Two persons were killed when the branches of a shirish tree fell on a meat shop on Jessore road at Chandpara in North 24-Parganas on Sunday morning. Police and local sources said shopowner Ratan Mond...

The work on a rainwater pumping station in north Kolkata has been stalled because of a land dispute between the state government and the railways.  Kolkata Municipal Corporation started the cons...

The Mamata Banerjee government has identified Bhangar 2 block in South 24-Parganas as the location to set up the second airport of Calcutta after the Centre rejected the state’s proposal to decl...

Markets and shops across parts of Baranagar and North Dum Dum, Madhyamgram, Barasat and New Barrackpore will remain shut either on alternate days or for a brief period to break the chain of Covid infe...

The sudden closure of markets under the South Dum Dum municipality because of the spike in Covid cases has led to crowding in the ones that were open in the nearby areas. Although markets in Lake Tow...

Filthy ambience New Town has a pet cemetery in Action Area III that is running out of space. So a crematorium is a need of the hour. But if one happens to drive down to the place via Jessore Road al...

The ward coordinator of Dum Dum has convened a meeting with local residents, police, officials from Kolkata Municipal Corporation’s drainage and sewerage department and the PWD to discuss the pr...

A man in his early 50s died after he fell into an open manhole in the Seven Tanks area of Dum Dum on Friday night. Ranjan Saha, au autoriskshaw driver, was returning home after completing his day&rsq...

The number of people testing positive for dengue has been rising across parts of Salt Lake, Bangur, Lake Town, Dum Dum and Baguiati over the past few weeks. People have tested positive for dengue in ...

From a northeast corner to the south of the city, the spotlight at pandals has turned on ordinary people who turned vital for life under lockdown. At Santoshpur Trikon Park in south Kolkata, the pand...