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Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. Following the release of the ODI World Cup schedule by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the International Cricket Council (ICC) last month, it was confirmed that the tournament would commence on October 5, with the opening match featuring an exciting rematch between England and New Zealand at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium. Eden Gardens, renowned for its iconic status, has been assigned as the host venue for a total of five matches, including one semifinal encounter.

Driven by strong housing demand, the residential property market in India experienced an average YoY price appreciation of 6% during the April-June period of this year, as per data released by PropTiger.com.

Property prices in Gurugram has increased the most among top 10 cities with a YoY increase of 12% in Q2 2023, surpassing Bengaluru (9%) and Noida (8%). The residential property market in India experienced an average year-on-year price appreciation of 6% during the April-June period of this year, as per data by PropTiger.com. “Housing prices have been climbing in major Indian cities in the post-COVID years.

Kolkata as migrants employed in sectors ranging from domestic work to hospitality and transport went to their homes in villages to cast their vote in the West Bengal panchayat elections, and many are yet to rejoin work. Kolkata, being a fully urban area, is the lone district in the state which did not go to the rural polls.Commuters also faced a harrowing time as many buses and other vehicles were requisitioned for election duty. Restaurants and street food joints were also affected due to the exercise. Shiladitya Choudhury, owner of a chain of restaurants in the city, said, «On the polling day on Saturday (July 8), we barely managed with only around 40 per cent of the staffers. We had kept our menu short on that day.» Owner of a roadside eatery in Salt Lake Sector V, the IT hub of the city, said pressure had mounted on his stall not only because some of his workers had left but also because other nearby shacks were shut.

ONDC) announced its beta launch in five cities including in Delhi, Delhi surpassed Bengaluru in terms of retail orders on July 9 with 8,304 orders over Bengaluru's 7,048 orders, and the network cumulatively got more than 35,000 retail orders in a day. Sources said this was the scenario despite the rains in the capital because of the weekend push by buyer applications like Magicpin and Paytm with themes like Super Sundays. ONDC had gone beta live on July 5 in Mumbai, Delhi NCR (including Noida, Gurgaon and Faridabad), Chennai, Hyderabad and Kolkata post scaling seller density in these cities.

The death toll resulting from violent incidents during the panchayat elections in West Bengal has risen to 15, officials said Sunday. Among the casualties is a person found dead in South 24 Parganas and two individuals who succumbed to their injuries.

New Delhi: Indian airlines are in discussions with aviation technology service provider Sita to adopt solutions for reducing carbon emissions and increasing fuel efficiency, said Sumesh Patel, president of Asia Pacific, Sita, in an interview. “We are in discussions with Indian airlines to look at various solutions, which can help them in operational efficiency and reduce carbon footprint.

West Bengal on Saturday is the way the state has normalised this tandav. Don't be fooled by the wall-to-wall coverage of the violence across the Kolkata media spectrum. Such 'violence porn' seems to do exactly the opposite of what such graphic images set out to do in theory: shock and shame.

PTI reported, quoting officials, that a person was found dead in South 24 Parganas, and two others succumbed to their injuries on Sunday. Officials said that the person who died on Sunday was identified as Abu Salem Khan and his body was found near a polling booth in West Gabtala in the Kultali police station area. ALSO READ: West Bengal Panchayat elections marred by violence, 12 dead; Here's top developments Salem had injuries on his head and was known to be a TMC worker in the area.

panchayat elections and over allegations of irregularities. They blocked the Haldia-Mecheda state highway at Nandakumar alleging that ballot boxes were being tampered with at the counting centre, according to a report published by the news agency PTI.  Congress workers blocked the National Highway 12 in Rathbari area in Malda, protesting against the violence during polling on Saturday.

New Town on Kolkata's northern fringes have claimed that they were not allowed to exercise their franchise in the West Bengal panchayat elections, as «goons» stopped them from entering polling booths in the area. A total of 2.06 lakh candidates are in the fray for elections to 73,887 seats in the three-tier panchayat system in the state, which were held on Saturday. About 5.67 crore people living in the state's rural areas were eligible to vote. A 75-year-old retired academician claimed that he made two attempts to cast his vote at APJ Abdul Kalam College, the polling centre, but was stopped by a group of people. «First, they stopped me at 8 am. Many people blocked roads leading to the polling centre with guard rails. Then again around 12 noon, I tried to go to the booth along with a neighbour, but we had to return. The people standing outside the polling centre told us that our votes have been polled,» the elderly man said. «Later, I heard they had done the same thing at other booths in the township, too,» he added.

