The iconic singer Mohammad Rafi, who had sung the immortal song Choti si mulaqat pyar ban gai, died on 31 July 1980, just after a week of the passing away of Uttam Kumar, the most popular star of Bengali films, who had lip-sung the song in the film Chhoti Si Mulaqat.
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation is considering sending a proposal to the West Bengal Heritage Commission for revision in the formula of gradation of heritage structures.
Amid concerns for deteriorating air quality, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation is carrying out a ward-wise survey to find out the factors and solutions that would enable improvement of AQI at micro level.
The upgraded public toilets of Kolkata Municipal Corporation are facing the challenge of theft of articles, making the civic body look for solutions to prevent it.
The international climate community was apprised of the forthcoming Kolkata Climate Action Plan on the sidelines of the recently-concluded UN climate conference, COP-29, at Baku, Azerbaijan.
After putting efforts to streamline hawkers in Gariahat and New Market, the town vending committee (TVC) of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation is now considering shifting its lens to two other markets including stretches of Strand Road and Fancy Market.
The town vending committee of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation has decided to approach the Calcutta High Court for reconsideration of the direction for removal of hawkers from a spot near Medical College.
Prioritizing a deeper knowledge of vector management, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation has decided to impart training to the 100-days workers and the vector control inspectors across 144 wards.
The SOPs mandate complaints on illegal filling of water bodies to the borough executive engineer and an immediate action on the matter within 24 hours.
The situation turned tense after a large number of locals posed an obstruction while pulling down portions of a building that had leaned visibly and had been identified for demolition by the KMC
