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• Kolkata: KMRC to set up grievance cell on Durga Pithuri Lane

  14-05-2022 23:49 via timesofindia.indiatimes.com
  
  KMRC will set up a “facilitating centre” or grievance cell, advised by mayor Firhad Hakim at Durga Pithuri Lane on Monday. “Our officials will be sitting there for three or four hours every day to listen to grievances of the affected residents.
  
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• Ancient copper coins found in central Assam

  16-05-2022 18:44 via timesofindia.indiatimes.com
  
  Rare and unique uniface coins made of copper and silver belonging to the period of Tyagsimha (890-900 AD), who was the last ruler of the Mlechchha dynasty, have been unearthed in central Assam's Morigaon district.
  
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• Assam: Former Badruddin party MLA joins AAP

  16-05-2022 18:40 via timesofindia.indiatimes.com
  
  At the same time the former treasurer of the Assam PCC, Brajen Handique, also joined the AAP on Monday along with the former spokesperson of the AIUDF, Rezaul Hassan.
  
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• 4 die as landslides wreak havoc in Arunachal

  16-05-2022 13:51 via timesofindia.indiatimes.com
  
  Four people, including a woman, died in landslides triggered by incessant downpour here, police said on Monday.
  
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• WB: Day before Nadda meet, Arjun slams Bengal BJP

  16-05-2022 10:22 via timesofindia.indiatimes.com
  
  BJP Barrackpore MP and trade unionist Arjun Singh on Sunday launched a no-holds-barred attack on a section of the party's Bengal leadership that, he claimed, "doesn't want BJP to grow in Bengal". The diatribe came just hours before Singh left for Delhi, where BJP president JP Nadda has called him on Monday noon.
  
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• Assam floods: Over 40,000 affected in Cachar district

  16-05-2022 10:07 via timesofindia.indiatimes.com
  
  The situation in Assam's Cachar district continues to remain grim with over 41,000 people in the district affected by the current wave of floods.
  
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• Now, posto packs a pista punch in Bengal

  16-05-2022 03:09 via timesofindia.indiatimes.com
  
  Posto or poppy seeds, a popular and ubiquitous ingredient in Bengali cuisine, and pistachio or pista, an exotic dry fruit, now cost the same in Kolkata markets, in a pointer to a very skewed price structure of pantry staples, which has seen sudden jumps post-pandemic, leaving both retailers and consumers baffled.
  
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• Suvendu's MLA office in Nandigram raided by cops

  16-05-2022 03:05 via timesofindia.indiatimes.com
  
  A large police force in not less than 10 police vans raided leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari's MLA office in Nandigram, prompting the West Bengal governor to take note. Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar sought details of the police action from the chief secretary by Monday.
  
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• Doorstep drive: BMC collects Rs 4L property tax on Day 1

  15-05-2022 23:45 via timesofindia.indiatimes.com
  
  The valuation, mutation and assessment department of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) collected nearly Rs 4 lakh by holding a tax camp at wards 18 and 19 — Baguiati and its adjacent areas — on Saturday when the civic body’s doorstep property tax collection drive began.
  
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• Actor Pallavi Dey found hanging, family suspects murder

  15-05-2022 23:45 via timesofindia.indiatimes.com
  
  A 25-year-old Bengali TV serial actor, Pallavi Dey, who acted in serials like ‘Mon Maane Na’, ‘Ami Sirajer Begum’, ‘Resham Jhapi’ and ‘Kunjo Chhaya’, was found dead on Sunday morning in her rented apartment at Gangulypukur in Garfa, where she was living in with her partner.
  
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• Women led by Bachendri Pal on Himalayan expedition

  15-05-2022 23:44 via timesofindia.indiatimes.com
  
  Bachendri Pal, the first woman to climb Mount Everest, who is leading a team of 12 women mountaineers on a trans-Himalayan expedition, is about to complete 60 days in the near-5,000km trek. Five of the climbers are more than 64 years old.
  
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• Partial demolition of Bowbazar cave-in bldgs to start

  15-05-2022 23:44 via timesofindia.indiatimes.com
  
  Partial demolition of two Bowbazar buildings will begin on Monday. The razing will be slow because of the vulnerability of the structures at Durga Pithuri Lane, now known as the cave-in zone, that have witnesses two major subsidence due to the East-West Metro construction in the area.
  
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• Kolkata Metro faces tough posers at ground zero

  15-05-2022 23:44 via timesofindia.indiatimes.com
  
  Metro officials were up against tough questions by local residents of Bowbazar’s Durga Pithuri Lane and Shyakrapara Lane on Sunday as they met at a tripartite congregation chaired by local representatives discussing the fate of residents, whose houses were damaged due to the East-West Metro
  
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• Demand-supply gap turns fish dearer in Kolkata

  15-05-2022 23:44 via timesofindia.indiatimes.com
  
  A 61-day ban on fishing in the seas, at estuaries, and even in the river has dried up the supply line of fish across the city markets, pushing the prices through the ceiling.
  
