West Bengal

22 Mar

PM to inaugurate Biplobi Bharat Gallery in Kolkata on Wednesday

editorWest BengalBiplobi Bharat Gallery, Prime Minister Narendra Modi

On the occasion of Shaheed Diwas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate Biplobi Bharat Gallery at Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata on Wednesday via video conferencing. The gallery displays the contribution of the Revolutionaries in the freedom struggle and their armed resistance to British colonial rule. This aspect has often not been given its due place in the mainstream narrative of the freedom movement. The purpose of this new gallery is to provide a holistic view of the events that led up to 1947 and highlight the important role played by the Revolutionaries. Biplobi Bharat Gallery depicts the political and intellectual…

22 Mar

TMC panchayat leader killed in bomb attack in Birbhum District

editorWest Bengal

A Trinamool Congress (TMC) panchayat leader was killed in an alleged bomb assault in Birbhum, almost a week after two councillors had been gunned down in West Bengal. Unidentified assailants hurled crude bombs at TMC's Bhadu Pradhan in Birbhum's Rampurhat on Monday. According to sources, Pradhan was getting closer to State Highway 50 when miscreants hurled crude bombs at him. He used to be rushed to Rampurhat Medical College, the place he was reported dead. This comes simply a week after two councillors in West Bengal had been shot through unknown assailants. Last Sunday evening, a TMC councillor was once…

13 Mar

Abducted, sexually assaulted, sold: Trafficked minor rescued from West Bengal’s Nurpur, 8 arrested

editorWest Bengal

Acting on an SOS on the Astha app, Diamond Harbour district police rescued a minor from Nurpur on February 7, reports Monotosh Chakraborty. On Friday, eight people, which include five Bangladeshis, had been arrested for their alleged role in trafficking her from throughout the border and promoting her to a brothel in East Midnapore’s Mahishadal. The minor, a resident of Comilla district in Bangladesh, stated her boyfriend had exceeded her over to traffickers. The gang kept her in a abandoned house, the place they sexually assaulted her earlier than promoting her to a brothel. After over two months, she managed…

13 Mar

West Bengal: Massive Fire Breaks Out In Kolkata Tannery

editorWest Bengal

An aggressive fire broke out at a tannery cum godown in the congested Tangra vicinity of Kolkata on Saturday evening, a senior legitimate of the furnace department said. Altogether 15 fire tenders had been pressed into provider to douse the flames that unfold to an adjacent constructing which has been evacuated. Two hearth officials had been injured whilst combat the blaze and they were hospitalised, the respectable said. Several different close by homes were also evacuated. The fireplace broke out at around 6. 30 PM at a building, used as a tannery, on 3 Maher Ali Lane in the area.…

12 Mar

Bhagwant Mann to take vow as Punjab CM on March 16 in Bhagat Singh’s local town

editorWest Bengal

Party chief and the state's CM-designate said he would take oath as the new Chief Minister on March 16 in Khatkar Kalan -- the native village of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. "I met the Governor, surpassed over the letter of aid from our MLAs and staked declare to form the Government. He instructed me to inform him at any place we desired to preserve the swearing-in ceremony. It'll be held at the native village of Bhagat Singh, Khatkar Kalan at 12.30 pm on March 16," he said. Mann additionally promised 'historic selections that had been by no means made before'.…

12 Mar

Fire Breaks Out In Kolkata Guest House, Charred Body Of Lady Found

editorWest Bengal

The charred body of a woman from Bangladesh was found inside a guest residence in the city's Free School Street vicinity on Saturday after a fireplace broke out in the building, police said.The blaze erupted around 4 am due to a brief circuit, following which three furnace tenders had been pressed into service, they said. Fire brigade personnel recovered the body of the female (63) in a charred country from the building, a police officer said. The girl used to be taken to SSKM hospital, the place she was declared brought-dead, he said. Another man from the state's Murshidabad district,…

10 Mar

West Bengal to get Rs 952 crore loan from World Bank for welfare schemes under Jai Bangla

editorBusiness, West Bengal

The West Bengal authorities will get hold of over Rs 952 crore mortgage help from the World Bank to guide its social welfare schemes beneath the 'Jai Bangla' initiative, and a tripartite settlement in this regard was inked on Thursday. The Centre, West Bengal government and the World Bank have signed a USD one hundred twenty five million (Rs 952.61 crore) mortgage agreement to assist efforts to help bad and susceptible companies get entry to social safety services in the country of West Bengal, the multilateral lending business enterprise said in a release. The West Bengal authorities runs more than…

10 Mar

Covid-19 impact: Wary of infectious diseases, hospitals in Kolkata rejig rebuild plans

editorCovid19, West Bengal

Drawing training from the Covid trip of the past two years, several private hospitals in the metropolis are chalking up their restructure and growth plans through factoring in the need to manage infectious diseases. At least three hospitals have gone returned to the drawing board to do a remodel of their under-construction buildings, in particular the air circulation system, which is now being viewed a key element. Other hospitals stated that following the pandemic, infectious diseases would determine the layout of healthcare spaces. Among the most common modification that hospitals are planning are wards that can be transformed into isolation…

06 Mar

WB to suspend internet services temporarily from Monday

editorEducation, West Bengal

Mobile web and broadband services will be quickly suspended in numerous regions of West Bengal to forestall illegal activities. According to the kingdom government's order, the internet offerings will be suspended in few blocks of Malda, Murshidabad, Uttar Dinajpur, Coochbehar, Jalpaiguri, Birbhum and Darjeeling districts. The services will stay suspended between 11 am to 3:15 pm from March 7 to 9, March eleven and 12, and March 14 to 16. West Bengal's Additional Chief Secretary in an respectable order stated that talent reports have been received that web transmissions and voice over web telephony may be used for unlawful things…

02 Mar

Calcutta High Court orders CBI probe in appointment of teachers in WB government, aided schools

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The Calcutta excessive court docket on Monday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the alleged unlawful appointment of assistant instructors in type 9 and 10 in state-run schools. A single-judge Bench of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay said the investigation should be carried out underneath the supervision of a joint director of CBI, and a preliminary report be submitted by way of March 28. Appearing on behalf of petitioner Mohammed Abdul Gani Ansari, suggest Firdous Shamim said, “In type 9 and 10, recommendation for appointment of teachers was made for candidates who had received lower marks and did no…