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Toto driver held for 'sexual assault', murder of minor in New Town

Kolkata, Feb. 9 -- The Bidhannagar Police arrested a toto driver on Sunday morning in connection with the sexual assault and murder of a minor girl whose body was found inside a bush on a land near th... Read More


Research offers new frontiers in fruit fly control

Kolkata, Feb. 9 -- A collaborative study led by researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), the University of Calcutta and other institutions has developed a novel technique for fruit fly c... Read More


State Environment dept to soon come up with Nature Interpretation Centre

Kolkata, Feb. 9 -- The state Environment department will soon come up with a Nature Interpretation Centre at East Kolkata Wetlands (EKW) - a Ramsar site which is regarded as the lungs and kidney of Ko... Read More


RBU opens admissions for 2 training courses

Kolkata, Feb. 9 -- Rabindra Bharati University (RBU) has opened admissions for two training courses to help students prepare for competitive exams under its Employment Oriented Guidance Programme. The... Read More


Over 9.84L students from 9,145 schools to appear for Madhyamik exam today

Kolkata, Feb. 9 -- The Madhyamik examinations for this year are set to commence today, with a total of 9,84,753 students from 9,145 schools appearing across the state. The examinations will be held at... Read More


Talks held in PHA meeting on docs skipping duty for rallies

Kolkata, Feb. 9 -- The first working committee meeting of the Progressive Health Association (PHA) has brought to light that a number of "Left-minded doctors" from the medical colleges across the stat... Read More


Narkeldanga: One dead in blaze; clash breaks out post fire

Kolkata, Feb. 9 -- Following the death of a man in the Narkeldanga slum fire, which broke out on Saturday night, a clash ensued between two groups of people on Sunday. On Sunday morning, while firefi... Read More


HC imposes Rs 50K 'cost' on govt-aided school for 'apathy'

Kolkata, Feb. 9 -- The Calcutta High Court has imposed a cost of Rs 50,000 on a state government aided school which is to be paid to a staff for the school's "apathy" towards her in keeping her transf... Read More


Ketugram: Explosion takes place in abandoned house

Kolkata, Feb. 9 -- Tension spread at Ketugram in East Burdwan after an explosion took place inside a bathroom of an abandoned house triggering panic among the local residents. According to sources, o... Read More


Docs wait for USA's AI use in cancer treatment outcome

Kolkata, Feb. 9 -- Indian doctors seem hopeful about Donald Trump's $500 billion AI infrastructure project to cure cancer but are also doubtful whether it can outperform all existing treatment methods... Read More