Kolkata

KOLKATA: Four persons were arrested at SSKM Hospital premises during Kolkata Police’s ongoing raids against medical touts between Sunday evening and Monday. They were allegedly defraudig patients and their families by promising them hospital admission in exchange for money. Three of the arrested persons — Abhishek Mullick, Dev Mullick and Ajay Valmiki — are residents of Bhowanipore. It has been...

KOLKATA: A massive fire broke out in a four storey commercial building at Chandni Chowk – comprising multiple electronics shops and godowns - off CR Avenue in Kolkata, on Sunday evening. 15 fire tenders have been rushed to the spot to bring the fire under control.The fire broke out around 7.30pm on the ground floor of the building and within no time it spread to the top floor godown. Two fire tenders...

KOLKATA: The IPCC report anticipates Kolkata may experience temperatures of 35°C or higher for 150 days every year by the end of the current century. Extreme heatwaves, too, are expected to become more frequent and severe.Kolkata and its neighbouring areas may get marginally higher rainfall but there may be a substantial increase in short-duration extreme-rainfall events, the report predicts. What this...

KOLKATA: The city has recorded 1,100 dengue cases in the past one week, taking the total numbers to 3,800 till the third week of September. Dengue surge in Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) area, too, continues with another 373 fresh cases being reported last week, taking the total figures of dengue affected this year to 1,764 till the third week of September. The BMC areas recorded 300+ cases for...

KOLKATA: Dengue continues to claim lives in Kolkata and Bidhannagar with two senior citizens being the latest victims of the vector-borne infection. The two - one from Salt Lake and the other from Baghajatin - died of the disease on Thursday night. Both were being treated in the same hospital off EM Bypass. While Kolkata has reported at least a dozen dengue deaths this year, this is the first death in...

KOLKATA: The Decarbonisation India Alliance (DIA) has officially launched its mission to combat greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) in the energy sector of Bengal, with the aim of accelerating Bengal’s journey towards a carbon-neutral future. This initiative, led by the Society of Energy Engineers and Managers (SEEM) in collaboration with numerous organizations, was unveiled during the SEEM India Energy...

KOLKATA: Indian Coffee House on Jadavpur Central Road shut down on Friday following a fracas between some customers and the cooperative society of workers that runs the establishment. According to a member of the society, a notice was issued on August 21 requesting regulars not to occupy seats and use laptops for long hours. This was challenged by regulars on the grounds that it had no legal validity....

KOLKATA: The victim was singled out for severe pre-planned ragging, which included possible sexual abuse — the inquiry committee formed by Jadavpur University to probe into the circumstances leading to the death of a fresher has concluded.The 17-year-old boy fell from the second-floor balcony of a hostel on August 9 allegedly during ragging by seniors who were staying in the facility illegally.The...

KOLKATA: The ambitious Purple Line Metro Corridor project, connecting Joka to Esplanade, continues to make significant strides in Kolkata's ever-expanding metro network. With the Joka–Taratala segment having been inaugurated on December 30, 2022, and the Majherhat Metro station nearing completion, the construction work for the Majerhat to Esplanade section of the Purple Line is now in full swing. The...

KOLKATA: The proposal for a modification of base unit area value under the Unit Area Assessment (UAA) system was passed in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation House on Saturday. It paved the way for a hike in the property tax rates of residential buildings and flats across the city. Under the UAA system it is the base unit area value that primarily determines the tax on a property. Though there are other...