Kolkata : India’s first female truck driver Yogita Raghuvanshi says her colleagues must learn to prioritise their health and expenses, rather than involving themselves solely in their fight for wages and rights. “If the wages of truck drivers are less, how do they manage to spend almost Rs 50 in buying liquor pouches? Saving this amount, […]
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Kolkata gets country’s first transgender OT technician
Kolkata : Breaking new ground, Kolkata’s Jiya Das has become the first transgender Operation Theatre technician in an Indian hospital, but theatre artists and actors from the community still face discrimination in the culture-loving city, say activists. Jiya, who once had to dance at gun point in soirees in Uttar Pradesh, is now working in […]
Knowledge of Sanskrit must to build super computers: Minister
Kolkata : Criticising a section of Indians for their over-reliance on English, Union Minister Anant Kumar Hegde on Wednesday said knowledge of Sanskrit will be essential to build super computers as it is the only language that can adapt to next general technology. The minister said according to the modern-day scientists, the algorithms to be […]
BIS finds misuse of ISI mark in mineral water bottles
Kolkata : The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) here came across misuse of the ISI mark during a raid at three mineral water manufacturing units in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Monday, an official release said. The organisations in Sonapur area where the raids were conducted were Messers N Saha & Beverage of […]
Indefinite nationwide truck strike begins
Kolkata : Truck owners and operators launched an indefinite nationwide strike on Monday against increasing diesel prices and a sharp hike of third party insurance premium. “The indefinite strike against the soaring diesel prices and steep rise in the third party insurance premium begun this morning. About 90 lakh trucks are expected to be off […]
Posters, online campaigns for missing Kolkata cat
Kolkata : Consumed by the pain of losing his cat, a college professor has put up hundreds of posters across south Kolkata streets and started social media campaigns in the hope of getting his pet back. Kallol Roy, a professor of English language in a Kolkata college, has not been able to find his 10-year-old […]
Bengal girl mistakes pistol for toy, shoots mother
Kolkata : A girl in West Bengal’s Hoogly district on Sunday accidentally shot and critically injured her mother while playing with a loaded pistol the woman had found outside and given to her daughter, thinking it was a toy, police said. According to police, Kakoli Jana found the pistol in a garden outside their house […]
Mamata slams those accusing her of Muslim ‘appeasement’
Kolkata : Lashing out at her opponents who accuse her of Muslim appeasement, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said such people were neither friends of Hindus nor of Muslims. “There are some people who accuse me of Muslim appeasement. I ask them whether loving Hindus means you have to hate Muslims,” she […]
Killers of Bukhari will not be spared: Union Minister
Kolkata : Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Gangaram Ahir on Friday condemned the brutal killing of renowned journalist Shujaat Bukhari outside his office in Srinagar and said none of the accused involved in the murder will be spared. “It is a sad incident. We condemn the killing of such a prominent media […]
Four held for stripping man, making video and posting in social media
Kolkata : Four men were arrested for stripping an “emotionally immature man”, making his video and allegedly circulating it in social media in Nadia district of West Bengal, police said on Friday. “A 34-year-old married person, who leads a normal life but is emotionally or biologically immature, was stripped by four individuals known to him […]