Residents of New Town are alleging a rise in mosquito population and several residents’ welfare associations have requested the New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) to set up nets over ...

The New Town authorities will start a tree plantation drive on empty plots in all three action areas to prevent people from dumping garbage on the plots as well as to keep weeds in check, an official ...

The NKDA has opened a second vaccination centre at the CB Block community market in Action Area 1. The centre is housed in the second floor of the building but senior citizens need not worry. The buil...

An open-deck bus service has been started in New Town to take people on a tour of the township’s attractions. Run by the tourism department in association with Hidco, the tour will be offered i...

New Town Book Fair will be held at the fairgrounds between February 26 and March 7. This will be the seventh edition of the fair and will have around 50 stalls including those by Ananda Publishers, D...

Kakali Mitra, who had been secretary of the New Town Book Fair for the last four years, passed away on February 3. She was 78 and succumbed to tuberculosis. Mitra was a retired college professor, in ...

Five trees have been “planted” on Smart Street. A tree has 20 leaves under each of which there is a solar lamp, connected to sensors, that stays lit automatically from dusk to dawn. The so...

The officials also spoke of a toilet cum cafeteria next door that was inaugurated a few days earlier. “There are at least 200 competitive examinations that take place here round the year. So a w...

Residents of nearby houses are delighted with the park. “It was a vacant plot of land. We heard about a month and half back that a park would come up here. Hundreds of workers were deployed over...

New Town’s second annual flower exhibition took place over the weekend at the clock tower. Held as part of New Town Carnival, the exhibition showcased the best of blooms grown by residents and n...