Embarkation headquarters Kolkata gets a new commandant
Group Captain Pankaj Upadhyay took over as Commandant, Embarkation Headquarters, Kolkata, today.
Group Captain Pankaj Upadhyay took over as Commandant, Embarkation Headquarters, Kolkata, today.
Doctors in Kolkata say current Covid-19 infections largely resemble the Omicron pattern, with mild symptoms in most cases, though elderly people and those with underlying illnesses remain vulnerable.
The exiled Bangladeshi writer accused sections of the Left of hypocrisy and appeasement politics, while maintaining that her return to Kolkata has been organised by a secular organisation and not any political party.
Attention all hagglers of Gariahat. Yes, those of you who pride themselves on negotiating prices down till the vendor has slashed them by more than half.
The Kolkata Police have started a fraud case following complaints from Lok Bhavan that a caller was contacting various officials from a particular mobile number impersonating Governor RN Ravi.
The searches focused on properties tied to cryptocurrency investments, stock market training schemes and suspected investor fraud across several districts of West Bengal.
The Hooghly has never been a still river. For centuries, it has carried merchants, migrants and memories, quietly watching Kolkata rise along its muddy banks.
On a rain-drenched evening, after completing his worship of Goddess Kali at a temple in south Kolkata, the pujari (priest), Anath Taran Ghoshal, sits down cross-legged at Her feet and talks about his favorite freedom fighter.
For years, he moved sand and money without anyone stopping him. Ajay Hari, the man behind West Burdwan's illegal sand mining empire, has finally been arrested after months on the run.
At a recent awareness session, experts from HCG Cancer Centre, Kolkata, emphasised that early detection, genetic risk assessment, and personalised care are transforming breast cancer outcomes.
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