dum dum and naktala

Come September and Metro railway will roll into Naktala, adding another three kilometre to the existing 16.5 km north-south corridor.

The battle has been won and in case you are wondering what we are talking about, it’s the contest for Times Sharod Sreshtho 2019.

Come August 23, and the recorded voice inside Metro compartments will no longer ask you to "vacate coaches at the terminal station, Tollygunge".

It is Bengal's biggest festival and the UCO Bank The Times of India Sharod Sreshtho 2009 awards are back to honour the creativity of artisans and enterprise of community Durga puja organizers who work tirelessly for months to put up shows that mesmerize millions.

It is Bengal's biggest festival and the UCO Bank The Times of India Sharod Sreshtho 2009 awards are back to honour the creativity of artisans and enterprise of community Durga puja organizers who work tirelessly for months to put up shows that mesmerize millions.

A day after Calcutta High Court directed that no reveller would be allowed inside pandals—in fact, 5metres of small pujas and 10metres of big ones—committees across the city on Tuesday started making modifications, going by the court order, rather than waiting for a change in the HC order, if at all, that will be available only later on Wednesday.

Come March next year, and the extended Metro services will run its full course from Tollygunge to Garia, at the current frequency of six minutes.

The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has adopted a ‘save the ponds’ project to protect water bodies from land sharks. The mayor’s office has sent out a message to borough executive engineers, asking them to conduct a survey of ponds in their areas and send lists of details to the headquarters.

A model-cum-actor in adult web-series and short videos featured across multiple platforms was arrested, along with a 39-year-old shooting coordinator, for allegedly forcing aspiring models into pornography either by threatening them or making false promises of a “break” in the booming web series industry.

Nandita Dutta, a model-cum-actor from adult OTT contents has been arrested along with an associate Mainak Ghosh for allegedly forcing young models into pornography either by threatening them or making false promises of a “break” in OTT platforms.

KOLKATA: Siddhartha Basu and "wife" Shipra were remanded in judicial custody for a fortnight on Wednesday, even as his first wife accused him of luring her into the marriage with false promises of a career in modelling.

While most parts of the city witnessed a quieter Diwali, there were pockets of aberrations, too, especially in fringe areas that witnessed a spurt in bursting of illegal crackers after 8 pm.

A technical snag that cut off power supply to the third rail severely affected Metro Railway services for nearly five hours on Monday evening. The spillover on the roads triggered massive traffic jams as thousands of daily commuters used to the comfort of a Metro ride had to jostle and elbow their way into crowded buses and run after taxis.

Dengue claimed yet another life in Kolkata with a 61-year-old Bansdroni resident dying at Woodlands Multispeciality Hospital on Tuesday. While the dengue death toll in Kolkata currently stands at eight, the number of cases being detected daily across the state is inching towards 1,000.