Rs. 56.74 lakh in fake 2000 rupees seized in Kolkata, 5 booked
Mar 03, 2017, at 04:34 am
Kolkata, Mar 2 (IBNS): The Kolkata Police on Thursday arrested five suspects from city's Kidderpore area and recovered fake Rs. 2000 notes with a face value of 56 lakh 74 thousand rupees from their possessions, officials said.
Feb 28, 2017, at 05:16 pm
Kolkata, Feb 28 (IBNS): The massive fire, which broke out at a residential-cum-commercial building in Kolkata's Burrabazar area on Monday night, has not been brought under control so far, according to the last update came in on Tuesday morning.
Kolkata: Massive fire breaks out at Burrabazar building
Feb 28, 2017, at 04:30 am
Kolkata, Feb 27 (IBNS): A major fire broke out at a residential-cum-commercial building at Amratala Lane area under Burrabazar Police Station limits in Kolkata on Monday night, reports said.
Kolkata hospital allegedly withholds critical patient until family surrenders fixed deposit papers
Feb 25, 2017, at 03:29 am
Kolkata, Feb 24 (IBNS): A day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee warned privately-run hospitals to stop harassing patient-parties and making unfair bills for treatment, Apollo Gleneagles Hospital in Kolkata's Bypass area reportedly made a 7.23 lakh bill for treating a man for only seven days and allegedly forced his family to pay the entire bill to shift the critical patient, reports said.
India keen to link Kathmandu with New Delhi and Kolkata via rail network
Feb 21, 2017, at 06:35 pm
New Delhi/Kathmandu, Feb 21 (IBNS): India is keen on linking Nepal's capital Kathmandu with New Delhi and Kolkata through a railway network, media reports said on Tuesday.
Patient commits suicide in Kolkata private hospital
Feb 18, 2017, at 06:57 pm
Kolkata, Feb 18 (IBNS): An elderly man, who was being treated at AMRI hospital in Kolkata's Salt Lake area, committed suicide by jumping from the privately-run hospital's sixth floor window on Saturday morning, reports said.
Old woman sets herself ablaze in Kolkata park, no morning-walker cares
Feb 18, 2017, at 03:10 am
Kolkata, Feb 17 (IBNS): An elderly woman committed suicide by setting herself ablaze at a public-park in Kolkata in broad daylight on Friday, reports said.
Kolkata: Youth held for allegedly trying to kidnap minor girl
Feb 17, 2017, at 03:29 am
Kolkata, Feb 16 (IBNS): Police on Wednesday late night arrested a youth for allegedly trying to abduct a nearly 11-year-old girl at Aswini Nagar area under Baguiati Police Station limits in Kolkata, local media reports said.
Kolkata: Mother, child found dead in Salt Lake posh apartment
Feb 16, 2017, at 05:13 am
Kolkata, Feb 15 (IBNS): A middle-aged woman and her 9-month-old baby boy were recovered dead from an apartment at EE Block area under Bidhannagar East Police Station limits in Kolkata's satellite town Salt Lake on Wednesday evening, reports said.
Kolkata: CMRI hospital vandalised following patient's death
Feb 15, 2017, at 05:43 pm
Kolkata, Feb 15 (IBNS): Privately-run CMRI hospital in Kolkata's Ekbalpore area was reportedly ransacked shortly after the death of a patient on Wednesday, reports said.
Woman faces acid attack in running train near Kolkata
Feb 14, 2017, at 03:47 am
Kolkata, Feb 13 (IBNS): A nearly 23-year-old woman and her co-passenger were allegedly attacked with acid in a moving local train near Baruipur railway station in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, barely 25 km. from state capital Kolkata on Sunday night, reports said on Monday.
NSG holds mock drill in Kolkata mint
Feb 14, 2017, at 12:57 am
Kolkata, Feb 13 (IBNS): The National Security Guard (NSG) on Monday afternoon hosted a counter-terror mock drill at Alipore mint in Kolkata, officials said.
