12 Dibrugarh: A 42-year-old construction worker from Bengal died on Saturday after a steel structure at the under-construction Selek-Dhunaguri bridge project in Majuli collapsed.The deceased Ashok Singh sustained fatal injuries after the structure fell on him while he was ...
22 December 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: With no concerted efforts to sweep the Maidan and remove tonnes of paper, plastic, and Styrofoam used by revellers and picnickers, the Maidan remains an eyesore. This was in contrast to the rest of the city, including ...
22 December 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: The city's baker's lane that caters to the age old tradition of Christians carrying their ingredients, including fruits soaked in rum for weeks, to a bakery to bake their cake is struggling to find slots for late-comers ...
22 December 2024 Times of India123 Bolpur: The Poush Mela at Santiniketan, jointly organised by Santiniketan Trust and Visva-Bharati, is set to resume from Monday (7th Pous according to Bengali calendar) after a four-year hiatus. Whilst the main fair at Purba Palli ground will ...
22 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The city woke up to a grey sky and a drizzle that persisted till the afternoon on Saturday, following spells of moderate overnight rain caused by two weather systems. The rain and cloud cover pushed the maximum temperature ...
22 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) has initiated the process of engaging an agency to set up a foot overbridge (FOB) at the Patuli Bazar Crossing following the recommendations from the Kolkata Traffic Police. Officials said the cost ...
22 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata/Jhargram: The three-year-old Odisha tigress continued traversing the forests of Bengal's Belpahari range on Saturday, subsequent to its entry into the state from Jharkhand early on Friday morning.No sighting of the big cat, which has purportedly not hunted since ...
22 December 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: The civil aviation minister, his deputy and even the local MP voiced the need for more international flights from Kolkata to revive the city airport's glorious past, when it used to be a global aviation hub. "I ...
22 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) is set to engage agencies on yearly contracts for the annual repair, upkeep, and maintenance of several flyovers and bridges located across the city. Some of these flyovers are Dhakuria Bridge, Bijan ...
22 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A day after governor-chancellor C V Ananda Bose sought an explanation from Jadavpur University interim VC Bhaskar Gupta for hurriedly convening the executive council (EC) meeting on Dec 17 and fixing the convocation date on Dec 24, Gupta ...
21 December 2024 Times of IndiaMandarmani (East Midnapore): The discovery of a Trinamool worker's hanging body in a Mandarmani hotel created a stir on Saturday. The deceased, Abul Nasir (34), was a resident of Amdanga in North 24 Parganas.While cops suspect that Nasir died ...
21 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the Joint Platform of Doctors to hold the proposed sit-in demonstration 50 ft from the Dorina Crossing at Esplanade.Justice Tirthankar Ghosh passed the order after the state objected to the holding of ...
21 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Of the 292 daily services on the North-South Metro corridor, 288 will run up to Dakshineswar from Monday. While the number of daily services to the terminal station on the city's northern periphery will increase by 116 from ...
21 December 2024 Times of IndiaShivram Dattatreya Phadnis KOLKATA: Agniva Chakraborty, a cartoon aficionado, unearthed some of India’s forgotten cartoon gems through his annual calendar series, with his latest paying homage to the legendary Marathi cartoonist Shivram Dattatreya Phadnis, better known as SDP.Following successful ...
21 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata's restaurants and pubs experienced a significant surge in customers during the Christmas weekend, with many reporting a 20-30% increase in footfalls. KOLKATA: The last weekend before Christmas saw a sharp surge in festive footfalls across Kolkata’s restaurants and ...
21 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata is all set to groove on Christmas eve as Sunidhi Chauhan, the powerhouse of Bollywood playback singing, brings her spectacular production, ‘I Am Home’, to Kolkata for the first time. This grand musical evening, organized by Centrestage in ...
21 December 2024 Times of India1234 Kolkata: A fire broke out at Mazdoor Bustee off E M Bypass in Topsia around 12.30pm on Friday, burning down 120-odd shanties, built illegally between two canals, to ashes. No casualty was reported and no one was trapped ...
21 December 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: A nearly two-month delay in cleaning the Santragachi Jheel has led to far fewer bird arrivals this year.While 2,500 lesser whistling ducks, four gadwalls and one garganey were sighted at the water body around mid-Dec last year, ...
21 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Amid the ongoing probe into the fake passport racket having alleged links with some post offices across Bengal, a consignment of 55 passports, tucked in an envelope with a broken seal, found in the letterbox outside the Titagarh ...
