First Puja shopping and now the wedding season. The ailing Bijon Setu’s health survey has been stalled again. Mayor Firhad Hakim said on Saturday that Bijon Setu was not going to be closed immediate...

The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has finally started road repairs but their archaic road laying methods have got both residents and engineers of other government agencies worried about thei...

A dead fish and a dead turtle were found floating on the Rabindra Sarobar water on Monday morning, CMDA officials said, triggering allegations that the deaths were caused by a drop in the level of dis...

The Calcutta Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) cleaned on Sunday most of the mess left behind by those who performed Chhath Puja at Rabindra Sarobar.Cleaners worked in two phases — on Saturd...

Traders in Mechua, Calcutta’s wholesale fruit market, said they have been asked to collect consignments coming from other states at the Kona truck terminal in Howrah as inter-state trucks will not b...

The state government has decided to set up two Bailey bridges over Tolly’s Nullah in Tollygunge to ease the traffic flow across New Alipore, Behala and Joka.One of the Bailey bridges will link Mahat...

Subhas Sarobar, one of the largest water bodies in Calcutta, remained dirty on Monday after the end of Chhath Puja rituals. Thousands of worshippers had performed Chhath Puja rituals, pouring oil and ...

Thousands of worshippers performed Chhath Puja at Subhas Sarobar, leaving the water body and the surrounding park dirty with plastic bags and other waste.However, unlike Rabindra Sarobar, the Beleghat...

A Bailey bridge that will come up across Kestopur canal for Salt Lake-bound vehicles from VIP Road will be double the length of the ones in Majerhat, an urban development department official said. The...

The government has floated a tender to dismantle the vulnerable portions of the Vivekananda Road flyover, a portion of which had collapsed in March 2016.The government is yet to decide whether the res...