Parking fee on Rabindra Sarani: Rs 10/hour Actual parking fee on Rabindra Sarani: Rs 100/hour Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has not increased the parking rates in Kolkata for a decade but t...

A day after Kolkata police re-launched the drive against people for not wearing masks in public places, cops on Wednesday instructed hawkers to mandatorily wear masks while interacting with buyers. P...

With the advent of the pandemic, Yacoob Mullick and Son was hit significantly as it had to shut shop for a total of eight months (stretches of four months each in 2020 and 2021). To adapt to the next ...

For Mithila, the best part is that the sari is pre-stitched. “Bling is new for me, but I love it. The blouse is also very different,” she says. Ankita feels this look defines oomph. &ldquo...

“Most of the markets in Baguiati, Kestopur and other areas off VIP Road are drawing huge crowds. Most are not wearing masks or maintaining any social distancing norms. We carried out a drive tod...

Two young men come to the Maidan on most Sundays to set dozens of pigeons free from a cage. They buy the pigeons from New Market, where the birds are usually meant to be slaughtered for meat. &ldquo...

The city received uniform and widespread rain on Sunday, the first such spell after the monsoon’s tame arrival a day before. The sun had come out brightly on Sunday morning and stayed overhead ...

Traders in the New Market area who have been agitating since Wednesday against encroachment of roads and footpaths by hawkers alleged that they were denied a meeting with the municipal commissioner on...