Kolkata, May 30 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister, Suvendu Adhikari, on Saturday announced that the health department will start “live monitoring” of district hospitals in the state to curb malaises plaguing the healthcare system.He said that through this live monitoring of functioning of hospitals, the government wants to cure three long-standing malaises, namely absence of doctors during official duty hours, rampant reference of patients to medical colleges and hospitals in Kolkata without ade…
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Mumbai, May 30 (IANS) The makers of Karisma Kapoor and Jisshu Sengupta-starrer “Brown” on Saturday unveiled the trailer of the neo-noir crime thriller set in Kolkata. The veteran actress said that throughout her career spanning over three decades he has played many strong women, but her character Rita Brown’s strength lies in her fragility and silence as much as in her courage. Karisma said in a statement, “Rita Brown is unlike any character I’ve played before. She is flawed, vulnerabl…
Barasat, May 30 (IANS) Reacting to the proposed relocation of an over 100-year-old mosque situated near the secondary runway of Kolkata’s Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, the BJP on Saturday said that religion should not become an obstacle to development and infrastructure expansion. Speaking to IANS, BJP MLA Sourav Sikdar said that the mosque’s location has become a major concern for the expansion of the airport runway and also poses safety and security challenges.“There ha…
Kolkata, May 29 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday announced compensation of Rs 4,00,000 for each of the families of seven people in the sudden thunderstorms in the state. These seven persons died due to lightning, electrocution and house collapse during thunderstorms in mainly Kolkata, Howrah, North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, Hooghly and Purulia.The bodies of the deceased victims had been sent for post-mortem.Speaking to the media persons on Friday evening, Chief …
Kolkata, May 29 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Friday refused to entertain a petition by former West Bengal Fire Services Minister Sujit Bose challenging his arrest earlier this month by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the multi-crore municipalities recruitment irregularities case in the state.Since the Calcutta High Court is having its summer vacation now, Bose’s counsel on Thursday moved the petition before the single-judge vacation bench of Justice Shampa Dutta Paul.T…
Kolkata, May 28 (IANS) Kolkata’s Tirthapati Institution dominated the proceedings in the junior boys section, entering the finals of double scull and fours at the 51st All India Invitation Inter School Rowing Championship being organised by Lake Club at its course in Rabindra Sarobar in Kolkata on Thursday.In the double scull final, it will be an all-Tirthapati affair as both their “A” and “B” teams reached the final, defeating New Horizon High School and Patha Bhavan “B” respectivel…
Kolkata, May 28 (IANS) Dilip Mondal, the Trinamool Congress legislator from the Bishnupur (SC) Assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, who was first detained and later arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) of West Bengal Police from a hotel in neighbouring Odisha’s Puri on Wednesday, was remanded to 10 days of police custody by a lower court in Kolkata on Thursday.After being detained and subsequently arrested from the hotel in Puri, Mondal was brought to Kolkata…
Kolkata, May 28 (IANS) Former West Bengal Fire Services Minister Sujit Bose on Thursday approached a single-judge vacation bench of the Calcutta High Court challenging his arrest earlier this month by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the multi-crore municipalities recruitment scam in the state.The matter is scheduled to come up for hearing on Friday before the single-judge vacation bench of Justice Shampa Dutta Paul.A three-time Trinamool Congress legislator from the Bidhannag…
Kolkata, May 28 (IANS) Multiple Aadhaar cards were recovered from a Trinamool Congress party office in Kolkata’s Tangra area on Thursday, triggering questions among local residents.According to reports, the office on East Kuliya Road had remained locked since the declaration of the Assembly election results on May 4. A section of locals broke open the lock and entered the premises, where the Aadhaar cards were found inside a cupboard.The recovery of Aadhaar cards drew a crowd outside the Trina…
Kolkata, May 28 (IANS) Kolkata witnessed a change in arrangements for Eid al-Adha (Bakrid) prayers on Thursday, with namaz held at Brigade Parade Ground instead of the customary Red Road venue, for the first time in years.After several years, the prayers were not conducted on Red Road, where they had traditionally been held twice a year — during Eid ul-Fitr and Eid al-Adha — under previous regimes, including the Left Front (1977-2011) and the Trinamool Congress (2011-2026).During the Trinamool…