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Security bolstered in city after terror alert

“There would be a three-tier security arrangement in and around the city during the Durga Puja festival this year. In three divisions in south and southwest part of the city, we will have at least 18 patrolling teams, and the remaining groups will be in north and central Kolkata. At least 13 quick response teams have also been deployed,”

Bengal’s tourism industry eyes revival this Durga Puja

Shaukat, a travel agent from Srinagar who recently attended a travel trade fair here, said that though the numbers are yet to reach the pre-Covid era, things are fast getting back to normal with tourists flocking back to the destinations in Kashmir.

Covid-19 caseload in India breaches 30-lakh mark

With a single-day spike of 69,239 infections, India's Covid-19 caseload mounted to 30,44,940, while the death toll climbed to56,706 with 912 fatalities being reported in a span of 24hours,the data updated at 8 a.m. showed. The Covid-19 case fatality rate has declined to 1.86 per cent.