21 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Central Empowered Committee (CEC), set up by the Supreme Court to look into the felling and transplantation of 700 trees for the construction of the Joka-Esplanade Metro corridor passing through the Maidan, has asked the forest department ...
21 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A growing number of hawkers in and around Kalighat temple is a hindrance to the beautification of the historic structure, conceded mayor Firhad Hakim on Friday. Replying to a query by TMC councillor Prabir Mukherjee on the civic ...
21 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: An 11-year-old girl who nearly lost her life to typhoid went back home on Friday after a nearly three-month-long battle, including two and a half months of intensive treatment under ventilation. Doctors at Institute of Child Health (ICH) ...
21 December 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: The Mamata Banerjee govt's focus on human capital formation through a bottom-up approach is leading to an information technology boom in the state, attracting top companies like Infosys, according to principal chief adviser to the CM, Amit ...
21 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Indian Tea Association (ITA) on Friday announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a final rule updating the "healthy" nutrient content claim, paving the way for tea to be officially recognised as a ...
21 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The state govt on Friday sanctioned Rs 4 crore to the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) for installing around 4,500 LED streetlights of different voltage across Salt Lake and Rajarhat-Gopalpur under the Green Cities Mission scheme. BMC will install ...
21 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Several parts of the city received traces of rain late on Friday night. The Met office has not ruled out the possibility of more light rain on Saturday. While the minimum temperature did not rise further on Friday, ...
21 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Kolkata Police STF arrested three individuals who were staying in a guest house on the busy AJC Bose Road in Beniapukur and seized two 9mm automatic pistols and 18 rounds of ammunition.The arrests, coming shortly after another ...
21 December 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: A third-year student from Jadavpur University died in his rented accommodation in Santoshpur on Wednesday after he complained of feeling unwell. His roommate, who had gone to get medicine for the victim at 7 pm, returned at ...
21 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Bengal govt is going to release 12 Bangladeshi fishermen who are currently lodged in a Diamond Harbour jail on Saturday. They were acquitted by a Kakdwip court on Thursday. It is also making an all-out effort to ...
21 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A post-wedding photoshoot near Babughat turned into nightmare for newlyweds and their photographer after their car was broken into and equipment, including a Canon camera, two expensive lenses, three batteries, and the three memory chips containing all the ...
21 December 2024 Times of IndiaSiliguri: Darjeeling BJP MP Raju Bista on Friday claimed Centre was set to begin tripartite talks by Jan with Gorkha representatives from the Darjeeling Hills, Terai and Dooars region, along with Bengal govt, to find a solution to problems ...
21 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: With a tiger prowling in the neighbourhood, Kultali residents continued to live in fear on Friday. On Wednesday night, a motorcyclist was attacked by the tiger and on Thursday night, a Class IX student was attacked while speaking ...
21 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Mayor Firhad Hakim will write to the Metro Railway general manager, urging him to engage workers at the metro booking counters and gates who will understand Bengali and won't discriminate between Bengali and Hindi-speaking commuters. KMC will also ...
21 December 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: A 26-year-old software engineer employed with a UK-based MNC jumped to death from the 16th-floor refuge area of their office in Sector V on Friday evening after completing his shift. Police said the youth, Paribesh Chatterjee, was ...
21 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Malaysia on Friday announced an extension of the visa exemption for Indian nationals until Dec 31, 2026. A similar exemption has been granted to Chinese nationals.The exemption allows Indian nationals to visit Malaysia without a visa for up ...
21 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Cops from the Patuli police station arrested two persons for duping an ice-cream seller of Rs 1 lakh on the pretext of exchanging foreign currency. The victim was in need of Saudi Riyals for visiting Saudi Arabia. He ...
21 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Hours after simultaneous raids across three states led to the arrest of eight men, two of them from Murshidabad as part of Operation Praghat — with cops alleging they are part of the banned Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) ...
21 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Sanjay Roy, the prime accused in the RG Kar rape-murder case, was questioned under Section 351 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) by the judge at the Sealdah district court on Friday. Roy, who deposed before the ...
21 December 2024 Times of IndiaHowrah: A kindergarten school principal's son, Samit Kundu (23), on Friday died of cardiac failure a day after getting injured in a road accident en route to an MBA admission interview with his father. He was injured after a ...
21 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Rush on roads, especially around recreational hotspots in city, on Friday indicated that the pre-Christmas festive mood has already set in with its effects on the vehicular traffic clearly visible. With several city hotspots like Alipore Zoo, Victoria ...
