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Topic: Kolkata

Kolkata Police arrests over 450 persons for defying lockdown orders

Kolkata Police made the arrests Thursday while patrolling and naka-checking. People have been held for violating the Total Safety Restrictions.

Not a single Dalit in 60% of Kolkata’s neighbourhoods. How caste divides Indian cities

Indian urban localities are as segregated as our villages. Caste is still an important factor in deciding the organisation of spatial environment in cities.

BJP workers chant ‘goli maro’ slogan en route to Amit Shah rally in Kolkata

A group of BJP supporters carrying party flags were seen raising the slogan. Union Minister Anurag Thakur had last month remarked traitors should be shot while campaigning for BJP in Delhi.

Two passengers arriving from Bangkok test positive for coronavirus at Kolkata airport

In line with the WHO guideline to contain the spread of the virus, IndiGo suspended its Kolkata- Guangzhou service till 25 February and Guangzhou-Kolkata till 26 February.

For India’s revolutionaries in freedom struggle, gyms & akharas were a cover for politics

The Jugantar movement started by Sri Aurobindo Ghosh used the guise of a fitness club to take in young teenagers and turn them into revolutionaries.

2 men from prominent Kolkata business families arrested for ‘filming 182 women, extortion’

Police arrested Aditya Agarwal and Anish Loharuka for running a sleaze racket since 2013, in which they would 'repeatedly harass, blackmail and extort the women'.

India’s first underwater metro in Kolkata to be finally ready by March 2022

Kolkata Metro expects to complete East-West project, which is partly under Hooghly river, by March 2022 after a delay of several years doubled costs.

Apartment sales are booming in Kolkata but there are no takers for office space

While Indian cities grapple with a slump in home sales and a booming office market, Kolkata faces the exact opposite.

Kolkata man found living with father’s decomposing body for 5 days

Police detains the Behala resident, brother says he is mentally unstable. The body was spotted by the brother who lives nearby.

5 days on, 59 illegal Bangladeshis sent to Kolkata from Bengaluru still await deportation

59 Bangladeshi workers detained by Bengaluru police for illegal stay were brought to Kolkata for deportation last week but the process has been since stuck.

On Camera

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

Three Indian Navy ships deployed to South China Sea

Deployment comes at a time when Yuan Wang 03, a Chinese missile and satellite tracking vessel, has entered Indian Ocean Region.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.