Around Town : Fare hike likely for night cabs

Kolkata:The transport department is likely to propose a raise in the night charges of taxis by 15 per cent in a meeting to be held Tuesday. “The hike would be for commuters availing of taxis between 10.30 pm and 4.30 am,” said a source close to the transport minister.

Taxi unions,however,are far from being satisfied. Bimal Guha,general secretary,Bengal Taxi Association,said,“I have heard about it. It is like asking for a shirt and getting a vest. We had asked for a general hike and the night charges to be increased in proportion to that. Less than 20 per cent of the taxis ply at that time. If the government thinks that this decision will make us go back on our plan to call the 72-hour strike,then it is in for some a surprise,” he said.

ICSE Board: Re-test as papers go missing

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Kolkata:Around 320 answerscripts of Geography paper of the ICSE Board was lost. The board has now decided to conduct the examination again on April 30. Gerry Aratoon,additional secretary of the board,said that they have not received the answerscripts from two schools — Modern High School and St Antony School — of Kolkata after the examination. The school authorities had informed that they had sent the copies through a courier company and lapses on the part of the courier company had resulted in the answerscripts getting missing. The Board has lodged a complaint against the private courier company.