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Kolkata: Completion of the East-West Metro corridor is likely to be delayed by up to one year due to the accident caused by an aquifer burst in Bowbazar area during drilling operations in August, a senior KMRC official said. The 16.6-km-long rapid transit system, connecting the twin cities of Kolkata and Howrah, may now be completed by mid-2022, he said. "The project was scheduled to be completed by June 2021, but we are apprehending that it may get delayed by approximately six months to one year," the Kolkata Metro Railway Corporation (KMRC) official said. Technical experts are working on a roadmap for resumption of work on the Bowbazar stretch, he said. "Our priority is restoration work in the affected area. An expert team is working on the resumption of tunnel boring work at the site," he told PTI. The official said that there was no plan to change the route of the East-West Metro due to the accident since only one km of tunnelling work was left to be completed. He said that the … [Read more...] about Kolkata East-West Metro Corridor Project Likely to be Delayed by Another Year: KMRC Official

Eric Nartey outside the High Court in London, where he was awarded £50,000  A nurse who claims he has been left disabled for life after a chair collapsed under him at work has been given a £500,000 payout by the NHS.   Eric Nartey was working a night shift at St Bernard's Hospital in Ealing in March 2013 when he sat down on a 'defective' chair, which collapsed beneath him. The 40-year-old suffered a relatively minor injury to the base of his spine and his employers, West London Mental Health NHS Trust, admitted liability for the accident. But Mr Nartey said he subsequently developed chronic pain syndrome, meaning he cannot work or walk more than 20 metres and will need looking after for life. He sued his former bosses at Central London County Court and after a two-day hearing the NHS Trust agreed to pay him £500,000.  During the trial, he dramatically collapsed in front of the judge in court. Lawyers for the NHS had claimed he was exaggerating his … [Read more...] about Nurse, 40, wins £500,000 NHS payout after defective chair collapsed under him at work in accident that he said left him disabled for life

London (CNN Business)Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has launched a new mid-range restaurant chain just six months after his UK dining empire collapsed. Two of his restaurants in Southeast Asia — one in Bali, the other in Bangkok — will adopt a new all day dining format. They will be called Jamie Oliver Kitchen and will be partly inspired by local cuisine. The Jamie Oliver Group, which operates 70 restaurants in 27 markets, will launch Jamie Oliver Kitchen on November 21 in Bali and on November 28 in Bangkok. In a statement, Jamie Oliver said he had acquired many influences from 20 years of traveling around the world, adding that the new restaurants "will bring those inspirations to life." Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's restaurant chain collapses The Jamie Oliver Group said in a press release that it plans to open a further 19 restaurants before the end of 2020 Read More In May, Oliver announced that his UK restaurant empire was placed into administration, or … [Read more...] about Chef Jamie Oliver launches new restaurants six months after UK chain collapsed

In a funny banter with one of India's finest limited-overs batsman, the KKR co-owner said they released Lynn so that they can bid for him in the IPL 2020 Auction. Venky Mysore took to his Twitter handle and wrote, "@YUVSTRONG12 we released @lynny50 so that we could bid for you! 😜 Love and respect for both of you champions! #IPL2020 #KKR #Legends #Sixhitters @KKRiders." @YUVSTRONG12 we released @lynny50 so that we could bid for you! 😜 Love and respect for both of you champions! #IPL2020 #KKR #Legends #Sixhitters @KKRiders — Venky Mysore (@VenkyMysore) November 19, 2019 Earlier on Monday (November 18), Yuvraj - who is busy playing T10 League in Abu Dhabi for Maratha Arabians - termed KKR's move a 'bad call' and even joked that he might even inform the franchise's other co-owner Shah Rukh Khan about the same. Chris Lynn smashes 30-ball 91 in T10 League after KKR release him The Kolkata franchise let go some of the big names like Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa, Carlos … [Read more...] about IPL 2020: Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner Venky Mysore tells Yuvraj Singh why they released Chris Lynn ahead of auction

The date Subhankar Roy chose to come out as a gay man to his parents, September 21, 2019, will be etched in his “memory forever”. “I was having a bad day. My boyfriend was feeling insecure about our relationship. He said I will never be able to be honest in our relationship if I don’t come out. So I decided to take that leap,” says Roy, a 25-year-old resident of Barasat (a suburb of Kolkata). মার খেতে খেতে ক্লান্ত, বাবা-মায়ের বিরুদ্ধে পুলিশে অভিযোগ সমকামী যুবকের Roy, who calls himself a “badhdho chele” (obedient son) of his parents, expected some sort of backlash, but what followed was something … [Read more...] about Kolkata: Tired of physical abuse, gay man files complaint against parents