Kolkata taxi driver harasses Mimi Chakraborty, arrested
Sep 15, 2020, at 09:50 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A taxi driver was arrested here on Tuesday for allegedly harassing and making lewd comments at actress-parliamentarian Mimi Chakraborty while she was travelling in her car.
Bihar boy misses NEET by 10 minutes after travelling 700 kms to Kolkata
Sep 14, 2020, at 06:19 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In another instance of the ordeal of lakhs of students who appeared for the joint and medical entrance examinations, a Bihar boy missed the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) by a few minutes after travelling 700 kilometers from Bihar to West Bengal on Sunday, media reports said.
Congress holds pro-Rhea Chakraborty rally in Kolkata, alleges political vendetta against her
Sep 13, 2020, at 12:24 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Pradesh Congress, led by WBPCC General Secretary Manoj Chakraborty, on Saturday took to the streets of Kolkata in solidarity with arrested Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty.
Sep 11, 2020, at 09:51 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A Mumbai Police team on Thursday midnight arrested a Kolkata gym instructor, who is claiming to be a fan of actress Kangana Ranaut, for allegedly giving threat calls to Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut, reports said.
Kolkata: Fire at Narkeldanga; 50 shanties gutted
Sep 07, 2020, at 04:08 pm
Kolkata/UNI: A massive fire broke out at Chhagalpatty of Narkeldanga in the eastern part of the city this morning, reducing to ashes at least 50 shanties.
Bengal observing complete lockdown for second consecutive day to break pandemic chain
Aug 21, 2020, at 05:05 pm
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal is observing complete lockdown for the second consecutive day on Friday as part of the bi-weekly lockdown imposed across the state since July 23 to break the Covid-19 pandemic chain.
Kolkata: Two electrocuted at Alipore Zoo, another hospitalized in critical condition
Aug 20, 2020, at 09:57 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Two employees of a private outdoor advertising agency died of electrocution and another was seriously injured while installing billboard-pillars inside Kolkata's Alipore Zoological Garden on Thursday morning, reports said.
Kolkata: Fire breaks out at Park Mansion
Aug 20, 2020, at 07:26 pm
Kolkata/UNI: A fire broke out in multi-storey Park Mansion at Park Street early this morning, destroying documents and moveable property of a corporate office, fire brigade officials said.
Aug 13, 2020, at 05:59 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Two days after a 60-year-old Covid-19 infected woman died outside Kolkata's Desun hospital after the designated Covid hospital allegedly denied treatment until her family deposited Rs. 3 lakh in advance, West Bengal Health Regulatory Committee on Wednesday registered a suo moto case against the private health facility.
Kolkata: Rain brings much-needed relief to city
Aug 05, 2020, at 12:02 am
Kolkata/UNI: After days of scorching heat and humidity, the city and the rest of south Bengal woke up to blinding rain and a dark sky early this morning.
No flight operations from Kolkata Airport on revised lockdown days
Aug 04, 2020, at 10:54 pm
Kolkata: Flight operations in Kolkata Airport will remain suspended on the revised dates of state-wide lockdown announced by the West Bengal government on Monday.
Kolkata: CPI-M Politburo member, former Lok Sabha MP Md. Salim tests Covid-19 positive, hospitalized
Aug 04, 2020, at 03:36 am
Kolkata/IBNS: CPI-M Politburo member and former MP from West Bengal's Raiganj Lok Sabha constituency, Md. Salim, on Monday tested positive for novel coronavirus.
Covid-19: KMC begins rapid antigen tests in Kolkata
Jul 31, 2020, at 12:24 am
Kolkata/IBNS: In the wake of the growing number of Covid-19 cases, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) on Thursday conducted rapid antigen tests of around 50 local people in south Kolkata's Chetla area, reports said.
COVID-19: West Bengal sees biggest one-day spike of 2436 cases, 34 more fatalities reported
Jul 24, 2020, at 03:30 am
Kolkata/IBNS: With the highest single-day spike of 2436 infections, the total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in West Bengal has reached 51757, including 18450 active cases, 1255 deaths and 31656 discharges, reports said on Thursday.
Kolkata: 27-yr-old dental student found hanging in college-hostel, police suspect suicide
Jul 24, 2020, at 02:50 am
Kolkata/IBNS: A 27-year-old second-year PGT-MDS (Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery) student of West Bengal government-run Rafi Ahmed Dental College was found hanging in her hostel room inside the college campus in central Kolkata's Moulali area on Thursday afternoon, reports said.
Jul 18, 2020, at 12:14 am
Kolkata/IBNS: After complaints of inflated electricity bills by an overwhelming number of Kolkata residents, West Bengal Power Minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay on Thursday claimed to have received an exorbitant bill from the privately-run power utility CESC.
