KOLKATA: Seuli Saha, the minister of state for panchayat & rural development (P&RD), unveiled the West Bengal Panchayat Management System (WBPMS) on Tuesday. The online platform is designed to streamline and digitize all development programs, schemes, and activities undertaken by the three tiers of Panchayati Raj Institutions.A key feature of this module is the digitization of the Monthly Report...
Kerala indie-folk band When Chai Met Toast performed to a packed house at a city pub on Friday. The band, known for their easy lyrics and beautiful melodies, was in town as part of their Love You The Same tour, named after their 2022 EP. The crowd sang along, as they belted out a series of hits such as Sushi song, Constellation, Love you the same, Nee aara, and their recent Bollywood collaboration,...
KOLKATA: South Dum Dum Municipality has started using drones to check rooftops of buildings and spray larvicide in the worst dengue-affected localities under its jurisdiction.Civic officials said that the main objective behind using drones is to identify stagnant water and kill mosquito larvae by spraying larvicide at the dengue-prone localities where the civic body workers were finding it difficult to...
KOLKATA: Aerial rescue of stranded tourists and locals at Lachen, Lachung and Chungthang in North Sikkim — that had got separated from the rest of the state following the Teesta flash flood — began five days since the disaster on Monday.Multiple Army helicopters began lifting tourists from relief camps to safer terrains where from the tourists were facilitated to get back to NJP or Bagdogra for safe...
KOLKATA: Trouble broke out between a group of residents and office bearers of a New Town complex over payment of maintenance, leading to a fight between a resident and a group of security guards. Both parties have filed separate police complaints.On Thursday, Praveen Kumar, a tenant at Uniworld City complained that he and his wife were assaulted by a group of security guards. The latter were demanding...
KOLKATA: Three employees at the Indian IT office of a global telecom major were arrested on Saturday for their involvement in the alleged gang-rape of a colleague during a party at a housing complex in New Town's Action Area III on Friday night. The 28-year-old survivor, who also lives in New Town, lodged a complaint at the Techno City police station on Saturday morning. DC (New Town Zone) Manav Singla...
KOLKATA: Two more persons have been arrested by Kolkata Police for running a fake call centre at Chowringhee and duping elderly Australians.Produced in a city court, one of those arrested was granted bail on medical grounds; the other was remanded in police custody till October 13 for further probe.The fresh arrests came after over 40 people were arrested in a recent raid at this illegal call centre...
KOLKATA: Five city girls, who were marooned in a remote village at Rishikhola when the Teesta flash flood washed away the sole bamboo bridge connecting their homestay on a hilltop with the mainland, returned to their Kolkata homes on Friday. They were rescued by army and cops but had to trek 8kms along a forest, riverbed and broken roads to reach safety. They were escorted in a car to New Jalpaiguri.The...
KOLKATA: The Kolkata Traffic Police has received 16 online complaints about excess fees being charged by parking attendants from New Market, Gariahat, Kidderpore, Dalhousie and hospitals off EM Bypass. Lalbazar has also said a joint crackdown by local police and traffic guards will be carried out at these spots. “Since the KMC has a major role in keeping a check, we will be writing to them and seek...
KOLKATA: Bengal recorded the first kala-azar death of the year on Wednesday when a 47-year-old man succumbed to the infection at a Kolkata hospital. Avadesh Paswan, the victim, was a resident of Bihar who fell ill during a visit to his in-laws' place in Howrah's Bally. With this, the state has recorded 10 kala-azar cases this year till August. In Bengal, Habibpur in Malda is known to be endemic for...
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