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12 Jul

West Bengal’s oldest Royal Bengal tiger dies at 25, gets send-off fit for a Raja

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The king is dead… lengthy stay the king! Raja, one of the oldest surviving tigers in the united states at 25 years and 10 months old, breathed his remaining on Monday in a north Bengal rescue centre, his passing marked by using senior officers of the district and forest administration, apart from a host of zoo staff, who lined up to pay homage. Bengal tigers normally live up to 15-16 years in captivity; in the wild, they stay around 12-13 years. When Raja used to be added to the Khairbari Royal Bengal Tiger Rehabilitation and Research Centre in Alipur’s Madarihat…

12 Jul

Kolkata: KMDA plans to harvest storm water on 5-km stretch of EM Bypass for recharging undergroundwater

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The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA), with the help of a Mumbai-based firm, is drawing up a plan to harvest storm water to recharge the groundwater table along the five-km stretch of EM bypass from Ultadanga to Chinrighat. Save it with the country's government's "Jal Dharo Jal Bharo" scheme to harvest rainwater, which can be used to artificially recharge the city's depleting groundwater table. According to KMDA officials, EM Bypass and its surrounding districts are the first to be considered for such rainfall harvesting and synthetic groundwater recharge schemes. “Presently, there is no stormwater drainage point between the Jap drainage…

10 Jul

TMC fumes as Irani invited to open Sealdah Metro station, Mamata ‘ignored’

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With the Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC) asserting the inauguration of the Sealdah Metro station by using Union minister Smriti Irani on Monday, the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal has accused the Centre of enjoying politics by means of “not inviting” chief minister Mamata Banerjee to the inauguration of a fundamental station on the East-West Metro corridor. TMC MLA Madan Mitra claimed that because Banerjee is no longer in the state, the KMRC inaugurates the major metro station, alleging “this isn't the lifestyle of democracy”. The birthday celebration additionally claimed that at some stage in her tenure as the…

09 Jul

West Bengal: No ‘immediate plan’ to close educational institutions as Covid cases surge

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West Bengal authorities are now planning to close educational institutions without delay, even as the state is recording an upward push in Coivd-19 cases. West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu said on Friday that the choice to close schools, colleges, and universities would rest with the state health department. However, he reiterated that the state government does not make college-college closure graphs now. “We will act as per the recommendations of the health department. Nothing immediate is on the cards," he asked a question. When asked about the election of student councils in faculties and universities, the education minister said…

07 Jul

TMC Leader, Two Aides Murdered In West Bengal Town

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A neighborhood Trinamool Congress chief and his two mates have been killed by using some men in a crowded place at Canning, around 50 km from Kolkata, this morning.Swapan Majhi, a member of the Gopalpur Gram Panchayat of the ruling party in West Bengal, was on his way to a rally around 9 am when the killers opened fire and attacked him with knives, police said. His two companions were also shot dead by the killers while escaping. The police said that the investigation is going on to gather detailed information.

06 Jul

BJP’s Roopa Ganguly Meets Trinamul Leader Kunal Ghosh, Fuels Speculation in Bengal Political Circles

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BJP chief Roopa Ganguly, who has lately been criticised by the state leadership on a variety of issues, has met TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh at a social gathering, fuelling speculations in political circles in West Bengal. However, each Ganguly and Ghosh have claimed that it was a “courtesy meeting" and there used to be nothing political in it. A graphic of each having a conservation at a recent social gathering went viral on social media. “We met at a gathering. We are from extraordinary political events but she is like my elder sister. During our teenage days, she used to…

05 Jul

TMC condemns party MP Mahua Moitra’s ‘Kaali’ remarks

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Trinamool Congress (TMC) condemned party MP Mahua Maitra's comments on Goddess Kali in which she referred to the Hindu deity as a "meat-eating, wine-drinking goddess". “The comments made by @MahuaMoitra at #IndiaTodayConclaveEast2022 and his views on Goddess Kali are made in his personal capacity and not endorsed by the party in any way or shape. All India Trinamool Congress strongly condemns such comments,” read the tweet, which is in a respectful agreement with TMC. Speaking at the India Today Conclave East 2022 on Tuesday, Mahua Maitra responded to a controversy over a film poster showing Goddess Kali smoking a cigarette.…

04 Jul

West Bengal registers 1,822 new cases, positivity rate at 14.10 percent

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West Bengal recorded 1,822 new COVID-19 fresh Covid cases on Sunday, recording a positivity rate of 14.10 %, as per the state Health Department. 3 more COVID-19 sufferers died, taking the toll to 21,225. The state currently has 10,583 active cases. 304 of these patients had to be admitted to the hospital. The new cases were called after 12,921 samples were tested. The country has so far reported 20,34,485 cases of COVID-19. A total of 20,02,677 patients have recovered, including 526 in the remaining 24 hours.

04 Jul

Famous Bengali film director Tarun Majumdar passes away in Kolkata

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Famous Bengali movie director Tarun Majumdar died at a state-run clinic in Kolkata on Monday morning. He died at the age of 91. The nonagenarian director was critically suffering from kidney ailments for a long time and was admitted to the medical on June 14. His situation deteriorated late on Saturday night time and he had to be put on ventilator support. He died around 11.15am today. The director was conferred with the Padma Shri in 1990. He has received 4 National Awards and five Filmfare Awards, such as a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2021. His household members donated his…

03 Jul

Man enters CM Mamata Banerjee’s residence in Kolkata, nabbed

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A big protection breach happened at the residence of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata’s Kalighat on Saturday night time after a man entered its premises with the aid of crossing over a wall. He remained on the premises during the night and was once nabbed through police personnel who spotted him in the morning, officers said. The man was detained by means of the chief minister’s safety staff. An investigation is underway into the matter, officers said. Soon after studying about the safety breach, senior officers of the Kolkata police, together with commissioner Vineet Goyal, rushed to…