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.
The Dengue detection centres, run by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will remain open during the pujas to serve people who might be suffering from fever for three to four consecutive days.
At a time when controversy over alleged scams of biomedical wastes at R G Kar Hospital are making headlines, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation is considering plans to set up its own medical waste treatment plant for proper disposal of such wastes.
With the ‘puja mood’ setting in among Bengalis, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is trying to make the most of the ongoing dry spell for repairing roads.
Unavailability of details of service providers for maintenance of light fittings in lamp posts is leading to darkness in some wards of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
The demand for justice in the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at R G Kar hospital echoed in the House of Kolkata Municipal Corporation today when the opposition councillors protested at the monthly meeting today.
