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Invited to Uttar Pradesh, Didi to campaign for Samajwadi in Lucknow in February

KOLKATA: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee will go to Lucknow to address a press conference and a virtual rally against BJP along with Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav on February 8.

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Invited to Uttar Pradesh, Mamata Banerjee to campaign for Samajwadi Party in Lucknow in February

KOLKATA: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee will go to Lucknow to address a press conference and a virtual rally against BJP along with Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav on February 8.

The Times of India

West Bengal: Covid test positivity rate below 20%, experts see ray of hope

KOLKATA: Bengal's Covid test positivity rate touched the lowest mark in two weeks on Tuesday when it plunged to 19.4%. On Monday, it was 26.4%. The state also clocked positivity below 20% after a gap of two weeks. Health experts see a ray of hope of the third wave surge…

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Piping hot food back on Rajdhani, Shatabdi

KOLKATA: IRCTC on Tuesday resumed onboard catering services with cooked food in premium trains like Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto trains of the eastern zone. The piping hot food was served, for the first time since March 2020, along with ready-to-eat food.

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12 of Kolkata’s 33 micro C-zones in New Alipore, Jodhpur Park, Lake Gardens & Netaji Nagar

KOLKATA: It’s mission Borough X for the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) Covid-combat team, as several of its wards continue to reel under the virus infection. According to a KMC health department official, the civic team is struggling to contain the Covid spread from New Alipore to Lake Gardens despite having…

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1,517 violations in 16 hours: Kolkata cops mull breathalyzer test soon

KOLKATA: The Kolkata traffic police is considering to bring breathalyzer test back in order to curb the sudden rise in the number of accidents that the city has been witnessing in the past 10 days. In fact, they have already tightened the checks, registering 124 incidents of rash driving and…

The Times of India

Despite 3rd wave, number of flyers has grown 5 times since 2nd wave in Kolkata

KOLKATA: Unlike the second wave, when flyer count took a plunge as Covid cases soared, the sweeping third wave is yet to act as a deterrent for air travellers.

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Reopen parks & lakes for sake of citizens’ mental and physical health, urge experts

KOLKATA: Public health experts, doctors, mental health specialists, virologists and citizens from across the spectrum have appealed to experts strategising on restrictions to control spread of Covid-19 in Kolkata and other metros to refrain from shutting down open green spaces whenever cases rise.

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Kolkata: Gyms open after a fortnight’s Covid break, fitness freaks celebrate

KOLKATA: From dividing members and patrons into different slots to issuing multiple restrictions, including ban on lockers, sauna and shower chambers, and strict check of vaccination and infection status before entry, gyms across Kolkata went back to the basics of Covid protocol that had been adopted following the first and…

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Kolkata sees dramatic dip in daily COVID-19 cases, restrictions relaxed

West Bengal, particularly its capital Kolkata, has witnessed an overnight dramatic drop in the number of daily COVID-19 cases, making the city breathe easy and encouraging the State government to ease

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West Bengal: Cartoonist Narayan Debnath passes away; PM Modi, CM Mamata condole his demise

KOLKATA: Eminent cartoonist Narayan Debnath — the creator of unforgettable characters like Batul The Great, Nante and Fante — breathed his last on Tuesday morning at a hospital in West Bengal capital Kolkata.

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Kolkata Municipal Corporation’s jab-at-home drive

KOLKATA: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation will finally reach out to the elderly and the infirm citizens with the vaccination-at-home offer. In a bid to bring city’s elderly and ailing population under the vaccination net in the wake of a surge in cases, the KMC health department will reach out to…

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Book fair may be held from February 28 to March 13

KOLKATA: The state has given clearance for inauguration of the International Kolkata Book Fair on February 28 and the fair is likely to continue till March 13 if the pandemic situation does not deteriorate.

