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Christmas revelry: Mamata prays for peace, decorates home

Christmas was observed in the city with usual enthusiasm. Thousands of people visited the places of importance while long queues were seen outside restaurants. Vast areas of central Kolkata were lit up giving the flavour of a magical world.

DVC agrees to release water for irrigation

The Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) has agreed to release irrigation water for five South Bengal districts, which will commence on 5 January for Rabi and 26 January for Boro cultivation in the first phase.

Tiger starts hunting, give hope of its capture

The three-and-half-year-old Royal Bengal tigress, last month crossed the borders after her soft release along with her another mate. This was a part to strengthen the tiger population of the reserve.

Fire in factory, 1 hurt

A major fire broke out in a naphthalene factory in Muchpara near Durgapur under New Township police station yesterday evening and one labourer suffered severe burn injury yesterday evening. An ITI college is near the factory site and there are few houses also.

Gita Jayanti celebration at Mayapur ISKCON

ISKCON's headquarters in Mayapur has become a testament to the unwavering enthusiasm of devotees and tourists, undeterred by the barbaric attacks by fundamentalists on minorities and ISKCON in Bangladesh.