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• Assam rain: 119 evacuated from stranded train

  15-05-2022 19:40 via timesofindia.indiatimes.com
  
  The Indian Air Force on Sunday airlifted 119 senior citizens, women and kids by helicopter, who were among the stranded rail passengers at Ditokcherra in Assam’s Dima Hasao district where landslides brought rail connectivity to a grinding halt on Saturday.
  
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• Minor tribal girl raped in Tripura

  15-05-2022 13:21 via timesofindia.indiatimes.com
  
  A 17-year tribal girl was allegedly raped by a man in Tripura's Gomati district, police said on Sunday.
  
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• Rain, landslide wreak havoc in Assam

  15-05-2022 11:29 via timesofindia.indiatimes.com
  
  NFR CPRO, Sabyasachi De said those who walked down the bridge managed to cross it and reached a location, Kilometer 135 where the special train was stationed for them. "All the passengers have boarded the special train and it reached Damcherra, from where it will go to Badarpur (near Silchar)," he added.
  
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• Kolkata: Two Bowbazar buildings to be razed

  15-05-2022 03:32 via timesofindia.indiatimes.com
  
  In the last two days, the wobbly structures on Bowbazar's Durga Pithuri Lane where a subsidence led to cracks in multiple houses were surveyed by STUP Consultants Pvt Ltd.
  
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• Tree fall injury prompts green audit in Salt Lake

  14-05-2022 23:50 via timesofindia.indiatimes.com
  
  A 70-year-old resident of a Karunamoyee housing complex in Salt Lake was injured after a roadside tree fell near Karunamoyee crossing in Salt Lake on Saturday, prompting Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) authorities to conduct a tree health audit in the township.
  
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• Kolkata Police launches good Samaritan programme

  14-05-2022 23:50 via timesofindia.indiatimes.com
  
  The Kolkata Police on Saturday launched its all new good Samaritan programme across the city led by the top brass at Lalbazar.
  
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• Kolkata: Biker killed in accident

  14-05-2022 23:50 via timesofindia.indiatimes.com
  
  A 22-year-old biker, a resident of Shakuntala Park, was killed after his bike skidded near a Metro construction site and he came in front of a truck carrying LPG cylinders. Saswata Mondal was declared dead at Vidyasagar Hospital.
  
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• WB: Colleges, universities gear up to start admissions

  14-05-2022 23:49 via timesofindia.indiatimes.com
  
  Several colleges and universities have started preparing for admission to undergraduate courses, which are expected to begin on time for the first time in two years.
  
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• WB: A black-&-white journey to Victoria Memorial Hall

  14-05-2022 23:49 via timesofindia.indiatimes.com
  
  Victoria Memorial Hall (VMH), India’s most-visited museum, will be holding a number of programmes in the run-up to International Museum Day (IMD).
  
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• Kolkata: Displaced, 25 families prepare to start life afresh

  14-05-2022 23:49 via timesofindia.indiatimes.com
  
  Close to 25 displaced families of Durga Pithuri Lane are preparing to start their lives from hotel rooms amidst uncertainty over when they will be able to return home.
  
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• Neem trees dying across Kolkata, experts blame fungal attack

  14-05-2022 23:48 via timesofindia.indiatimes.com
  
  Neem trees, which are a source of traditional pesticides, have become victims of a pestilential disease across the city. Experts blame the dieback disease, caused by a fungal infection, for the recent spate of neem tree deaths.
  
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• Kolkata: Shah Jahan’s emerald goblet to be on display

  14-05-2022 23:48 via timesofindia.indiatimes.com
  
  The museum, oldest and largest in Asia Pacific with one of the largest collections of antiques and rare items, has decided to showcase some of its most prized treasures on the occasion of International Museum Day on May 18.
  
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• Odisha: Ex-MLA goes missing, family suspects kidnapping

  14-05-2022 19:50 via timesofindia.indiatimes.com
  
  Saroj Padhi, a former Congress MLA, has gone missing from his residence here on May 12 and has not been traced so far, police said on Saturday.
  
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• Teen killed as bomb explodes in garbage dump near Kolkata

  14-05-2022 18:23 via timesofindia.indiatimes.com
  
  The grandfather of the teenager, who has been identified as Sheikh Sahil, discovered the container bomb in the dump. The 17-year-old took the bomb from his grandfather and threw it at a lamppost while trying to open it, leading to the explosion, he said.
  
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• WB govt plans to set up a Banga Bhavan in Varanasi

  13-05-2022 23:47 via timesofindia.indiatimes.com
  
  The state government is planning to set up a Banga Bhavan in Varanasi. A meeting was held in this regard on Friday. The officials discussed the feasibility of building a Banga Bhavan and how to go ahead with the construction of the new structure.
  
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• Residents return to ‘cave-in’ zone for belongings

  13-05-2022 23:47 via timesofindia.indiatimes.com
  
  Members of the impacted families of Durga Pithuri Lane returned to their homes on Friday morning to collect their belongings amidst uncertainty over when they will be allowed to return to their homes in the subsidence zone which they had to vacate in a few minutes’ notice as cracks appeared
  
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