West Bengal: SFI activists-police clash at Burdwan University
Feb 23, 2016, at 11:31 pm
Kolkata/Burdwan, Feb 23 (IBNS): Members of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)'s students' wing Student Federation of India (SFI) clashed with the police at Burdwan University's Rajbati campus in West Bengal's Burdwan district on Tuesday.
JNU row: Congress demonstrates in Kolkata ahead of Modi's visit
Feb 22, 2016, at 12:34 am
Kolkata, Feb 21 (IBNS): Protesting against the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) issue and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Kolkata, the youth and student units of the Congress on Sunday evening held a demonstration near Netaji Indoor Stadium in the city, where Modi will be joining an event shortly.
Railway Minister appeals to demonstrators not to disrupt rail services
Feb 21, 2016, at 11:54 pm
Kolkata, Feb 21 (IBNS) The Railway tracks should not be used to hold demonstration disrupting railway services causing embarrassment to general public, opined the Minister for Railways, Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu.
Kolkata: Left Front holds protest march over JNU issue
Feb 21, 2016, at 07:52 pm
Kolkata, Feb 21 (IBNS): Protesting against the Centre's handling of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) row and demanding immediate release of jailed JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar, the Left Front (LF) on Sunday held a rally in Kolkata.
The Union budget should focus more on issues related to children: Kailash Satyarthi
Feb 21, 2016, at 03:12 pm
Kolkata, Feb 21 (IBNS): The upcoming Union Budget should have more allocations for issues related to children, Noble laureate Kailash Satyarthi said in Kolkata on Saturday .
WB govt brings health scheme 'Mabhoi' for accredited journalists
Feb 18, 2016, at 04:05 am
Kolkata, Feb 17 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced a health scheme, Mabhoi, for the government-accredited journalists till their age of 65 years, even after retirement.
WB government to set up fair price vegetable market in Kolkata
Feb 17, 2016, at 11:50 pm
Kolkata, Feb 17 (IBNS): The West Bengal government will set up a fair price vegetable market in Kolkata.
West Bengal launches Utkarsh Bangla
Feb 17, 2016, at 01:06 am
Kolkata, Feb 16 (IBNS) : Giving a major push towards developing industry-ready professionals, the West Bengal Government on Tuesday launched Utkarsh Bangla, a unique short-term placement-based skill development programme which would see 3 lakh people being trained every year by the Paschim Banga Society for Skill Development (PBSSD), a registered society under the Technical Education and Training Department of the state.
Kolkata: Miscreants open fire in broad daylight, 1 shot
Feb 15, 2016, at 08:32 pm
Kolkata, Feb 15 (IBNS): One person was shot on Monday morning when few miscreants fired gunshots aiming at him in front of Kolkata's prestigious Loreto School at Convent Road under Entally Police Station area, police officials said.
Traffic personnel assaulted by bikers in Kolkata, cops beaten in E. Midnapore
Feb 15, 2016, at 01:18 am
Kolkata, Feb 14 (IBNS): Three traffic police personnel were allegedly manhandled in Kolkata by reckless bike riders in last 48 hours and two policemen were beaten badly by local club supporters at Mahishadal area in West Bengal's East Midnapore district on Saturday night, according to reports.
Another hit-and-run in Kolkata: TMCP leader arrested
Feb 12, 2016, at 10:21 pm
Kolkata, Feb 12 (IBNS): The ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s student wing Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP)'s leader was arrested for allegedly hitting cars and a man by his speeding car near Gariahat area in Kolkata on Thursday night, reports said.
Nabanna bomb scare: Hoax caller held
Feb 05, 2016, at 02:58 am
Kolkata, Feb 4 (IBNS): The Anti Rowdy Squad of Kolkata Police arrested a 35-year-old computer repair technician on Thursday evening in connection to a hoax bomb threat that caused a scare at West Bengal's main administrative building Nabanna, reports said.
Kolkata hit-and-run case: Kolkata Police reject IAF's proposal for joint probe
Feb 02, 2016, at 11:24 pm
Kolkata, Feb 2 (IBNS): The Kolkata Police have rejected Indian Air Force (IAF)'s proposal for a joint-investigation into the Red Road hit-and-run case, sources said.
NEOPWA donates 10L to support cancer patients of north east
Feb 02, 2016, at 03:56 am
Kolkata Feb 1 (IBNS): North East Officer's and Professionals Welfare Association ( NEOPWA) on Saturday donated Rs 10,00000 to Tata Medical Center Trust for diagnosis of the underprivileged cancer patients of north eastern states of India.
Cong leaders meet Rahul Gandhi to discuss on upcoming West Bengal assembly polls
Feb 02, 2016, at 02:15 am
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IBNS): A team of West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WBPCC) led by WBPCC president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday met All India Congress Committee (AICC) vice president Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi to discuss on the party's strategy to compete in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections.
Kolkata hit-and-run case: Sambia, Sanu , Johny's TI Parade to be held on Thursday
Feb 02, 2016, at 12:18 am
Kolkata, Feb 1 (IBNS): A local court in Kolkata on Monday granted the Kolkata Police's appeal to host TI (Test Identification) Parade of Sambia Sohrab and his two friends Sanu and Johny, who were earlier held in connection with the Red Road hit-and- run case and are in judicial custody, on Feb 4.
