Author: Kumaran

KOLKATA: A single hospital in the city has reported 26 deaths from chickenpox over the last three months, the highly unusual spurt in fatalities causing concern among state health officials.Chickenpox, a highly contagious disease caused by the varicella zoster virus, is rarely fatal, with only around 1 death per 1,00,000 cases among children aged 1-14 […]

New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS): Digi Yatra will be implemented at Kolkata, Pune, Vijayawada and Hyderabad airports by March 2023. In the first phase, Digi Yatra was launched on December 1, 2022 at Delhi, Bengaluru and Varanasi airports for providing passengers contactless, paperless check-in and boarding process based on facial biometrics. The Digi Yatra policy […]

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 2 (ANI): After a gap of two years, the 46th International Kolkata Book Fair has been organised on the theme of ‘Spain’ celebrating the famous Spanish painter Pablo Picasso. In this book fair, stalls have been organised on the theme of Spanish culture. Along with the book stalls, information about […]

Kolkata Metro (File Image) Photo : PTI Kolkata: The Kolkata Metro Rail will run as many as 120 services on weekdays and 80 services on Sundays on the East-West Corridor (Green Line) till February 12 to facilitate commuters and book-lovers during the ongoing 46th edition of Kolkata International Book Fair. Good news for book lovers!Metro […]

KOLKATA: The budgetary support for the scrapping of old vehicles will be beneficial to Kolkata and Howrah, the two cities with the highest vehicular population in the state. The city’s first scrapping facility has been planned at the Nilgunj depot of West Bengal Transport Corporation.“The scrapping of older unfit vehicles will clean up the air, […]

KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday upheld the life sentence of Pakistani terrorist Shahbaz Ismail (39) – a Pakistan Rangers-turned-Al-Badr member – who had been found carrying explosives to Jammu and Kashmir. He had been given a life term by a trial court for being involved in terrorist activities in India. The STF of […]

Kolkata: Naushad Siddiqui, the lone ISF MLA from Bhangar, was remanded in judicial custody for 14 days by a Bankshall court magistrate. He was arrested after an attack on cops and damage to government property in Esplanade on January 21. Dipankar Kundu, PP, said Siddiqui was involved in a hawala racket and in a design […]

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KOLKATA: The real estate industry in Kolkata has welcomed the push for sustainable cities, 66% rise in allocation for affordable housing and continued focus on infrastructure where allocation has increased by 33%.But they fear the capping of deduction from capital gains on residential property at Rs 10 crore could negatively impact high-value investment. Also, many […]

KOLKATA: Naturalists and wetland conservationists hope the Amrit Dharohar scheme will help incentivise locals to protect East Kolkata Wetlands and prevent sell-out of bheris or fish farms to land sharks. Bengal has the third highest number of wetlands (1,327) and the highest number of small wetlands (1,38,707). Apart from the Ramsar site to the east […]