KOLKATA: The city recorded a 31.5% drop in suicides last year, compared to Covid-hit 2021, according to figures released recently by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), released recently. The data serves as a pointer to just how much impact the pandemic had on citizens’ mental health, said experts.The report, called ‘Accidental Deaths and Suicides […]
KOLKATA: Bo Thet Htun, a 36-year-old exiled director from Myanmar who lives in Thailand now, arrived in Kolkata on Tuesday morning to attend the inaugural ceremony of the 29th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF). He is part of a group of eight exiled Myanmar filmmakers called The Ninefold Mosaic who have directed a film titled […]
Kolkata: The city has to wait till the weekend to feel a nip in the air, with the mercury expected to start dipping from Saturday onwards. Even as the cloud cover over Kolkata and drizzles in a few pockets pulled down the maximum temperature two notches below the normal mark on Tuesday, the minimum temperature […]
Kolkata: In January, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will roll out a special sop for owners of small plots, enabling them to start construction of houses within a week of submitting building plans. Deviating from the erstwhile process of mandatory submission of a plan to the KMC buildings department and waiting for a long time […]
Kolkata: Veteran Anustup Majumdar scored an unbeaten 111 as Bengal beat Punjab by 52 runs in their last league match to storm into the pre-quarterfinals of the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy in Thane on Monday. Bengal finished on top of Group E with 20 points, same as Tamil Nadu. However, a better run rate ensured […]
Kolkata: The dengue outbreak that created a mayhem after the arrival of monsoon is now in its fag end, according to doctors. While the number of dengue patients has nosedived over the last few days, experts expect further relief once the temperature starts dipping, which the Met office has predicted to be from Saturday onwards.This […]
Kolkata: Shiv Shankar Prasad Chawrasia, better known as SSP, has been among the city’s best bets in golf for quite a few years (26, he reminds you). Yet, he hasn’t been quite himself for the past couple of years. Results haven’t been the way he would have wanted. SSP, however, shrugs off these ‘bad times’.“This […]
KOLKATA: The Indian Society of Nephrology Conference (ISNCON) is poised to make history by returning to Kolkata after nearly a decade. Scheduled to commence on December 14 in the City of Joy, the four-day event anticipates the participation of over 2000 nephrologists, post-graduates, and medical practitioners from across the country.ISNCON 2023 will feature six groundbreaking […]
Kolkata has once again emerged as the safest city in the country, recording the fewest cognisable offences per lakh people among cities with more than 20 lakh population, the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report for 2022 has revealed. This is the third year in a row that Kolkata has achieved the distinction.With a […]
KOLKATA: Only pre-poll seat-sharing by INDIA bloc parties could prevent BJP from returning to office in 2024, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said here on Monday, adding that she would not be attending the bloc’s meeting in Delhi on Wednesday.Banerjee’s statement – that she would not attend Wednesday’s meeting at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence because […]
