Kolkata

New Kolkata Metro lines to be operational from March 15

The commercial services on the three recently inaugurated stretches of the Kolkata Metro are scheduled to start from Friday, March 15. They were inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 6. The new stretches encompass the long-awaited Howrah Maidan-to-Esplanade section of the Green Line, the Kavi Subhash-to-Hemanta Mukhopadhyay stretch of the Orange Line and

Temperatures to dip yet again in Bengal

IMD officials mentioned that both the highest and lowest temperatures are likely to decrease on Thursday, marking a shift from the weather conditions observed in the city since the previous week.

Mamata Banerjee to start dharna unless Union govt releases Bengal’s dues

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has decided to start a dharna (sit-in protest) at the foot of the statue of Mahatma Gandhi on Red Road in Kolkata on Friday, February 2 if the Bengal government’s long-pending demand for the payment of dues that the Union government owes the state for rural jobs and rural housing