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Kolkata: Fire breaks out at Park Street office building, firefighting ops underway

Nov 05, 2018, at 01:44 pm

Kolkata, Nov 5 (IBNS): A major fire broke out at a multi-storey office building in south Kolkata's Park Street area on Monday morning, reports said.

Kolkata: Fire breaks out at Apeejay House; fire engines at spot

Nov 05, 2018, at 12:33 pm

Kolkata, Nov 5 (IBNS): Ten fire engines rushed to the Apeejay House, which is situated in the Park Street area of Kolkata, where a massive fire broke out on Monday morning, media reports said.

Fire breaks out at Apeejay House in Kolkata

Nov 05, 2018, at 11:53 am

Kolkata, Nov 5 (IBNS): A massive fire broke out at Appejay House in Park Street area of Kolkata on Monday, media reports said.

Kolkata: Salt Lake coffee shop looted at gunpoint in broad daylight

Oct 29, 2018, at 09:14 pm

Kolkata, Oct 29 (IBNS): 'Unidentified' miscreants robbed an outlet of a renowned Indian cafe chain at gunpoint in Kolkata's satellite city Salt Lake on Monday morning, reports said.

Agitation over sexual harassment on minor girl turns Kolkata school into battlefield, accused teacher held

Oct 09, 2018, at 07:28 pm

Kolkata, Oct 9 (IBNS): Police on Tuesday arrested a teacher of a state government aided school in south Kolkata for allegedly sexually harassing a six-year-old girl student inside the school premise, reports said.

West Bengal CID takes over investigation into Kolkata blast

Oct 03, 2018, at 02:55 pm

Kolkata, Oct 3 (IBNS): The West Bengal government on Wednesday handed over to the state Criminal Investigation Department (CID) the probe into the low intensity explosion that left a minor boy dead and several others injured in Kolkata's suburb Dumdum area on Tuesday morning, officials said.

Massive fire breaks out at Calcutta Medical College and Hospital, firefighting operations currently underway

Oct 03, 2018, at 09:53 am

Kolkata, Oct 3 (IBNS): A major fire broke out at Calcutta Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) in central Kolkata's College Street area on Wednesday morning, triggering panic among the patients and their family members, reports said.

Kolkata: Child killed, several injured in suspected 'socket bomb' explosion

Oct 02, 2018, at 03:49 pm

Kolkata, Oct 2 (IBNS): An eight-year-old boy lost his life, three days before his birthday, and at least nine other persons sustained serious injuries in a suspected low intensity socket bomb blast at Nagerbazar's congested Kajipara area under Dumdum Police Station limits in Kolkata's neighbourhood South Dumdum on Tuesday morning, police officials said.

Kolkata: Explosion in Nagerbazar claims life of a child; five injured

Oct 02, 2018, at 01:43 pm

Kolkata, Oct 2 (IBNS): An explosion in front of a multi-storey building at Kolkata's Nagerbazar area claimed a child's life and injured five others on Tuesday, media reports said.

Kolkata: Woman killed as foot bridge's slab collapses at Baruipur railway station

Sep 28, 2018, at 10:42 pm

Kolkata, Sept 28 (IBNS): A heavy concrete slab of a foot over bridge (FOB) collapsed at Baruipur railway station in Kolkata's neighbouring South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Friday night, leaving one woman dead and another seriously injured, reports said.

BJP's 12-hour general strike evokes mixed response in West Bengal, 1650 bandh supporters held

Sep 26, 2018, at 06:45 pm

Kolkata, Sep 26 (IBNS):Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s 12-hour general strike in West Bengal saw a mixed response on Wednesday when police arrested at least 1650 strike-supporters for forcibly trying to make the shut down successful, official said.

Australia to reopen its permanent consulate in Kolkata

Sep 20, 2018, at 10:50 pm

Kolkata, Sep 20 (IBNS): Nearly thirty years after the closure, Australian Deputy High Commissioner to India, Rod Hilton, on Thursday said that a permanent Aussie consulate will be reopened in Kolkata by January next year.

Kolkata: Eight including cops injured in local group clash over football match

Sep 17, 2018, at 03:35 pm

Kolkata, Sep 17 (IBNS): At least eight persons, including five policemen, were injured during a clash between two local groups over a football match at Sahid Smriti Colony under Panchasayar Police Station limits in southeast Kolkata on Sunday late night, reports said.

Kolkata: 34 hours on, firefighting ops still underway at Bagree Market

Sep 17, 2018, at 01:19 pm

Kolkata, Sep 17 (IBNS): Efforts to douse Kolkata's Bagree Market blaze are still underway even 34 hours after the fire broke out, reports said.

Fire continues to rage in Kolkata's Bagree Market even after 19 hours, 30 fire tenders engaged in battling the blaze

Sep 16, 2018, at 10:36 pm

Kolkata, Sep 16 (IBNS): As many as 30 fire tenders and over 100 firemen are currently engaged in a firefighting operation in Kolkata's Bagree Market as a massive blaze continued to rage the commercial hub in central part of the city even after 19 hours.