21 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The 73rd Dover Lane Music Conference, which begins on Jan 22, will be offering the Sangeet Sanman Award to Indian classical dancer and teacher Elam Indira Devi, who is known for her expertise and scholarship in the classical ...
20 December 2024 Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: A fire broke out in a slum area in Topsia, Kolkata, on Friday.Fifteen fire engines were sent to the site to control the flames.The cause of the fire is yet to be determined, no casualties were reported ...
20 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The British Deputy High Commission Kolkata, in collaboration with the Indo-British Scholars' Association (IBSA), Rotary Club of Kolkata Metro City, and Connections, celebrated leadership potential of disabled cricketers, inclusion, resilience, and the power of sport to mark International ...
20 December 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday spoke on the importance of religious harmony and unity, saying it was our duty to protect it, as that was what made us complete human beings.Banerjee was speaking on the premises ...
20 December 2024 Times of India12 Sumati.Yengkhom@timesofindia.comKolkata: The turmoil in Bangladesh has dragged down the patient influx from that country to Kolkata hospitals by about 69%. Comparative data for a month from four Kolkata hospitals, from mid-Nov to mid-Dec for the past two years, ...
20 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: State education minister Bratya Basu, on Thursday, said there is no reason to delay the appointment of vice-chancellors to state universities. Till now, 13 universities have received permanent VCs but 18 universities are still awaiting the appointments.Without naming ...
20 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A 27-year-old resident of Panchanantala died after he lost control of his bike and rammed into a roadside junction box that caused severe head injuries. The biker was not wearing a helmet.The incident was reported around 2.30 am ...
20 December 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: Speciality Restaurants recently introduced its 16th brand, Bizarre Asia, bringing all Asian buffets under one roof. The fine dining restaurant chain is also looking to expand its footprint through franchises in countries like Saudi Arabia and the ...
20 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The second edition of Bharat Mobility Global Expo (BMGE) will see the participation of 34 automobile companies, up from 28 firms that participated in the last edition. However, Chinese companies who have set other major auto expos across ...
20 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Lalbaba Engineering hopes to reach the Rs 1000-crore revenue mark this fiscal. To mark its 60th anniversary, the group has also entered into a 50-50 international joint venture in the seamless tubes industry with the 100-year-old German tube ...
20 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurated the Christmas celebrations at Bow Barracks — in the virtual mode from Allen Park — on Thursday. Local residents at the city's only Anglo-Indian enclave gathered in large numbers to witness the inauguration ...
20 December 2024 Times of India12 Siliguri: Union home minister Amit Shah is scheduled to attend the 61st Raising Day ceremony of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) on Dec 20 at its Siliguri frontier headquarters in Ranidanga. Shah is also scheduled to inaugurate the border ...
20 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The BSF's Southern Frontier has said that their personnel have been instructed to maintain strict vigilance while monitoring provocative statements emerging from Bangladesh. They are under strict orders to act only upon direction from superior authorities before taking ...
20 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: After arresting a couple on charges of selling a child from the Shalimar station last month, the CID picked up a third person for his alleged involvement in the racket. The arrested individual has been identified as Saurav ...
20 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Parents of the RG Kar rape-and-murder victim moved Calcutta High Court on Thursday expressing lack of confidence in CBI's probe and seeking a fresh investigation. The HC refused to immediately intervene in the ongoing trial but asked CBI ...
20 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday refused to grant permission for a sit-in demonstration demanding DA at Nabanna bus terminus area. Justice Tirthankar Ghosh suggested the protesters an alternative place at Mandirtala bus stand but they insisted on ...
20 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The mercury continued with its upward rise on Thursday and it is likely to go up further as the Met office has hinted at the possibility of rain between Friday and Saturday. Kolkata and its surrounding areas may ...
20 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The movement of heavy and medium goods vehicles will be restricted within the city limits between 6am and 10pm, a fresh notification from Kolkata Traffic Police states. This is a continuation of the policy adopted in Aug last ...
20 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The death of a 57-year-old in the custody of Bidhanagar Police created a controversy on Thursday. While cops claimed he died a natural death, his family contested the claim saying he had no previous illness.According to police, the ...
20 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The investigation into the fake passport racket has revealed that the gang ‘increased its business' using no less than a thousand fake documents between Aug and Nov, the period when Bangladesh saw a massive political upheaval with Sheikh ...
20 December 2024 Times of IndiaSpecial Task Force of Assam Police arrested two persons, identified as Abbas Ali and Minarul Seikh, for their alleged involvement in the fake passport racket from villages under Hariharpara PSnear Berhampore on Wednesday. Locals claimed the duo was innocent ...
