Kolkata: News
05 Sep 2018
Mamata Banerjee#KolkataBridgeCollapse: Recalling horror, survivor tells his car started sinking
Madan Jha, who was driving his cab from Behala to Ekbalpore (a route he has taken a thousand times) recalled how his car started sinking when the Majerhat bridge in Kolkata collapsed on Tuesday.
04 Sep 2018
West BengalKolkata: Majerhat bridge collapses, at least five dead, many trapped
The Majerhat bridge near Taratala in South Kolkata has collapsed, and many are trapped underneath the debris.
03 Sep 2018
IndiaKolkata: Plastic-bags contained medical waste, not 'decomposed' babies as rumored
An investigation has found that the alleged bodies of newborn babies, found in plastic bags, was actually medical waste.
02 Sep 2018
Kolkata PoliceBodies of 14 infants, wrapped in plastic-bags, found in Kolkata
In a shocking incident, bodies of as many as 14 newborns in various stages of decomposition, wrapped in plastic bags, were found at a vacant land in southern Kolkata's Haridebpur area on Sunday.
02 Sep 2018
Rabindranath TagoreKolkata: Digital archive of 3,500 Rabindranath Tagore poems launched
A digital archive of 3,500 poems of Rabindranath Tagore was launched in Kolkata in a private initiative with 15 recitations by the poet himself and the rest by 245 elocutionists.
30 Aug 2018
SuicideKolkata: Metro services affected as man attempts suicide at station
A suicide attempt by a man at Kolkata's Girish Park metro station affected the underground train services for 40 minutes today, a Metro spokesperson said.
29 Aug 2018
India4,000 posters, many videos: Kolkata man's efforts for his love
Crazy, stupid, love: heard of it? Now read about it.
29 Aug 2018
IndiaMamata Banerjee's nephew files defamation suit against Amit Shah
Trinamool Youth Congress chief Abhishek Banerjee, the nephew of Mamata Banerjee, filed a defamation suit against Amit Shah today, alleging the BJP President has made slanderous statements against him at a public rally on August 11 in Kolkata.
29 Aug 2018
AirbusAirAsia India inducts 19th aircraft; needs one more for international-operations
AirAsia India today announced the induction of 19th aircraft in its fleet and said it will add two new routes to its flight network from October.
27 Aug 2018
West Bengal#MomoChallenge: WB govt takes precautionary steps to combat 'suicide game'
Alarmed by the recent reports of two persons allegedly committing suicide in northern West Bengal after receiving invitations to join online killer game "Momo Challenge", the state administration has started taking precautionary steps to combat the threat.
25 Aug 2018
IndiaKolkata: Woman arrested for trying to 'kill' two salesmen
Madhumanti Saha, in her 50s, has been arrested from her residence in New Alipore area of Kolkata for allegedly trying to "kill" two salesmen of a kitchen-chimney company when they went to her home yesterday to receive payment for the chimney she had purchased a month back, police said.
23 Aug 2018
Kolkata PoliceKolkata: Brain dead person donates organs, second-donation within 6 days
Within a span of six days, Kolkata today witnessed another organ donation from a 59-year-old brain dead person, a Health Department official said.
23 Aug 2018
Kerala#KeralaReliefFund: 4-year-old girl donates Rs. 14,800 of piggy bank savings
A four-year-old girl from South Kolkata yesterday donated her piggy bank savings to the Kerala relief fund set up by the CPI(M).
18 Aug 2018
West BengalKolkata: Brain-dead girl brings joy to at least five people
A 15-year-old brain dead girl has brought joy to at least five people who have received her two kidneys, liver, corneas, and skin graft in West Bengal's Kolkata.
18 Aug 2018
Sexual AssaultWoman files false sexual-assault case; sentenced to 2 months' imprisonment
A Kolkata court has sentenced a woman to two months' imprisonment for falsely accusing a barber of sexually assaulting her 8-year-old daughter.
11 Aug 2018
West BengalKolkata: Israel opens visa application center for WB, Northeastern tourists
To encourage more Indian travelers to visit Israel, the latter has opened a visa application center in Kolkata for tourists from West Bengal and the Northeastern states, sources in the Israel embassy said.
09 Aug 2018
IIT-KharagpurIIT KGP to become country's first smart college campus
IIT Kharagpur today claimed to have taken a step towards becoming the country's first smart college campus, in which students can operate equipment inside their hostel rooms remotely using a smartphone app.
08 Aug 2018
West BengalChinese film festival in Kolkata; seven Chinese-films to be screened
The Chinese Consulate in Kolkata, in cooperation with Nandan (the culture hub of West Bengal), is set to organize a three-day film festival in the city.
05 Aug 2018
Narendra ModiKolkata: Indian Museum making gallery to show ancient human endeavor
The Indian Museum in Kolkata is constructing a gallery where several objects chronicling human endeavor in India in the past thousands of years will be exhibited.
04 Aug 2018
Sushil Kumar ModiGST slabs may be reduced to 3 in the future
GST slabs may come down to three, in addition to the exempted category, in the long-term, said Sanjeev Sanyal, Principal Economic Adviser to the Finance Ministry.
