Snaking queues of cricket fans, seeking to buy tickets for the ICC World Cup match between India and South Africa at Eden Gardens on Sunday, were spotted at Mohammaden Sporting ground on Thursday. Some, however, managed to get lucky with tickets after two to three online attempts. Even as Kolkata police have cracked down upon ticket blackmarketeers following three arrests on Tuesday, prices in the grey market have zoomed to anything between Rs 5,000 and Rs 19,000 per ticket
Suvendu DasP Uday Kumar Reddy, general manager of Metro Railway, Kolkata, inspected #HowrahMaidan to #Esplanade stretch of Green Line on Thursday with senior officials of #MetroRailway & #KMRCL. He travelled under the river #Hooghly in a Metro and inspected all passenger amenities that are going to be provided at different stations
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