Durga idol inside Cambridge University museum KOLKATA: Did you know that a Durga idol has been preserved at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge, for nearly a decade? The museum staff call her “The Cambridge Goddess”.The idol was worshipped at the community Durga Puja organised by the Indian Cultural Society (ICS), Cambridge,…
Buses parked at Rajabazar — Photo by Indranil Das Kolkata: Following illegal parking of buses on key roads, disruption of bus services, every day run-ins with cops and even disruption of services that led to route 52 (Ramrajatala-Esplanade) stopping services briefly, the transport department has now agreed to reintroduce night parking at an old fee…
Puja crowd at the College Square Durga Puja. Pix:- Biplab Bhattacharjee Kolkata: Kolkata Traffic Police is looking for more parking space near major Durga Puja pandals after complaints from motorists that they often have to walk 1-2 km from official parking areas to reach the pandals.Several new pandals are expected to draw large crowds this…
Kolkata: Kolkata Traffic Police has identified around 115 probable parking spots across the city – where there is either free or illegal parking already in existence – that can be converted into authorized fee-based zones by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC).The initiative, driven by directives from the state government, aims to expand designated parking capacity,…
Kolkata: In view of the high teenage pregnancy rate in the state the Bengal health dept has formed a committee to formulate an SOP to manage teenage pregnancy. Health officials said that teenage pregnancy is one of the reasons for high mortality in maternal and neonatal death.The nine-member committee headed by a professor of community…
Kolkata: KMC has inspected more than 1,000 hotels and guest houses since the Aug 19 fire at a Free School Street hotel that killed nine people. Of these establishments, only 42 have been allowed to remain open. The rest have been shut for failing to comply with fire safety norms.Several owners of closed hotels and…
Kareem’s has kept its Mirza Ghalib Street outlet shut after receiving the licence suspension notice. picture by Biplab Bhattacharjee Kolkata: Even as owners and managers of several restaurants that received food licence suspension notices from KMC visited the civic body’s headquarters on Wednesday, seeking clarity on what steps were needed to reopen and how quickly…
Kolkata: Restaurant bodies in Kolkata have asked members to ensure that every stored food item, including raw and cooked vegetables, frozen and fresh meat, fish, paneer and ingredients like spices, is labelled. They have also asked restaurants to ensure that no food, raw or cooked, is stored for more than three days. The restaurants have…
Simla restaurant on EM Bypass. Photo by Biplab Bhattacharjee Big Boss restaurant in Tangra. Photo by Indranil Das Simla restaurant on EM Bypass. Photo by Biplab Bhattacharjee Big Boss restaurant in Tangra. Photo by Indranil Das Simla restaurant on EM Bypass. Photo by Biplab Bhattacharjee Kolkata: Following the suspension of licences of 40 eateries, restaurants…
Kolkata: The state has three laboratories to analyse 2,758 samples collected during the week-long food safety drive, a mammoth task given that all results must be ready within two weeks and with many samples still arriving at the laboratories.Two of the laboratories are in Kolkata — one of them run by KMC and the other,…
