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13 Mar

Trafficked minor rescued from West Bengal’s Noorpur, 8 held

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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:Major fire breaks out at a tannery in Tangra area

editor0 CommentsWest Bengalkolkata

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

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

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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 initiative

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

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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

Internet, broadband services to be suspended in several parts of WB from March 7 to 16

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Mobile web and broadband services will be quickly suspended in numerous regions of West Bengal to forestall illegal activities. According to the state 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 Into Alleged Illegal Appointment Of Asst. Teachers In West Bengal

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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 longer…

01 Mar

Midnight-5am curbs to continue in West Bengal till March 15

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Despite the sharp drop in Covid numbers, the nation government on Monday said the night restrictions from nighttime to 5am will proceed until March 15. Barring indispensable services, movement of people, automobiles and all public gatherings will be prohibited in this five-hour period. Mask stays mandatory. The nation stated that owners, employers, administration bodies and supervisors will be accountable for Covid protection measures in all establishments. The midnight-to-5am restrictions had kicked in from February 15 and has led to an average each day prosecution of over 300 people on weekdays and over 400 humans on weekends for violating the night…

01 Mar

CM Mamata Banerjee inaugurates Kolkata book fair, lays stress on cultural ties with Bangladesh

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Underscoring the cultural ties between West Bengal and Bangladesh, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday stated she is blissful that the 45th International Kolkata Book Fair has Bangladesh as the theme united states on the 50th 12 months of its Liberation. Inaugurating the 45th version of the e book honest at the Central Park in Salt Lake, Banerjee said the ties between West Bengal and the sovereign country Bangladesh can't be “measured with a tape”. “You (Bangladesh) have Nazrul (Islam) and we have Rabindranath Tagore as our country wide poets. But they can't be divided by way of any partition,”…

26 Feb

Behala Art Fest 2022: Streets of Kolkata come alive with stunning wall paintings

editor0 CommentsWest Bengalkolkata

Streets of the City of Joy have once once more come alive with gorgeous artworks as the 1/3 edition of Behala Art Fest kickstarted on February 25, in Kolkata’s Behala area. Organised by means of Nutan Sangha, the much-anticipated art festival is showcasing works of numerous universal artists, and will go on until February 27. This year, the theme of the competition is ‘Light and darkness’ with artists sharing their revolutionary thoughts of light and darkness in today’s time. Highlighting subaltern subculture and subaltern art, the festival organisers intend to portray modern-day times, and its politics and culture, at this…