Kolkata: Three emergency patients, who were rushed to state-run IPGMER-SSKM Hospital were admitted to KPC Medical College on Monday. These three cases are the first lot of patients who are getting medical care at private hospitals free of cost under the state govt’s initiative of making private hospitals provide free treatment on 10% beds for…
Kolkata: Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee’s personal assistant Sumit Roy was questioned by CID for the tenth straight day on Tuesday. By rough estimates, he has already faced nearly 70 hours of questioning in two cases. Sources said he has been summoned again, for the 11th time.According to officials, Tuesday’s session focused primarily on the Debra…
L&T Finance Ltd has set a target for its gold loan segment to contribute more than 10% to its total loan book over the next five years Kolkata: L&T Finance Ltd has set a target for its gold loan segment to contribute more than 10% to its total loan book over the next five years,…
Tarapith: Prabir Pal, co-owner of the hotel in Tarapith where a pre-dawn fire on Monday claimed nine lives, was arrested on Tuesday. His son, Kalyan Pal, who is also a co-owner of the hotel, was arrested on Monday in connection with the blaze.Before his arrest, Kalyan said the night-shift staff had immediately used fire extinguishers…
Kolkata: For enumerators heading to remote villages, forest settlements and other areas where mobile connectivity remains patchy, a disappearing network signal will not hamper the field work. An app has been designed with an offline facility, allowing field staff to fill in the 33-question household schedule even without an internet connection.“The feature on the Houselisting…
The recent fire at a hotel in Tarapith has raised alarm bells for the local religious tourism industry KOLKATA: The hotel fire at Tarapith can impact a mutiple-crore religion-tourist circuit weeks before Kaushiki Amavasya, when the pilgrim economy, centred around Tarapith and extending to Nalhati, Bakreswar and Kankalitala, is expected to enter its peak season.The…
Tarapith: The early-morning fire at Hotel Bideshini in Tarapith, which claimed the lives of nine people, including five members of a family from Meghalaya, exposed safety violations across establishments in the temple town.The hotel turned into a smoke trap following a short circuit in an air-conditioning miniature circuit breaker (MCB) on the ground floor, raising…
The Orange Line’s persistent efforts have paid off as the Chingrighata bottleneck is now a thing of the past, following the installation of the final concrete slab KOLKATA: The Orange Line has finally cleared the long-standing Chingrighata bottleneck, more than six years after construction at the key intersection first ran into hurdles. The last 31-metre…
Suri: The Birbhum district administration has constituted a special audit committee to inspect electrical installations and firefighting arrangements in hotels, lodges, guest houses, homestays and other establishments in Tarapith, hours after a blaze at a hotel in the temple town killed seven pilgrims and injured several others.The move comes ahead of Kaushiki Amavasya, when Tarapith…
Kolkata: Two persons were injured as fight broke out at a popular sweet shop in the Karaya area on Friday morning with a BJP Yuva Morcha member and his aide allegedly refusing to pay for some sweets. Police said the incident took place around 11 am on Friday when the store manager was on duty….
