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KMC to recruit sub-asst engineers to plug gap in services

Kolkata, Oct. 26 -- In a move aimed at bolstering the city's engineering and maintenance infrastructure, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has approved a proposal to fill up vacant posts of Sub-... Read More


Customs officer, wife assaulted at Sonarpur flat; 4 held

Kolkata, Oct. 26 -- A Customs officer was allegedly assaulted by a group of people at his flat following an incident of road rage that took place in Sonarpur on Friday evening. Police have registered... Read More


Bongaon PD ASI killed in hit-and-run on Jessore Rd

Kolkata, Oct. 26 -- An Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of Bongaon Police District (PD) was killed in a road accident on Sunday morning when a pickup van rammed into his scooter and fled on Jessore Road ... Read More


Eastern Rly to run special EMU trains for Jagaddhatri Puja rush

Kolkata, Oct. 26 -- To manage the anticipated rush of passengers travelling to Chandannagar and adjoining areas during the Jagaddhatri Puja celebrations, the Eastern Railway's Howrah Division will ope... Read More


SIR: Two-day training session for booth-level officers today

Kolkata, Oct. 26 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) will launch a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across West Bengal from November 1. Ahead of the exercise, a two-day train... Read More


'Bengal healthcare Budget up fivefold in 14 years'

Kolkata, Oct. 26 -- The Mamata Banerjee government has completely transformed child healthcare in Bengal in the past 14 years. Overall budgetary allocation for healthcare has increased more than fivef... Read More


Can Nishith Pramanik prove his citizenship: TMC

Cooch Behar/Kolkata, Oct. 26 -- The political temperature in Bengal has risen ahead of the SIR of electoral rolls, with TMC and BJP leaders trading barbs over it. North Bengal Development minister Ud... Read More


Police suspect Park Street hotel murder 'preplanned'

Kolkata, Oct. 26 -- Police suspect that the murder of a man in a Park Street area hotel was pre-planned, as the two suspects-still unidentified and absconding-had allegedly used a forged Aadhaar card ... Read More


TMC questions Centre over appointing tainted Prem Chand Garg to rice export board

Kolkata, Oct. 26 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Sunday launched a vitriolic attack on the BJP-led Central government after a trader prosecuted for forgery, embezzlement, criminal conspiracy, smuggling... Read More


Metro to run reduced services today

Kolkata, Oct. 26 -- Metro Railway will operate a reduced number of services on its Blue and Green Lines on Monday, October 27, in view of Chhath Puja. On the Blue Line (Dakshineswar-Shahid Khudiram),... Read More