Supreme Court (file picture) Kolkata: Directing the Centre to conduct a fresh survey of elephant corridors and report on measures to prevent their obstruction, the Supreme Court has once again flagged the use of fireballs, ‘mashaals’ and other coercive methods to divert elephants from their natural movement.In its Aug 17 order, the court said a…
Kolkata: Three armed robbers allegedly entered a businessman’s office on Cotton Street in the Posta area on Wednesday evening and fled after looting Rs 1.3 crore. According to sources, the accused had information of a large amount of cash being present in the office. “The accused did not wear masks. They allegedly came on bikes,…
Kolkata: The state health department has summoned the authorities of all 73 private blood banks in the state to submit a signed declaration stating they would follow all blood-safety norms set up by the National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC) and the State BTC. The move comes in the wake of the department finding 12 private…
Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari (file photo) Kolkata: Bengal cabinet has approved the creation of an Anti-Terrorist Squad and an Anti-Narcotics Task Force, in what officials describe as a structural overhaul of the state’s internal security apparatus to combat cross-border terrorism and drug networks.The ATS — a first of its kind in Bengal — is modelled…
State health minister Sharadwat Mukherjee visits Mongal Mondal at the hospital on Wednesday Kolkata: A 31-year-old youth, who has returned from Ludhiana, has complained that one of his kidneys was extracted without his consent at a hospital there. Mongal Mondal is admitted to Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy Multispecialty Hospital (DBCRMH) in Salt Lake, where state…
Free School Street a day after a fire ravaged a building where 9 people died… Sukhomoy Sen Kolkata: A 71-year-old retired banker from Bangladesh had a narrow escape from the Shikha Inn fire after the regular at the lodge opted to stay at another hotel during his latest Kolkata visit.Md Nurul Islam Khan, a resident…
Kolkata: The school education department has served a show-cause notice to the private school near Ruby Hospital where a class 3 student was bitten by a snake. The notice highlights serious lapses in handling the incident and questions why the school’s no-objection certificate (NOC), granted by the state, should not be revoked. The school has…
Kolkata: The two remaining bodies from Shikha Inn has been identified as those of S M Alimuzzaman (48) and Rebati Sarkar (35), both residents of Satkhira district in Bangladesh, who had come to India for medical check-up.According to officials at the Kolkata Police Morgue, the identities were established late on Wednesday.Of the nine people killed…
Kolkata: A 51-year-old patient who went missing from RG Kar Medical College and Hospital shortly after being admitted on Aug 6 was found dead 10 days later at the Kolkata Police morgue, triggering allegations of severe negligence and lack of coordination between police stations and state-run medical facilities.Bimal Ghosh from Baranagar went missing from the…
Florence Mansion on Free School Street Kolkata: Florence Mansion at 15G, Mirza Ghalib Street used to be a residential building with 24-25 flats, many of them occupied by Sindhis. Over the years, as residents sold off their properties amid the commercialisation of the neighbourhood, the new owners made a series of changes and the building…
