1/1 Bishop Lefroy Road was Ray’s home from the 1970s till he died in 1992. He made the Calcutta Trilogy, the two Feluda classics and memorable films like Hirak Rajar Deshe, Ghare Baire, Ganashatru, Shakha Proshakha, Ashani Sanket and Agantuk while living in the second-floor apartment
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation, which has installed water meters in five wards in Kasba, Jadavpur and Patuli, has found that the average water consumption of many households there is 300 litres per person per day
The police have said that stretches of Casuarina Avenue, Kidderpore Road, Outram Road, Dufferin Road and Strand Road become so dark that surveillance, physical or electronic, proves to be difficult
Starting April 1, a smaller percentage of the accrued penalty and interest will be waived for those who want to clear their property tax dues after defaulting for a longer period