No flights to operate between Kolkata and six Indian cities between July 6-19
Jul 04, 2020, at 04:37 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: As West Bengal government stepped up efforts to contain COVID-19 outbreak in the state, flights from six Indian cities will not land in capital Kolkata city from July 6.
Covid-19 test report delayed, Kolkata family compelled to store patient's body in freezer
Jul 02, 2020, at 02:10 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: After getting stuck in Covid-19 protocols, a family in north Kolkata was forced to store a 71-year-old patient's body in an ice-cream freezer at home for two days, until his Novel Coronavirus test report had arrived, reports said.
West Bengal has 61 active Covid-19 positive cases: CM Mamata Banerjee
Apr 06, 2020, at 07:35 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that her state was treating 61 active Covid-19 positive cases while 13 coronavirus infected patients had been cured so far.
West Bengal: 45-year-old coronavirus suspect dies at Kolkata hospital, test reports awaited
Mar 30, 2020, at 07:45 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A 45-year-old woman from Bongaon in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, who had been admitted to Kolkata's Nil Ratan Sarkar (NRS) Medical College and Hospital for possible exposure to Covid-19, died on Monday afternoon, but her test reports are still awaited, officials said.
Kolkata's Presidency students withdraw blockade from College Street after 24 hrs
Mar 06, 2020, at 06:59 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Resident-students of Kolkata's Presidency University, who were blocking College Street-M.G. Road crossing since Thursday 5 pm. over several hostel related issues, withdrew their road blockade on Friday evening, after nearly 24 hours.
Kolkata: Several injured as bus crashes into metro rail pillar
Feb 28, 2020, at 10:44 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: An over speeding private bus crashed into a pillar of East-West Metro near Salt Lake Central Park area on Friday late evening, leaving several of its passengers injured.
Kolkata: Four-wheeler workshop gutted in massive fire
Feb 20, 2020, at 05:11 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A massive fire broke out in a Maruti Suzuki workshop at Kalikapur area near E.M. Bypass in south-east Kolkata on Thursday afternoon, reports said.
Jan 15, 2020, at 08:21 pm
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar on Wednesday denied controversy over his presence in the convocation ceremony of Calcutta University in which Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee will also be conferred the honorary D Litt.
Crime rate down; trafficking in Bengal decreases 10 times ; Kolkata safest city : NCRB report
Oct 25, 2019, at 02:24 pm
Kolkata/UNI: The latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report (crimes for 2017) has revealed that the number of cases related to trafficking in Bengal has undergone a ten-fold reduction.
Kolkata: Sealdah flyover to be closed for examination
Aug 07, 2019, at 10:39 pm
Kolkata, Aug 07 (UNI) A part of the busiest Sealdah flyover (Vidyapati Setu) will remain closed from August 15 to 18 for check-up.
Raid on power theft racket kingpin's house in Kolkata
Jun 11, 2019, at 08:23 pm
Kolkata, June 11 (IBNS): CESC and Kolkata Police officials conducted a raid on the house of the alleged kingpin of a power theft racket in Kolkata's Topsia area on Tuesday.
Rajeev Kumar transferred, Anuj Sharma becomes new Kolkata Police Commissioner
Feb 19, 2019, at 09:00 pm
Kolkata, Feb 19 (IBNS): Anuj Sharma has been appointed as the new Kolkata Police Chief on Tuesday, officials said.
Rajeev Kumar back in Kolkata after 5-day CBI interrogation
Feb 13, 2019, at 07:24 pm
Kolkata, Feb 13 (IBNS): After facing a marathon 36-hour CBI interrogation over five consecutive days in Shillong, Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar on Wednesday evening returned to the West Bengal capital.
Mamata vs CBI row: BJP office vandalized in Kolkata, TMC accused
Feb 04, 2019, at 07:33 pm
Kolkata, Feb 4 (IBNS): While West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is holding an 'indefinite' sit-in-demonstration (dharna) in Kolkata's downtown Esplanade area over the ongoing CBI issue, a local party office of BJP at Bhawanipore area in south part of the city was ransacked allegedly by TMC men on Monday afternoon, reports said.
Young Kolkata cricketer dies of suspected cardiac arrest on field
Jan 15, 2019, at 06:44 pm
Kolkata, Jan 15 (IBNS): A 21-year-old cricketer died of suspected cardiac arrest while practicing in a north Kolkata ground on Tuesday afternoon, reports said.
