KOLKATA: Bengal govt on Thursday effected the largest number of single-episode suspensions in the health department and ordered a CID probe against all the 12 suspended Midnapore Medical College and Hospital doctors to establish “criminal negligence” in the death of a 32-year-old woman 12 hours after she gave birth to a son.The action came exactly…
NEW DELHI: A Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and a party worker were shot at in West Bengal’s Malda district on Tuesday, according to police. The shooting occurred less than two weeks after the murder of a TMC councillor in the same district.The incident took place in the Kaliaganj area during a program organized for the…
KOLKATA: Sana Ganguly, daughter of former Indian skipper and BCCI ex-chief Sourav Ganguly, had a close shave on Friday evening when the car she was travelling in was hit by a long-distance private bus. The incident was reported around 6.30 pm from Behala Chowrasta crossing on the Thakurpukur-bound flank, a couple of hundred metres from…
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee (PTI file photo) KOLKATA: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee urged the Union govt Monday “to request the United Nations to deploy a peacekeeping force in Bangladesh” amid reports of attacks on minorities, particularly Hindus. She sought PM Narendra Modi’s “intervention” to ensure safe return of persecuted Indians from the neighbouring country.Banerjee…
KOLKATA: Sixty-three Iskcon monks, all Bangladeshis with valid travel documents, were prevented from crossing over to India on Saturday evening and Sunday morning, several Bangladeshi media outlets and Iskcon Kolkata reported on Sunday.These 63 people were stopped at the Benapole land port, the Bangladesh side of the international border, by Bangladeshi authorities for “suspicious activities“,…
KOLKATA: Sixty-three Iskcon monks, all Bangladeshis with valid travel documents, were prevented from crossing over to India on Saturday evening and Sunday morning, several Bangladeshi media outlets and Iskcon Kolkata reported on Sunday.These 63 people were stopped at the Benapole land port, the Bangladesh side of the international border, by Bangladeshi authorities for “suspicious activities“,…
KOLKATA: Scheduled surgeries and appointments of Bangladeshi patients started getting cancelled and deferred across Kolkata’s private hospitals over the weekend. Patients either cancelled or altered travel plans due to the ongoing turmoil or did not report for admission at hospitals.Peerless Hospital cancelled at least five surgeries since Friday as patients did not report for admission….
Kolkata: Terming Bangladesh govt’s response to India on the arrest of monk Chinmoy Krishna Das “highly frustrating”, Iskcon’s Kolkata vice-president and spokesperson Radharamn Das said he felt extremely helpless for other monks and minorities in the neighbouring country.“The Union ministry of external affairs issued a strong statement condemning the arrest and the attacks on the…
KOLKATA: At least three nurses of Vidyasagar State General Hospital in Kolkata were thrashed and injured in a rampage late Friday by a mob, after a 32-year-old patient died from double heart attack.One of the nurses needed hospitalisation after the mayhem at the hospital that saw a mob of around 100 people smash chairs and…
Cyclone Dana brought heavy rains to Kolkata, relieving allergy and asthma sufferers by causing Chhatim trees to shed their fragrant flowers. While the trees’ high air pollution tolerance makes them valuable, their scent led to planting restrictions. KOLKATA: Cyclone Dana triggered heavy rains, but the city was spared any significant damage. However, it did bring…
