By: PTI | Kolkata | Published: August 9, 2020 1:58:38 pm An artisan at the idol making hub in Kolkata’s Kumartuli giving final touches to Durga idol. (Express photo by Partha Paul). With little more than two months to go for Durga puja, festival committees in the city are brainstorming […]
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With little more than two months to go for Durga puja, festival committees in the city are brainstorming ways to ensure the safety of pandal-hoppers amid the Covid-19 crisis, while offering them a glimpse of the goddess. Three Durga puja committees in the city, all crowd- pullers and located within […]
Festival committees in the city are brainstorming ways to ensure the safety of pandal-hoppers amid the COVID-19 crisis, while offering them a glimpse of the goddess With little more than two months to go for Durga puja, festival committees in the city are brainstorming ways to ensure the safety of […]
KOLKATA: A couple of days after chief minister Mamata Banerjee asked the civic bodies and cops to take care of the needs of elderly people staying at high-rises amid the pandemic, housing societies on Saturday showed their active interest in tying up with ward coordinators, civic officials at the borough […]
New Delhi: Indian food delivery company Zomato on Saturday instituted a policy which would give it’s female employees up to 10 days of menstrual leave per year, as part of an effort to combat what it said was stigma around the issue. Zomato is the most high profile organisation in […]
Members of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s mahila morcha (women’s wing) could soon be wearing a uniform designed by fashion designer-turned BJP leader Agnimitra Paul. “Uniforms have a special importance. It helps bring uniformity and do away with the differences. That’s why we see children in schools and our defence personnel […]
KOLKATA: The West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission (WBCERC) has barred private hospitals from charging more than 20% of the estimated cost of treatment or a maximum of Rs 50,000, whichever is less, as advance deposit from patients at the time of admission. While maintaining that patients can’t be refused […]
PTI Kozhikode: The death toll in the flight crash landing incident at Kozhikode in Kerala rose to 17, the Air India Express informed on Saturday. Crew members are safe While the two pilots are among the deceased, the four-cabin crew members on board the aircraft are safe. “Air India Express […]
The coronavirus toll in West Bengal crossed 2,000 Saturday and its caseload the 90,000 mark, according to a bulletin of the state health department. The number of active cases in the state crossed the 25,000 mark, the bulletin said. Click here for full Covid-19 coverage The toll reached 2,005 after […]
KOLKATA: The famous (or infamous) singing bars of central Kolkata have done the pandemic pivot — some in unexpected ways — to stay afloat after the music fell silent in March, when total lockdown was imposed to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. With no clear indication from the […]