20 December 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: The century-old Stephen Court, scarred by a devastating fire in March 2010, is undergoing the most comprehensive overhaul in decades. The residents' association is determined to restore the sheen to the building that stands at the intersection ...
20 December 2024 Times of IndiaHowrah: Two mechanics were arrested for molesting a woman on Bankim Setu around 11pm on Wednesday. The arrested have been identified as Pintu Yadav (24) and Lal Singh (22). The youths allegedly chased the bike on which the woman ...
20 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A 48-year-old man, Sunil Kr. Shaw, was arrested from Halishahar in North 24 Parganas for impersonating a doctor by the same name for medical practice and trying to secure medical officer job at Madhyamgram Municipality. The accused had ...
20 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Bengal accepts any language but it is wrong if there is any attack on the Bengali language, state education minister Bratya Basu remarked during his inaugural speech at the ‘Bhasa Mela' on Thursday.This statement came after two incidents ...
19 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Two persons have been handed life sentences and one 10-years of rigorous imprisonment over the past week in cases involving the rape of minors in three police districts in Bengal.In Purulia, a special Pocso court on Tuesday sentenced ...
19 December 2024 Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: The parents of the doctor who was raped and murdered at the RG Kar hospital filed a petition in the Calcutta High Court on Thursday, requesting a new investigation into the crime. They expressed distrust in the ...
19 December 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Suman Mukhopadhyay's 'Putul Nacher Itikatha', featuring Bangladeshi actor Jaya Ahsan alongside India's Dhritiman Chaterji, Abir Chatterjee, Parambrata Chatterjee and Surangana Bandyopadhyay, has been nominated for the Big Screen Competition at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). It is ...
19 December 2024 Times of IndiaA still from'Morichika' KOLKATA: Ishaan Ghose’s ‘Morichika’ – an interlinked journey revolving around two young dreamers in the heart of Kolkata - was selected for the non-competitive Harbour section of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). Happy with ...
19 December 2024 Times of IndiaAhmed and Ayesha pose with the tram after their nikah (left), with family and friends during the wedding inside the vehicle (right) KOLKATA: A Nonapukur tram depot staffer chose the vehicle closest to his heart - a tram - ...
19 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A resident of Malda has been arrested in the Delhi-NCR region by Uttar Pradesh Police for allegedly threatening to kill UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath. Bengal Police sources said the accused, Sheikh Ataul of Ratua, worked as a ...
19 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A private company was asked to pay Rs 1 lakh to the respondent as they "attempted to mislead" the Calcutta High Court, claiming that it had "lost track" of the litigation since 2005.The company, Baxter (India) Private Limited, ...
19 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Bus route 3, a symbol of Kolkata and Serampore's rich legacy, has walked into the sunset. The final bus service from Serampore to Dakshineswar (a curtailed journey), which started way back in 1927, made its last ceremonial journey ...
19 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Bengal boy Ankur Bhattacharjee clinched a ‘double' claiming the men's and U-19 boys' titles in the National Ranking Table Tennis Championships in Bengaluru on Wednesday. Bhattacharjee, who narrowly missed the title in his previous final in Thiruvananthapuram, made ...
19 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: In north Kolkata's Dompara slum, a marginalised community is actively crafting Christmas decorations using bamboo and cane. Over 150 skilled craftsmen along Central Avenue at Ramesh Dutta Street are working tirelessly in their workshops, creating Santa Claus figures, ...
19 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: In Sept, former Union finance minister P Chidambaram had flagged the issue of overpriced food and beverages at Kolkata airport, amplifying the complaints of many flyers in the past. Chidambaram felt the tea with a tea bag dipped ...
19 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: In its 100th year, Kolkata airport has lined up a mini expansion plan for the existing passenger terminal, followed by the start of work on a new terminal building that will see capacity increase by nearly 40%. Also, ...
19 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The special PMLA court asked the Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday to frame charges in the SSC job-for-cash case at the earliest. Following a Supreme Court order, the investigating agency is likely to frame charges before the start of ...
19 December 2024 Times of India12 Jalpaiguri: The discovery of a mortar shell near the India-Bangladesh border in Cooch Behar's Dinhata sparked concerns on Tuesday.The shell was unearthed by 70-year-old Hiten Modak while he was ploughing his field in Jhikri village under Sahebganj PS, ...
