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After plastic, West Bengal pollution control board lens now on thermocol

Kolkata: With a steady reduction in the use of SUP carry-bags across city retail markets, the state pollution control board (PCB) has now trained its lens on other banned items, like polystyrene, popularly known as thermocol — another non-biodegradable item — which takes around 500 years- 1 million years to…

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West Bengal: App cab driver killed in accident

KOLKATA: A 22-year-old app cab driver died when he lost control over his vehicle and rammed into a stationary bus of route 211 parked on Rajarhat Main Road at Langolpota, around 10 kms from Vedic Village on Sunday afternoon. He was returning to his Atghara home after observing Eid at…

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‘I used to teach here and get Rs 60 per month’, says West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

KOLKATA: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee had, in the past, recollected her association with Manmatha Nath Nandan Girls’ and Boys’ Primary School. “As a college student, I used to come here to teach in a school where I got Rs 60 per month as salary, which I gave to my mother…

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SSKM Hospital Kolkata treats rare disease that Salman Khan once had

KOLKATA: SSKM Hospital has introduced treatment for trigeminal neuralgia — a facial nerve disorder which causes acute pain with burning sensation in the face and had once afflicted Bollywood star Salman Khan — through radio-frequency ablation procedure.

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West Bengal: Slight dip in fresh Covid cases, positivity at 17%

KOLKATA: The state reported a dip in fresh Covid-19 cases on Sunday. Even as the downslide was by a narrow margin - only six cases - this was the first time the Covid graph saw a drop in a week. The overall positivity rate for the state, however, went up…

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Work on new building starts after West Bengal govt acquires school where CM Mamata Banerjee once taught

KOLKATA: The Bengal government has commenced work on rebuilding a primary school for underprivileged children in Bhowanipore, where a young Mamata Banerjee had taught for a while after her father passed away. The state government, which acquired the plot, has also decided to turn the school into an English-medium Higher…

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West Bengal: Missing student found dead in Amarnath

KOLKATA: Barsha Muhuri, the university student from Baruipur who had gone missing in flash flood in Amarnath, was on Sunday found dead under a heap of rubble. The 22-year-old lost her life while trying to save her mother Nibedita and uncle Subrata Chowdhury. Arrangements are being made to bring back…

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Kolkata: Jadavpur University panel to survey, conserve trees on campus

KOLKATA: Jadavpur University has formed a committee to survey the health of trees on campus, conserve them and save them from being uprooted. The move was taken after a few trees unexpectedly fell after a squall in May. A joint survey conducted by a JU team and KMC officials to…

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Kolkata: Private bus hits two Bangladeshi tourists

KOLKATA: Two Bangladeshi tourists — Shazmila Jishman (22) and her mother Shirin Chowdhury (55) — were injured after being hit by a private bus near Birla Planetarium on Cathedral Road on Sunday. The accident happened when the bus, plying on the route 212 had started moving towards Esplanade after dropping…

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West Bengal: Civic body plans health audit for big trees in Bidhannagar area

KOLKATA: Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) plans to take up a tree health audit to find out the condition of tall and large trees, after a tree got uprooted in Salt lake last Wednesday, leaving a motorist injured.

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Kolkata: fourth speedboat trial in 10 days by Lake rowing clubs

KOLKATA: With the national games slated to begin in two months, Kolkata rowing clubs are racing against time to arrange speedboats — the only requirement listed on the 11-point police SOP — before rowing activities at Rabindra Sarobar can resume after a gap of 50 days. On Sunday, Calcutta Rowing…

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Kolkata: Ramakrishna Mission, devotees celebrate Swami Atmasthananda’s 100th birth anniversary

KOLKATA: PM Narendra Modi and CM Mamata Banerjee on Sunday celebrated the centenary of a monk who joined Ramakrishna Math and Mission when he was 22, and remained a part of it for 76 years to become RKM’s 15th president. Modi recalled the time he spent with Swami Atmasthananda, and…

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West Bengal: Eid al-Adha prayers seek peace, harmony for all

KOLKATA: Peace remained a constant theme in the Eid al-Adha prayers on Sunday. Thousands offered prayers in various parts of the state with one of the biggest congregations being held on Red Road in the morning.

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Kolkata: Interfaith meet promotes unity

KOLKATA: On Sunday, representatives of various religious communities met to observe Eid al-Adha as a mark of inter-religious harmony and brotherhood.

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East-West Metro gets ready to chug into central Kolkata

KOLKATA: With the Sealdah extension, East-West Metro timings are likely to have a complete overhaul from Thursday. Instead of the existing 8am-to-8pm operation hours, a revised schedule is being worked out, so that the first train from Sealdah can leave at 6.55am and that from Sector V at 7am. The…

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Kolkata: No new Sealdah auto route as of now, cops plan change in pedestrian entry-exit points

KOLKATA: There will be no immediate change in existing auto routes even after the East-West Metro starts operations from Sealdah on Thursday, police and local auto operators said.

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ATK Mohun Bagan renew contracts of Abhishek Suryavanshi, Ravi Rana

KOLKATA: Indian Super League heavyweights ATK Mohun Bagan on Sunday extended contracts of the Under-21 duo of Abhishek Suryavanshi and Ravi Rana for three more years.

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TMC claims Mamata not invited to Sealdah Metro station inauguration; BJP calls it ‘taste of its own medicine’

Commercial services between Sector V in Salt Lake and Sealdah in Kolkata are set to commence on July 14

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Indian women's cricket team can win medal at CWG: Mithali Raj

KOLKATA: Mithali Raj feels the title of her forthcoming biopic ‘Shabaash Mithu’ is very close to her heart. “That’s what my teammates used to tell me when I got runs for the country. Hence it reminds me of my good old days and all my colleagues,” she said during a…

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KMDA to repair 96-year-old Bagmari bridge

KOLKATA: The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) plans to take up repair work of the nearly 100-year-old Bagmari bridge over Circular canal on Maniktala main road which is an important connecting link between Kankurgachi and Maniktala.

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Kolkata: Bhowanipore murders‘Key suspect in Maha’

KOLKATA: More than a month after Bhowanipore couple Ashok Shah and his wife Rashmita Shah were found murdered at their residence, the investigating officers said they have got some leads on the whereabouts of the main suspect, a distant relative of the victims.

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Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority to repair Bagmari Bridge

KOLKATA: The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) plans to take up repair work of Bagmari Bridge over Circular canal on Maniktala Main Road.

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Kolkata: Ukrainians, Russians set to join other expats in Ulta Rath

KOLKATA: Iskcon devotees from Russia and Ukraine will flag off the Ulta Rathayatra on Saturday that will set off from the Territorial Army Institute ground in the Maidan, where the three chariots of Jagannath, Baldev and Subhadra are parked since July 1.

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Kolkata: ‘Raze illegal structures to restore wetlands’

KOLKATA: The East Kolkata Wetlands Management Authority (EKWMA) has urged the environment and heritage department of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and Anandapur police to complete the demolition of encroachments in daag numbers 1,147; 1,148 and 1,149 in Ward 108 under Dhapa mouza.

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West Bengal: New pumping station to check waterlogging in Lake Town

KOLKATA: A new drainage system and pumping station will be inaugurated on the Bangur-Lake Town link road on Saturday. The pumping station, set up by South Dum Dum municipality, will help minimise waterlogging in large areas of Lake Town and Bangur, benefiting over 52,000 residents of the area.

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