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ATK Mohun Bagan renew contracts of Abhishek Suryavanshi, Ravi Rana

KOLKATA: Indian Super League heavyweights ATK Mohun Bagan on Sunday extended contracts of the Under-21 duo of Abhishek Suryavanshi and Ravi Rana for three more years.

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TMC claims Mamata not invited to Sealdah Metro station inauguration; BJP calls it ‘taste of its own medicine’

Commercial services between Sector V in Salt Lake and Sealdah in Kolkata are set to commence on July 14

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Indian women's cricket team can win medal at CWG: Mithali Raj

KOLKATA: Mithali Raj feels the title of her forthcoming biopic ‘Shabaash Mithu’ is very close to her heart. “That’s what my teammates used to tell me when I got runs for the country. Hence it reminds me of my good old days and all my colleagues,” she said during a…

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KMDA to repair 96-year-old Bagmari bridge

KOLKATA: The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) plans to take up repair work of the nearly 100-year-old Bagmari bridge over Circular canal on Maniktala main road which is an important connecting link between Kankurgachi and Maniktala.

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Kolkata: Bhowanipore murders‘Key suspect in Maha’

KOLKATA: More than a month after Bhowanipore couple Ashok Shah and his wife Rashmita Shah were found murdered at their residence, the investigating officers said they have got some leads on the whereabouts of the main suspect, a distant relative of the victims.

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Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority to repair Bagmari Bridge

KOLKATA: The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) plans to take up repair work of Bagmari Bridge over Circular canal on Maniktala Main Road.

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Kolkata: Ukrainians, Russians set to join other expats in Ulta Rath

KOLKATA: Iskcon devotees from Russia and Ukraine will flag off the Ulta Rathayatra on Saturday that will set off from the Territorial Army Institute ground in the Maidan, where the three chariots of Jagannath, Baldev and Subhadra are parked since July 1.

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Kolkata: ‘Raze illegal structures to restore wetlands’

KOLKATA: The East Kolkata Wetlands Management Authority (EKWMA) has urged the environment and heritage department of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and Anandapur police to complete the demolition of encroachments in daag numbers 1,147; 1,148 and 1,149 in Ward 108 under Dhapa mouza.

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West Bengal: New pumping station to check waterlogging in Lake Town

KOLKATA: A new drainage system and pumping station will be inaugurated on the Bangur-Lake Town link road on Saturday. The pumping station, set up by South Dum Dum municipality, will help minimise waterlogging in large areas of Lake Town and Bangur, benefiting over 52,000 residents of the area.

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West Bengal: BMC starts fever survey to check dengue

KOLKATA: Bengal chief secretary H K Dwivedi held a meeting on Friday on ways to control dengue and asked local bodies to conduct door-to-door campaign and spread awareness.

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Awaiting West Bengal govt nod to fix private hospital rates: Health panel to Calcutta HC

KOLKATA: The West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission (WBCERC) said they had almost fixed private hospital charges for inpatient, outdoor and diagnostic services and was waiting for the state nod to implement the rates.

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Union minister Smriti Irani may inaugurate E-W's Sealdah station in Kolkata

KOLKATA: Union minister Smriti Irani is scheduled to visit Howrah Maidan, the terminal station of East-West Metro, on Monday. Sources said the minister might remotely launch the Sealdah station, the seventh station of E-W Metro, at 5pm that day. Commercial runs are likely to start on Thursday, they added.

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Spend 48 hours at Eco Park, Calcutta high court tells estranged couple

KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Friday asked a couple, separated for eight years, to try to bridge their differences. After the estranged couple agreed to the HC's suggestion, the court has asked them to spend two days in Eco Park and then inform the court on what they think…

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Kolkata: Parent's concern prompts schools to tweak timings

KOLKATA: Parents of students from nursery to Class V - kids who have not been vaccinated - are worried about the fast spread of Covid in Kolkata and have been reaching out to schools with their queries and concerns. This has prompted several city schools to introduce staggered timings to…

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West Bengal: Youth in hospital with suspected monkeypox

KOLKATA: Bengal reported the first case of suspected monkeypox on Friday.

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Kolkata: Covid wards filling up, hospitals restrict admission to only critical patients

KOLKATA: A few private hospitals in Kolkata are planning to restrict admission of Covid patients to only those who have comorbidities or low oxygen saturation levels to keep wards and beds free to continue non-Covid treatment. Covid patients with just fever as symptom will be advised to stay in home…

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Kolkata: BMC repairs damaged salt lake lamp posts, NKDA inspects street poles in New Town

KOLKATA: Following the repeated incidents of electrocution deaths where victims touched live street poles, the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started identifying and repairing the defunct and damaged street light poles across Salt Lake.

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Kolkata witnesses year’s second zero-shadow day

KOLKATA: Kolkatans were lucky to experience the second zero-shadow day of the year on Friday with the overcast skies clearing up around 11.41am. Though the sun shone down bright, objects did not cast a shadow. The previous zero-shadow day was on June 5.

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Just 155 fined in a month, mask rule goes for a toss at Kolkata airport

KOLKATA: A month on, there is least regard for the DGCA-enforced mask mandate at Kolkata airport — be it on part of passengers or airport and airline employees — although Bengal witnessed close to 3,000-odd cases in a day and three deaths on Friday. Kolkata airport rolled out a fine…

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Wriddhiman Saha signs for Tripura Ranji side

KOLKATA: Wicket-keeper bastman Wriddhiman Saha began a new chapter in his playing career on Friday after officially taking over as the player-cum-mentor of the Tripura team for the forthcoming Ranji Trophy season.

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Goalkeeper Vishal Kaith inks three-year deal with ATK Mohun Bagan

KOLKATA: Indian Super League heavyweights ATK Mohun Bagan on Friday announced the signing of former Chennaiyin FC goalkeeper Vishal Kaith on a three-year contract.

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Kolkata GMs hopeful of India’s chances in Chess Olympiad

KOLKATA: City Grandmasters are optimistic about India's chances in the upcoming Chess Olympiad scheduled to be held in Chennai from July 28.

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West Bengal: Lake Town to get new fire station

KOLKATA: Keeping up with local demands, the state fire and emergency services department will set up a new fire station at the Lake Town market area close to VIP Road, a densely populated area with both residential and commercial complexes.

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Inside the Alt News office after Mohammed Zubair’s arrest

It had seemed a regular Monday evening for Kalim Ahmed, 22, a writer at Alt News, when he reached home after shutting his office in Kolkata on June 27. But then a message from the factchecking platform’s director Nirjhari Sinha popped on his screen, informing him of the arrest of…

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SpiceJet freighter plane returns to Kolkata post snag; DGCA summons airline management

NEW DELHI: A SpiceJet Boeing 737 freighter (that carries only cargo) scheduled to fly from Kolkata to Chongqing in China, returned to Kolkata on Tuesday due to unserviceable weather radar.

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