With the city gripping in festive fervour, the Kolkata Metro Railway has strengthened security arrangements at key Metro stations, including Esplanade, Park Street, Maidan, Rabindra Sadan, Dum Dum and Dakshineswar.
Park Street, YWCA hall hosted comic artists, graphic novelists, and writers from all around India for the annual Indie Comix Fest, 2025. “This is a self-published festival for comics and graphic novels.
Park Street police station has arrested Mujibur Rahaman, a political leader of Birbhum district for allegedly raping a housewife in a hotel in Park Street about a month ago.
Aiming to cater to the anticipated crowd, the Kolkata Metro Railway has decided to strengthen security arrangements at Esplanade, Park Street, Maidan, Rabindra Sadan, Dum Dum and Dakshineswar Metro stations on 31 December.
Twelve engines including a hydraulic ladder were pressed into service to douse the blaze.
A closed down hospital facility at EM Bypass is among the buildings to be used as quarantine centres.
The compulsions are seemingly reasonable, but environmental protection does not end with a check on greenhouse gas emissions.
While 863 were nabbed for disorderly conduct in public places including eve-teasing, nearly 2,600 were booked and fined for traffic rule violations with 1,289 fined for riding bikes without helmets, 654 for carrying more than one pillionrider, 531 for rash and drunken driving and 123 for other offences on the road, police said.
Kolkata police have put in place an elaborate security arrangement keeping a strict vigil on the revellers keeping in mind the rising cases of misconduct against women.
As people geared up to cheer and make merry, the city seemed keen to catch the festive air on a blustery Sunday morning.
