Oct, 48-year-old gold trader…
Kolkata: Health minister Sharadwat Mukherjee said demoting Riyal Das, daughter of orthopaedic surgeon S P Das, from an assistant professor’s post to a medical officer and shifting her from the special medical education department to general health services were the right decisions as she did not possess the qualifications.Riyal had been an assistant professor at…