Dada for his explosive batting style or love him, but nothing in between. Having represented India in as many as 424 matches with a total of 18,575 runs, Sourav Ganguly is easily one of the greats of Indian cricket. The Prince of Kolkata turned 52 today, and the country cannot stop reminiscing the highlights of his career.

online dating scene. Scroll through any Gen-Zer’s dating profile or listen to some of their dating stories and words like ‘breadcrumbing’, ‘rizz’, ‘roaching’ and ‘soft launch’ are bound to crop up. While some of these are new ways to package long-known terms and trends, others are annoying behaviours that seem to have become part and parcel of the modern dating scene. For example, in India, desi online dating trends like ‘evil dead rise’ and ‘delusionship’ seem to be trumping global trends like ‘situationship’ or ‘ghosting’. “We have noticed that approximately 44% of participants (out of 15,000 surveyed) have been a part of more than one trend, with Delushionship and Evil Dead Rise in the lead,” says Ravi Mittal, founder and CEO of homegrown dating app, QuackQuack. “Much has been said and done about the global dating patterns, but this time, we wanted to shed some light on the up-and-coming desi online dating trends and specifically observe GenZ Indian daters' behaviour.” The platform spoke to 15,000 men and women between the ages of 18 – 26 in cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Surat, Lucknow, Jaipur, Bhopal, Patna, Indore, Kochi, Kanpur, and Guwahati, and found four key trends that have emerged amongst Gen-Z Indian daters.

West Bengal, workers of the state BJP on Saturday staged a protest outside the State Election Commission office in Kolkata. Meanwhile, voting was suspended at Indreshwar primary school in Dinhata of West Bengal's Cooch Behar after water was thrown into the ballot box. In another incident, a ballot box at a polling booth in Baranachina of Dinhata in Cooch Behar district was set on fire allegedly by voters who were angry with bogus voting that was reportedly going on.

West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district on Saturday which happened when they picked up a crude bomb from the roadside mistaking it to be a ball, officials said. The incident happened in Bhangor amid the polling for panchayat elections in the state, they said.

ESPNCricinfo, the panel includes interior minister Rana Sanaullah and Law and justice minister Azam Nazeer Tarar. The heads of intelligence agencies and representatives of all political parties have also found a place in the committee, making the scope for wide consultations. The report adds that the reason behind keeping such a large panel is likely to be a buffer against a change in government as the country will be soon headed towards the general elections.

Sourav Ganguly, who is considered as of the greatest captains of all time, turned 51 on Saturday. As the ace Indian batter gets ready to announce «something special» on his 51st birthday, social media was flooded with good wishes and birthday posts for Dada. Board of Control for Cricket in India Secretary Jay Shah was one of the early well-wishers to celebrate the cricketer's birthday on social media.

Bollywood actor Bhumi Pednekar has been onboarded as the new face of M·A·C Cosmetics’ VIVA GLAM charitable initiative, which supports healthy futures and equal rights for all. With this launch, Pednekar joins previous ambassadors including Miley Cyrus, Elton John, Mary J. Blige, Rosalia and Ricky Martin.

Congress on Friday objected to the US Ambassador Eric Garcetti making a statement on the Manipur situation and his offer of assistance. The Congress asked whether the external affairs minister will tell him the USA has no role in Manipur.

Akasa Air, India’s newest airline, has further enhanced its domestic connectivity by starting direct flights between Mumbai and Kolkata from July 7, 2023 onwards. The airline will connect Kolkata with three destinations, including Bengaluru, Mumbai, and Guwahati, and has also ramped up its frequency between Delhi and Ahmedabad with two daily flights.

Reliance owned Viacom 18 bagged media rights for broadcasting the first ever edition of Major League Cricket (MLC) on Friday, the company said in a release. While the details of the deal were not mentioned, the Reliance flagship announced that the coverage will be on multiple platforms including live streaming on JioCinema and broadcast television coverage on Sports18.