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Elective procedures make a cautious start: 7 Cov ICU patients get pacemakers at IPGMER

KOLKATA: The Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (IPGMER) on Friday carried out pacemaker implants on seven Covid patients who were admitted for the procedure but had tested positive without symptoms. It marked the beginning of a new chapter in Covid treatment in Kolkata, paving the way for…

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Kolkata: Hansa Veena exponent Pt Barun Kr Pal dead

KOLKATA: Pt Barun Kumar Pal, an exponent of Hansa Veena or Indian slide guitar, breathed his last at his Kolkata residence on Monday morning. He was 76. According to his family members, the musician passed away in his sleep. He was battling complications following a brain stroke that he had…

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Kolkata: Spot fines return, over 800 charged on Day 1

KOLKATA: Over 800 prosecutions were reported on Sunday, the first day that Kolkata traffic police reintroduced spot fines. Out of a total of 1,046 prosecutions reported, over 80% were spot fines, stated police sources. The rest were citation cases. Though the numbers were half of the average prosecutions witnessed on…

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Music maestros recall Kolkata’s jugalbandis with Birju Maharaj

KOLKATA: The unforgettable Kathak recital of Pt Birju Maharaj in concert with Ustad Zakir Hussain at Golpark Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture remains the talk of town. So do his jugalbandis with Pt Ajoy Chakraborty and Vidushi Girija Devi. There is also footage of him singing Manna Dey’s ‘Jodi kagoje…

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Kolkata min 12.4°C after mercury dips by 3°C

Kolkata: The city was gripped by a sharp chill on Monday as the minimum temperature dipped three degrees to 12.4. It could remain below 13 degrees on Tuesday, said the Met office, which predicted that the chill will persist till at least Thursday.

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Glimmer of hope for tourism: Travel buffs plan summer trips

Kolkata: Though the tourism industry and travel agents are passing through harrowing times after many people cancelled their tours following a spike in Covid cases, a section of people started planning trips for summer holidays. Some of them are also preparing for international tours as they are updating their passports…

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BJP dissent out in the open, leaders slam ‘poster culture’

KOLKATA: Posters and cutouts calling Bengal BJP (organization) secretary Amitava Chakraborty bibhishan (enemy within) and election strategist Prashant Kishor’s agent appeared on Monday at several places in central and north Kolkata like Shyambazar, Jorasanko and Esplanade and also near the BJP state headquarters at Muralidhar Sen Lane on Central Avenue.

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On day 15 of teen vax drive, Bengal nears 50% jab target

KOLKATA: Bengal completed vaccinating almost 50% of the eligible recipients in the 15-18 age group on Monday, even as the number of fresh Covid cases in Kolkata plunged below the 2,000-mark for the first time since December 31 last year, leading some experts to think that the peak of the…

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West Bengal records 9,385 more Covid cases, 33 new deaths

KOLKATA: West Bengal on Monday registered 9,385 new Covid-19 cases, 5,553 less than Sunday's figure, pushing the tally to 19,07,084, the health department said in a bulletin. Altogether 33 fresh fatalities took the death toll to 20,121.

Newslaundry

In pictures: Torch rally in Kolkata against ‘fascist surgical strike’ in JNU

A torch rally took place in Kolkata against the violence in Jawaharlal Nehru University yesterday, when a mob wreaked havoc inside the university. The rally began at College Square and proceeded to Raj Bhavan. It was attended by students from Calcutta University, Presidency College, and others, including faculty members.

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#ElectoralBonds: 99% of the purchases are of ₹1 crore & ₹10 lakh denomination, and most took place in Mumbai

The central government notified the Electoral Bonds scheme on January 2, 2018, after the announcement the during 2017-18 budget. One of the main reasons cited for the introduction of the electoral bond scheme was to control unaccounted money flowing into the political system and to improve financial transparency.

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Is this army officer a whistle-blower or an offender?

In September 2016, a sensitive situation reached the offices of Indian Army’s Eastern Command in Kolkata. One of its officers, Lt Colonel Dharamveer Singh of the Special Forces, alleged that a team of an army intelligence unit in Nagaland had committed fake encounters and dacoity against civilians in Assam, Manipur…

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