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Over 60 medicine shops warned against overpricing

Kolkata, April 2 -- State government has warned more than 60 medicine shops in Kolkata against selling essential drugs at higher price or else license of these shops may be cancelled. State home depa... Read More


Snake-spotting at Kolkata Municipal Corporation HQ sparks panic

Kolkata, April 2 -- A roughly two-feet-long snake was spotted in the printing department of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) headquarters on Wednesday, leading the civic body authorities to con... Read More


Kidney smuggling racket busted, poor trapped via high-interest loans

Kolkata, April 2 -- A kidney smuggling racket that was busted recently in Ashoknagar under Barasat Police District, used to compel poor people to obtain loan on a huge interest rate to trap them in a ... Read More


TMC worker shot dead in Belghoria; 3 detained

Kolkata, April 2 -- A Trinamool Congress (TMC) worker was shot dead in Belghoria on Tuesday night. Till Wednesday night, three persons have been detained. The body of the deceased, identified as Anay... Read More


Jadavpur: Elderly couple dies by suicide

Kolkata, April 2 -- An elderly couple died by suicide by hanging themselves inside their room in Purba Jadavpur on Tuesday evening. Based on a complaint, police have registered a case against their s... Read More


Experts call for skill training, empathy to empower people with autism

Kolkata, April 2 -- People with autistic disorders need to be provided with skill training to get gainful employment besides being treated with empathy, feel many domain experts. The World Autism Awa... Read More


BJP planning riots, says CM; urges to observe Ram Navami peacefully

Kolkata, April 2 -- Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Wednesday, urged the people of Bengal to peacefully observe the Ram Navami celebrations and accused the BJP of dividing communities by playing th... Read More


BJP MLA's resignation sparks speculation of switch to TMC

Kolkata, April 2 -- BJP MLA from Kumargram and party's Alipurduar district secretary Manoj Kumar Oraon's recent social media post has triggered speculations with some people saying that if he would qu... Read More


Child death: HC directs IVF clinic to preserve patient records

Kolkata, April 2 -- Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed an in-vitro fertilization (IVF) centre to properly maintain the record of all the patients and processes undergone by the patients in the ... Read More


'Kolkata airport expansion work likely to meet Dec 2025 deadline'

Kolkata, April 2 -- Working towards the goal of increasing terminal two (T2's) annual passenger capacity from 26 million to 28 million by December 2025, the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (N... Read More