Kolkata: News
14 Feb 2020
ChennaiShould more Indian cities adopt 'Honk More, Wait More'?
Recently, the Mumbai Police introduced a scheme to discipline reckless honkers at traffic signals: 'Honk More, Wait More'.
14 Feb 2020
Times of IndiaSuspecting extra-marital affair, man throws acid on wife, stabs her
In a horrific incident, a man stabbed his wife with a screwdriver and poured acid on her on Thursday in Kolkata.
13 Feb 2020
KeralaTwo passengers at Kolkata airport, suspected of coronavirus, isolated
Authorities at Kolkata's Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport detected two suspected cases of coronavirus on Thursday.
03 Feb 2020
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)Rose Valley case: ED attaches SRK's Kolkata Knight Riders' assets
The Enforcement Directorate has attached properties worth over Rs. 70 crore of three firms in the Rose Valley Ponzi Scheme case.
31 Jan 2020
West BengalFIR against Dilip Ghosh for 'sexual remarks' against woman protestor
In yet another controversial statement, West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party President Dilip Ghosh said that the woman protestor heckled by the party's supporters should "thank her stars."
12 Jan 2020
Career#CareerBytes: Everything to know about IEI's Professional Engineers (PE) Certification
A career in the field of engineering is one of the most sought-after professions in the country.
12 Jan 2020
Narendra ModiCAA to give citizenship, not snatch it: Modi in Kolkata
Amid widespread protests over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR), Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday repeated himself saying that CAA is not about snatching anyone's citizenship.
11 Jan 2020
West BengalTold PM to withdraw CAA: Mamata Banerjee after meeting Modi
Since the Citizenship Amendment Act was passed last month, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has emerged as one of the most vocal critics of the "unconstitutional" law.
01 Jan 2020
Mumbai'New Year's gift': LPG prices hiked for fifth straight month
Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder prices were hiked for the fifth consecutive month on Wednesday.
21 Nov 2019
India#TrueStory: Bundles of cash showered from Kolkata building
In a bizarre incident, countless pedestrians and bystanders were seen trying to grab as much scattered cash as possible, after bundles of rupee notes, worth around Rs. 5 lakh, were thrown out of a building on the busy Bentinck Street in Kolkata.
31 Oct 2019
West BengalKolkata: Six men sexually abuse minor boy for an hour
In a gruesome incident, a 17-year-old boy was allegedly sexually abused by six men in Kolkata, police said on Wednesday. The minor was assaulted in a moving car and then pushed out of the vehicle.
30 Oct 2019
MumbaiBy 2050, Mumbai, Kolkata may get completely flooded, says research
As global warming continues, polar ice will melt faster and coastal regions worldwide will be swallowed by the swelling seas.
27 Oct 2019
Murder#KolkataDoubleMurder: 65-year old woman raped, murdered in front of husband
Earlier this year, an elderly couple was found brutally murdered at their home in Kolkata. Now, a post-mortem report has revealed shocking details of the crime.
17 Oct 2019
IndiaPlaywright Sudipto Chatterjee accused of raping student during rehearsal
A year after the #MeToo movement gained momentum in India, a theater student has accused actor and playwright Sudipto Chatterjee of rape.
18 Sep 2019
Narendra ModiMamata Banerjee meets PM Modi, discusses West Bengal's name change
A short while ago, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, their first meeting since May 2019 elections.
20 Aug 2019
Donald Trump'KBC11': Amitabh Bachchan reveals his first salary, leaves all stunned
KBC 11 had its grand premiere yesterday.
16 Aug 2019
Narendra ModiBJP MP Roopa Ganguly's 'drunk' son rams car, arrested
On Thursday, BJP leader and actress Roopa Ganguly's son Akash Mukhopadhyay, rammed his car into a wall of an upscale club in Kolkata, prompting police to arrest him.
24 Jul 2019
WhatsAppWoman gives birth, three men claim to be child's father
A hospital in South Kolkata was left in a fix when not one, or two, but three men claimed to be the father of a newly-born girl.
18 Jul 2019
Supreme Court Of IndiaTriple talaq petitioner attends Hanuman Chalisa event; gets death threats
Kolkata BJP leader Ishrat Jahan, who was a prominent petitioner in the triple talaq case in the Supreme Court, was allegedly threatened and verbally abused for attending a Hanuman Chalisa recital in AC market, Howrah, on Tuesday.
12 Jul 2019
Cricket: News, Stats and more!Kolkata: Busy watching Ind-NZ match, hospital staff loses patient's finger
A private hospital in Kolkata misplaced a patient's severed finger, which was to be re-attached during a surgical procedure.
