Dhapa

Dhapa used to be famous for Dumping ground but with recent years of development of ITC Sonar Bangla, 5 Stars Hotel & Silver Spring in this area, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has decided to close down a part of the Dhapa Dumping ground by April 2010 for remediation. Around 8.5 hectares of the 35-hectare [...]

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An Indian citizen, returning from the United States Wednesday, is suspected of being infected with swine influenza, and was placed in quarantine, reported Thursday the local newspaper, Times of India.

A Canadian national was arrested at the city airport on Monday on the charge of travelling on a fake passport.

A gang of three was arrested on Sunday for a robbery bid and assault in Tangra’s Chinatown last month.

For the Chinese community in Kolkata, elections are as routine as rolling up dumplings every morning. They vote because they have to. Not because they hope something good will come out of it. Ignored by politicians, the dwindling Chinese population is getting desperate to be seen, heard and belong.

There is a rising demand in India to learn the Chinese language, but New Delhi is hardly issuing visa to teachers from China, says Beijing’s top diplomat here.