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Celebration of freedom 'with heart and strife'
Crowd control around the entry points on Park Street was efficient. The checkpoints for cars were robust and well-manned. A Ford Mustang with a parking sticker made its way in and then vanished into the expanse stretching into Red Road - a rare opportunity for someone driving in Calcutta.
Aug 16, 2018 00:00 IST 
Auto rogues hit father & son
A youth and his ailing father were allegedly assaulted and threatened by a group of autorickshaw drivers on BT Road for daring to call out one of them for his rash driving.
Aug 16, 2018 00:00 IST Car runs over woman
A 55-year-old woman was fatally knocked down by a speeding car on Wednesday while crossing a stretch of Bakrahat Road.
Aug 16, 2018 00:00 IST 
Court red-cards mayor bodyguards
A Calcutta High Court judge on Tuesday requested the Calcutta mayor to ask his bodyguards to leave after an advocate pointed out that "his eight armed bodyguards are standing just outside".
Aug 15, 2018 00:00 IST 
Where books worm their way into little hearts
A reputable girls' school in the city has created a unique corridor library where students can pick titles from a bookshelf and put them back after reading without the institution keeping any record of how many have been borrowed and returned.
Aug 15, 2018 00:00 IST Dengue to-do list from Hakim
Urban development minister Firhad Hakim on Tuesday directed the heads of municipalities adjoining Calcutta to depute dengue-prevention teams for door-to-door visits and put the onus of surveillance in each ward on the local councillor.
Aug 15, 2018 00:00 IST Auto refusal and assault on woman
An autorickshaw driver allegedly slapped a young woman in front of other commuters at the Jadavpur 8B bus stop for questioning his refusal to ferry her till Gangulybagan on his way to Garia.
Aug 15, 2018 00:00 IST More than a month's work done in 3 days
A flyover, a bridge and a long stretch of Diamond Harbour Road were repaired within three days in a city where it usually takes more than a month to repair a single battered road.
Aug 15, 2018 00:00 IST 
Spirituality expressed through monk's art
Indian Museum for the first time is hosting an exhibition of Chinese paintings, in honour of the Chinese community living in Calcutta.
Aug 15, 2018 00:00 IST Moderate rain alert for I-Day
Light to moderate rain is expected in Calcutta on Independence Day under the impact of a depression that is taking shape along the Odisha coast.
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Puddles trigger dengue scare in Salt Lake
Stagnant pools of water across all three blocks in Salt Lake, including a few in front of Bidhannagar Sub-divisional Hospital, are exposing the residents to the threat of a dengue outbreak.
Aug 15, 2018 00:00 IST Opinion
- Lessons from the past
Timothy Garton Ash - A spectacle of amazing resilience
Kanwal Sibal - Refugees and resources
Prabhat Patnaik - Two days of celebration
Subir Bhaumik - Season's flavours
The Thin Edge
Ruchir Joshi
