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Drinking water, electricity restored in most parts of Amphan-hit Kolkata

KMC personnel assisted by other agencies and a team from Odisha were busy clearing the roads even as vehicular movement resumed in most areas.

Centre must suspend flights from Kolkata airport till May 30: Mamata

People returning to their homes in Bengal will have to self-isolate themselves for 14 days, says chief minister.

'Covid-19 took my job, Amphan the rest': Cyclone devastates Bengal

Half a dozen districts, including large parts of Kolkata, wore a battered look as lakhs of people were homeless and low-lying areas swamped by the cyclone that slammed the Digha coast of West Bengal

Turn on the lights: Non-essential retail back as govt eases lockdown norms

Barring Mumbai, shops across other key metros reopen

Logging in with facemasks: Offices look different as staff returns to work

Office life in these cities resumed on Monday, albeit cautiously and with full knowledge of the need to maintain social distancing.

The show must go on: Performance artists struggle as gigs go online

Due to the lockdown, artists are turning to online shows but the concept of online concerts are still at a nascent stage making survival difficult for many

A prescient artist

Surveying a century of art practice in India, one is struck anew by how artists have reacted to situations and crises in their lifetimes.

Kolkata's yellow taxis likely to ply from May 18 with 30% fare hike

Since the beginning of the lockdown, only a few taxis were being allowed to travel in the city for emergencies only

Health Ministry classifies 170 hotspots in red zone: Here's the full list

All the major metros including Delhi, Mumbai, Bengalauru, Chennai, Kolkata, and Hyderabad are part of the list of hotspots notified by the Health Ministry

Coronavirus: Bengal CM announces Kolkata lockdown, free ration for 6 months

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's government will offer free food grains and ration under the Public Distribution System for the next six months

Crowds thick as ever as Covid-19 advisories fall on deaf ears in Kolkata

In Burrabazar, jostling crowds are a disaster waiting to happen

BJP activist held for hosting cow urine consumption event to fight Covid19

Narayan Chatterjee, a local party worker of Jorasakho area, vouched for 'miraculous' properties of cow urine while offering gaumutra to others

UP to acquire 2,500 acres for manufacturing hub in industrial corridor

Three places in the state identified for proposed integrated manufacturing cluster.

Congress, CPI(M) hold protests against Amit Shah's rally in Kolkata

CPI(M) leader Sujan Chakraborty led a large rally in Santoshpur in south Kolkata while Congress activists took out a protest march from Beckbagan to Park Circus

Apollo Hospitals may acquire IHH Healthcare stake in Kolkata venture

Apollo Gleneagles, Kolkata, is a 50:50 joint venture between Apollo Hospitals and the Parkway Group, which is a part of IHH

Flowers for planning

After the dismantling of the Planning Commission, the centre continued to do the same work for NITI Aayog

Kolkata East-West Metro inaugural run to be flagged off by Goyal on Feb 13

The railway minister will flag off the inaugural run on the 4.88-km section of the much-awaited metro corridor at 5 pm on Thursday, a Metro official said on Wednesday.

Scuffle breaks out between CAA protesters, BJP workers at Kolkata book fair

Police confirmed the incident and said a number of protesters were detained. BJP supporters claimed that one of them suffered injuries in the tussle.

Unsold luxury homes grow 10%, stock still a fraction of affordable: Anarock

Affordable homes make up 36% of the unsold housing stock, while luxury segment's shares is 14%

Warehousing sector to add 40 mn sq ft space in 2020 across top 8 cities

In 2019, the total supply of warehousing space was 37.94 million sq ft while the absorption stood at 33 million sq ft.