'Anxious' sister prays in Kolkata for Army officer brother fighting for Ukraine against Russia
Feb 27, 2022, at 06:37 am
Though the western Ukraine is still comparatively safer, Irina, married to a Bengali doctor in Kolkata, is wary of her brother Sergei who is busy doing his duty as an Army officer against the Russian onslaught.
Kolkata's elderly couple shares ordeal of their son stuck in war-hit Ukraine
Feb 26, 2022, at 09:44 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: An elderly couple from Kolkata's Sonarpur area is spending anxious days worrying about their son's safety in Ukraine, which is in a volatile situation after Russia invaded the country.
Veteran singer Sandhya Mukhopadhyay hospitalised with Covid, other difficulties
Jan 28, 2022, at 03:21 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Legendary playback singer Sandhya Mukhopadhyay, who specialises in Bengali music, has been admitted to a Kolkata hospital with Covid-19 and other health complications, reports said on Thursday.
Massive fire breaks out at a cinema hall in Kolkata
Jan 19, 2022, at 04:51 pm
Kolkata/UNI: A massive fire broke out at Park Show House cinema hall at Mullickbazar in downtown city on Tuesday.
Kolkata: Massive fire breaks out at a cinema hall
Jan 18, 2022, at 09:42 pm
Kolkata/UNI: A massive fire broke out at Park Show House cinema hall at Mullickbazar in Kolkata on Tuesday.
PM Modi inaugurates second campus of Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute in Kolkata
Jan 07, 2022, at 10:24 pm
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the second campus of Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute in Kolkata on Friday via video conference.
IPS Vineet Goyal appointed as new Kolkata Police Commissioner
Dec 31, 2021, at 04:31 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The Additional Director General (ADG) of West Bengal Special Task Force (STF), 1994 batch IPS officer Vineet Kumar Goyal, has been appointed as the new Commissioner of the Kolkata Police force, officials said on Thursday.
Two boys injured in Kolkata blast
Dec 30, 2021, at 09:51 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Two boys were injured in a blast near Salt Lake, a posh satellite township of Kolkata, police said on Thursday.
TMC strongman Firhad Hakim to continue as Kolkata Mayor
Dec 23, 2021, at 11:43 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo, Mamata Banerjee, on Thursday picked her trusted lieutenant Firhad Hakim as the new Mayor of Kolkata.
After Kolkata civic poll debacle, West Bengal BJP opts for revamp
Dec 23, 2021, at 06:58 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) opted for a revamp after the saffron brigade was decimated by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and even went behind the Left in the recently concluded Kolkata civic polls.
After TMC's landslide win, Mamata Banerjee to pick Kolkata Mayor today
Dec 23, 2021, at 04:42 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will on Thursday pick Kolkata's new Mayor two days after her Trinamool Congress (TMC) registered a landslide victory in the city civic polls.
Let's be civil in victory: TMC 'sympathiser' Parambrata amid post KMC poll result violence
Dec 22, 2021, at 06:23 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Indian actor Parambrata Chattopadhyay has urged the Trinamool Congress (TMC), which has decimated the Opposition in the Kolkata civic polls, to restrain with several reports of vandalisation of rival party offices allegedly by the ruling dispensation members.
Mamata's TMC sweeps Kolkata civic polls, BJP-Left-Cong restricted to single digit
Dec 21, 2021, at 11:24 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Maintaining its dominance over West Bengal politics, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Tuesday registered a landslide victory in Kolkata civic elections, which were marred by sporadic violence on the polling day, leaving the opposition parties in disarray.
TMC set to sweep violence-marred Kolkata civic polls, Opposition languishes in single digit
Dec 21, 2021, at 06:42 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Consolidating its position in West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has swept the violence-marred Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) Elections 2021, which was held last Sunday.
Mamata's TMC set for landslide win in KMC Elections 2021, Left, BJP fight for second spot
Dec 21, 2021, at 04:03 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) is set for a landslide victory in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) Elections 2021 which was marred by sporadic violence on the polling day on Sunday.
TMC releases manifesto for upcoming Kolkata Municipal Corporation polls, makes 10 promises
Dec 12, 2021, at 02:22 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC), which swept the assembly elections earlier this year, is back in the race to continue with its uninterrupted two-term stint in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), which will go to polls on Dec 19.
