Tag: Kolkata

Salt Lake: BMC’s Use of Hot-Mix Solution in Salt Lake Raises Pollution Concerns | Kolkata News

Kolkata: Despite the National Green Tribunal (NGT) banning bitumen-melting hot-mix plants, which emit black smoke, for road repairs, the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has been using the same in some places in Salt Lake.On Monday, TOI found contractors using the hot-mix machines to repair the roads inside at AE Block. The area was enveloped in [...]read moreSalt Lake: BMC’s Use of Hot-Mix Solution in Salt Lake Raises Pollution Concerns | Kolkata News

Bullets Fly After Cricket Match | Kolkata News

Kolkata: At least five youths were injured after two teams clashed with firearms after a cricket match in Khardah on Sunday night. Police seized a revolver and a cartridge. Cops are looking for the culprits, including Aditya Chowdhury, the captain of one teams, but none has been arrested yet. tnn We also published the following [...]read moreBullets Fly After Cricket Match | Kolkata News

Elderly woman suffers severe burns in New Town house fire, son injured while saving her | Kolkata News

KOLKATA: A 64-year-old woman, Bhabani Mondal suffered 80% burn injuries and her son, Bibhas too suffered severe burns while trying to save her when their house at Sulanguri in New Town caught fire on Tuesday morning. Both of them were admitted at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.Police suspect an electrical short circuit had led [...]read moreElderly woman suffers severe burns in New Town house fire, son injured while saving her | Kolkata News

Fire: Fire in Condo – Woman Falls Ill | Kolkata News | Kolkata News

Kolkata: A 72-year-old woman felt suffocated after a fire broke out in a room in South City Complex on Monday. Pushpa Agarwal was admitted to a hospital and her condition is stated to be stable. Sources said the fire was a result of an electrical malfunction and was controlled in-house, before two fire tenders arrived [...]read moreFire: Fire in Condo – Woman Falls Ill | Kolkata News | Kolkata News

Ranji Trophy: Bengal Draws Ranji Trophy Tie Against Andhra, Earns One Point | Kolkata News

Kolkata: Bengal bowlers failed to break through Ricky Bhui’s defence and hence the Manoj Tiwary-led side had to stay content with one point only against Andhra in the Ranji Trophy Elite Group ‘B’ encounter that concluded at Visakhapatnam on Monday. Bhui almost single-handedly helped the hosts take the all-important first-innings lead that earned them three [...]read moreRanji Trophy: Bengal Draws Ranji Trophy Tie Against Andhra, Earns One Point | Kolkata News

Seasonal Flu Viruses: Seasonal Flu Viruses Thrive As City Experiences Unusual Winter | Kolkata News

Kolkata: A spate of viruses is back to lay Kolkatans low with Covid-like symptoms — fever, cough, body ache, diarrhoea and lung infection in some cases. The temperature fluctuation over the last one week has triggered the viruses that could remain active for a fortnight more, say doctors. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), rhino virus, human [...]read moreSeasonal Flu Viruses: Seasonal Flu Viruses Thrive As City Experiences Unusual Winter | Kolkata News

64-Yr-Old: Tragic Incident: 64-Year-Old Woman Dies in New Town Fire Kolkata | Kolkata News

Kolkata: A 64-year-old woman, Bhabani Mondal, died and her son, Bibhas, suffered severe burns when their house at Sulanguri in New Town caught fire on Tuesday. Both were rushed to RG Kar. Police suspect a short circuit had led to the fire after which a gas cylinder exploded in the kitchen. MLA Tapas Chatterjee visited [...]read more64-Yr-Old: Tragic Incident: 64-Year-Old Woman Dies in New Town Fire Kolkata | Kolkata News

Jadavpur University: Jadavpur University Compliance Report: Interim VC’s Inaction Raises Concerns | Kolkata News

Kolkata: Jadavpur University sent a compliance report to governor-chancellor C V Ananda Bose saying interim VC Buddhadeb Sau has neither signed any file nor attended the VC’s office for a week. Sources said another report will be sent, highlighting the administrative problems that they faced without a signatory authority. Raj Bhavan wrote to JU on [...]read moreJadavpur University: Jadavpur University Compliance Report: Interim VC’s Inaction Raises Concerns | Kolkata News

Kolkata Traffic Police: Kolkata Traffic Police Implements 3D Road Designs to Reduce Accidents | Kolkata News

Kolkata: The Kolkata Traffic Police has decided to use multiple 3D road design interventions, which create optical illusions and force drivers to slow down, on two of the most accident prone roads of the city — DH Road and Basanti Highway — in order to check road accidents. “From a distance, it seems as if [...]read moreKolkata Traffic Police: Kolkata Traffic Police Implements 3D Road Designs to Reduce Accidents | Kolkata News

Hawkers: Kolkata Municipal Corporation to Address Hawker Space Issue in New Market | Kolkata News

Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will ask hawker union leaders to make sure that hawkers enjoying a large space on pavements in and around New Market part with the extra space to accommodate fellow hawkers who face a threat of removal once the civic body and cops enforce strict rules to make the heritage [...]read moreHawkers: Kolkata Municipal Corporation to Address Hawker Space Issue in New Market | Kolkata News