Month: January 2022

KOLKATA: Severe respiratory distress and Covid pneumonia have been frequent among ICU patients across private hospitals in Kolkata in last two weeks, prompting doctors to suspect that even Omicron can trigger lower respiratory tract illnesses, especially in the case of patients who are ‘unresponsive’ to vaccines. A section of elderly patients with comorbidities may not […]

KOLKATA: After New Town’s Action Area I and II, the New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) plans to set up four more smart bus stops near St Xavier’s University campus and other spots of Action Area III. The temporary bus stops are being spruced up to turn them into permanent ones. The authorities have started […]

KOLKATA: Rain in December ensured that the city got a break from experiencing severe pollution in what is usually one of the most polluted months of the year. There was not a single day in December 2021 when the AQI breached the 401 mark that denotes severe pollution. Usually, December and January are the worst […]

Image used for representational purpose KOLKATA: The Bengal government on Saturday extended the 2% stamp duty concession and 10% reduction in circle rate to home buyers till March 31. The sop was announced in the state budget on July 7, 2021 to boost demand that had slumped due to the pandemic. Initially till October 30, […]

KOLKATA: The chill persisted in Kolkata on Saturday with minimum temperature plunging to 12.1 °C, three notches below normal. The mercury may drop further to 12 °C on Sunday, said the Met office. But the minimum may start climbing up marginally from Monday as northwesterly loses its intensity and a western disturbance approaches and may […]

Kolkata: Rain in December ensured that the city got a break from experiencing severe pollution in what is usually one of the most polluted months of the year. There was not a single day in December 2021 when the AQI breached the 401 mark that denotes severe pollution. Usually, December and January are the worst […]

Three petitions seeking resumption of physical classes in educational institutions of West Bengal were taken up by the Calcutta High Court on Thursday. The state government told the division bench presided by Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava that it was willing to reopen schools and colleges, but a call would be taken once the COVID-19 situation […]

KOLKATA: Locals broke into the premises of a students’ hostel at Notunpukur in New Town and attacked monks who manage the facility after the cook of the hostel was found hanging in a first-floor room on Friday. Police, who suspect Rohit Halder had died by suicide, have sent his body for post-mortem. Residents of the […]