11 Jul 2019
UberKolkata: Actress 'dragged out' of Uber, threatened; driver arrested
In a troublesome incident, a popular Bengali actress was recently abused, threatened and thrown out of the Uber cab which she had booked to reach her shoot location.
10 Jul 2019
POCSOKolkata: Tuition teacher raped class-X student at gunpoint for months
For the last nine months, a Class-X student of a reputed school in South Kolkata was raped by her tuition teacher.
19 Jun 2019
UberKolkata: Former Miss India Universe narrates how she was harassed
You can live in one of the poshest localities of a city, but that doesn't guarantee your safety. And if you think the police will help you, you could be mistaken.
18 Jun 2019
Narendra ModiCrackdown on corruption: Narendra Modi fires 15 senior customs officers
Days after the Centre forcibly retired 12 senior Income Tax officials, it did the same with 15 other senior customs officials.
16 Jun 2019
West BengalWB: Doctors on strike agree to meet CM Mamata Banerjee
Junior doctors of NRS Medical College agitating in Kolkata have on Sunday reportedly agreed to meet West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee even as their strike entered the sixth day.
15 Jun 2019
IndiaMamata Banerjee accepts doctors' demands, requests to resume work
As the doctors' strike continued for the sixth day, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday requested them to resume work, adding that the state government accepts all their demands.
15 Jun 2019
West BengalDoctors v/s Mamata: 300 doctors quit in West Bengal
For the last five days, doctors in West Bengal have been protesting and the strike is only intensifying with each day.
14 Jun 2019
West Bengal#SaveTheDoctors: While Mamata ignores doctors' demands, her nephew joins protests
It takes a special kind of 'determination' to make the entire bunch of doctors angry and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee had done just that.
14 Jun 2019
All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)Why doctors at AIIMS Delhi wore bandages while treating patients
Earlier this week, an unruly mob attacked two doctors in Kolkata. They claimed an elderly patient died due to "medical negligence".
11 Jun 2019
West BengalBanerjee unveils bust of Vidyasagar's statue: Why does it matter
Almost a month after the statue of 19th-century reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was vandalized in West Bengal's Kolkata, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee unveiled a bust on Tuesday.
10 Jun 2019
West BengalTrinamool v/s BJP: What is happening in Bengal
During 2019 Lok Sabha elections, West Bengal (sort of) redefined violence, with clashes between Trinamool and Bharatiya Janata Party workers being reported in all seven phases.
01 Jun 2019
West BengalThis Kolkata college allows students to pick 'Humanity' as religion
College applications often involve a whole lot of anxiety, filling up a bunch of boring (albeit, mandatory) forms, and more anxiety. It's a ritual!
22 May 2019
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)These Bollywood stars are successful entrepreneurs in new avatar
It's common knowledge by now that Shahrukh Khan's wealth doesn't come from films alone.
18 May 2019
IndiaMost cyber-attack vulnerable Indian cities: Is yours on the list?
Two years ago, the world witnessed WannaCry, one of the most devastating cyberattacks that compromised hundreds of thousands of computers in a few hours.
17 May 2019
India#SaradhaScam: SC withdraws ex-Kolkata Police chief Rajeev Kumar's arrest protection
The Supreme Court has on Friday vacated the order granting interim protection from arrest to former Kolkata Police Commissioner, Rajeev Kumar, in the case related to the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam.
16 May 2019
India'Modi Code of Misconduct': Opposition on EC's WB campaign ban
After the Election Commission (EC) cut short the campaigning period for the last phase of elections in West Bengal, opposition parties have come together to support CM Mamata Banerjee.
15 May 2019
West BengalElection Commission to hold meeting over West Bengal poll violence
The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday will hold a review meeting on Wednesday with West Bengal observers over the issue of poll violence in the state.
15 May 2019
Mamata Banerjee#Elections2019: Amit Shah's Kolkata roadshow ends in violence; Details here
BJP President Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata held on Tuesday ended in violence and a police lathicharge after a clash between BJP rallyists and student protesters holding "Amit Shah Go Back" posters.
09 May 2019
IndiaISC topper made DCP for a day, became father's boss
Richa Singh, who ranked fourth across India in the Indian School Certificate (ISC) Class XII examinations, was made the Deputy Commissioner of police (DCP) of Kolkata for a day as a reward for her achievement.
04 May 2019
India#CycloneFani strikes West Bengal: Heavy rain batters Kolkata; trees uprooted
One of the biggest cyclones to hit India in 20 years, Cyclone Fani entered West Bengal on Saturday morning a day after making landfall in Odisha, where eight people lost their lives.
