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Meteorological Office predicts 70-110 mm rain in Kolkata

KOLKATA/SOUTH 24 PARGANAS: The Met office has predicted heavy showers in Kolkata on August 10 and 11 under the impact of a low-pressure triggered by a cyclonic circulation over northwest Bay of Bengal. The rain may be accompanied by surface wind at a speed of 40-50 km/hr at one or…

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Kolkata: Covid units at 2 hospitals shut as surge ebbs

KOLKATA: Responding to a sharp drop in Covid admissions over the last two-three weeks, two city private hospitals have formally shut down their Covid units for the first time since the pandemic struck in March, 2020. Another is set to follow from Monday.

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Kolkata: 19-year-old driver revving Jaguar loses control, kills 40-year-old

KOLKATA: A 19-year-old youth at the wheel of a red Jaguar rammed into an app cab, a woman crossing the road, and a stationary BMW on Ballygunge Circular Road on Sunday afternoon, killing the woman on the spot and heavily damaging the vehicles.

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Kolkata: 4 seniors targeted, 2 could save selves

KOLKATA: Akshay Kumar Mishra had targeted at least four senior officers on Saturday - assistant commandant Subir Ghosh, assistant sub inspector Ranjit Sarengi and two other officers of inspector and sub inspector ranks. While he managed to gun down Sarengi and severely injure Ghosh, the other two managed to escape…

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Kolkata: Day after shooting, thrill-seekers push up Indian Museum footfall

KOLKATA: The Indian Museum saw a larger-than-usual weekend crowd on Sunday, a day after a CISF jawan fatally shot a senior colleague and injured another. But many of the visitors readily conceded that they were neither interested in the millennia-old artefacts, nor even the ongoing "March to Freedom" exhibition, but…

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Security beefed up at Kolkata's Indian Museum after shooting

Security arrangements at the Indian Museum, the oldest and largest in the country, were increased following the incident, officials said

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Drone watch, special drives by Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation , New Town Kolkata Development Authority

KOLKATA: Following instructions from Nabanna, Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) and New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) are intensifying their dengue control measures in Salt Lake, New Town and Rajarhat-Gopalpur.

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'Go green' mantra to make Kolkata a sustainable place

KOLKATA: Philanthropy runs in the family of this young businessman. According to Saket Mohta, managing director of Merlin Group, it's from his father that he got inspiration to do welfare activities. He says, "It is our responsibility to contribute to the society and environment where we live in. So, we…

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Kolkata: Businessman duped of Rs 30 lakh

KOLKATA: An elderly businessman from Entally was robbed of Rs 30 lakh by a woman he befriended on Facebook. A complaint has been filed.

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Kolkata: Flights diverted from Bagdogra

KOLKATA: Five Bagdogra-bound flights were diverted to Kolkata due to bad weather in North Bengal. Among the flights diverted was an Air Asia flight from Delhi and a SpiceJet flight from Mumbai.

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West Bengal: Newly wed dies, husband held

KOLKATA: A 26-year-old woman was found dead in a pool of blood on the premises of a five-storey apartment complex in Baguiati on Friday night. Police suspect Titas Nandy fell from the terrace. Her husband Kaustav Sarkar was arrested on Saturday after her family members alleged he had pushed her…

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Why should tax-payers suffer for tech snags, says Justice Md Nizamuddin

KOLKATA: The tax-payers should not face unnecessary harassment for technical snags, said Justice Md Nizamuddin of Calcutta high court while speaking at a seminar organized by the the Direct Tax Profesionals' Association on Saturday.

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West Bengal: Made-in-Howrah Tricolours to fly high across India on 75th Independence Day

HOWRAH: As the country gets ready to celebrate its 75th Independence Day next week, the occasion has made business brisk for National Flag-maker Raju Haldar, 46, whose family has been churning out millions of Tricolours since 1947 from their home at Unsani in Howrah.

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West Bengal: Low pressure may intensify in 24 hours, says Meteorological office

KOLKATA: A low-pressure area has formed over northwest Bay of Bengal off the Bengal-Odisha coasts on Saturday under the impact of a cyclonic circulation. The circulation extends up to a height of 7.6km from the sea-level, said the Met office.

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Dengue fight: Kolkata Municipal Corporation, cops to break open locked buildings to clear garbage

KOLKATA: Civic officials have been empowered to force their way into compounds and buildings that are locked to clear garbage and stagnant water so that they don't turn into breeding grounds of aedes aegypti mosquitoes and lead to the spread of dengue. The decision was taken at a civic body…

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'India has 1,331 bird species, West Bengal has 837'

KOLKATA: India is home to 1,331 bird species, of which about 837 are found in Bengal. In a unique field guide by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), it has documented all these species with their photographs.

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West Bengal: Colleges to publish provisional merit list, address applicants grievances next week

KOLKATA: Colleges and universities are gearing up for the next phase of admissions to undergraduate courses after the applications phase drew to a close. Colleges will be publishing a comprehensive general merit list for all subjects in the next few days, after which, applicants will get a window to report…

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West Bengal: Salt Lake homes may be allowed extra floor

KOLKATA: House-owners in Salt Lake may soon be allowed to construct an additional floor - a proposal that was mooted several years ago. The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started working on a draft plan for this even as civic officials said the proposal has been discussed and accepted in…

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Kolkata: 'Denied leave', CISF jawan fires at mates in museum, kills ASI

KOLKATA: An assistant sub-inspector of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) dep-loyed at the Indian Museum was shot dead and an assistant commandant injured after a head constable in the force opened fire in the barracks on Saturday evening, shortly after the museum had shut for the day.

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One killed in fratricide by CISF personnel at Indian Museum

The deceased was an Assistant Sub-Inspector while an officer of Assistant Commandant rank sustained injuries

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Ranchi: Kolkata crime branch seizes documents from lawyer’s home

RANCHI: A crime branch team from Kolkata on Friday seized several bank passbooks, electronic devices, documents related to PILs and property documents during raids carried out in the house of high court advocate Rajiv Kumar in Ranchi.

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Kolkata: Birds get new homes on school campuses as tribals help students 'install' nests

KOLKATA: Around 50-odd tribals from areas like Purulia, Birbhum and Ranchi have come together to help green activists put up nests in trees on school campuses in Kolkata and its outskirts. The aim is to provide suitable places for birds to breed. While birds are losing out their natural habitat…

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West Bengal: Panels to keep tabs on oxygen stock in districts, medical colleges

KOLKATA: The health department will form district oxygen committees to take stock of the oxygen situation in the state. There will also be panels at medical colleges that will report to Swasthya Bhavan. A health department directive has asked the CMOHs to set up the committees and submit a report…

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Kolkata: From September, traders to pay 50% more for market upkeep

KOLKATA: Traders at 21 municipal markets in the city will have to pay 50% more from September following Kolkata Municipal Corporation market department's decision to charge a maintenance fee over the rent. The maintenance fee has been fixed at 50% of the rent.

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Kolkata: Biker dead, 6 injured in 3 accidents

KOLKATA: A youth on a bike was killed and six others were injured in three accidents in the city on Friday.

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