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Ballygunge registered 41.01 % polling, while at Asansol it was 64.07 % till 5 p.m.

Trams have been running in Kolkata for over 140 years. They are unique to the city and added to its culture and economic growth. But now, these trams face a great deal of uncertainty. Will trams, once an iconic landmark of Kolkata, die?

KOLKATA: Ashok Hall School, Mahadevi Birla Shishu Vihar and G D Birla Centre for Education reopened their gates on Monday to those students whose parents have cleared their pending fees, following a two-day shutdown. While these students were given special identity cards, the rest stayed away from the schools, ensuring…

KOLKATA: Passengers on board the Down Bongaon-Majherhat local were stranded for over 30 minutes on Monday after the train hit a bull crossing the railway track between Habra and Sanhati railway stations.

KOLKATA: The Himalayan climbing season is back and mountaineers from Bengal have already reached Nepal. The Nepal government has started handing over permits for the spring season and the climbers are looking forward to a good start this year.

KOLKATA: Bhabatosh Sutar (49), celebrated for his Durga idols in the city and beyond, hosted his first solo exhibition ‘Celebration’ — primarily installations and busts — as a memorial to the pandemic. The exhibition that got over on Sunday was held at Chander Haat conceived by veteran painter Tarun De…

KOLKATA: The West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights (WBCPCR) and four of its counter-parts from other states and unuion territories — Delhi, Punjab, Rajasthan and Chandigarh — have written to the Centre demanding restoration of cognisability of seven serious offences that were made non-cognisable by the Juvenile Justice…

KOLKATA: Delegates from 14 countries will attend this year’s Bengal Global Business Summit BGBS) that will be held on April 20, 21, announced chief minister Mamata Banerjee while inaugurating the refurbished Milan Mela ground, christened ‘Biswa Bangla Mela Prangan’ on Monday.

KOLKATA: After a pandemic-induced two-year lull, medical conferences and doctors' conclaves are back in the physical mode in Kolkata. The city has already hosted a few and around a dozen more are lined up over the next one month.

KOLKATA: The ban on sale of liquor in large parts of the city from Saturday — due to the Ballygunge bypolls scheduled on Tuesday — has led to a drop in drunk-driving cases across Kolkata. Cops said that while Friday witnessed 74 cases of drunk driving, the figure rose to…

KOLKATA: The long, scorching spell in Kolkata may end this weekend with a thunderstorm, said the Met office on Monday. Even as maximum temperature touched 34.8°C on a warm and humid Monday, weathermen predicted a system will form over the Bengal-Jharkhand region between Thursday and Sunday. Once it forms, a…