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KMC sees 10% rise in property tax collection in Q1 of 2025-26 fiscal

Kolkata, July 27 -- The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has recorded a 10.24 per cent rise in property tax collection in the first quarter of the 2025-26 fiscal compared to the same period in 2024... Read More


Blue plaques installed on all Grade I heritage buildings in city

Kolkata, July 27 -- The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has completed the installation of blue plaques on all Grade I heritage buildings across the city, following a model similar to that of Londo... Read More


HC to hear plea on stalled Metro work at Chingrighata junction

Kolkata, July 27 -- The Calcutta High Court is set to hear a writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking judicial intervention in the prolonged delay in completion of a ... Read More


KMC unveils ad policy with revenue sharing, eco norms

Kolkata, July 27 -- The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has introduced a new advertisement policy under which any Central government agency seeking to display advertisements through hoardings or k... Read More


Operators allowed to replace buses with different seating capacities

Kolkata, July 27 -- The state Transport department has relaxed its bus replacement norms, allowing operators to replace existing stage and special stage carriages with vehicles of different seating ca... Read More


High Court backs conviction for attempt to rape minor with disability

Kolkata, July 27 -- The Calcutta High Court has upheld the conviction of a man for attempting to rape a minor girl with "mild mental retardation", ruling that her testimony-delivered partly through ge... Read More


Sealdah: 121 kg cannabis seized from train

Kolkata, July 27 -- Thwarting an attempt to smuggle narcotics through the railway network, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Eastern Railway's Sealdah Division seized 121 kilograms of cannabis (ga... Read More


ER plans to build road overbridge between Bansberia & Tribeni

Kolkata, July 27 -- In a bid to address persistent traffic snarls, Eastern Railway (ER0 has announced plans to construct a Road Overbridge (ROB) at Level Crossing Gate No. 4 between Bansberia and Trib... Read More


After films & plays, Nati Binodini inspires Bhowanipur 75 Palli Puja theme

KOLKATA, July 27 -- Between 1874 and 1886, Binodini Dasi aka Nati Binodini played close to 90 roles in 80 plays, most of them written by none other than theatre legend Girish Chandra Ghosh. The trailb... Read More


CM assures rehabilitation for eligible displaced slum dwellers

New Delhi, July 27 -- Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday announced that the Delhi government has allocated Rs 700 crore for the redevelopment of slum settlements across the national capital. She ass... Read More