West Bengal Police concurrent with the eighteen revenue districts of the State (excluding the metropolitan city of Kolkata) which comprises one of the two general police districts of West Bengal as under the Police Act 1861. The other general police district consists of the major portions of the metropolitan area of Kolkata, and has a separate police force (Kolkata Police) constituted and administered under the Calcutta Police Act 1866 & Calcutta (Suburban Police) Act 1866. This arrangement, unique in India, was conceived during colonial times when Calcutta was the capital of British India. The city police have been kept independent of the state
Songs from the Black Hole were "goofy, off-the-cuff, and charming". "Pinkerton" was a critical and commercial failure; with its darker themes and rawer production, it alienated fans and was voted the worst record of 1996 by "Rolling Stone" readers. The failure disappointed Cuomo, who returned to a power pop sound for Weezer's third album. Over time, however, "Pinkerton"'s critical standing grew and it influenced bands such as Jimmy Eat World, Motion City Soundtrack, and Dashboard Confessional. In 2017, "Stereogum" writer Pranav Trewn speculated about how Weezer releasing "Songs from the Black Hole" instead might have influenced music: "It’s perhaps the greatest 'what if?' in modern