Kolkata

18 Aug

Kolkata Municipality Corporation (KMC) to increase rents of shop owners at market places by 50% for maintenance

editorWest BengalKolkata

Most of the markets in the city, from New Market to Lance Down Market or Park circus, are in poor conditions. It would value a extraordinary sum of cash to overhaul all of these markets. However, the income from the municipal area's rent is inadequate to finance market reform. In May of this year, the commercial enterprise associations of more than a few municipal markets met with the market branch of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation to discuss improvements. It used to be disclosed that in addition to the rent, additional dollars would be required for market upkeep.After various rounds of…

13 Aug

Kolkata to host India International Seafood Show in 2023 after a gap of 16 yrs

editorBusiness, West BengalKolkata

The Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), in association with the Seafood Exporters Association of India (SEAI), will host the twenty third version of India International Seafood Show in Kolkata from February 15 to 17 in 2023, after a hole of 16 years. MPEDA Chairman Dr KN Raghavan said the biennial showpiece match of the marine sector to be held at the sprawling Biswa Bangla Mela premises in Kolkata will provide an ideal platform to make the interaction between Indian exporters and foreign importers of the country's marine products. He said, “It will also grant an chance for producers and…

13 Aug

300+ Dengue Cases in Kolkata, 46 in Salt Lake

editorHealth, West BengalKolkata

Salt Lake and Kolkata - which are experiencing scattered rains for the rest of the fortnight - have reported an increase in dengue cases. According to Kolkata Municipal Corporation health officials, the number of cases crossed 300 on Friday. Civic sources said that until five days ago, the wide variety was limited to 250. Dengue cases from different parts of South Kolkata have increased and are widely pronounced. In Salt Lake, sixteen more dengue cases have been reported across Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) locations in the last one week, a BMC source said, taking the tally to 46. BMC authorities…

13 Aug

Kolkata Railway Metro announces schedule for Independence day; Metro services to be decreased for 1 day

editorBusiness, West BengalKolkata

On the occasion of Independence Day, the number of metro stations in Kolkata was reduced. Currently, there are about a hundred fewer metros. The opening and closing hours of the metro, however, remain unchanged. According to an announcement by the Kolkata Metro Railway, the first metro from Dum Dum to Kavi Subhash will be accessible on August 15 at 6:50 am. Along with that metro will also go from Dakshineshwar. The first metro departs from Dakshineswar for Kavi Subhash at 7 am. 188 metros will operate. On August 15, a whole 188 metros will run up and down Dakshineshwar-Kabi Subhash.…

10 Aug

Special train between Guwahati-Kolkata to start from January 2023

editorAssam, West BengalGuwahati, Kolkata

In a bid to clear the rush of passengers, Eastern Railway has determined to proceed the Guwahati-Kolkata distinctive train. As per the latest reports, Guwahati-Kolkata exceptional education will continue bi-weekly till 2023. The train will leave Guwahati Wednesday and Saturday every week at 9 pm. It will reach Kolkata on Thursday and Sunday respectively at 3 PM . From Kolkata, it will leave for Guwahati every Thursday and Sunday at 9:40 PM. It will reach Guwahati at 3:55 pm on Friday and Monday respectively. All passengers, who wish to travel in this train, can book tickets online and offline mode.…

09 Aug

Kolkata college ‘forces’ assistant professor to quit over complaint of student looking at her bikini pics

editorEducation, West BengalKolkata

A former assistant professor at St Xavier’s University in Kolkata has alleged that she used to be forced to quit after a father or mother complained that he had observed his son looking at images of her in a bikini on Instagram, The Wire reported. The former assistant professor, referred to as Nandini Guha (name changed) in the report, alleged that the university pulled her up after receiving a written criticism from a first yr male undergraduate student’s father remaining year. In the letter, the mum or dad says that he had caught his son looking at images of the…

08 Aug

Pedestrian Killed As 19-Year-Old In Jaguar Rams Her In Kolkata

editoraccident, West BengalKolkata

A pedestrian was killed when a 19-year-old man driving a Jaguar ran over him in Kolkata. The pedestrian, identified as 45-year-old Shasti Das, a resident of Kolkata's Picnic Garden, died on the spot, police said.The Jaguar hit the two automobiles first before hitting the pedestrian, police said, citing witnesses. The driver Suesh Parashrampuria has been arrested.

12 Jul

Kolkata: KMDA plans to harvest storm water on 5-km stretch of EM Bypass for recharging under groundwater

editorWest BengalKolkata

The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA), with the help of a Mumbai-based firm, is drawing up a plan to harvest storm water to recharge the groundwater table along the five-km stretch of EM bypass from Ultadanga to Chinrighat. Save it with the country's government's "Jal Dharo Jal Bharo" scheme to harvest rainwater, which can be used to artificially recharge the city's depleting groundwater table. According to KMDA officials, EM Bypass and its surrounding districts are the first to be considered for such rainfall harvesting and synthetic groundwater recharge schemes. “Presently, there is no stormwater drainage point between the Jap drainage…

04 Jul

Famous Bengali film director Tarun Majumdar passes away in Kolkata

editorEntertainment, West BengalKolkata

Famous Bengali movie director Tarun Majumdar died at a state-run clinic in Kolkata on Monday morning. He died at the age of 91. The nonagenarian director was critically suffering from kidney ailments for a long time and was admitted to the medical on June 14. His situation deteriorated late on Saturday night time and he had to be put on ventilator support. He died around 11.15am today. The director was conferred with the Padma Shri in 1990. He has received 4 National Awards and five Filmfare Awards, such as a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2021. His household members donated his…

03 Jul

Man enters CM Mamata Banerjee’s residence in Kolkata, nabbed

editorWest BengalKolkata, Mamata Banerjee

A big protection breach happened at the residence of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata’s Kalighat on Saturday night time after a man entered its premises with the aid of crossing over a wall. He remained on the premises during the night and was once nabbed through police personnel who spotted him in the morning, officers said. The man was detained by means of the chief minister’s safety staff. An investigation is underway into the matter, officers said. Soon after studying about the safety breach, senior officers of the Kolkata police, together with commissioner Vineet Goyal, rushed to…