Gangtok, July 23 (IANS) The four-day search and rescue operation at the collapsed under-construction tunnel of the NHPC Teesta Stage VI Hydropower Project in Sikkim’s Namchi district concluded on Thursday after recovery teams retrieved all 25 workers and officials who had gone missing following the tragedy, officials said.According to the Namchi district administration, three more bodies were recovered during the final phase of the operation on Thursday, taking the total number of bodies recover…
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Kolkata, July 22 (IANS) The recent train accident at a Level Crossing (LC) gate in Berhampore, West Bengal, that resulted in the death of five persons, including three schoolchildren, has worked as an eye-opener for Eastern Railway (ER) officials. The railway zone has now undertaken to convert most of the remaining 99 non-interlocked LC gates under its jurisdiction to interlocked ones. The remaining non-interlocked LC Gates will be replaced by subways. “ER general manager Milind Deouskar has giv…
Kolkata, July 13 (IANS) After initiating changes to its land acquisition framework to attract private investment, the West Bengal government is now considering amendments to the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 (ULCRA), to improve land availability for industrial and infrastructure projects.The Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 (ULCRA) historically capped private vacant landholdings beyond a certain threshold in the prime cities and towns in West Bengal, namely the state…
Kolkata, June 29 (IANS) The BJP government is set to give an international-standard makeover to Kolkata’s famous College Street, state Municipal Affairs Minister Agnimitra Paul said on Monday.The area will be developed as a completely pollution-free and no-vehicle zone on the lines of London’s famed Oxford Street. As a result, there will be no traffic congestion or honking in College Street. The bookstores, too, will be redesigned around a new theme.The state’s Municipal Affairs and Urban Develo…
Kolkata, June 18 (IANS) Eastern Railway (ER) has revealed details of the causes behind Alarm Chain Pulling (ACP) incidents that delayed 86 trains across its four divisions in May. As many as 58 people were arrested for pulling alarm chains without justifiable cause during the month.The Asansol and Howrah divisions were the worst affected, followed by Malda and Sealdah.Investigations by the Railway Protection Force (RPF) revealed that passengers pulled the emergency chain for highly trivial reaso…
Kolkata, June 11 (IANS) Trinamool Congress (TMC) Lok Sabha MP and veteran actor Shatrughan Sinha on Thursday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on completing 12 years in office, describing him as a friend and guide. In a post on X, Sinha also wished him a long, healthy and prosperous life.The veteran politician lauded the Prime Minister on reaching the milestone and acknowledged what he described as one of the longest tenures in the country’s history.”In true sportsman spirit, wishing ou…
Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) The Special Task Force (STF) of West Bengal Police has recovered 10 firearms and 150 bullets from different parts of the state and arrested five persons in connection with the seizures, police said on Wednesday.An investigation is underway to ascertain how the accused procured the firearms. Police said such operations to recover illegal weapons would continue.In Asansol of West Burdwan district, two persons were arrested in possession of several firearms and bullets. A cou…
Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) Police action against Trinamool Congress leaders facing corruption charges continued across West Bengal, with multiple arrests reported in separate incidents, officials said on Monday.In the first incident, former Dinhata Municipality chairman Gouri Shankar Maheshwari was arrested in the building plan approval fraud case last night. Just a day before, the police had arrested Dinhata Municipality employee Moumita Bhattacharya. Moumita was remanded to three days of police cu…
Hyderabad, May 14 (IANS) Telangana police have arrested three members of the notorious Subodh Singh gang in the daylight robbery in a jewellery shop in Karimnagar town, Karimnagar Police Commissioner Gaush Alam announced the breakthrough at a press conference on Thursday.He revealed that 13 accused have been identified in the case, and the search was on for the remaining accused.The robbers struck the PMJ jewellery shop on May 3 and opened fire. Four employees sustained bullet injuries. The robb…
Kolkata, May 5 (IANS) A day after the BJP’s decisive win in West Bengal, state BJP chief Samik Bhattacharya on Tuesday warned party workers against indulging in post-violence to avoid expulsion. He said the BJP won’t repeat the acts of the Trinamool Congress government.With 206 seats, the BJP registered a comfortable victory in the state Assembly polls, while the Trinamool Congress managed just 81. The Congress won two seats, the CPI-M one, while the AISF and the Aam Janata Unnayan Party secured…