Some students of Sanskrit Collegiate School in central Kolkata cycled to class so they could avoid using public transport. At least 10 students who used to avail buses, rode bicycles as parents feare...

Metro Railway’s weekend services, allotted only for railway employees and ‘essential service providers‘, will be available for all commuters starting November 20.  “We wi...

The Bengal government is working on a package for private bus operators to switch from diesel to CNG.   This move is part of the state’s initiative to stand by the bus operators who a...

Metro Railway will increase the number of daily trains if the passenger count shoots up substantially following the resumption of local trains. The carrier runs 266 trains every weekday now. Before t...

The overcrowding on trains and in stations triggered fears of a spike in Covid numbers. But for countless daily passengers, the choice between lives and livelihood was very difficult. Ansar Ali Laska...

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Local trains were not jam-packed on the first day of formal resumption of the suburban service on Sunday. Around 640 trains chugged out from Sealdah and some 350 from Howrah on Sunday,...

The Bengal government on Friday gave the green signal to allow local trains to resume services, and also  schools and colleges to reopen, while extending Covid restrictions till the month of Nove...

Several routes in Kolkata witnessed a nearly 40 per cent drop in the fleet strength of private buses and minibuses since Thursday morning following the rise in the diesel price beyond Rs 100 per litre...

“The most common excuse people give for not wearing masks is that they feel uncomfortable wearing one in the hot and humid conditions,” said a police officer posted at Esplanade where doze...