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Trains affected due to dismantling of Majherhat Bridge

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READ MORE At the site of the Majherhat Bridge collapse, in Kolkata on Sunday. (Express) Bigg Boss Telugu 2 finale highlights: Kaushal Manda wins the show Six Amul directors boycott Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s event Krishna Raj Kapoor passes away A month on since the Majherhat bridge collapsed, work to dismantle is on in full-swing. Trains between Majherhat to Budge Budge were cancelled for two days to ensure no interruptions to the construction of a new level-crossing gate. Eastern railways blocked traffic and power for 18 hours starting from 10.10pm on Saturday to 4.10pm on Sunday. The construction of new Level Crossing Gate is being done between New Alipore and Majerhat area. Accordingly, train operations also got effected on the Sealdah – Budge Budge section. “On Saturday three Up two Down Sealdah – Budge Budge EMU locals were cancelled while on Sunday 16 pairs of EMU locals were cancelled. As per officials it is also stated that a total of 71...

Kolkata: Month after fire, Priya Cinema will soon be back in business

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READ MORE Bigg Boss Telugu 2 finale highlights: Kaushal Manda wins the show Six Amul directors boycott Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s event Krishna Raj Kapoor passes away Priya Cinema will soon start screening movies, more than a month after fire broke out in its premises. Speaking to The Indian Express, Arijit Dutta, owner of the Priya Entertainments, said, “Yesterday, I received a letter from the fire department. They found everything okay. After the fire incident, on the advice of fire officials, additional fire installations were done. Now I believe Priya is the only single screen which is so well-equipped with fire equipment.” During their inspection, authorities at the fire department had found shortcomings in the theatre’s safety measures. In a notice, the department had asked the owners to install sprinklers and smoke detectors in the auditorium in order to get a ‘no-objection’ certificate. Smoke detectors, beam detector, hea...

Kidney racket: Woman arrested in Howrah

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READ MORE Bigg Boss Telugu 2 finale highlights: Kaushal Manda wins the show Six Amul directors boycott Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s event Krishna Raj Kapoor passes away A middle-aged woman was arrested in Howrah by Uttarakhand Police for her alleged involvement in a kidney-smuggling racket.  Sources said she was arrested Saturday night from Jagachcha area and has been taken to Uttarakhand on five days’ police remand. It is alleged that the accused woman used to provide donors to other states by luring them with promises of large sums of money. The accused has been identified as Chandana Guria. She was nabbed from her “office” which was locally known as a “wellness centre”. The police team that had come to Kolkata said they had unearthed the kidney smuggling racket a few months ago and Guria’s name had cropped up during the investigation. After days of search, she was traced to West Bengal. “A number of doctors and hospi...