Floating library sets sail on the Hooghly The launch has a collection of around 500 books and facilities like free WiFi and a tuck shop
A floating library on a ferry on the Hooghly set sail on Wednesday.
Trips start from the Millennium Park jetty at 11am, 1.15pm and 3.30pm. The launch has a collection of around 500 books and facilities like free WiFi and a tuck shop.
Visitors can enjoy the river while browsing through books in the library, which has been curated by Oxford Bookstores.
The cost of a two-hour trip is Rs 50 for kids and Rs 100 for adults. “We are planning longer trips on the weekends,” said a transport department official. “We have named this the Boat Library. There will be year-long activities for children, including story-telling sessions, dramatised readings, book launches and poetry sessions on board the Boat Library,” said Rajanvir Singh Kapur, managing direc
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walked out after a heated exchange with a BJP member.
The Union Cabinet has
approved the sale of 2251.25 MHz of spectrum across seven frequency bands at a reserve price of Rs 3.92 lakh crore. Incidentally, the reserve price being auctioned in this round is lower than the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s recommendations.
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Suvendu Adhikari to join BJP ahead of Assembly polls in West Bengal?
Former West Bengal Transport and Irrigation Minister and Trinamool Congress heavyweight from East Midnapore district Suvendu Adhikari is likely to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during Union Home Minister Amit Shah s proposed visit to Bengal this week, sources close to him said.
Insiders said Adhikari may also travel to Delhi seeking a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi before Dec 19. The Nandigram legislator may resign as an MLA before joining the saffron brigade. Sources said that Adhikari may fly to the national capital on December 17.