Then again, some residents have stopped moping and are trying to do something for the needy this season. “Since our friends won’t be able to come over, we are collecting clothes and sweet...

More than 2,000 police personnel will be on the roads of Salt Lake and adjoining areas this year to not only ensure safe and peaceful celebrations but also to stop anyone from lighting up fireworks. ...

A snatcher fled with the handbag of a woman walking back home with her sister after dinner at a Salt Lake restaurant on Monday night, police said. Rhitama Basak, 24, and her sister had stepped out of...

Swarms of mosquitoes have invaded Salt Lake and its adjoining areas. Dengue cases, too, are being reported regularly, triggering a scare among residents. Over a 100 residents have dengue and more tha...

A wing of EC Block community hall was inaugurated right before the Pujas with MLA and minister Sujit Bose and councilor Tulsi Sinha Roy coming down for the occasion. The entire building now has capaci...

One of the best things about the Durga Pujas is the interaction with friends and neighbors and CA Block didn’t let the pandemic put an end to that. Youths of the block picked up the mic and cond...

“The view was mind-boggling. It must be the only location with such a view of Eco Park,” said Vaibhav Gupta, who runs the neighbouring star hotel Ibis Rajarhat. “New Town itself has ...

Four directors of a call centre in Salt Lake were arrested on Thursday for allegedly duping many people from the UK, Portugal and South Africa in the guise of providing software services. Police said...

While the state environment department chooses to bank upon online awareness mode to minimise fireworks this Diwali, green activists plan to target the high-rises and housing complexes directly to pus...

Puja organisers, one hopes, have learnt a lesson after Durga puja and would be cautious before the festival of lights next week. The most tragic case was reported this Monday from Baisakhi Abasan, wh...