“It may take another three months for us to receive the approval of the state government so that we can implement the draft policy.”
A resident of Chandni Chowk in central Ko...
A KMC official said each ward had about 25 field workers who are divided into groups to visit the wards. Their task is to look for mosquito breedings, and clear and spray larvaecides.
Mayor Fir...
Stretches of the Park Circus connector, EM Bypass, Ruby rotary, Diamond Harbour Road, Mukundapur and NSC Bose Road in Tollygunge will be taken up for immediate repair because they feature on lists pre...
Majumdar was born in Dhaka. In 1934, she reached Darjeeling with firearms hidden in a harmonium to kill a British governor but failed in her mission and was arrested. She was released in 1939.&nb...
The Mohammad Ali Park Durga Puja will be held inside the park this year after a three-year break. The erection of the pandal has started.
The Puja was shifted out of the park in 2019 after an inspect...
A walk to promote healthy eating and informed decision-making in choosing the food was organised by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation and the state health department on Saturday. The walk started oppo...
The body of a 28-year-old newly married woman was found in the lane in front of her apartment in Baguiati late on Friday, police said.
A team from Nagerbazar police station arrested Kausta...
Gully pits are situated along the edges of roads and rainwater falling on a road passes down into the underground network through these pits. But if the mouth of the pit is clogged or if the inte...
PWD engineers attributed the delay to the process of welding six bow-string-shaped girders at the construction site. The work of welding the girders has been assigned to railway contractors. ...
A 12-year-old boy from Kalighat, who had tested positive for dengue, died on Thursday. This is the first known case of someone dying from dengue in the city this year, said a civic official.
Bi...