Tag: Kolkata

Kolkata: A fire broke out in the Calcutta Medical College and Hospital here on Wednesday, however, no one has been injured so far in the incident, a fire official said. Ten fire tenders were at the spot. “The fire began in the ground floor of the medical college at around 7.58 a.m. The reason behind […]

Kolkata: Blind cricketers from India, England and Sri Lanka would take part in the upcoming bilateral and triangular cricket series scheduled for October 2-27 across the country, organisers said on Sunday. Samarthanam and Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI) are organising the series. India during the day announced a 17-member squad for a […]

Kolkata: Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani on Saturday said the Centre is making it mandatory that jute mills would get the entire payment for government orders only after jute farmers and labourers are paid fully. “Jute industry has a ready order worth Rs 5,000-5,500 crore every year (in terms of sacking). The government gives such […]

Kolkata: Former Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President B.N. Dutt died at his south Kolkata residence on Monday following respiratory ailments, family sources said. Dutt, 92, is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. The veteran cricket administrator was in and out of hospital in the recent past when his […]

Kolkata: Revenue of about $15.3 billion is expected to be generated in 20 years from 25 contract areas covering 59 oil and gas fields that have been discovered, an official said here on Wednesday. The Centre launched the bid round II under Discovered Small Fields (DSF) policy last month. Under this bid round, there are […]

Kolkata: The Indian rupee is “tracking closer to its fair value” and the scope for further rapid depreciation appears unlikely, though the time is appropriate for policy interventions to anchor negative sentiments, experts said on Saturday. “Currently, the rupee is tracking closer to its fair value as per our fair value computation. From here on, […]

Kolkata: Former captain Sourav Ganguly said on Friday India are a very good limited-overs side and have every chance of winning the Asia Cup. “India are a good side.They will do well in the Asia Cup,” Ganguly told reporters at the Eden Gardens here. The Asia Cup begins in Dubai on Saturday with Bangladesh taking […]

Kolkata: Consumer electronics giant Sony India, which is focusing on strengthening its premium image, expects that the share of premium products across categories to its revenue would increase to 30-35 per cent in the next two years, an official said on Tuesday. “Premium products across different categories (television, sound, digital imaging etc.) contribute about 20-25 […]

Kolkata: In a shocking incident, at least 14 dead bodies of newborn babies, wrapped in plastic bags, were recovered from a deserted ground in south Kolkata’s Haridebpur on Sunday, police said. Covered with shrubs and twigs, the bodies were found on Sunday afternoon while the sprawling ground was being cleaned up. The ground has been […]

Kolkata: West Bengal will contribute Rs 10 crore to Kerala as relief fund following the devastating floods, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Sunday. “My heart goes out to the people of Kerala battling #KeralaFloods. In this hour of crisis, to stand beside the flood-affected people of Kerala, we have decided to make a contribution […]

Kolkata: In a bid to encourage more Indian travellers to visit Israel, the Middle East nation has opened a Visa Application Centre here that would cater to West Bengal and seven northeastern states. Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura would come under the purview of the centre, which can also accept visa […]

Kolkata: Stressing that the total amount of banking fraud in the 2018 fiscal stood at Rs 32,000 crore, the Bank Employees Federation, West Bengal, on Friday demanded the RBI restart its branch-level on-site inspection immediately and restore the trust of customers in banking services. The BEFI also called for strengthening the supervision of ATMs both […]

Kolkata: A Bengaluru-bound Indigo flight from Kolkata returned to the NSCBI airport here on Sunday following a crack in the windshield of the aircraft, airport sources said. The flight 6E 345 had 178 passengers on board. “At around 10.15 a.m., Indigo 6E 345 returned due to windshield crack,” the sources said. It landed safely at […]

Kolkata: Consumed by the pain of losing his cat, a college professor has put up hundreds of posters across south Kolkata streets and started social media campaigns in the hope of getting his pet back. Kallol Roy, a professor of English language in a Kolkata college, has not been able to find his 10-year-old cat […]

This is Sanjay Agarwal from Odisha's Cuttack. On 1st May, he was tested positive for the Covid19 infection.