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Delhi HC settles pet spat with pizzas, buttermilk for ashram

NEW DELHI, Sept. 23 -- The Delhi High Court has directed two neighbours to distribute pizzas and buttermilk to residents of an ashram while agreeing to quash FIRs they filed against each other over ha... Read More


'Vande Bharat Sleepers to be launched once second train arrives by Oct 15'

New Delhi, Sept. 23 -- Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday said the Vande Bharat Sleeper trains will be launched once the second train is ready for regular service. One train is ready for la... Read More


HC moved over electrocution deaths

Kolkata, Sept. 23 -- Alleging administrative negligence in the deaths of seven people due to electrocution during the recent spell of torrential rain, two organisations have approached the Calcutta Hi... Read More


Flood: Torrential rainfall strains healthcare facility

Kolkata, Sept. 23 -- Torrential overnight rain lashing the city put healthcare facilities under strain. Several medical colleges in the city went underwater, causing inconveniences to the patients, th... Read More


MCCI announces election of Priti A. Sureka as its prez for 2025-26

Kolkata, Sept. 23 -- The Merchants' Chamber of Commerce & Industry (MCCI) has announced the election of Priti A. Sureka as its president for the year 2025-26-the first woman to hold this position in t... Read More


Salt Lake Sector V, New Town reel under waterlogging

Kolkata, Sept. 23 -- Salt Lake Sector V, Bengal's Information Technology (IT) hub, was left completely waterlogged on Tuesday following the heavy downpour. Large parts of Salt Lake, under the Bidhann... Read More


CM holds CESC responsible for electrocution deaths in Kolkata

Kolkata, Sept. 23 -- Following the death of about eight people due to electrocution in Kolkata, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday expressed serious concerns over the role of CESC, empha... Read More


Hatibagan to Jodhpur Park: Heavy rains wreak havoc on Puja preps

KOLKATA, Sept. 23 -- Dark clouds have gathered not only over Kolkata's skies, submerging the city, but also over Durga Puja organisers struggling to save their pandals. Crowd-pulling pandals such as K... Read More


State advances Durga Puja vacation in schools and colleges amid heavy rain

Kolkata, Sept. 23 -- Heavy overnight rain that brought normal life across Kolkata and surrounding areas to a standstill on Tuesday, coupled with forecasts of further inclement weather, prompted the st... Read More


Bengali TV & film industry reel under relentless downpour, flooding

KOLKATA, Sept. 23 -- Aratrika Maity, popularly known as Uji from Zee Bangla's serial 'Jowar Bhata', usually leaves her Ruby More residence around 7.45 pm, reaching Technician Studio within 15 minutes.... Read More