1. Building Collapse: 3 killed and 3 injured in Burrabazar
A four-storey dilapidated building in central Kolkata's Burrabazaar area, the biggest wholesale hub of eastern India, collapsed on Tuesday, killing three members of a family. The three victims – an aged couple and their middle-aged daughter – were trapped inside a room when the building collapsed, the police said.
The building in question was allegedly marked as “dangerous”. The area was cordoned off and the building evacuated.
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2. RSS, BJP Lash Out At Trinamool For Cancelling Mahajati Sadan Event
The RSS and the BJP on 5 September slammed the Mamata Banerjee government for cancelling the booking of a programme to mark Sister Nivedita’s 150th birth anniversary at Mahajati Sadan on 3 October, which RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat was scheduled to attend.
The state government’s action, the BJP and RSS said, smacked of an authoritarian mindset. A spokesperson of the Sister Nivedita 150th anniversary celebration committee, which had booked Mahajati Sadan for the programme, claimed that the auditorium authorities had accepted the invitation in June. But, last week they told the committee that they need to take police permission.
Source: The Statesman
3. East-West Metro Gets Coast Clear With Contract
A seven-year uncertainty has ended for the East-West Metro with a fresh contract being finalised for the construction of underground tracks along the 700m stretch from Mahakaran station in BBD Bag to Esplanade.
The Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC) gave the Rs 484 crore contract on 4 September to construction company Afcons, which is already building the rest of the Howrah Maidan- Esplanade section.
Source: The Telegraph
4. Mamata Pushes for Language Lessons
Stress on English, alongside the mother tongue, will be the focus of the state government's education policy, chief minister Mamata Banerjee said at a Teachers' Day programme today. "We want English to be taught in every school. For generations after generations, students have suffered as English teaching was not allowed for several years," Mamata said, without referring to the Left Front's no- English policy.
Source: The Telegraph
5. South, Central Kolkata in Dengue Grip
Dengue is no longer restricted to the fringes of the city . It has spread its tentacles to south and central Kolkata, show statistics compiled by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC). However, northern parts of the city have remained relatively unaffected so far. According to KMC figures, there has been a worrying spurt in the number of affected across at least four borough areas, which include Tollygunge, Jadavpur and Anwar Shah (Borough X) in the south and College Street, Surya Sen Street and Keshab Sen Street (Borough V) in the central part of the city.
Source: The Times of India
6. 57-Year-Old Arrested for Taking Photos of Students
Police arrested a 57-year-old man in Salt Lake on the charge of photographing women students of a fashion designing institute without their consent.
Hundreds of such photographs were found stored in Barun Chatterjee's smartphone, police said. Chatterjee — booked under Section 354 of the IPC ( assaulting or using criminal force to a woman with the intention of outraging her modesty) — was released on bail today.
Source: The Telegraph
7. Plan To Install CCTV Cameras Around Ishrat's Home
Cops plan to install four night-vision CCTV cameras around triple talaq crusader Ishrat Jahan's home in Howrah's Pilkhana. Howrah City Police said on Tuesday that they have deployed cops to maintain round-the-clock vigil around Jahan's house. Jahan had appealed for security cover to chief minister Mamata Banerjee last week, following threats to her and her children in the wake of the Supreme Court's verdict on the instant triple talaq row.
Golabari OC Tathagata Pandey told TOI, “We suggested the installation of CCTV cameras around her house that the higher authorities are considering. If the court or the state government gives us the necessary directive, we will execute it.”
Source: Times of India
8.‘Sasthya Sathi’ To Cover 4.5 Lakh School Staff
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced the inclusion of teachers and non-teaching staff of primary and secondary schools under the government sponsored health insurance scheme, Sasthya Sathi.
She said the government was considering a proposal of including students of class 8 under the Sabuj Sathi scheme under which cycles are distributed but the initiative will begin when funds are available. Till now cycles were given to students of class 9 and 10 with 40 lakh cycles already distributed and another 30 lakh in the pipeline.
Source: The Statesman
9. Pro Kabaddi: Haryana End Bengal’s Unbeaten Home Run
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Double defending champions Patna Pirates and Haryana Steelers secured contrasting wins as the Inter-Zone Challenge week of Pro-Kabaddi commenced in Kolkata.
Haryana snapped leaders Bengal Warriors’ three match winning streak in a home run with a 36-29 win while Pirates rode of Pradeep Narwal’s menacing raids to rout a depleted Jaipur Pink Panthers 47-21 in a lopsided contest.
Source: The Statesman
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