The next segment has a mound which needs to be climbed to take one to an elevated meditation space next to a globe. “This is inspired by the magical sphere mentioned in Golok Rohoshyo. It will g...

An ambulance has been purchased by the New Town Forum and News (NTFN), a social organisation set up by New Town residents, to ferry the Covid affected. “Getting an ambulance to carry a Covid po...

New Covid testing centre A walk-in RT PCR testing centre has been started at Gate no. 1 of Eco Park from Wednesday. “There is a dearth of testing kit in the market. But patients need tests as ...

Uniworld City became the first housing complex in New Town to host a vaccination camp. The camp, held on Tuesday, got 150 people vaccinated. “We arranged for the vaccine and the nurse. They pro...

Spot registrations for the Covid-19 vaccination process has been stopped at the two centres run by the New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) because of erratic supply of the vaccines. Both th...

Hundreds of residents in Salt Lake, New Town, Lake Town, Bangur, Dum Dum and parts of Rajarhat waited for hours on Friday for a dose of Covid-19 vaccine. Many went back without a jab because the two ...

A 20-bed safe house for Covid-19 patients has been readied in New Town. The unit, adjacent to tank 12 and near City Centre in Action Area I, has come up in a building owned by the Housing Infrastruct...

The Covid safe house in New Town’s Action Area 2, near Tank 12, that had been shut due to lack of inmates and turned into a Covid vaccination centre, will be converted back to a safe house, said...

Blocks Rank: First Block: BA Prize money: Rs 25, 000  Their effort: “We push residents to give up plastic, plant trees annually and keep our locality clean,” said secretary Prabi...

On Wednesday, a docking station near the New Town Smart Street, a two-minute walk from the Kolkata Gate, was made operational for e-bikes by senior officials of Hidco that builds infrastructure in the...