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MUMBAI: The onset of Sharadiya Navratra holds special significance for the Bengali community as it prepares to celebrate Durga Puja from October 20-24.The monks of Ramakrishna Mission (RKM) in Khar will host traditional festivities complete with Kumari Puja, where a little girl is dressed up and worshipped as the goddess. One of the oldest Pujas, organised by Durga Bari Samiti at Tejpal Hall, is in its...

KOLKATA: A 10-year-old student of St Lawrence High School passed away on Monday around 4am at a south Kolkata nursing home. His family said the death was due to viral pneumonia.The school authority was informed by his family that Samuel C Pillai was unwell and suffering from fever. However, when Samuel’s condition turned severe on Saturday they rushed him to a local hospital. After several...

KOLKATA: A 17-year-old student has succumbed to dengue infection, making it the first known dengue death in central Kolkata during the current outbreak. Most dengue deaths in the city this year have so far been reported from the southern and eastern parts of the city, along with pockets of northern fringes like Bangur Avenue and Bidhannagar.TOI had reported the death in its late edition on Friday.The...

Kolkata: A 93-year-old woman who had tested dengue positive about two weeks ago died at IPGMER on Tuesday. Sources said the nonagenarian was a resident from a south Kolkata locality. She was admitted to Sambhunath Pandit Hospital, which functions under IPGMER, about 10 days ago with dengue fever. Doctors said the elderly woman had a host of comorbidities and had developed secondary infections during her...

KOLKATA: The surge in dengue cases in the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) areas of Salt Lake and Rajarhat-Gopalpur continued with 358 new infections reported in the last one week. From January, the 1,391 people have been affected in the BMC areas so far this year. According to civic officials, around eight to 10 cases are being reported from each ward everyday on an average. In the last one...