Kolkata

Gold, gadgets and cars fly off shelves on Dhanteras, great demand of metal in stores

Traffic bottlenecks were a common sight near major shopping hubs on Saturday, and the shopping frenzy brought parts of the city to a near standstill

Khosla Electronics shawroom at Beckbagan on the day of Dhantares on Saturday afternoon

Gobinda Pal at work in his home-studio on Saturday

The man behind the demon head; Gobinda Pal's unique art touch to idols across Calcutta

Kolkata’s Diwali markets light up with ‘Operation Sindoor’-themed drone and missile firecrackers

Manufacturers of Sivakasi in South India and Champahati and Nungi in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district have come up with their own varieties of fireworks with strategic naming and military designs, which, upon bursting, would illuminate the night sky

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Kolkata

Gold, gadgets and cars fly off shelves on Dhanteras, great demand of metal in stores

The man behind the demon head; Gobinda Pal's unique art touch to idols across Calcutta

Rajasthan gym murder: 4th accused nabbed from Indore 2 days after associates' arrest

Doctors warn of respiratory distress, Diwali fireworks push air quality to ‘very poor’

600kg of banned fireworks seized, man carrying them arrested from Esplanade bus stand

Met eyes developing system over Bay, expected to move northwest in the coming days

Dhaka flights diverted to Calcutta; fire at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport

New plant species found in the Ajodhya Hills named after Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

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Kolkata’s Diwali markets light up with ‘Operation Sindoor’-themed drone and missile firecrackers

New plant species found in the Ajodhya Hills named after Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

Met eyes developing system over Bay, expected to move northwest in the coming days

Dhaka flights diverted to Calcutta; fire at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport

Doctors warn of respiratory distress, Diwali fireworks push air quality to ‘very poor’

600kg of banned fireworks seized, man carrying them arrested from Esplanade bus stand

Gold, gadgets and cars fly off shelves on Dhanteras, great demand of metal in stores

Rajasthan gym murder: 4th accused nabbed from Indore 2 days after associates' arrest

The man behind the demon head; Gobinda Pal's unique art touch to idols across Calcutta