Jul 11, 2020, at 06:12 am
Kolkata/IBNS: At a time when West Bengal is grappling with massive surge in COVID-19 cases, the Kolkata Police on Friday wrote to the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) seeking space inside Eden Gardens cricket stadium to set up a quarantine facility for its personnel, officials said.
West Bengal COVID-19 Lockdown: German Consulate says it will restrict office presence to the lowest
Jul 08, 2020, at 04:16 pm
Kolkata: The Germany Consulate in Kolkata on Wednesday said it will restrict its office presence to the lowest with immediate effect as the West Bengal government announced strict lockdown will be imposed in containment zones from July 9.
COVID-19 Lockdown Effect: Three people commit suicide in Kolkata due to financial distress
Jul 01, 2020, at 04:11 pm
Kolkata/UNI: A young bus driver of route No 221, who had been rendered jobless due to the prolonged Covid-19 induced lockdown, allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in his Dum Dum residence today, while an elderly woman and her son killed themselves by consuming poison last week, police said.
COVID-19: West Bengal records 652 fresh cases, tally reaches 18559
Jun 30, 2020, at 07:53 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: With the highest spike of 652 infections in the last 24 hours, the total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in West Bengal has mounted to 18559, including 5761 active cases, 668 deaths and 12130 discharges, reports said on Tuesday.
Zomato employees burn official t-shirts to protest against bloody face off at Ladakh
Jun 28, 2020, at 03:16 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Some Zomato employees in the city on Saturday tore and burnt their official t-shirts to protest against the killing of 20 Indian soldiers by the Chinese army during a bloody face off at LAC in Ladakh's Galwan Valley two weeks ago, media reports said.
Chartered Accountant commits suicide after killing wife in Bengaluru, mother-in-law in Kolkata
Jun 22, 2020, at 11:47 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A middle-aged chartered accountant committed suicide in his in-law's flat at Kankurgachi area in north Kolkata on Monday shortly after shooting dead his mother-in-law while his wife's body was recovered from her Bengaluru flat on the same day, officials said.
Kolkata: College girl shot dead by ex-boyfriend; probe begins
Jun 20, 2020, at 11:50 am
Kolkata/IBNS: A 20-year-old college girl was shot dead allegedly by her ex-boyfriend on Saturday early morning at Purba Putiyari's Ananda Pally (West) area under Regent Park Police Station limits in south suburban Kolkata, reports said.
Kolkata man orders Communist Manifesto on Amazon, receives Bhagavad Gita instead
Jun 15, 2020, at 12:16 am
Kolkata/IBNS: A man from Kolkata's Garia area was left 'amazed' after US based e-commerce giant Amazon delivered him a 120-page Penguin copy of Bhagavad Gita instead of the Communist Manifesto that he had ordered on the online platform.
Kolkata man allegedly flings neighbour's child to death from 4th floor during argument
Jun 14, 2020, at 10:57 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A 18-month-old child died and another six-year-old boy was seriously injured after they were allegedly being thrown out from the fourth floor of a residential building in Kolkata's Burrabazar area by a middle aged neighbour during an argument on Sunday evening, reports said.
Kolkata traffic constable succumbs to COVID-19, second fatality in city police force
Jun 13, 2020, at 08:06 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Kolkata Police reported its second Covid-19 fatality as a 48-year-old constable posted at Sealdah Traffic Guard succumbed to the infection on Saturday.
Kolkata: CBI's office at Nizam Palace sealed after its senior official tests positive for COVID-19
Jun 09, 2020, at 09:54 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: After a senior official of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday, the office of the central probe agency at Nizam Palace in south Kolkata's AJC Bose Road area has been temporarily sealed for disinfection and sanitization processes, officials said.
West Bengal: Bodies of 3 members of same family recovered from Thakurpukur house
Jun 09, 2020, at 04:17 pm
Thakurpukur/UNI: Police on Tuesday recovered bodies of three people from a house in Satyanarayan Palli area of Thakurpukur in WestBengal's South 24 Parganas district.
Modi announces Rs 1000 crore immediate aid for Cyclone Amphan recovery in Bengal
May 22, 2020, at 01:17 pm
Basirhat, West Bengal/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced an immediate assistance of Rs 1000 crore for Cylcone Amphan relief in West Bengal at a press conference with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. He also announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh for the dead and Rs 50,000 for the injured.
Prime Minister Modi reaches Kolkata, Mamata receives him at airport, heads for Basirhat
May 22, 2020, at 11:24 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Kolkata a shortly before 11 am for a joint survey of Cyclone Amphan affected regions in south Bengal with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who received him at the airport along with the Governor. Also present were BJP leaders and lawmakers from West Bengal.