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City to get 50,000 trees by October under Kolkata Municipal Corporation green mission

KOLKATA: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation parks department has set a target of planting 50,000 saplings across the city by the end of October.

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National body nod to 5 new medical colleges in West Bengal, admission likely to start this year

KOLKATA: NEET UG aspirants have a reason to cheer as Bengal is likely to start admission to six new medical colleges - Arambagh, Tamluk, Barasat, Uluberia, Jalpaiguri and Jhargram - from this year. If all goes according to plans, there will be an addition of 600 MBBS seats as each…

The Times of India

Kolkata: Each UG seat gets 20-30 applicants

KOLKATA: A day before the deadline for undergraduate courses ends most colleges have already received forms in excess of more than 20,000, with some crossing even 30,000, which is 20 to 30 times the total intake capacity of the college.

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Kolkata: 2 labourers die in Bagbazar

KOLKATA: Two labourers - unemployed for some time - living in a rented accommodation in Bagbazar were found dead inside the room. Cops suspect they possibly drank pesticide.

The Times of India

Decomposed body found in Kolkata

KOLKATA: The decomposed body of a 55-year-old man, living alone at a two-storeyed house in Behala was found on Wednesday night. The police said Sujay Chakraborty was unemployed and was suffering from depression following the deaths of multiple family members over a period of time. Cops said he was one…

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Kolkata: 2 snatchers held in New Town

KOLKATA: Bidhannagar Police on Wednesday arrested two - Rakibul Islam and Iyamin Molla - for snatching a chain from a woman and her daughter who were returning home from an evening walk in New Town on July 14. Both are residents of Haroa in North 24 Parganas and are history-sheeters.

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West Bengal: For four consecutive days, Covid cases stay below 1,000

KOLKATA: New Covid cases that have dipped below the 1,000-mark since August 1 seem to be on a downward slide with the number sliding to 775 on Thursday from 911 on Wednesday. The number might hover around the 700/800-mark for another two weeks before it plunges significantly and the current…

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Calcutta HC breather for 4 Rohingya women

KOLKATA: The Calcutta high court on Thursday asked the Centre not to deport four women Rohingya refugees back to Myanmar till it heard their pleas on August 10. The four women, now detained at Dum Dum Correctional Home after completion of their sentence in 2019, had moved court back in…

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Kolkata: Tallah bridge before Pujas?

KOLKATA: The state government is trying to open the new Tallah bridge before the Pujas, newly appointed state PWD minister Pulak Roy said on Thursday.

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Reinstate Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology VC: Calcutta HC

KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday set aside a state notification replacing Saikat Maitra as Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (MAKAUT) vice-chancellor and appointing West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (WBJEE) chairman Malayendu Saha in his place.

The Times of India

12-year-old dies of dengue in Kolkata, govt calls meet

KOLKATA: A 12-year old resident of Mahim Halder Lane in Kalighat died of dengue on Thursday morning. This is the first dengue death in the city this monsoon, according to Kolkata Municipal Corporation records. Kalighat is a dengue-prone area and has recorded hundreds of cases in the recent past.

The Times of India

Accused Jharkhand MLAs can't choose probe agency: Calcutta HC

KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday dismissed a plea filed by the three arrested Jharkhand MLAs that sought a probe by the CBI or an "independent agency" in the alleged cash scam, saying an accused could not choose which agency should investigate an alleged offence.

The Times of India

On a bicycle mission to protect soil

16-year-old Sahil Jha started his journey from Kolkata on May 1

The Hindu

Mamata Banerjee on four-day visit to Delhi as agencies step up heat

The visit comes at a time when central investigation agencies have stepped up probe in connection with different scams in West Bengal.

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Two killed in gas leak at factory near Kolkata

It is suspected that carbon monoxide gas leaked at the unit, leading to the death of two persons

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Kolkata: Two killed in gas leak at factory in Khardaha

The incident happened during maintenance work at the plant of Electrosteel Castings Ltd (ECL) at B T Road in North 24 Parganas district. Full story on Dynamite News:

The Times of India

West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee rejigs ministry, Babul Supriyo among five new faces in cabinet

KOLKATA: The Mamata Banerjee government effected on Wednesday its second cabinet reshuffle since being voted to office in 2021 for its third successive term, adding five cabinet ministers and three ministers of state to give Bengal a 44-strong council of ministers, reports Debashis Konar. North Bengal strongman Udayan Guha, former…

The Times of India

West Bengal cabinet reshuffle: Raj Bhavan ready for swearing-in ceremony

KOLKATA: Raj Bhavan in the city is gearing up for the 4pm show of swearing-in ceremony of the new ministers, as West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee is going to reshuffle her cabinet. For the swearing-in ceremony at Raj Bhavan, governor La Ganesan who is holding dual charge of Bengal and…

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Kolkata: Fraud cuffs on mother & daughter

KOLKATA: A joint team of CID and the state directorate of economic offences raided a condominium in Jaipur and arrested the daughter and wife of a Ballygunge-based businessman, Shantilal Surana. They have been arrested on charges of misappropriating funds running into several crores. The mother-daughter duo was named in 13…

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West Bengal: 22-year-old ends life with child at home

KOLKATA: A 22-year-old woman set herself on fire along with her three-year-old daughter at Mondalpara in Maheshtala on Tuesday morning. The woman and the child later succumbed to burn injuries at a hospital. Cops have detained her husband for questioning.

The Times of India

West Bengal govt starts to shift offices out of New Secretariat

KOLKATA: The state government has started shifting the offices of various departments, such as PWD, housing, sports and youth affairs, law, tourism, police and labour, from the New Secretariat building to house several courts, including fast track courts and tribunals, there.

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West Bengal: Microcredit route for macro empowerment of the poorest

KOLKATA: In 2001, Chandra Shekhar Ghosh started Bandhan-Konnagar with the objective of empowering the underprivileged and creating new employment opportunities. He concerned himself with figuring out ways to provide support to people to increase their per capita income. The answer was microcredit. While the venture was a success, Ghosh realised…

The Times of India

Kolkata: Arms dealer held with 4 guns, 40 cartridges

KOLKATA: The Special Task Force of Kolkata Police has caught an arms dealer, who was carrying illegal single-shot firearms and 40 rounds of ammunition. Accused Samir Kumar Pattanaik (54) from Danton in West Midnapore was arrested from near Howrah Bridge around 1.20pm on Tuesday.

The Times of India

Kolkata: Posta flyover likely to be razed by August-end

KOLKATA: The dismantling of Vivekananda Road flyover, which had collapsed during construction, is expected to be completed by the end of the month. Pointing out that the razing of the last 200m from the Malapara junction towards Posta market remained, a KMDA official said two deck slabs and four girders…

The Times of India

Kolkata: Cracks appear on VIP Road arm of Ultadanga flyover

KOLKATA: Motorists and locals have raised safety concerns over cracks on a section of the VIP Road-bound arm of the Ultadanga flyover that has been plagued with problems since it was commissioned 11 years ago. A girder in the EM Bypass-bound arm had collapsed in 2013. A crack had developed…

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