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Kolkata: In a unique initiative, a group of residents of Elita Garden Vista housing complex in New Town have started drawing street art on the service road stretch adjacent to the complex to prevent encroachment by street vendors. The residents started painting a stretch of the service road with on Sunday, with permission taken from New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA).“Vendors often occupy...

KALNA: A marsh crocodile (mugger) - more than 9ft long - was found roaming a neighbourhood under ward 10 of Kalna Municipality in the wee hours of Tuesday. The incident took place at Nichujapat Pal Para of Kalna in East Burdwan. The forest department managed to capture it after a four-hour operation with the help of cops and local administration.This is the second incident in the area in two weeks....

KOLKATA: Trouble broke out between a group of residents and office bearers of a New Town complex over payment of maintenance, leading to a fight between a resident and a group of security guards. Both parties have filed separate police complaints.On Thursday, Praveen Kumar, a tenant at Uniworld City complained that he and his wife were assaulted by a group of security guards. The latter were demanding...

KALYAN: A 36-year-old auto-rickshaw driver, identified as Vijay Jadhav, has been arrested by the Kolsewadi police in Kalyan for allegedly stabbing his live-in partner to death. The police investigation revealed that the accused suspected his girlfriend of having an illicit relationship with someone else, leading to the fatal attack.Rashmi (name changed for privacy reasons), had been in a relationship...

KALYAN: Three persons died while five others suffered injuries in major explosion occurred at Century Company, located in the Shahad area of Thane District's Ulhasnagar on Saturday.The injured people were transported to Century Hospital. The blast occurred at around 11.30am within one of Century Company's manufacturing units.Following the incident, other staff members from the company's unit rushed the...