They are spraying some chemical inside cars, the minute you roll down the windows. And the chemical is nothing other than laughing gas! And then they are committing the crime, robbing the passenger. The ‘Laughing Gas’ gang is the new menace on Kolkata’s streets. They
Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee is taking the green initiative for Kolkata and districts of Bengal rather seriously. Awareness is the key to afforestation. Unless the younger generation understands the worth of trees and public awareness is created to make the city greener,
Majerhat Bridge collapse was a sign of doom. With the new bridge hopefully coming up next year, GB takes a stock of the other bridges of Kolkata. Watch this video.
In the recently concluded World Mayor’s Summit at Copenhagen where KMDA got one of the highest honours, Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim has mentioned how the state transport department is ready with a roadmap to convert the entire transport fleet of the city to E-buses by
Birla Industrial and Technological Museum (BITM) will bring celestial wonders closer home. It will ferry a special telescope from its Gurusaday Road premises to housing complexes across the city to help residents go sky-gazing from their roof tops. The first sky watching session will take
Kolkata is reeling under the burden of severe air pollution, so much so that it has infamously ranked among the top 10 polluted cities of the world. After long, compressed natural gas or CNG, considered as a green fuel is coming to the market soon
It was all started by a 15-year-old Swedish girl, Greta Thunberg, who a year back set Europe on a green map. She started a green revolution from her school itself that spread to the entire Scandinavian region and has now touched the shores of Kolkata.
Nilmani Sen, proprietor of Bishu’s Kites at Banchharam Akrur Lane, Bowbazar, is busy managing his business. After all, Vishwakarma Pujo, that marks the beginning of kite flying ceremony in Bengal starts today and will continue for a week. This lane is abuzz with the sounds
You might have caught a sight of a tall, lanky, young foreigner with a jhola crossing the tramlines at Gariahat. Or may be spending time at some institute going through books written in Bengali. Well, this young man is not just another tourist who have
The concept is not just innovative, but ensures even the poor can taste delicious dishes of restaurants that they cannot buy otherwise. The initiative was started on Independence Day last year, when Kolkata’s restaurant chain Sanjha Chulha installed food ATMS outside their restaurants, asking people