KOLKATA: Police are worried about crowds next week, especially on days ahead of puja, as office-returnees, shoppers and early pandal-hoppers will all hit the roads in the evening.Apprehensive of jams, cops have urged people to check police's social media pages for real-time traffic updates before setting out. "Keep enough time in hand while going out," said an officer. "There is a steady stream of...
KOLKATA: A major fire broke out at at a warehouse in West Bengal's Howrah in Sankrail Industrial Park on Saturday morning.11 fire tenders have been rushed to the spot and efforts are under way to douse the blaze.Huge smoke was seen emanating from the area.The reason behind the fire is yet to be ascertained.!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) { function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) { if...
RANIGUNJ: The death of three villagers inside an open cast mine in Ranigunj -- while they were stealing coal from a government mine -- has taken senior coal officials off guard, as unlike previous instances where people have died in cave-ins at abandoned mines, Wednesday’s incident happened at an active colliery.3 killed, many feared trapped after illegal coal mine collapse near Dhanbad, JharkhandAt...
KOLKATA: A 70-year-old man from Kolkata, afflicted by the rare condition of eosinophilic duodenal stricture alongside chronic pancreatitis, is on the road to recovery following a critical surgery at a city hospital.Eosinophilic Duodenal stricture is characterized by duodenal inflammation and an excess of eosinophils, a type of white blood cell that supports the immune system. In this particular case,...
KOLKATA: The southwest monsoon is very likely to withdraw from Bengal on Friday, making it the earliest date of withdrawal in at least five years. Despite the three-day delay from the normal date of October 10, the monsoon withdrawal this year is to be a week earlier than last year. In contrast to the current absence of weather systems in the Bay of Bengal this year, frequent development of cyclonic...
Kolkata: The initial post-mortem report of Sikha Mukherjee (70) found dead in a decomposed condition inside a locked room at her residence at Madan Dutta Lane in Bowbazar, shows that death was possibly due to an injury that she received on her head. The cops, thus, are likely to initiate a case under the murder section.Police said they are looking into the role of the son, Abhishek Mukherjee (39) who...
KOLKATA: The Indian embassy in Israel assured Indians in the war-torn country of their "safety and security" even as youngsters from Bengal studying there looked for ways to return home at the earliest. The assurance from the ministry of external affairs seemed to have little effect on the students and research scholars, who were worried over uncertain flights from Tel Aviv to Delhi. The X handle of Air...
KOLKATA: Kolkata Metro has launched a paper-based QR Code ticketing system in an effort to modernize its ticketing process. The trial run of this system was initiated at Sealdah Metro station on the East-West Corridor. Commuters traveling within the East-West Corridor can now purchase paper-based QR code tickets exclusively from the counter at Sealdah Metro station. Developed by the Center for Railway...
KOLKATA: Director general of Indian Coast Guard Rakesh Pal visited the coast guard headquarters (north east) in West Bengal capital Kolkata on Wednesday where he was received with ceremonial 50-man Guard of Honour and was presented with an overview on Coast Guard operational and on-going Coast Guard infrastructure development projects in West Bengal and Odisha, a press statement released by ICG...
KALNA: A marsh crocodile (mugger) - more than 9ft long - was found roaming a neighbourhood under ward 10 of Kalna Municipality in the wee hours of Tuesday. The incident took place at Nichujapat Pal Para of Kalna in East Burdwan. The forest department managed to capture it after a four-hour operation with the help of cops and local administration.This is the second incident in the area in two weeks....
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