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Smaller idols, day hours pandal hopping, sanitisers to mark Durga Puja during Covid times

Ashok Chatterjee - 0
Kolkata: A forum, which represents more than 350 Durga Puja committees in Kolkata, has come up with a broad-based code for holding Pujas amidst Covid-19 pandemic, bringing cheer to the emotionally-charged Begalis and pandal hoppers. The...
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Covid Care Network: A guiding light for Covid-19 patients

Ashok Chatterjee - 0
Kolkata: With India battling the ever bulging number of Covid-19 positive cases, panic and chaos amongst patients and their family members are constant. How bad is the level of infection, what does one do next,...
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Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren goes into home quarantine, as a minister and MLA test Covid-19 positive

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Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has gone into home quarantine as a minister of his cabinet and another MLA tested Corona positive on Tuesday. Both the minister and the MLA are leaders of the...
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A doctor who is happy to be paid ‘peanuts’

Shabina Akhtar - 0
Kolkata: At a time when big multispecialty hospitals in Kolkata are busy adding additional charges to their patients' bills even for OPD consultations, a doctor in his humble dispensary right in the heart of Kolkata...
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Covid-19 horror chamber that no one calls out

Sajeda Momin - 0
On May 28, Devram Bhisikar, a retired factory worker, complained of chest pain and was taken to the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad. After the 71-year-old patriarch was admitted, his family was told to leave and call...
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‘The Trap’ grips audiences on a virtual stage across continents

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Kolkata: A bunch of theatre enthusiasts in Kolkata, Bengaluru, Gurugram and Tampa (Florida) turned a popular webinar application into a virtual stage across geographic bounds for a spectacular digital adaptation of Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap--...
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Let There Be Light

Muted in grandeur, Pujas won’t give themes a miss

Ashok Chatterjee and Aritra Singha - 0
Kolkata: At a time when all the festivals and celebrations are going through uncertain times due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Durga Puja organisers and...
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This Ganesh Chaturthi Serve Humanity

Jayeeta Ganguly - 0
Kolkata: Kolkata’s Disc Jockey (DJ), Akash Rohira conducted a fundraiser during lockdown, orgaznised langars and community kitchen with Kolkata Police, and now has some...
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The Second Innings: Giving Love a Second Chance

Jayeeta Ganguly - 0
Kolkata: The Second Innings – an online adaptation of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Neil Simon’s Chapter Two recently presented by Theatrecian, acknowledged as one of Kolkata’s most productive and creative English-language theatre groups, enthralled the audience.  The half-an-hour long...
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CinemaScope

Saransh: Daddy’s comeback has no Arth

Jaydeep Saha - 0
Before watching Sadak 2, I watched Sadak once more to renew the memory. It was of course a hit back in 1991 but what...
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Bombay gets a classy presentation

Jaydeep Saha - 0
Everyone in their childhood read about the hare and the tortoise, and the story was taught with a lesson that slow and steady wins...
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Vidyut’s hunt for his lost love is worth a watch

Jaydeep Saha - 0
My wife got a call yesterday morning that she lost her aunt to Covid. Later, another call mentioning that her father, despite being a...
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Play On

स्मॉल टाउन, बिग ड्रीम की जब भी मिसाल होगी, धोनी उस चैप्टर के नायक बने रहेंगे

नरेंद्र नाथ मिश्रा - 0
कभी सोचा था कि महेंद्र सिंह धोनी चुपके से ऐसे अलविदा कह देंगे? खामोशी से। वक्त कितना क्रूर होता है, बेरहम होता है, हम...
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Even Virat is human…

Diganta Guha - 0
Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli’s match-winning unbeaten 94 (off 50 balls) against the West Indies at Hyderabad on Friday is yet another personification of...
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Sanju Samson gets his due, accidentally though

Diganta Guha - 0
Kolkata: With injury ruling left-handed opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan out of the T20 series against West Indies, Kerala wicketkeeper Sanju Samson has been drafted...
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Go Green

Farming no more a way of life in Mechukha, Arunachal Pradesh

Nabamita Mitra - 0
Shi-Yomi: Mechukha Valley in the newly formed Shi-Yomi district,  west Arunachal Pradesh is over 200 km from Pasighat. The constituency comprising 20 villages with...
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Kolkata Cares: City dwellers take initiatives for a Green Future

Kirti Baheti - 0
Kolkata: There might be alleged violation of National Green Tribunal's rules during the Chhath Puja celebration, at Rabindra Sarovar's green zone but average Kolkatan...
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Puja at Rabindra Sarovar: Religious sentiments vs environmental concern

Simrana Fatima and Ananya Sarkar - 0
Kolkata: Rising pollution and environmental issues might have become a focal point of discussion in many Indian cities, including national capital Delhi, but it...
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