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Kolkata: Restaurateurs split over service charge directive

KOLKATA: The hospitality industry in the city is divided over the new directive issued by The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) that bars hotels and restaurants from levying service charges on food bills. Hotel and Restaurant Association of India (HRAEI) has already issued advisory to its 1,300 odd members to…

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Kolkata Municipal Corporation employee found dead in Bansdroni

KOLKATA: A Kolkata Municipal Corporation employee was found dead at Vidyasagar Park in Bansdroni around 10.55am on Tuesday. Balleswar Das was lying beside an open drain. Cops said the preliminary enquiry has revealed that the victim had drowned in the drain water.

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Kolkata: Cops seal fake call centre in New Town, arrest 10

KOLKATA: A 360-seater fraud call centre operating out of a premium commercial complex in New Town was sealed by Bidhannagar Police in the early hours of Tuesday. Callers posing as Microsoft executives had been duping residents in Germany, USA, Portugal and Czech Republic for the last five years in the…

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Kolkata: Meeting on steps to stop power theft

KOLKATA: The state chief secretary, H K Dwivedi, on Tuesday held a meeting with officials of the power department along with KMC, CESC and WBSEDCL in the state secretariat on ways to prevent hooking and electrocution.

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South Kolkata school tweaks its weekly routine, others take Covid guard

KOLKATA: The Covid spike is taking a toll on school staff, prompting South Point school to go for staggered classes till July 15. Shri Shikshayatan School has asked teachers who are unwell to take online classes from home. South City International School has told anxious parents that offline tests will…

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Kolkata: 35-year-old dies of electrocution in bid to flee blaze

KOLKATA: A 35-year-old, who used to run a roadside eatery in Tangra, was electrocuted on Tuesday while trying to escape from his shop, where a fire had broken out. According to police and fire officials, the heat from the fire had melted the insulation of some of the electrical wires…

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First 5 July days account for 80% of entire June West Bengal Covid count

KOLKATA: The cumulative number of infections recorded in Bengal in the first five days of July alone has crossed 80% of the total recorded throughout the entire month of June, even as the number of fresh Covid cases recorded on Tuesday - 1,973 - was short of the 2,000 mark…

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Kali is meat-eating, alcohol-accepting goddess: TMC's Mahua Moitra

KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Tuesday stirred a controversy by saying that she has every right as an individual to imagine Goddess Kali as a meat-eating and alcohol-accepting goddess, as every person has the right to worship god and goddess in his or her own way.

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Adani lowest bidder in CIL's maiden coal import tender, miner may negotiate price

KOLKATA: Adani Enterprises has emerged as the lowest bidder in Coal India's tender for imports of the dry fuel with quoting over Rs 4,000 crore for supply of 2.416 million tonne, even though the miner is likely to "negotiate the price", an official said on Monday.

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Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar returns bill making CM Mamata Banerjee state universities' chancellor

KOLKATA: West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday returned the bill making CM Mamata Banerjee the chancellor of state universities on the ground of "incompleteness of compliance". The bill, replacing the governor with the CM as chancellor, was passed in the state assembly on June 14.

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Kolkata-Dhaka travellers welcome new bridge

However, they want immigration process to be smooth

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Prophet row: Lookout notice issued for Nupur Sharma after she fails to appear before Kolkata Police

Nupur Sharma had cited apprehensions of a possible assault on her if she visited Kolkata and sought four weeks’ time to appear

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English communication 'training' for budding Bengal cricketers

KOLKATA: Budding Bengal cricketers are all set for an English makeover.

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Kolkata: Schools reach out to parents, ask them not to send kids with Covid symptoms

KOLKATA: Schools have started reaching out to parents asking them not to send their wards to school in case they have fever, even on days they are supposed to take tests, which will be re-scheduled for the indisposed.

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Traffickers trap Kolkata girl on social media

KOLKATA: Cops rescued a 16-year-old girl of Tangra - who was taken to Faizabad in UP and about to be sold to a brothel in Delhi by her trafficker, Rohan Singh (19) - with the help of the leads obtained from a social media platform on Wednesday.

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Kolkata: Cops bar parking on five roads for seven hours to tackle school traffic

KOLKATA: Traffic cops have brought more road stretches in the heart of south-central Kolkata under 7am-to-2pm no-parking zones. These no-parking zones covered the AJC Bose Road-Loudon Street-Rawdon Street-Park Street areas. The move comes in the wake of a reassessment of vehicular movement during school hours.

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Kolkata: Ratha Yatra with a difference brings communities closer

KOLKATA: Sex workers, tran-sgenders, street kids, and other marginalised sections, joined representatives of religious communities for a Ratha Yatra from Sonagachhi to Nandan to raise awareness on religious harmony, social responsibility, brotherhood.

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Kolkata one of most affordable cities, shows EMI-income ratio

KOLKATA: Home buyers in Kolkata need to spend 27% of the family income on home loan, making it one of the most affordable cities in the country. Only Ahmedabad, Chennai and Pune are more affordable. While home buyers spend 22% of the income on EMIs in Ahmedabad, it is a…

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West Bengal: Fresh Covid cases rise to 1,739, positivity 14.7%

KOLKATA: The spike in Covid-19 cases that began from second week of June continues unabated. The positivity rate surged to 14.7% on Friday from 12.9% the previous day while the fresh case count went up to 1,739 from 1,524. Health officials said the next two to three weeks will be…

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In 'low loss-ratio' Kolkata, medical insurance set to get cheaper

KOLKATA: Kolkata residents may soon have to pay a lower health insurance premium than those staying in other metros like Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru and Hyderabad.

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Family of five, pet dog catch thief in Kalighat

KOLKATA: A daring theft attempt at Jadu Bhattacharya Lane, close to Kalighat Fire Station, in the wee hours on Friday was foiled by a family of five. Leading from the front were three women of the household and their pet dog who nabbed the main accused after a 15-minute-long fight.…

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When Sundays in Kolkata meant road trips, wood fires, and a cook who fed both the body and soul

When Sundays meant seasonal produce, wood fires, and a caretaker-cum-gardener-cum-cook who enjoyed feeding both the body and the soul

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East Bengal, Emami Group close to reaching an agreement

KOLKATA: East Bengal club and its investor Emami Group are now on a glide path to formally joining hands together and building a “strong team” for the upcoming season.

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Pollution Control Board lens on 191 units to break supply chain of single-use plastic

Kolkata: The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) — which asked the 191 plastic carry bag manufacturers to stop producing single-use plastic (SUP) bags or anything below the thickness of 75-micron — also started monitoring the units to stop the supply chain of SUP. The WBPCB has identified 1,194 plastic…

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Kolkata: Pre-paid taxis vanish from airport, commuters suffer

KOLKATA: Pre-paid taxi count at Kolkata airport has come down significantly over the last few months, with cabbies avoiding the pre-paid channel and plying on predetermined rates. As a result, passengers either have to haggle over fares with app cab drivers, who also refuse to drive at the fare shown…

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