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Court order to Guinness chief
Justice K.J. Sengupta of the high court on Tuesday directed the chairman of the board that publishes Guinness Book of World Records to be present before the court within 10 weeks and clarify why contempt proceedings should not be started against him for flouting an order.
The court had earlier directed the board to include the names of Saloo Chowdhury and Neena Chowdhury as the world’s “first and fastest” circumnavigator on a four-wheeler. The court order followed a petition by the Chowdhurys, who alleged that the board had violated the first order.
Bridge unveil today
The Second Vivekananda Bridge will be opened to traffic at noon on Wednesday. Transport minister Subhas Chakraborty and PWD minister Kshiti Goswami, however, expressed unhappiness over the fact that several related works, like installation of the signalling system and curbing unauthorised parking, are not yet complete.
Jail bus
The jail department has purchased four buses to ferry inmates of Presidency jail to court and hospital. The procurement follows unavailability of police jeeps for carrying the inmates, a jail official said on Tuesday.
Twin drownings
A five-year-old boy and a youth drowned in separate accidents on Tuesday. Sheikh Jahid, 5, a resident of Pottery Road, in Entally, slipped into a pond in Convent Lane while playing around 4.30pm. In the other incident, Gunjan Sinha, 20, a student of a hotel management institute in Salt Lake, drowned in a pond near his mess in Jadavpur. The bodies were sent for post-mortem.
Rocard release
Michel Rocard, a former Prime Minister of France who is being treated at CMRI hospital, may be released later this week, a hospital official said on Tuesday. Rocard, 76, on a cultural trip to Calcutta, was admitted to CMRI after suffering a brain haemorrhage on Saturday.
Sangha camp
Bharat Sevashram Sangha will organise a month-long free medical relief camp at Pahalgaon, in Jammu and Kashmir, for Amarnath Yatra pilgrims.
Clarification
The picture published on page 24 of Metro on July 3 was of Spitz dogs, not Pomeranians as mentioned in the caption.
Thumbs Up
To Bengal network of people for organising
awareness campaigns on HIV/AIDS in hospitals
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