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Private schools in Kolkata join Paray Shikshalay programme for open-air classes

KOLKATA: Along with government schools, several private schools in Kolkata will also join the Paray Shikhalay programme, giving students below Class VIII a chance to interact with their teachers in an open-air setting after a two-year pandemic-induced gap.

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Poor air quality behind more than half of lung cancer cases in Kolkata, say experts

KOLKATA: Pollution could be responsible for more than half of Kolkata’s lung cancer cases, warned experts at a symposium on the occasion of World Cancer Day on Friday. While cancer patients with squamous cell carcinoma — which is usually linked with smoking — were more common till recently.

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‘Want to build 2nd airport for Kolkata, but no response from state govt’

KOLKATA: Union civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Sunday said that the Centre was looking at a 2 lakh square metre airport for Kolkata.

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Kolkata airport: Ready for pre-Covid flyer count, domestic terminal shops open during wave 3

KOLKATA: A number of retail and food outlets inside Kolkata airport, which were shut for several months owing to low footfall after the second wave of the Covid pandemic, haven’t gone the same route after the third wave, as they are hopeful of a pre-pandemic footfall, thanks to the slow…

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ICC Under-19 World Cup: When Ravi Kumar's 'Fauji' dad couldn't tell his son about his grenade injury in Kashmir

KOLKATA: Ravi Kumar's emergence as the new hero of the under-19 World Cup is not only the result of his own hard work but also due to the sacrifices of his CRPF father, who spent most of his life serving the country.

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Reaching 3 minutes late, Kolkata girl not allowed to board flight at Delhi's IGI

KOLKATA: A 21-year-old college student, who had booked a flight to travel from Delhi to Kolkata to meet her ailing grandfather, was left stranded and in tears at Delhi airport on Friday after a ground crew allegedly tore her boarding pass.

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South Kolkata, fringes set to get more fee parking lots

KOLKATA: Wards in south Kolkata and along the fringes are set to get a few more notified parking lots. The KMC last week granted approval for the first parking area, where 20 vehicles can be kept, near Taratala state garage-Parnasree lake. The Kolkata Traffic Police said it would now send…

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Kolkata: Post vax, teenagers live it up on Saraswati Puja

KOLKATA: After a year’s gap due to Covid restrictions, educational institutes opened their gates for Saraswati Puja darshan on Saturday. Now that the 15-17 age group has started getting vaccinated, youngsters were more confident, and, clad in festive attire, made the most of this festival.

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Kolkata: Unlocking will see minor spurt in Covid cases but also rapid fall, say experts

KOLKATA: As unlocking unfolds with Covid numbers sliding, experts say, each phase of reopening will lead to a minor spurt in transmission that will help extend the ‘tail of the third wave’.

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Calcutta HC clears Maidan metro tunnel after Army nod

KOLKATA: The much-awaited green light has come for the Joka-Esplanade Metro corridor with the Army on Friday informing a Calcutta High Court division bench that it has no objection to tracks being laid below Maidan and underground tunnelling through its land.

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February rain drenches Kolkata, temperature dip likely

KOLKATA: The city woke up to an unseasonal thunderstorm and an incessant drizzle, which occasionally got heavier and drenched the city for more than two hours on Friday morning. The gust of wind played havoc with flights at the city airport, leading to delays and diversions.

The Times of India

Vaccine recipient numbers dip across private hospitals in Kolkata

KOLKATA: The number of vaccine recipients has come down to a trickle at most private hospitals in Kolkata, which are often not getting even 10 a day so as to open a vial. Since each Covishield and Covaxin vial contains 10 doses that have to be used within a day…

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West Bengal: With Saraswati Puja, kids take another step back to old routine

KOLKATA: Two years of pandemic, their entry to school being prohibited, and online classes from home: these are reasons enough for students to lose enthusiasm. But now that schools have started calling students back to campuses, the youngsters again have something to look forward to. And, there can’t be a…

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India vs West Indies: Meet five lesser-known players in the Windies ODI squad who could make a big impact

NEW DELHI: Riding high on confidence after a T20I series triumph against England in their backyard, the West Indies team now takes on an Indian challenge in the white-ball series starting February 6. The series will begin with three one-day Internationals followed by 3 T20 Internationals at two venues --…

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Saraswati Puja: Idol makers expect good sales this year after suffering losses due to COVID earlier

Ahead of Saraswati Puja, idol makers in northern Kolkata's Kumortuli are hoping for good business this year after suffering financial losses due to several waves of COVID-19.

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Durga Puja to go global on Saraswati Puja

KOLKATA: UK’s Bengali diaspora will launch a campaign to create a global tourism interest in Bengal’s Durga Puja at their Saraswati Puja in London. Durga Puja has already bagged Unesco’s heritage tag.

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Minor, four others held for sextortion in West Bengal

KOLKATA: The cyber cell of Kolkata Police has apprehended five persons - all of them are from Bihar - from the Shapoorji Complex at Rajarhat for allegedly running a sextortion racket on Thursday.

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Happy to help: Kolkata airport red carpet for special flyers

KOLKATA: The Kolkata airport has a special help desk and dedicated lane for priority security check of people with disabilities and elderly flyers. The facility will also cater to pregnant women and single women travelling with children.

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Kolkata colleges focus on junior students after vaccine shield

KOLKATA: Unlike previous two attempts to reopen campuses when colleges and universities gave priority to outgoing batches and those students with lab-based subjects for in-person classes, this time they are calling junior students from even first and second semesters for physical classes.

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West Bengal: Covid cases ebb but daily deaths at 30+ as co-morbidities take toll

KOLKATA: Even though the number of Covid cases has dropped sharply since the third wave peaked in early January, the number of deaths hasn't declined appreciably, hovering above 30 per day in Bengal and between 5 and 9 in Kolkata.

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We are good to go, it is safe to resume I-League in March first week: CEO Sunando Dhar

NEW DELHI: All India Football Federation's (AIFF) Leagues CEO Sunando Dhar on Wednesday assured that it is "safe to resume" the I-League in the first week of March, two months after it was suspended due to a COVID-19 outbreak inside its bio-bubble in Kolkata.

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Colleges, universities push back reopen dates to help students shift to Kolkata

KOLKATA: The state government has given the go-ahead to reopen school and college campuses from Thursday but several institutes in the city have decided to start physical classes next week after Saraswati Puja so that outstation students get enough time to shift to Kolkata and the authorities can also finish…

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West Bengal: 47,974 applications filed at 1,396 camps on Paray Samadhan Day-I

KOLKATA: Paray Samadhan (solution at the neighbourhood), a state government initiative to reach out to citizens in their neighbourhoods instead of calling them to government offices, was launched across the state on Monday.

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Curbs on Mumbai, Delhi flights to Kolkata lifted

KOLKATA: Airlines officials on Monday greeted the state government’s decision to remove restrictions on flights from Delhi and Mumbai to Kolkata but said that normal operations would resume only from Wednesday or Thursday onwards as changes in schedules required to reinstate the flights would take some time.

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Kolkata: Tourism sector pins biz boost hope on Saraswati Puja, Holi

KOLKATA: Hoteliers, travel agents, tour operators and tourists breathed a sigh of relief after the state announced tourist spots, parks, entertainment parks and zoos would open with 75% capacity from Tuesday, right before the Saraswati Puja weekend.

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