Howrah: Civic services in the Howrah Municipal Corporation area are being upgraded through projects worth Rs 125 crore ahead of civic elections.Municipal affairs minister Agnimitra Paul spoke about the allocation of fund to Howrah earlier in the week. Civic teams on Thursday launched work on road repairs, drainage restoration, beautification, vector-borne disease control, reconstruction of…
On Sept 24, 1977, Pele brought Kolkata, the undisputed Mecca of Indian football, to a complete standstill Kolkata: It was the city’s first tryst with a global football icon and the first time ever that a Brazilian weaved magic on Indian soil. And the icon was none other than Pele. On Sept 24, 1977, Pele—widely…
Idol making at Kumartuli on Wednesday photo by Sayantan Chakraborty Kolkata: In a much-needed relief to the artisans, the city remained mostly dry over the last five days. Amid the prevailing favourable condition, Kumartuli artisans have stepped up the work on Durga idols.Their work was disrupted due to incessant rain for about three to four…
Suvendu Adhikari with Hasirani Rath in Nandigram’s Birulia on Friday Kolkata/Nandigram: “None of you has to chant Jai Shri Ram if you don’t want to,” CM Suvendu Adhikari told voters in Nandigram on Friday as he reached out to the sizeable minority population in the seat ahead of the Oct 6 bypoll.Campaigning for BJP’s Hasirani…
Heavy traffic on Maa flyover. Pix:- Biplab Bhattacharjee Kolkata: The traffic department is preparing to introduce real-time information displays to alert motorists about congestion on Maa flyover before they take the elevated corridor from either end.Multiple portable variable message signs (PVMS) will be positioned at strategic locations, including Circus Avenue, Gopal Mukherjee Road and E…
Kolkata: Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) is scurrying to repair damaged roads across Salt Lake, taking up work on multiple stretches simultaneously, to meet the Mahalaya deadline.Repairs of several stretches on the main thoroughfares near Baisakhi, Karunamoyee and around Salt Lake stadium are yet to be completed, with sudden unseasonal rain having further delayed work. This…
Kolkata: Ahead of puja, tipplers have something to cheer: prices of most bottled-in-origin (BIO) Scotch will come down by 7%-10% in the state following UK FTA. This will include brands like Chivas, Black Label, Double Black, Glen family, and Talisker, along with others, which are mostly brands of two global giants, Diageo and Pernod Ricard.Sources…
Kolkata: Union home minister Amit Shah will attend the Mahalaya celebrations, scheduled to be held at Eden Gardens on Oct 10.This clears the speculation, previously claiming that prime minister Narendra Modi would grace the event.“We have got a tentative tour plan of the home minister visiting Kolkata on Mahalaya (Oct 10). It is unlikely that…
Kolkata: A day after former Congress MP Adhir Chowdhury said Mamata Banerjee should rejoin Congress without her baggage (read Abhishek Banerjee) and lead it in Bengal, Trinamool on Friday threw down the gauntlet back at Chowdhury, asking Congress and Left to join hands with it to “protect booths” in the Rejinagar bypolls on Oct 6.Chowdhury…
Cops deployed at a New Alipore camp after chaos Kolkata: On the first day of a three-day outreach initiative, the administration faced protests in New Alipore and Rajarhat. Citizens queuing at two camps organised by KMC demanded the immediate rollout and fresh registration for Annapurna Bhandar. The outreach programme, Seva Setu Abhijan, aims to bring…
