DRIBBLE DABBLE: The Indian Football Association announced on Wednesday, April 6, that 10 futsal academies will be built across West Bengal to promote the game at the grassroots level. Futsal is like football but played indoors and on hard turf. The locations chosen for the academies include Salt Lake stadium, Dum Dum, New Alipore, Garia, Chinar Park, Baisakhi, Salt Lake and New Town
My KolkataCANINE SLEUTHS: These are the new members of Kolkata police’s dog squad. The nine dogs have been trained to sniff out explosives by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police. Kolkata police uploaded their photographs on Facebook on Wednesday, April 6
From Kolkata police's Facebook account, @kolkatapoliceforcePEANUT FORTUNE: A life-sized statue of Bhuban Badyakar, who became a viral sensation overnight with his ‘Kacha Badam’ song on social media, at Kumartuli on Friday, April 8. The former peanut seller’s peppy jingle took the whole world by surprise early this year. In March, the singer from Birbhum hurt his chest while learning to drive his newly purchased vehicle and had to be hospitalised
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