01 Aug 2018
West BengalKolkata Police grants permission to Amit Shah's rally on August-11
The Kolkata Police today granted permission for BJP president Amit Shah's proposed rally in Kolkata on August 11.
29 Jul 2018
Books'Ek doctor ki maut' writer Ramapada Chowdhury dies at 95
Acclaimed Bengali writer Ramapada Chowdhury, whose story "Abhimanyu" was made into a Hindi movie "Ek doctor ki maut", has died at a Kolkata hospital today, his family said.
29 Jul 2018
IndiaWhat can you do when you face medical negligence?
On October 24, 2013, US-based Dr. Kunal Saha famously won a compensation totaling Rs. 11 crore, 15 years after he had filed a case against Kolkata's AMRI Hospital, where his wife died because of medical negligence.
19 Jul 2018
MumbaiMeet these 2 Indian women who could conquer South Pole
Come December and an all-women squad will head toward the South Pole.
17 Jul 2018
Animal RightsAppalling! Kolkata man held for raping street dog
In an appalling case, a man was arrested in Kolkata for raping a street dog inside his residence Sunday.
15 Jul 2018
ChennaiHit by vacancies, NGT plans to hear cases using video-conferencing
Crippled by the delay in appointment of experts and judicial members, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) is planning to conduct hearings through video-conferencing to decide the environmental cases pending in its regional benches.
14 Jul 2018
Shashi TharoorFor 'Hindu Pakistan' statement, Shashi Tharoor summoned by Kolkata court
A Kolkata court has summoned Congress leader Shashi Tharoor over his 'Hindu Pakistan' remarks and has asked him to appear on August 14.
14 Jul 2018
IndiaKolkata: Students' fast demanding hostel-accommodation enters day-4; one falls ill
Six students of Calcutta Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata are on an indefinite-fast for the fourth day today demanding accommodation in the new hostel which is allotted only to first-year students.
08 Jul 2018
CelebrityKolkata: TV actor arrested for threatening female co-star
TV actor Sanjay Mukherjee, popular in Kolkata industry as Joy Mukherjee, has been arrested by police from Tollygunge police station area yesterday after actress Sayantika Banerjee lodged a complaint alleging that she was threatened by the actor and her car was stopped in the middle of the road.
08 Jul 2018
MumbaiNo longer 'interested' in Shami, Hasin Jahan returns to modelling
Months after the broken marriage of cricketer Mohammed Shami made the headlines, his wife Hasin Jahan has returned to modelling, hopeful of rebuilding her life.
28 Jun 2018
IndiaNow, Amit Shah says 'censoring' Vande Mataram led to partition
Taking his despise for Congress further, BJP President Amit Shah on Wednesday said Congress was responsible for India's partition in 1947.
27 Jun 2018
FlipkartFlipkart customer complains about order, gets SMS to join BJP
In a bizarre turn of events, a Kolkata man got a text thanking him for joining Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after he dialled Flipkart.com to complain of a faulty order.
26 Jun 2018
MumbaiCost-of-living for expatriates more expensive in Mumbai than Melbourne, Frankfurt
Cost of living for expatriates in Mumbai is the highest in the country, and more expensive than its global peers like Melbourne and Frankfurt, said a survey.
24 Jun 2018
West Bengal47 new colleges in West Bengal since 2011: Partha Chatterjee
Forty-seven new colleges have come up in West Bengal during the Trinamool Congress rule, West Bengal Education minister Partha Chatterjee has said.
24 Jun 2018
West BengalBengaluru-bound IndiGo flight returns to Kolkata after windshield cracks
A Bengaluru-bound IndiGo flight returned to Kolkata today after developing a crack in the windshield, shortly after take-off.
23 Jun 2018
West BengalVeteran rock-climber and mountaineer Gautam Kanjilal dies of lung infection
Veteran mountaineer Gautam Kanjilal died of a lung infection at a hospital in Kolkata in West Bengal yesterday.
22 Jun 2018
West BengalDGCA probing altercation between AirAsia staff, passengers: Jayant Sinha
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has started a probe in an incident in which passengers of an AirAsia India flight from Kolkata to Bagdogra got into an altercation with the airline staff after the flight was delayed by over 4-hours.
21 Jun 2018
GermanyKolkata confectioners busy preparing FIFA-themed cakes and sweetmeats
As the World Cup frenzy reaches feverish pitch in the alleys and lanes of Kolkata, the confectioners here are set to make the most of the occasion by rolling out FIFA-themed cakes and sweetmeats.
21 Jun 2018
AirAsia IndiaCrying children, vomiting women: AirAsia's flight delay turns horrific
Many passengers on board an AirAsia flight bound for Bagdogra from Kolkata complained of ill-treatment by staff while the aircraft was grounded for over four hours.
20 Jun 2018
Mahendra Singh DhoniDhoni's wife Sakshi seeks arms license citing 'threat to life'
Former Indian cricket captain MS Dhoni's wife Sakshi has alleged 'threat to life,' and sought permission to carry a pistol or 0.32 revolver.