Kolkata hit-and-run case: Sohrab, Johny, Sanu sent to jail custody till Feb 11
Jan 31, 2016, at 12:16 am
Kolkata, Jan 30 (IBNS): A sessions court in Kolkata sent Sambia Sohrab and his friends Sanu and Johny, who were earlier arrested in connection with the Red Road hit-and- run case, to jail custody till Feb 11.
Kamduni rape and murder case: 3 get death penalty, rest sentenced to life imprisonment
Jan 30, 2016, at 09:44 pm
Kolkata, Jan 30 (IBNS): A sessions court in Kolkata on Saturday awarded death sentence to three men after convicting them for gang-raping and murdering a 21-year-old girl at Kamduni village in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district in June 2013.
Kamduni rape-murder case: Court sentences 3 convicts to death, others get life imprisonment
Jan 30, 2016, at 09:35 pm
Kolkata, Jan 30 (IBNS): In a crucial verdict, a Kolkata court on Saturday awarded death sentence to three convicts in the brutal rape and murder of a college girl in North 24 Parganas' Kamduni village in June 2013.
Garden Reach Shipbuilders adjudged the best Defence Shipyard for 4th consecutive year
Jan 29, 2016, at 12:25 am
Kolkata, Jan 28 (IBNS) Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd. (GRSE), Kolkata has bagged the best performing Defence shipyard trophy for the fourth year in a row, officials said.
Legendary tabla maestro Pt Shankar Ghosh dies in Kolkata
Jan 23, 2016, at 05:22 am
Kolkata, Jan 22 (IBNS): Tabla exponent Pandit Shankar Ghosh, who was the father of popular percussionist Bikram Ghosh, died at a private hospital in Kolkata on Friday. He was 80.
WB: Rajnath Singh slams TMC government over law and order situation, avoids Saradha issue
Jan 22, 2016, at 04:02 am
Kolkata, Jan 21 (IBNS): Union Home Affairs Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday hit out at the Mamata Banerjee-led government over the present law and order situation in the state.
Kolkata Audi hit-and-run : Second arrest in Delhi
Jan 18, 2016, at 05:50 pm
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IBNS) Police have made the second arrest in connection with the death of an Indian Air Force personnel, who was knocked down by a speeding car during a Republic Day parade practice in Kolkata.
Kolkata hit-and- run case: Main accused Sambia sent to police custody till Jan 30
Jan 17, 2016, at 10:32 pm
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IBNS): A local court in Kolkata on Sunday sent Sambia Sohrab, who was earlier nabbed on Saturday night in connection with the Red Road hit and run case, to police custody for 14 days.
Kolkata murder: Police recover murder weapons
Jan 17, 2016, at 06:32 am
Kolkata, Jan 16 (IBNS): The investigators of the Kolkata Police on Saturday recovered the weapons, which were used to murder a 42-year-old woman Jessica Fonseca and her twin sons- Darren and Joshua, from their flat in south Kolkata's upscale Pam Avenue area, reports said.
Kolkata: BJP holds rally to Lalbazar to protest against IAF corporal's killing
Jan 17, 2016, at 05:27 am
Kolkata, Jan 16 (IBNS) Demanding the immediate arrest of all accused, whose speeding car hit and killed 21-year-old Indian Air Force (IAF) corporal Abhimanyu Gaud on Wednesday early morning while he was rehearsing for R-Day parade in Kolkata's Red Road (Indira Gandhi Sarani), the youth wing of Bharatiya Janata Party- Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM)- on Saturday organized a protest march to Kolkata Police's headquarters Lalbazar.
Kolkata: Dona Ganguly's car hit by a truck
Jan 16, 2016, at 04:37 am
Kolkata, Jan 15 (IBNS): The Mercedes of former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly's wife Dona Ganguly was hit by a speeding truck on Friday noon at the crossing of Behala Chowrasta and James Long Sarani in Kolkata, according to reports.
Air Force officer killed car while practising for Republic Day parade in Kolkata
Jan 13, 2016, at 05:18 pm
Kolkata, Jan 13 (IBNS) An Air Force officer was killed on Wednesday morning after being hit by a speeding car while practicing for the January 26 Republic Day parade in Kolkata , reports said.
Tathagata Roy posts controversial tweets ahead of Ghulam Ali's show in Kolkata
Jan 12, 2016, at 11:31 pm
Kolkata, Jan 12 (IBNS): As Kolkata gears up for Pakistani Ghazal singer Ghulam Ali's performance in the city, Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy on Tuesday posted provocative tweets where he quoted historian Haraprasad Shastri and said no one on earth has suffered more at the hands of Pakistan than Bengali Hindus.
Kolkata: Auto rickshaw accident kills 1 in New Town
Jan 12, 2016, at 02:22 am
Kolkata, Jan 11 (IBNS): A 60-year-old man was killed on Monday in Kolkata's New Town area, when an uncontrolled auto rickshaw hit him, reports said.