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2 dead, 26 hurt after bus-lorry collision

Two people were killed and at least 26 others injured after a passenger bus was hit by a lorry in wet conditions at Library More in Bagnan, Howrah district, on Thursday morning, police said.

WBMC seeks clarification from a UK-based city doc

The West Bengal Medical Council (WBMC) sought clarifications from a UK-based Kolkata doctor who has been treating patients as an anaesthetist though he has allegedly no valid postgraduate MD degree in anaesthesiology.

Rain alert triggered by cyclonic circulation

Continuous rainfall has been lashing Kolkata and large parts of South Bengal since Monday night, with heavy showers forecast to continue through Tuesday and Wednesday, the regional meteorological office said.