Kolkata, July 16 (IANS) Entire Kolkata has been wrapped under blanket security coverage since early Thursday morning on the occasion of the Ratha Yatra festival, with major processions scheduled to be organised in different pockets of the city, the biggest and the most colourful of which is the one by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON).Since Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari will himself inaugurate the ISKCON procession by pulling the rope of the Rath and also walk for so…
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Kolkata, July 12 (IANS) West Bengal Health Department is now planning to reach the doorsteps of all girls’ schools in the state and organise cervical cancer vaccination camps there.An insider from the state health department said that before organising these vaccination camps on the campuses of the girls’ schools, the state government will take consent from the guardians of the students studying in those girls’ schools.“The consent of a minimum of 50 guardians from a particular girls’ …
Kolkata, July 11 (IANS) The West Bengal Health Department on Saturday slapped show-cause notices on five Medical Officers attached to the Midnapore Medical College & Hospital in West Midnapore district of West Bengal on grounds of medical negligence following administering of expired saline to a serious heart patient.An insider from the state health department said the five Medical Officers who have been slapped with the show-cause notices include the additional superintendent, assistant sup…
Kolkata, July 11 (IANS) The West Bengal Police have arrested all five principal masterminds in connection with the lynching of a youth, 26-year-old Indrajit Tanti, on July 5 at Baruipur in South 24 Parganas district over the alleged rape and murder of a 12-year-old minor girl in the area. Earlier, two persons, accused as masterminds in the case, were arrested by the police, and an insider from the Baruipur District Police, under whose jurisdiction the scene of crime comes, claimed that three oth…
Kolkata, July 6 (IANS) The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl at Baruipur in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal has arrested one more accused in the case.With the fresh action following overnight raid and search operations, the total arrests in this connection so far have reached two. The first accused was arrested on Sunday evening. Both the arrested persons will be presented before a district court on Monday, and the police will se…
Kolkata, June 28 (IANS) Sheikh Saifuddin, the prime accused in the murder of Prashant Dey, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker from Bagnan in Kolkata-adjacent Howrah district, was arrested on Sunday, within 12 hours of Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari’s commitment for strong action in the matter.This is the 11th arrest in the murder case by a joint team of Howrah District Police and the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the state police.The CID took over the investigation into the …
Kolkata, June 25 (IANS) A new Bill to prevent anti-social activities in the state will be presented on the floor of the West Bengal Assembly on June 29. The gazette notification for the Bill, titled “The West Bengal Public Safety & Control of Anti-Social Activities Bill, 2026,” has already been issued, and it will be presented on the floor of the House on Monday for clearance.Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari had announced plans to introduce such a Bill earlier this week during a discussion on…
Kolkata, June 25 (IANS) The death toll in the roof collapse incident at an under-construction warehouse on P2 Transport Depot Road in Kolkata’s Taratala reached nine on Thursday morning. According to government officials, nine workers have died, while 20 others are undergoing treatment at SSKM Hospital. The condition of the two is said to be critical, as per the hospital sources. The rescue operation continues at the spot to recover a few others who are still trapped under the debris. So far, …
Kolkata, June 20 (IANS) As Kolkata prepares for a massive International Yoga Day event on Sunday, to be led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, yoga practitioners called it a “festival” for the city, stressing that they have never witnessed something of this sort in West Bengal.Speaking to IANS, Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha, Secretary of the Ministry of AYUSH, said: “This is the first time in Kolkata that this event is being held in West Bengal, and there is a lot of excitement here to welcome our Prime M…
Kolkata, June 10 (IANS) New signage was installed at the Jagannath temple premises in Digha in East Midnapore district on Wednesday, a day after the state government announced the official name change of the complex.The word ‘Dham’ has been removed and replaced with ‘Cultural Centre’. A flex bearing the name ‘Shri Sri Jagannath Cultural Centre’ was installed within the temple premises on Wednesday.The issue of identifying the Digha temple as ‘Jagannath Dham’ had triggered a controversy earlier. …