Mamata Banerjee meets industrialist Gautam Adani in Kolkata
Dec 03, 2021, at 04:49 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday met industrialist Gautam Adani at the state secretariat Nabanna in Kolkata.
ED attaches properties of a Kolkata-based company in bank fraud case
Nov 23, 2021, at 01:34 am
New Delhi/UNI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) provisionally attached 11 immovable properties of Rs 42.36 crore belonging to the directors of Shree Mahalaxmi Corporation, a Kolkata- based company, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), in connection with alleged bank fraud case, officials said on Monday.
Bengal: BJP ward co-ordinator from Kolkata dies in road mishap in East Medinipur
Oct 28, 2021, at 04:55 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) councillor from Kolkata and the present co-ordinator of Ward 86 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC)'s Board of Administrators, Tishta Biswas, was killed in a road accident near Tamluk in East Medinipur district of West Bengal on Wednesday evening, reports said.
Jyotiraditya Scindia virtually flags off 6 routes expanding aerial connectivity in North East India
Oct 19, 2021, at 05:12 am
New Delhi/ IBNS: Union Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya M. Scindia on Monday virtually flagged off 6 routes expanding the aerial connectivity of North-East India.
Durga Puja and Politics: Kolkata pandal with NRC theme wins West Bengal govt's top honour
Oct 13, 2021, at 08:38 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A Durga Puja pandal in south Kolkata themed after the controversial National Register of Citizens (NRC) and detention camps has topped the West Bengal government's "best of the best" list, in what could lead to a political debate amid the festivity.
IMD predicts rain in parts of West Bengal, including Kolkata, during Durga puja
Oct 07, 2021, at 12:39 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) in Kolkata Wednesday predicted rainfall in seven south Bengal districts, including the state capital, during the Bengalis' biggest festival Durga Puja next week.
Kolkata: Building collapses after heavy rains, two die
Sep 29, 2021, at 07:46 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A portion of an old two-storey building in north Kolkata collapsed after rains lashed the city, leaving two dead, media reports said.
Heavy rain lashes Kolkata, several areas waterlogged
Sep 29, 2021, at 04:21 pm
Kolkata: Heavy overnight rains in Kolkata and adjoining areas left several places in the city waterlogged on Wednesday.
Prashant Kishor now a voter in Kolkata's Bhabanipur constituency where Mamata Banerjee resides
Sep 29, 2021, at 01:17 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Former political strategist Prashant Kishor, who played a significant role in catapulting the Trinamool Congress to retain power in West Bengal, is now a voter in Kolkata's Bhabanipur constituency, where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee resides.
BJP accuses Kolkata IPS officer of molesting its Bhabanipur candidate, writes to ECI
Sep 25, 2021, at 03:14 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday wrote to the Election Commission of India (ECI) alleging that its Bhabanipur bypoll candidate Priyanka Tibrewal was molested and assaulted by Kolkata Police's Deputy Commissioner (South Division), IPS Akash Magharia, during an agitation near West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Kalighat residence on Thursday.
Normal life hit as heavy rain lashes Kolkata, leaves several areas waterlogged
Sep 21, 2021, at 01:53 am
Kolkata: Life in large parts of Kolkata and neighbouring districts was crippled from water-logging on Monday as heavy overnight rains triggered by a cyclonic circulation in the Bay of Bengal battered the region.
Adrian Pratt takes over as Director of American Center in Kolkata
Sep 20, 2021, at 09:59 pm
Kolkata: Adrian Pratt has assumed the position of the Director of the American Center Kolkata, and the Public Affairs Officer (PAO) of the U.S. Consulate General in Kolkata, as of Sept 20, 2021, succeeding former Director and PAO Monica Shie.
Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Department reaches Kolkata to woo tourists to Kashmir
Sep 12, 2021, at 12:12 am
Srinagar/IBNS: The J&K Tourism Department organised a promotional event at Kolkata in which all the prominent heads of travel trade associations, local media and senior officials from the Tourism Department of West Bengal participated.
Kolkata fake Covid vaccination case: Chargesheet filed against Debanjan Deb, 7 others
Aug 27, 2021, at 01:50 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Two months after busting a fake Covid-19 vaccination drive, the Kolkata Police on Thursday filed a charge sheet in a local court at Alipore naming the key accused in the case, Debanjan Deb, and seven others, officials said.