More than 1,500 motorists were prosecuted for traffic rule violations and over 1,200 more for disorderly conduct across the city on New Year Eve. The prosecution of motorists went down on the last da...

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Calcutta rang in 2021 with incessant bursting of firecrackers. The noise pollution data of the Central Pollution Control Board confirms the noise spike post-midnight in most parts of the city. Accor...

Covid-19 made New Year’s Day celebrations a muted affair across the city's hotspots as many preferred not to step out. The crowd was thin at the main entrance of Nicco Park on Friday aftern...

Two men who were partying on New Year Eve died in separate incidents early on Friday. Apu Mullick, 35, who was at a rooftop gathering at a relative’s home on Parui Das Para Road in Parnasree, s...

“Many of them work on others’ farmlands. Many are daily labourers who are still out of work because of the Covid pandemic,” said Father Saju George, the founder-director of the 20-ye...

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The Mamata Banerjee government on Wednesday asked people to celebrate New Year’s Eve with caution and use discretion amid concerns that unmasked gatherings could lead to a fresh spike in Covid c...

Bengal on Tuesday logged 1,587 Covid-19 recoveries, 1,244 new cases and 30 deaths, including four from Calcutta, as the state recorded a drop in total active cases for the 64th successive day since Vi...