Exactly a month ago, the city police had announced standard operating procedures for the resumption of rowing in the Rabindra Sarobar.
But the sport has yet to make a comeback to its only venue in th...
A senior staff member of South Point High School has written to the parents of one of the two students who drowned while rowing in the Rabindra Sarobar in south Kolkata last month taking moral respons...
Rowers of Calcutta Rowing Club will be trained on Sunday in survival tactics during boat capsize, an official of the club said.
The training session will be held in accordance with a standard operati...
The city police on Wednesday issued a standard operating procedure (SOP) that rowing clubs in the Rabindra Sarobar complex will have to comply with to resume the aquatic sport.
The police had earlier...
Mayor Firhad Hakim, who is also chairperson of the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA), the custodian of Rabindra Sarobar, had said earlier that the organisation would approach the Natio...
The family of one of the two teenaged rowers who drowned at Rabindra Sarobar on May 21 has lodged a police complaint alleging negligence on the part of the rowing club and the school for whose team th...
The suspension of rowing in the Rabindra Sarobar in south Kolkata has cast a cloud of uncertainty on West Bengal’s participation in an upcoming national tournament in Kashmir.
The Sub-Junior Na...
Only fuel-powered rescue boats can be of help in case of an accident in Rabindra Sarobar as battery operated boats would never be able to move as fast, mayor Firhad Hakim said on Saturday.
Hakim said...
Rowing in the Rabindra Sarobar in south Kolkata, where two teenage rowers drowned during a storm last Saturday, will be suspended till police draw up a standard operating procedure in consultation wit...
By Debraj Mitra, Subhajoy Roy and Monalisa Chaudhuri
in Kolkata
The death of two students while rowing has cast a shadow on a popular summer time sport among school children, who are keen to wield the oars again but are held back by their fears or concerns of thei...