Kolkata: Organisers of Bazi Baazars said footfall is at least 20% lower this year compared to last year’s, and most people are buying crackers from local unregulated markets.The price of green crackers sold in the fairs is higher than that of conventional crackers sold by the roadside. Green crackers are more costly to make. Besides,…
BJP’s Tollygunge MLA Papia Adhikari KOLKATA: Days after chief minister Suvendu Adhikari issued a special message on bursting loud firecrackers during Kali Puja and Diwali celebrations, BJP’s Tollygunge MLA Papia Adhikari claimed that bursting firecrackers can cure several diseases.Papia Adhikari, the MLA from Tollygunge, had gone to inaugurate a Kali Puja in her constituency.As she…
The deceased, Sarthak Sarkar, a resident of Barasat, and had been living in the rented flat at Fartabad with his girlfriend and live-in partner. KOLKATA: A late-night argument inside a rented flat in Kolkata ended in bloodshed, leaving a 25-year-old software engineer dead and two women, including his live-in partner, behind bars.The incident took place…
Ajay Dutta displayed his work at Bholanath Dham Kolkata: A 102-year-old family tradition of releasing giant hand-crafted sky lanterns, or phanush, on Kali Puja came to an abrupt halt on Sunday after Ajay Dutta failed to obtain the licence the govt has made mandatory this year. Dutta had made 14 phanush for the occasion but…
Kolkata: Police have started an investigation after a 59-year-old resident of AJC Bose Road was attacked in a suspected road-rage incident in central Kolkata in the last week of Oct.Park Street police had registered a complaint on Friday (Nov 6) following a preliminary inquiry conducted into the Oct 27 incident.The man was attacked near 74/1…
According to Kolkata Police, the system is scheduled to operate daily for six to 12 hours each day Kolkata: In the wake of the recent stampede at Chorbagan Sarbojonin, Kolkata Police has heightened vigilance over crowd management by deploying artificial intelligence to regulate massive footfall at major pandals during the festive season.Cops on Sunday have…
A family enjoys Diwali on the terrace of an Amherst Street house Kolkata: The city reeled under one of its worst noise assaults in recent times on Diwali night, as banned high-decibel crackers were burst across neighbourhoods well beyond the permitted 8pm-10pm window, with violations continuing into the early hours.Many localities had endured a similar…
The breach has raised questions about security of acclimatisation set-up Kolkata/Jalpaiguri: In a fresh challenge to Bengal’s ambitious tiger reintroduction programme in Buxa, the three-year-old tigress brought back from Assam’s Raimona landscape on Nov 3 escaped from her 2.2-hectare acclimatisation enclosure again on Sunday afternoon.The tigress, said sources, “dug a hole beneath the enclosure’s foundation”…
Kolkata: Two unidentified motorcycle-borne miscreants snatched a high-end smartphone from a 31-year-old man, hailing from Uttarpara in Hooghly district, on Camac Street in central Kolkata during the wee hours of Saturday.The victim, Nimesh Sharma, had stepped out of a popular bar inside the Fort Knox Building on Camac Street around 2.15 am.At the time of…
Kolkata: Procure fresh food items daily and stock up less on supplies, this is the message from restaurants’ bodies to eateries across Kolkata after a series of inspections conducted over the last fortnight, which had resulted in closure of some eateries.Restaurants across Kolkata have started taking up renewed measures to ensure cleanliness and hygiene at…
