Kolkata: The Bengal govt has identified over 5,000 acres of land lying idle with central public sector undertakings, most of which have shut down, and wants to include them in its land bank to facilitate rapid industrialisation in the state, officials said.The govt is planning to approach respective ministries for release of these land parcels.The…

Kolkata: Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) commissioner Smita Pandey on Monday directed health department officials to increase the number of counters issuing birth and death certificates after a surprise visit to the department, where she witnessed the problems faced by citizens.According to civic officials, Pandey, who is also the civic administrator, quietly joined a queue of…

The new, taller barricades outside Mamata Banerjee’s Kalighat residence Kolkata: Security outside former CM Mamata Banerjee’s Kalighat residence was tightened further on Sunday, with an additional layer of iron barricades installed along the stretch of Harish Chatterjee Street directly overlooking her house.“Though metal barriers were already in place, this time, the height has been substantially…