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Kolkata: Kids, parents on edge, hope for an early end to impasse

KOLKATA: Parents and children studying at GD Birla Centre for Education, Ashok Hall Girls’ Higher Secondary School and Mahadevi Birla Shishu Vihar remained on tenterhooks on Friday even as the schools stayed shut for the second day in a row. Sources in the school management, however, said they were hopeful…

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No vicarious liability on state for judicial actions: Calcutta high court

KOLKATA: Calcutta High Court on Monday dismissed a Rs 100-crore compensation claim against the Bengal government for vicarious liability, holding it responsible in a case of alleged defamation against a high court judge. “There is no master-servant relationship between the State and a High Court Judge, and accordingly, there is…

The Times of India

Calcutta HC hands over probe into Bogtui neta murder to CBI

KOLKATA: Calcutta High Court handed over the Bogtui upapradhan murder investigation to CBI more than a fortnight after Bhadu Sheikh was killed by motorbike-borne miscreants on March 23.

The Times of India

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Birbhum killings: Four arrested from Mumbai brought to Kolkata

KOLKATA: The four people arrested from Mumbai in connection with the Birbhum killings were brought back to Kolkata on Friday morning by the CBI, an official said. They were brought back to Kolkata on transit remand, granted by a Mumbai court till April 10, he said.

The Times of India

Kolkata hospitals get battle-ready as another Covid variant rears head

KOLKATA: Three Covid waves since March 2020 have made private hospitals in Kolkata battle-ready to take on another surge and they now have the expertise, infrastructure and the experience to set up a Covid ward quicker than ever before, they say.

The Times of India

Trial courts can give life till death only in rape cases, says Calcutta HC

KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court has directed all trial court judges to stop the practice of sentencing murder convicts to life imprisonment till death, unless in heinous rape and gangrape cases in which law provides for such sentences. It said such orders can be misinterpreted that the sentences cannot be…

The Times of India

Grill SSC ex-adviser for making 'false statements': Calcutta HC to CBI

KOLKATA: Calcutta High Court ordered fresh interrogation of West Bengal School Service Commission's former adviser Santi Prasad Sinha after the court found him to have made "deliberate false statements" in court regarding alleged illegal appointments in state-aided schools.

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In 2021-22, Bengal tops in NREGA jobs for unskilled workers

KOLKATA: Bengal ranked top among states by employing the highest number of unskilled workers and creating the second highest number of man-days under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in 2021-22.

The Times of India

Murshidabad silk set to go global, join in celebrations to fete Queen Elizabeth

KOLKATA: In May, 200 silk flags made with fabric from Murshidabad will form the River of Hope at the Platinum Jubilee Pageant along the Mall in central London to mark Queen Elizabeth’s 70 years on the throne. While the made-in-Murshidabad silk yarns have already reached the UK, a silk expert…

The Times of India

COPD, asthma rise as Kolkata drops masks

KOLKATA: Taking masks off with the relaxation of Covid norms has cost a large section of chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) and asthma patients dear over the last few weeks. There has been a sharp spurt in the number of patients who have a history of breathing difficulty. Many have…

The Times of India

Kolkata: Fee hike needed, say schools. First talk to us, say guardians

KOLKATA: The fee dispute, in which Kolkata schools and guardians have been locked ever since had campuses closed for the pandemic, seemed to reach the boiling point with the indefinite shutdown of G D Birla Centre for Education at Regent Park, Ashok Hall Girls’ Higher Secondary School at Minto Park…

The Times of India

4 injured as bus hits autorickshaw in Kolkata

KOLKATA: Three passengers and an auto driver were severely injured after a bus collided head-on with the three-wheeler at Baguiati on VIP Road on Thursday afternoon. While two of the passengers were admitted at a private hospital, another passenger and the auto driver were shifted to RG Kar Hospital on…

The Times of India

Kolkata: At 4,697, property registration jumps 3 times in March

KOLKATA: The real estate industry reaped the dividends of the state proposal to extend the stamp duty incentive scheme by six months till September-end with a 195% jump in property sales deeds registration in greater Kolkata in March 2022 over the previous month. This is the third best month since…

The Times of India

More Sufal stalls, 24x7 entry for food trucks in city, says West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

KOLKATA: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee rolled out a slew of administrative measures on Thursday to keep prices of essentials in check even as she continued to target the BJP politically for the runaway rise in fuel and LPG prices, which she called a "planned calamity" and "a return gift" to…

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Kolkata: 3 schools cite ‘agitation’, shut ‘till further notice’

KOLKATA: Three prominent city schools — all under same management — announced on Thursday that they were "shut until further notice", in wake of ongoing tension between a section of parents and school authorities over fees, throwing into uncertainty future of nearly 7,000 students who are on their rolls.

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50 per cent crowd allowed for ATK Mohun Bagan's upcoming AFC Cup match at Salt Lake Stadium

KOLKATA: Spectators will be allowed to fill up half of the Salt Lake Stadium during ATK Mohun Bagan's AFC Cup preliminary round two clash against Sri Lanka's Blue Star SC on Tuesday.

The Hindu

Discover your city through heritage walks

Travel gets a new lease of life as hodophiles take to heritage walks

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Prepaid cab booths return to Kolkata airport

KOLKATA: Prepaid cab booking service from inside the airport terminal has resumed after almost two years. Cops restarted operations at the two old kiosks, which were operational before the pandemic, but had stopped functioning with dip in passengers during the last two years.

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Pat Cummins smashes record 14-ball IPL 50

Pat Cummins was taken on by Kolkata Knight Riders as a star bowler but the Australian captain has delivered instead with the bat in an astonishing IPL innings.

The Times of India

Timir Chanda cries foul as Tripura Cricket Association members try to oust him

KOLKATA: Little seems to change in the Tripura Cricket Association (TCA) as the president Manik Saha ruled unit once again turned active to remove its secretary Timir Chanda from the post.

The Times of India

From Mewat to Kolkata: Back story of a civil engineer-turned cricketer Shahbaz becoming a 'Royal Challenger'

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Kolkata club coach Partha Pratim Chowdhury has witnessed hundreds of cricketers with dreamy eyes flocking the Maidans but never a young man with engineering books accompanying his cricket kits until Shahbaz Ahmed checked in.

The Times of India

Upsets galore in National ranking archery

KOLKATA: Top archers fell by the wayside as upsets marked the second National Ranking Archery Championship that concluded at Kharsawan in Jharkhand on Monday. The poor run of country's top recurve archers Atanu Das and Deepika Kumari continued after the Olympian couple failed to make the Asian Games squad recently.

The Times of India

Diesel crosses Rs 100 mark per litre in six West Bengal districts

KOLKATA: Diesel prices crossed the century mark in six West Bengal districts -- Purulia, Murshidabad, Nadia, Alipurduar, Coochbehar and Darjeeling on Tuesday.

The Times of India

I-League: Real Kashmir look for win against rejuvenated Churchill Brothers

KOLKATA: Real Kashmir FC will look to bounce back from their 1-1 stalemate with Indian Arrows but for that, they will need to improve their finishing against Churchill Brothers in an I-League match here on Wednesday.

The Times of India

Calcutta HC orders CBI probe into murder of Congress councillor

KOLKATA: The Calcutta high court on Monday ordered a CBI investigation into the murder of Congress councillor Tapan Kandu of Jhalda Municipality in West Bengal's Purulia district. On a prayer by Purnima Kandu, the widow of the councillor, Justice Rajasekhar Mantha directed the central agency to submit a report on…

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