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Kolkata: AC snag fixed on moving Metro train

KOLKATA: A running Metro rake was repaired on Tuesday morning as the air conditioning system in four coaches developed a snag.

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Central Kolkata cops issuing e-challans, motorists can pay fines on spot now

KOLKATA: Motorists challaned by sergeants in central Kolkata can henceforth pay the fine on the spot with cash or debit/credit cards. Sergeants of four traffic guards - Howrah Bridge, Headquarter, South and Jorabagan - have been given e-challan machines where cards can be swiped to make the payments.

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No more civilian 'sowars', Mounted Police trains Kolkata cops as riders

KOLKATA: Kolkata Mounted Police, the country's oldest mounted police unit, seems to be discontinuing with its pre-Independence practice of recruiting sowars, civilian horse riders.

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Kolkata: Cave-in zone residents move to flats from hotels

KOLKATA: Contractor ITD ITD-Cem has now started shifting Bowbazar residents displaced in the May 11 subsidence, out of their hotels. Their new addresses will be the various flats rented by ITD until the fate of their damaged homes are decided.

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Kolkata: Presidency University forms panel to probe off-campus row

KOLKATA: Presidency University has formed a high-powered committee with seven members to inquire into the incidents that occurred last week. Arun Maiti, the dean of students, is the nodal officer to liaison with the committee.

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Kolkata: Religious harmony with water & sherbat

KOLKATA: A group of Hindu men and women, mostly middle-aged professionals from central Kolkata, observed Muharram by offering water and sherbat to those took part in the procession. They offered glasses of sherbat to the mourners as they walked through the city roads in the hot and humid weather.

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Fake call centre busted in West Bengal, 16 held

KOLKATA: The Bidhannagar Electronic Complex and cyber crime police busted an illegal call centre in Sector V on Monday. Sixteen people, including the owner of the call centre, were arrested.

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West Bengal: 11 of 30 Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation dengue cases from Salt Lake

KOLKATA: Of the 30 dengue cases reported in the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) area so far, 11 are from nine houses in Ward 31, which comprises seven blocks of Salt Lake-AE, BE, BF, CE, CF, DE and DF. After the cases were reported, civic teams sprayed larvicide around the houses…

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Denying teacher job over disability regressive: Calcutta HC

KOLKATA: Calcutta High Court has ordered the governing body of a Kolkata college to reconsider its decision refusing appointment to an applicant to a professor's post on the grounds that he was an amputee. The court said the decision was "regressive" and went against principles of "empowering" persons with disabilities.

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West Bengal: Birbhum’s TMC leader Anubrata Mondal mails CBI, says can’t appear for quiz

KOLKATA: Birbhum’s Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal on Sunday sent an email to CBI explaining his inability to appear for interrogation on Monday. The leader had been asked to appear before the central agency in connection with the illegal cattle trade case.

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Birla Corporation quarter 1 net dips 56%

KOLKATA: MP Birla group flagship Birla Corporation has witnessed a 56.2% fall in net profit in the first quarter of this fiscal. It has posted a net profit of Rs 61.9 crore from Rs 141.5 crore during the year-ago period.

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Kolkata: ‘Uncomfortable’ Arpita Mukherjee seeks ward transfer in Alipore prison

KOLKATA: Arpita Mukherjee, who was lodged in ward 4 at Alipore Correctional Home following a court order, might be shifted to a different ward after she told prison authorities that she was feeling uncomfortable there and requested a transfer.

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National Company Law Appellate Tribunal to hear Peerless case on September 21

KOLKATA: The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) will hear the Peerless case between the Roy Family and Parasmal Lodha on September 21. Last week, NCLAT stayed the July 18 order of NCLT till further hearing which had inter alia directed cancellation of 30,000 shares allotted by Peerless General Finance…

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UCO plans to tap ARC to handle its exposure in Srei

KOLKATA: UCO Bank is toying with the possibility to tap an asset reconstruction company (ARC), including the government-backed bad loan aggregator National Asset Reconstruction Company, to handle its exposure in ailing Srei group entities, which are going through a resolution process under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC).

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Red Road Independence Day parade to showcase West Bengal govt schemes

KOLKATA: Lakshmir Bhandar is now set to debut in the Red Road Independence Day parade.

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West Bengal: 'Salt Lake trees falling due to weak soil'

KOLKATA: Thick branches of tall trees are falling and large trees are getting uprooted in many places across Salt Lake.

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Kolkata: Couple injured in bike accident

KOLKATA: A 41-year-old man and his wife were injured when an unidentified vehicle hit their bike on EM Bypass near Mukundapur crossing in the early hours of Sunday.

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Kolkata: Hope, concern after Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation proposal for extra floor

KOLKATA: The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation's proposal to allow Salt Lake homes to add an extra floor, and allow elevators in all G+2 structures, will have a direct bearing on the township's estimated 26,000 homes. Till now, the floor area ratio (FAR) allows only two-storey buildings on plots under 4 cottah…

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Entrance tests for Jadavpur University English, sociology pushed back

KOLKATA: Jadavpur University has deferred the admission tests scheduled on August 11. The Arts faculty admission committee took a decision on Sunday and decided to hold the admission tests of English and sociology on August 16 instead.

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Kolkata Police meet Golf Green victim's kin

KOLKATA: A team of officers from Kolkata Police's Detective Department and Anti Rowdy Squad visited the Azadgarh residence of Dipankar Saha - the youth whose family has alleged that police atrocities led to his death - and met his parents on Sunday.

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'10-15 cases a month from armed forces', says SSKM's Institute of Psychiatry Kolkata

KOLKATA: According to the statistics available at SSKM's Institute of Psychiatry - Centre of Excellence (IOP), the institute receives at least 10-15 referred mental health cases from the armed forces a month.

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Selectors bank on 'land rowing' test again to pick 6-member West Bengal team for national event

KOLKATA: In absence of rowing activities at Rabindra Sarobar for over two and half months now, Bengal Rowing Association will be forced to select a six-member team for the 36th National Games - to be held at Gujarat next month - based on the performance on an ergometer test this…

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Kolkata: CISF museum unit takes guard after roster rejig

KOLKATA: Indian Museum authorities will meet the CISF top brass to take stock of the situation in the wake of the firing incident in the museum compound on Saturday evening that has left everyone rattled.

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Operation Mojo in Kolkata: 27 commandos, 75 mins, no loss of life after initial shooting

KOLKATA: Operation Mojo, a 75-minute operation to isolate and disarm CISF head constable Akshay Kumar Mishra armed with AK-47, was achieved on Saturday night without a single bullet being fired by the 27-member Kolkata Police commandos on the Indian Museum campus.

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3,000 dengue cases in West Bengal in last 1 week

KOLKATA: The health department is worried with the increasing cases of dengue across the state. The department has issued an advisory on dengue management.

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