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MCD will '100%' implement top court order, says Mayor

NEW DELHI, Aug. 22 -- The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will act "with full strength" to implement the Supreme Court's directions on stray dogs, Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh said on Friday. Welcomin... Read More


Police chief Satish Golcha meets CM after taking charge

NEW DELHI, Aug. 22 -- Newly-appointed Delhi Police Commissioner Satish Golcha on Friday met Chief Minister Rekha Gupta soon after taking charge of the force on Friday, an official said. Golcha, who f... Read More


Several city schools receive bomb threats

NEW DELHI, Aug. 22 -- Several schools in Delhi on Friday received bomb threats through e-mails which were later declared hoax, officials said. Delhi Fire Services (DFS) official confirmed three names ... Read More


Howrah to Salt Lake in minutes: East-West Metro Corridor opens to public

Kolkata, Aug. 22 -- Revenue services on the full East-West Metro corridor (Green Line) between Howrah Maidan and Salt Lake Sector V began on Friday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually flagged... Read More


Bowbazar residents protest years of Metro-induced damage

Kolkata, Aug. 22 -- With over 200 residents of Bowbazar in north Kolkata, whose houses were damaged due to repeated subsidence during the East-West Metro tunnelling since 2019, staging a sit-in on Fri... Read More


Elderly woman found dead at home

Kolkata, Aug. 22 -- Tension spread in Panchasayar area after an elderly woman's body was found with her hands and feet tied on Friday morning. Her husband was also found from under a bed in the house... Read More


'New Metro routes in Kolkata to boost real estate & office growth'

Kolkata, Aug. 22 -- The inauguration of new Metro routes in Kolkata is expected to spur growth in both commercial and residential real estate across Sector V, EM Bypass, Rajarhat, New Town, and other ... Read More


ASHA workers salary hike protest cause traffic snarls

Kolkata, Aug. 22 -- Traffic came to a standstill in parts of South Kolkata on Friday afternoon after ASHA workers staged a protest rally, styled as a march to Kalighat, demanding a salary hike. Sourc... Read More


'Publish a white paper on Central funds since 2021 election defeat'

Kolkata, Aug. 22 -- Countering the charges of corruption and misuse of Central funds levelled against Trinamool Congress (TMC) by PM Modi from a public rally in Dum Dum, leaders of the ruling party in... Read More


Abhishek sends help team to aid Bengal girl 'gangraped in Kerala'

Kolkata, Aug. 22 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee has sent a team to Kerala to extend all sorts of help to a girl from South 24-Parganas'... Read More