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SafeStorage plans foray into Delhi, Gurgaon, Kolkata and Bhubaneswar

At present, the company is present in five cities -- Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai and Pune -- with a storage space of around 850,000 square feet in over 30 warehouses

BJP alleges massive rigging in KMC elections, urges Guv for repolling

Alleging large-scale rigging during the Kolkata Municipal Corporation elections, opposition BJP on Sunday met West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar

KMC polls: Sporadic violence mars polls, voter turnout 63.63%

The State Election Commission and the police described the elections as "peaceful"

Polling begins in 144 wards of Kolkata Municipal Corporation

Polling in all the 144 wards of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) began at 7 AM on Sunday with strict adherence to COVID-19 protocols amid tight security arrangements. State Election Commission Secretary Nilanjan Sandilya said that all necessary measures have been taken to ensure free and fair elections. Voting is being held at 4,959 polling booths and it will continue till 5 PM, he said. Around 23,000 Kolkata Police personnel have been deployed across the city, and route marches and area domination exercises conducted in various parts of the metropolis, an officer of the force said. More than 200 police pickets have also been set up at crucial points across the city, he said. The ruling Trinamool Congress is fighting to retain the civic board for the third consecutive term, while the BJP will contest CPI(M) to secure the second position. The TMC had swept all the 16 assembly segments in the metropolis in this year's assembly elections. The counting of votes will take place on

KMC polls: Kolkata Police bolsters vigil, 23,000 personnel to be deployed

The Kolkata Police has heightened vigil across the city and its neighbouring areas ahead of KMC elections on Sunday, including initiating stringent checks at hotels and various entry points.

Ozone level in Kolkata jumps 60% than normal, raises concern about health

The ozone count in central Kolkata was 60 per cent more than the safe levels, raising concerns about public health and the threat it poses to the iconic Victoria Memorial.

UK returnee tests positive for Covid in Kolkata, genome sequencing underway

A woman, who returned from the UK, tested positive for COVID-19 here on Friday, a senior official of the West Bengal Health Department said on Friday

Kolkata civic polls: Left pins hope on Red Volunteers to regain lost ground

The Left Front, which had ruled the state uninterrupted for 3 decades, has for the first time failed to open its account in the 294-member House during the assembly polls held earlier in the year.

Kolkata's air quality improves by 80-90% after cyclone-induced rainfall

Kolkata's air quality improved by around 80-90 per cent after Cyclone Jawad-induced rain lashed the city in the last couple of days

Heavy rain leaves streets in Kolkata, its neighbourhood waterlogged

Normal life was partially disrupted in parts of Bengal as heavy rain triggered by Cyclone Jawad left several areas waterlogged in the metropolis and elsewhere, causing hurdles to the commuters

TMC releases candidate list for KMC polls, drops 39 sitting councilors

The ruling party in West Bengal in the last KMC polls in 2015 had won 126 wards

Kolkata Municipal Corporation polls on Dec 19, counting of votes on Dec 21

The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) polls will be held on December 19, a notification issued by the State Election Commission (SEC) on Thursday said.

HC orders CBI enquiry into Bengal school recruitment irregularities

The order was passed on a petition by some job aspirants

A culinary tour de force

A history of Calcutta through its food recreates the city's rich multicultural heritage

3 arrested in connection with death threat to ex-Bengal chief secretary

Kolkata Police sleuths have arrested three persons for their alleged involvement in sending a death threat to former West Bengal chief secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay

Kolkata's air quality dips from moderate to poor on Kali Puja night

Except for some pockets in south Kolkata very few cases of firecracker bursting were reported from the city on Kali Puja night even though the air quality in the metropolis dipped

Kilburn Engineering MD Subir Chaki hacked to death in Kolkata

The bodies of Chaki (61) and his driver Rabin Mondal (65) were found with multiple stab injuries on their neck, legs and back at an ancestral building owned by the businessman on Sunday night

Kolkata home registrations jump over 2 times in July-Sep on stamp duty cut

Registration of residential properties in Kolkata metropolitan area jumped more than twofold to 15,160 units during July-September period mainly driven by stamp duty reduction by the state government

Kolkata, adjoining areas likely to receive intense rainfall today: IMD

Earlier on Saturday director of IMD Kolkata GK Das informed that the cyclonic storm Gulab is likely to reach the West Bengal coast around September 29.

Torrential rains drown most of Kolkata, more downpour likely

Adding more woes to the situation, the meteorological department has predicted more rains in most of the districts in south Bengal in the next 24 hours