At the end of Day 1, the ticket counters recorded a footfall of barely 200 people. An employee manning the ticket counter at gate 2 said: “We knew the footfall would be less but did not expect i...
These places have now turned into significant safehouses of the local biodiversity which was the main model that Nature Mates wanted to establish. At present, not only butterflies but also a healthy p...
When the tithi turns favourable, expect large boxes on your table with grenade-laddoos, invitations in gold-foiled italics, no personal calls saying ‘We would be happy if you came’, city-w...
The new year brings good news for seafood lovers! Yourroots, the BF Block eatery, has introduced a new menu to bring to your platter everything from crabs to calamari.
“We have been serving cont...
Outside Nicco Park, people removed their masks to eat snacks and toddlers happily hung from metallic railings meant to rein in crowds, without parents raising an alarm about infection. “This is ...
Covid hygiene
The Covid protocol took a backseat at all the spots that drew revellers. Police officers expressed helplessness in enforcing the protocol.
“We barely got a chance to enforce Covi...
By Monalisa Chaudhuri, Snehal Sengupta, Debraj Mitra
in Kolkata
Actors Priyanka Sarkar and Arjun Chakraborty were injured while shooting for a television web series near Eco Park when a motorcyclist who was part of the crew apparently lost control and hit them on ...
Stall: Opposite stall 14
What: Real flowers have been preserved in resin to form pretty pendants here. “We have used flowers, petals and leaves, sometimes in combinations, to get these effects....