Seventy-four years after his historic voyage in German and Japanese submarines, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s daring maritime voyages have been recognized finally by Indian Navy. The Eastern Naval Command inaugurated Netaji’s 8ft high statue at the country’s only military installation INS Netaji Subhas, named after
To give citizens a feel of the Hooghly, Kolkata Police had opened up water sports facilities on the Hooghly this weekend. The show where citizens got a chance to enjoy a speed boat ride on the Hooghly was such a big hit, that the police
Now eating out in Sector V, specially during lunch hours will no more be a problem. Keeping in mind the lunch time crowd, mostly comprising employees of innumerable IT companies dotting Sector V and New Town areas, state government is coming up with a new
For celebrity designer Raja Biswas, who has a huge celebrity fan following from designer Agnimitra Paul to actor-director Aparna Sen, exclusive designer sarees should be made affordable for all. Keeping this in mind, he has launched his new range of sarees named Black is the
This year around 30 sex workers would take charge of the kitchen at the food pavilions to be set up by the State Fisheries Department in different puja pandals of the city. This move by Bengal government aims to bring sex workers to mainstream and
Every year Skoch Foundation, one of the leading thinktanks of the country honours the best innovative projects of different state governments across the country. This year Bengal has bagged the top six awards in different categories from economic to agriculture. Most innovative projects showcased by
He often has to fly down from Max Hospital in Delhi to Kolkata, to perform complex transplant surgeries in the city. But renowned transplant surgeon Subhash Gupta feels Bengal’s state run hospitals have also made a giant leap in providing transplant surgery facilities, though there
The Bengal government is spending a whooping 27 crore to buy just 1.2 acre of private plot in Burdwan, to build an approach road to a four-lane cable suspension bridge over railway tracks, that will connect the GT road to Katwa and Kalna. This is
Out of 125 towns and cities across Bengal, 76 have achieved Open Defecation Free (ODF) status. All towns in North 24 Parganas, Nadia, Hooghly, Burdwan and East Midnapore were declared ODF zones. Nadia was the first district to attain ODF status in 2015. The figures
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation will take down the museum of Town Hall that was opened in 2002 to highlight the city’s history, culture and heritage. Last year, restoration of Town Hall started after experts expressed concerns over its structural stability. For restoration KMC is taking help