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Kolkata has been hit by a mass production of artificial eggs, allegedly made of plastic, which has led to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation to order an investigation into it. The case of artificial eggs in Kolkata came into light after a woman filed a police complaint. Anita Kumar discovered the eggs were artificial when she cracked open a few of the fake eggs. The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has ordered an investigation into the alleged sale of artificial eggs made of "plastic" in the city's markets, the KMC mayor said on Thursday. The civic body has asked police and municipal officials to check all municipal markets flooded with artificial eggs in Kolkata. "These eggs are being sold in the Tiljala market. As soon as I got to know about the complaint, I let the police know so that we can carry out checks of all municipal markets. I have also received some documentary evidence," said KMC Mayor Sovan Chatterjee. According to Anita Kumar, the ...

EDU HELPER: Most authorities agree that St, Valentine is "the lover's saint". However, some writers are inclined to believe that no such person existed, though there appears to be proof that he a Christian Bishop and that he suffered martyrdom under the Roman Emperor Claudius on February 14. The story is that Emperor Claudius issued a decree forbidding marriage. Married men disliked leaving their families to go to war, and they did not make good soldiers, according to the Emperor's notion. Since good soldiers were needed, he decided that marriage had to be abolished. The good priest Valentine heard this and was sad. He invited young lovers to come to him and secretly got them married. The emperor learnt of this and had Valentine put in prison. There the "friend of lovers" languished and died martyr to love. The Church made him a Saint and allotted the day of his death, February 14, to him. So it is not surprising that youngsters in Rome made ...