Brothers flying kite step on bombs, die
Two brothers were killed while their friend injured in an explosion of crude bombs. The incident took place at Titagarh near the Barrackpore SDPO office on the Independence Day morning.
The elder brother, Mohammed Irfan succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday morning at R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital. His brother Mohammed Akbar had lost his life in the explosion earlier.
Preliminary investigation revealed that four bombs were kept in a bag at a ground off Pipeline Road. At around 11 am when the brothers were engrossed in flying kites alongwith their friend Mohammed Amin, they stepped on the bag leading to the explosion, official sources said.
The boys were celebrating the nation’s 65th Independence Day by flying kites.
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Mamata govt to increase festival bonus
age correspondent
Kolkata
Aug. 16: Mamata Banerjee government will increase the amount of festival bonus or ex gratia. The decision was taken in a meeting at the Writers’ Buildings between the chief minister and the representatives of 11 employees unions of the state secretariat. State finance minister Amit Mitra was also present in the meeting. So far, the Left Front government had been paying `1,000 as ex gratia or festival bonus but the employees had been demanding a hike. Ms Banerjee assured them that in 2011 they would get a bigger bonus.
Another major decision taken in the meeting was making the health scheme cashless. Now the employees would not have to pay any premium for their health insurance. Earlier, the state government had announced that the Fifth Pay Commission arrears would now be paid to only those employees who were to retire shortly. The other employees raised objection to this decision forcing the chief minister to agree to pay at least a part of the arrears to everyone.
Ms Banerjee, however, made it clear that the state government would not pay the dearness allowance for the next three months.
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