19 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Tenants of private land acquired for Metro Railway construction work are eligible for compensation even if the owner has already been compensated, the Calcutta High Court held on Tuesday in a land acquisition case for the construction of ...
19 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A temporary postal department staffer — the fifth overall arrest in a fake passport case and the third accused in the case with links to Indian postal services — was recently arrested by Kolkata Police SIT, proving that ...
19 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Sanjay Roy, the prime accused in the RG Kar Medical College doctor's rape-murder case, will be questioned by the judge on Friday after the district court at Sealdah completed hearing the deposition of 50 witnesses in connection with ...
19 December 2024 Times of India123 Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation and Kolkata port authorities have come closer to identifying land for the construction of a multilevel car parking plaza at a location near Howrah station. The move will help decongest Strand Road, Brabourne ...
19 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Bidhannagar Police reportedly raided a luxury resort in the Chilapata area of north Bengal on Wednesday in search of Bidhannagar councillor Samaresh Chakraborty. However, the three-member police team did not find him. The councillor is accused of ...
19 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: State schools are tweaking holidays to reduce count in summer and increase holidays during Durga Puja. Primary students will receive only a nine-day summer vacation, while secondary students will get an 11-day leave during the summer vacation. The ...
19 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday arrested businessman Sanjay Sureka in connection with a Rs 6,000 crore banking scam. Sureka was produced in the Special PMLA court on Wednesday.ED officials raided 10 premises associated with Sureka, including his Ballygunge ...
19 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Former Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Santanu Sen got elected as the state secretary of IMA Bengal on Wednesday. Sen earlier had said he would not contest this time but finally he changed his plans and nominated himself ...
19 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Airfares from Kolkata to traditional holiday hot spots in the country are soaring high this festive season as thousands are leaving the city to enjoy Christmas and year-end festivities with friends and families. From the valleys of Kashmir ...
18 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: An argument broke out between a passenger at the Howrah Metro station and the employee handling the booking counter on Tuesday allegedly over language. Trouble started with the passenger reportedly asking about a fare and the Metro employee, ...
18 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: It is that time of the year when police are usually not worried about the poor condition of the roads in the city, with stretches getting repaired during Durga Puja. However, certain patches in the city have become ...
18 December 2024 Times of IndiaRepresentative Image KOLKATA: NRIs from 18 countries will congregate this Sunday in a conference organised by Bengal Global Connect, a network of Bengalis across the globe. The forum commenced post-COVID as a platform to unite Durga Puja organisers. Presently, ...
18 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: After a hiatus of nine years, Times NIE in association with National High School under the NR Iyer Memorial Education Society awarded 200-odd students at the Kala Mandir auditorium recently. The prestigious Student of the Year award recognizes ...
18 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A fire broke out at the Meghnad Saha Hall residence on the IIT-Kharagpur campus on Tuesday evening. Timely intervention by the authority and evacuation avoided any fatal incident.The Meghnad Saha Hall of residence experienced a fire due to ...
18 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: At least three police personnel, including a sub-inspector (SI) from Barasat PS, were injured when a protest by SFI supporters demanding justice for the RG Kar rape-murder case turned violent at Barasat Govt College on Tuesday. The SI ...
18 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A young south Kolkata businessman fell victim to the .apk fraud and lost Rs 64 lakh. On Monday, the cops managed to arrest an accused from Barasat in this regard. The accused, Tanmoy Paul (34), claimed cops, was ...
18 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A temporary postal worker, who was assigned to create passports, was on Tuesday arrested for allegedly making fake passports for Bangladeshi citizens on a day when cops decided to move the passport office for the cancellation of several ...
18 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Innocent citizens could not be held to ransom by indefinite protests on national highways and on railway tracks, the Calcutta High Court reiterated on Tuesday, restraining a social welfare organisation from conducting a highway block on Friday. The ...
18 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Kolkata Christmas Festival will kick off on Dec 19, with an inaugural ceremony at Allen Park on Park Street. The festival, which has become permanent fixture on the city's festive calendar, will be inaugurated by Chief Minister ...
18 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Commuters can expect more services in East-West Metro's Esplanade-Howrah Maidan section from next month as the west-bound tunnel is now linked between Sealdah and Esplanade. The four BEML rakes used in the section since Nov 11 will be ...
18 December 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A day after the world mourned the loss of tabla maestro Zakir Hussain, artisans in Kolkata, who serviced the Ustad's tablas, shared their experiences, highlighting the legendary percussionist's modest demeanour despite his international acclaim.At ‘Surlahori', a percussion instrument ...
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