Kolkata: Efforts to douse Bagree Market fire still underway, likely to continue for few more hours

Sep 16, 2018, at 03:38 pm

Kolkata, Sept 16 (IBNS): Over 13 hours after a massive fire broke out in a multi-storey commercial complex in central Kolkata's Bagree Market area, as many as 30 fire tenders are currently engaged to bring the blaze under control, according to reports.     

Midnight blaze guts Kolkata's Bagri Market, firefighting ops still underway

Sep 16, 2018, at 10:44 am

Kolkata, Sep 16 (IBNS): A massive fire broke out at Bagri Market in central Kolkata's Burrabazar area in the wee hours of Sunday, officials said.

Union Minister of Science and Technology Dr. Harsh Vardhan unveils the curtain raiser of the India International Science Festival 2018 in Kolkata

Sep 14, 2018, at 06:44 pm

Kolkata, Sept 14 (IBNS): Union Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Harsh Vardhan emphasised that Scientific Institutions of the country can be ideal platform for youth minds to develop their latent talent.

Kolkata : Woman dies in nursingh home after fall from bed

Sep 13, 2018, at 05:49 pm

Kolkata, Sep 13 (IBNS) :  A woman, who was admitted to a city nursing home in south Kolkata's posh New Alipur area, died from wounds on Thursday morning after a fall from her bed on Saturday last week.

Bharat Bandh remains mostly ineffective in West Bengal

Sep 10, 2018, at 04:46 pm

Kolkata, Sept 10 (IBNS): The Bharat Bandh called by the opposition parties across the country to protest against rising fuel prices remained mostly ineffective in West Bengal.

Majherhat bridge collapse: Death toll rises to 3; search and rescue operation ends

Sep 06, 2018, at 10:57 am

Kolkata, Sept 6 (IBNS): The death toll in Majherhat bridge collapse incident rose to three as the search and rescue operation ended on Thursday, media reports said.

Majherhat bridge collapse: Death toll rises to two; Mamata Banerjee blames metro construction for accident

Sep 05, 2018, at 11:49 pm

Kolkata, Sept 5 (IBNS): The death toll in Majherhat bridge collapse incident rose to two on Wednesday while leaving 25 others injured.

Mamata Banerjee visits Majherhat Bridge collapse site, death toll touches 2, one more person pulled out from rubble

Sep 05, 2018, at 08:05 pm

Kolkata, Sept 5 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday visited Majherhat Bridge collapse site in Alipore area of Kolkata and said a bigger tragedy was averted by the grace of the god.

Kolkata bridge collapse: Another body recovered from wreckage, toll at 2

Sep 05, 2018, at 07:46 pm

Kolkata, Sep 5 (IBNS):The death toll in Kolkata bridge tragedy has risen to two as rescue workers on Wednesday late evening recovered another body crushed under the debris, reports said.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee visits Majherhat Bridge collapse site after arriving in Kolkata

Sep 05, 2018, at 07:21 pm

Kolkata, Sept 5 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday arrived at the site where the Majherhat Bridge collapsed on Tuesday, leaving one person dead.

Portion of dilapidated building collapses in Kolkata, 1 hurt

Sep 05, 2018, at 04:18 pm

Kolkata, Sep 5 (IBNS): At least one person was seriously injured as a portion of an old building collapsed near Beadon Street in north Kolkata on Wednesday afternoon, reports said.

Majherhat bridge collapses in Kolkata: Rescue operation continues

Sep 05, 2018, at 09:31 am

Kolkata,Sept 5 (IBNS): More than 12 hours after a portion of the Majherhat bridge in south Kolkata collapsed, the rescue operation is still going on in the site on Wednesday to find out if any person is still trapped under the debris.

40-year-old Majherhat bridge collapses in southern Kolkata, one dies

Sep 04, 2018, at 08:04 pm

Kolkata, Sept 4 (IBNS): More than two years after a bridge collapsed in Girish Park area, a section of the 40-year-old Majherhat Bridge, which connects a larger section of the southern part with the rest of the city, toppled in Alipore region, leaving one person dead and 19 injured on Tuesday.

Mutilated body of bank employee found in bush near Kolkata

Aug 30, 2018, at 10:41 pm

Kolkata, Aug 30 (IBNS): Headless, legless and armless body of a 27-year-old employee of a private sector bank was recovered from a roadside bush at Makardah's Raghabpur area under Domjur Police Station limits in Kolkata's neighbouring Howrah district of West Bengal on Wednesday, reports said on Thursday.

Adulterated milk powder manufacturing unit busted in Kolkata, one held

Aug 30, 2018, at 08:49 pm

Kolkata, Aug 30 (IBNS): Acting on a tip off, Kolkata Police's Enforcement Branch (EB) on Thursday morning unearthed an adulterated milk powder production unit-cum-warehouse in central Kolkata's Burrabazar area and arrested one person in connection with the case, officials said.