Kolkata: CPI Bengal secretary Prabodh Panda passes away at 72
Feb 27, 2018, at 09:18 pm
Kolkata, Feb 27 (IBNS): West Bengal state secretary of Communist Party of India (CPI) and president of All India Kissan Sabha, Prabodh Panda, died of massive cardiac arrest on Tuesday early morning in Kolkata, party leaders said.
Indian Navy to set up an Naval Aircraft museum along with a module of Naval ship in Kolkata
Dec 01, 2017, at 10:55 pm
Kolkata, Dec 1 (IBNS): Indian Navy will set up a permanent Naval museum facility in Kolkata on the lines of the Vizag Naval museum on the occasion of Navy Day to motivate young school children to join Indian Navy, said Naval Officer-in-Charge, West Bengal, Commodore Suprobho De.
Fire breaks out in Kolkata hospital, no casualties
Sep 07, 2017, at 08:35 pm
Kolkata, Sep 7 (IBNS): A minor fire broke out at state government-run Nil Ratan Sarkar (NRS) Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata's Sealdah area on Thursday morning, triggering panic among patients and their family members, reports said.
Kolkata tops this global search list, but should we celebrate?
Aug 30, 2017, at 05:08 pm
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IBNS): At least three Indian cities have found a place in the list of top five cities with most Blue Whale game searches globally.
American Center in Kolkata organises workshop to empower youth against gender-based violence
Jul 24, 2017, at 07:32 pm
Kolkata, July 24 (IBNS): American Center organised a two-day workshop recently in the city as part of their mission to empower India's youth to combat gender-based violence prevailing in the society.
Female sex worker found dead in Kolkata, police suspect murder
Jun 01, 2017, at 11:33 pm
Kolkata, Jun 1 (IBNS): Police on Thursday recovered the body of a 25-year-old female sex worker from Kolkata's largest red light district Sonagachhi, reports said.
Kolkata restaurant fire: 1 killed, 2 injured
Apr 19, 2017, at 08:56 pm
Kolkata, Apr 19 (IBNS): A major fire broke out in a restaurant in Kolkata's Jadavpur area on Wednesday morning, killing at least one man and leaving two others injured, reports said.
Kolkata man held for giving rape threat to Bengali poet on Facebook, granted bail
Apr 19, 2017, at 06:40 am
Kolkata, Apr 18 (IBNS): Kolkata Police on Tuesday arrested a man for allegedly threatening Bengali poet Mandakranta Sen with rape on social networking site Facebook, reports said.
Kolkata: Newborn allegedly stolen from government hospital
Mar 14, 2017, at 11:27 pm
Kolkata, Mar 14 (IBNS): A four-day-old baby was allegedly stolen from state government-run Calcutta Medical College and Hospital in central Kolkata on Tuesday afternoon, reports said.
Rose Valley: TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay arrives in Kolkata's CBI office
Jan 03, 2017, at 05:01 pm
Kolkata, Jan 3 (IBNS): After being summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Trinamool Congress (TMC) Lok Sabha MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay on Tuesday morning attended the central probe agency's office at CGO Complex in Kolkata's Salt Lake area in connection with the ongoing probe into multi-crore Rose Valley chit fund scam, officials said.
Kolkata: Student, bus-conductor killed in separate road mishaps
Nov 25, 2016, at 08:54 pm
Kolkata, Nov 25 (IBNS): A school student and a middle-aged bus conductor were killed in separate accidents at two different locations in Kolkata on Friday, reports said.
Child trafficking racket busted in West Bengal: 4 more booked from Kolkata
Nov 24, 2016, at 03:44 pm
Kolkata, Nov 24 (IBNS): Days after busting a newborn baby trafficking racket in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Wednesday arrested four more persons from Kolkata for their involvement in the racket, officials said.
Fire breaks out in Kolkata school, creates scare
Oct 26, 2016, at 10:42 pm
Kolkata, Oct 26 (IBNS): A minor fire broke out at Don Bosco School in Kolkata's Park Circus area on Wednesday afternoon, triggering panic among students and their guardians, reports said.
Kolkata: Illegal gas cylinder storage catches fire, 3 killed
Oct 06, 2016, at 10:13 pm
Kolkata, Oct 6 (IBNS): A major fire broke out in a warehouse, filled with gas cylinders, at Tangra Christopher Road area in Kolkata on Thursday which left at least three people dead, reports said.
West Bengal: 5 killed in two road mishaps in Kolkata, Burdwan
Sep 16, 2016, at 09:51 pm
Kolkata/Burdwan, Sept 16 (IBNS): Two deadly road accidents at two different locations in West Bengal killed at least five persons and left four others injured on Friday, reports said.