The hugs and handshakes were replaced by ‘dur se salaam’ after the Id prayers on Friday.
Fewer people turned up at mosques across the city as many chose to pray from home.
The day was marked by feasting but the celebrations were mostly restricted to family members.
For Iftekhar Ahsan of Calcutta Walks, the run-up to Id usually means last-minute frantic shopping. The day starts with prayers and leads to one feast after another.
“By the end of the day, I am tired of hugging people and shaking hands with them. There is none of that this year,” said Ahsan.
Police on Saturday made announcements to make people aware of the restrictions from Sunday morning while citizens crowded markets and queued outside liquor stores to collect their stocks that would last at least till the fortnight.
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Many Calcuttans, who depend on helps and have security guards posted at their apartments and housing complexes, expressed concern on how they would report to duty from Sunday.
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As the UK finally prepares to reopen its cinema doors, tQ contributors remember their most precious memories that could have only happened in front of the big screen
Over the last 14 months, we have been yearning for the big screen and looking back on the memories of brighter days spent in cinemas with a sense of bittersweet nostalgia. For me, there was also a big element of fear that these experiences would never return. But now that cinemas reopen next week, I finally feel safe enough to look ahead and also to think back to the moments that make it so important to keep going at all.
Heavy rain came lashing on Calcutta on Tuesday afternoon, flooding roads and leading to at least one death because of suspected electrocution.
A middle-aged man was found floating in water on the road outside the north gate of Raj Bhavan, next to a lamp post. Firefighters and police removed the body around 6.30pm.
Lamp posts with lids on openings removed or kept open, exposing the maze of wires inside, and live wires submerged in water on roads make many parts of the city a death trap during or immediately after a downpour. Tuesday’s death showed little has changed.
The Met official said one or two spells of thundershowers are expected in Calcutta over the next two days. But the weather will change from May 14. “The weather in Calcutta will be hot and dry from Friday. By the weekend, the temperature is expected to rise to 37-38 degrees,” he said.
TMC retained all seats in city on the back of populist schemes, worsening COVID-19 situation Kolkata
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TMC retained all seats in city on the back of populist schemes, worsening COVID-19 situation KolkataPTI
Last Updated: May 09, 2021, 02:07 PM IST
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The overwhleming support for TMC was seen in Jorasanko, Bhabanipur and Kolkata Port constituencies of the city despite their sizeable mixed populations.
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The poll in the 292 seats of the state was held over a protracted eight phases. Election to two seats were cancelled following the death of their candidates.
Trinamool Congress has retained all 14 assembly seats in the city defeating rival BJP by convincing margins in the recent West Bengal assembly poll on the back of populist schemes and the worsening COVID-19 situation, despite the shrill polarisation bid by the saffron party.