14+ hour, 17+ min ago   (830+ words) urbanacres.in Kolkata Ganesh Puja Turns Pandals Into Political Battlegrounds Kolkata Ganesh Puja is becoming more than a prelude to Durga Puja. Across the city, pandals are increasingly being used to express political loyalties, construct cultural identities, remember contested histories…...

14+ hour, 15+ min ago   (754+ words) urbanacres.in India-Bangladesh Hilsa Trade Reversal Exposes a Scarcity Crisis India’s hilsa trade with Bangladesh has reversed direction, with at least 450 tonnes of the fish shipped through the Petrapole land port in North 24-Parganas over the past two months. The…...

14+ hour, 24+ min ago   (873+ words) urbanacres.in Tamil Nadu Industrial Policy Can Turn Assembly Growth Into Higher-Value Jobs Tamil Nadu is entering the next phase of its industrial growth with a problem that is more demanding than attracting factories: it must ensure that new investment…...

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16+ hour, 30+ min ago   (275+ words) The Delhi Transport Corporation plans to introduce an artificial intelligence-driven system to monitor bus operations, improve punctuality and streamline maintenance as the city prepares to expand its public transport fleet. The corporation has invited proposals to assess its existing Bus…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (358+ words) The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will make steamed and fried modaks prepared by its supported women’s self-help groups available to residents across Mumbai during Ganeshotsav 2026, with home deliveries scheduled to begin on Ganesh Chaturthi, September 14. The civic body is organising…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (362+ words) A fire at a boxing-kit warehouse in Delhi’s Swarup Nagar injured six people after smoke spread into a neighbouring building on Sunday, forcing residents, including women and children, to jump from windows to escape. The incident has raised fresh safety…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (325+ words) Kolkata Police has specified a new uniform for Tactical Action Committee (TAC) teams attached to deputy commissioners across all divisions, with the camouflage-style clothing expected to be used during law-and-order and crowd-management duties, according to a report by Anandabazar – Kolkata....

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (394+ words) A Mumbai sessions court has sentenced a 34-year-old cleaner to one year in prison for forcibly kissing a saleswoman at a mall in Borivli, rejecting his claim that he had accidentally slipped and fallen against her. The court directed that…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (291+ words) Heavy rain across Vasai-Virar and Nalasopara on Sunday caused widespread waterlogging, disrupted road traffic and made access to Nalasopara railway station difficult, just a day before Ganeshotsav preparations were due to intensify across the region. According to a report by…...