Senior couple stabbed in Kolkata, attacker found dead later in Howrah hotel
Feb 13, 2017, at 12:21 am
Kolkata/Howrah, Feb 12 (IBNS): Hours after an aged businessman and his wife were stabbed inside their residence in Kolkata's Kalighat area, the main accused in the case, Roshanlal Bhardia, was found dead from a guest house under Golabari Police Station limits in Kolkata's twin city Howrah on Sunday morning, reports said.
Japanese engineer found dead in Kolkata posh hotel
Feb 12, 2017, at 02:40 am
Kolkata, Feb 11 (IBNS): Body of a nearly 65-year-old Japanese engineer was recovered from a five-star hotel in Kolkata's Rajarhat New Town area on Friday night, reports said on Saturday.
Fire breaks out at Calcutta High Court's new building, no casualty
Feb 09, 2017, at 10:28 pm
Kolkata, Feb 9 (IBNS): A minor fire broke out at the new building of Calcutta High Court on Thursday afternoon, reports said.
Bengali actress found dead in Kolkata's posh apartment
Feb 08, 2017, at 04:16 am
Kolkata, Feb 7 (IBNS): Hanging body of a Bengali movie industry's actress was recovered from her apartment at E.M. Bypass area under Garfa Police Station limits in southern Kolkata on Tuesday evening, reports said.
Kolkata: Ambulance crashes into bakery van at Golpark, state bus catches fire at Jadavpur
Feb 07, 2017, at 12:51 am
Kolkata, Feb 6 (IBNS): A person was seriously injured when an over-speeding ambulance hit a bakery van near Golpark area under Lake Police Station limits in south Kolkata on Monday early morning, reports said.
West Bengal: State bus falls into ditch in Howrah, 35 hurt
Feb 01, 2017, at 01:02 am
Kolkata, Jan 31 (IBNS): At least 35 persons were injured when a government-run bus overturned and fell into a roadside canal at Ranihati-Amta Road under Panchla Police Station limits in West Bengal's Howrah district on Tuesday morning, reports said.
Lockout announced at Besco's wagon production unit in Kolkata
Jan 31, 2017, at 03:40 am
Kolkata, Jan 30 (IBNS): Authority of the Besco Limited on Monday suspended work in its wagon manufacturing unit at Bullygunge in Kolkata indefinitely as the company is facing huge losses due to labour unrest, reports said.
West Bengal: 2 held for pushing woman out of moving train
Jan 30, 2017, at 09:14 pm
Kolkata, Jan 30 (IBNS): Six days after a woman was allegedly molested and pushed off running train in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, police on Sunday evening arrested two persons in connection with the case, reports said.
Kolkata: Fire breaks out at Sealdah factory
Jan 29, 2017, at 10:03 pm
Kolkata, Jan 29 (IBNS): A massive fire broke out in a factory at Munsirbazar area on South Sealdah Road in north Kolkata on Sunday afternoon, reports said.
5 hurt as old building collapses in Kolkata
Jan 28, 2017, at 09:12 pm
Kolkata, Jan 28 (IBNS): A portion of a dilapidated building collapsed at Premchand Boral Street under Muchipara Police Station limits in north Kolkata on Saturday morning, leaving at least five persons injured, media reports said.
Volunteer firefighter from Kolkata, 24x7 bike ambulance runner from Jalpaiguri awarded Padma Shri
Jan 26, 2017, at 02:31 am
Kolkata, Jan 25 (IBNS): A 59-year-old volunteer firefighter from Kolkata, Bipin Ganatra, and a resident of West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district Karimul Haque, who runs a 24x7 free bike ambulance service for poor people of remote areas, have been named as Padma Shri winners by the Central government on Wednesday.
Kolkata: Top Naxalite leader Ranjit Pal surrenders to police
Jan 25, 2017, at 11:38 pm
Kolkata, Jan 25 (IBNS): A senior Maoist leader of West Bengal, Ranit Pal, and his wife Jharna Giri alias Anita on Wednesday surrendered to the Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police, according to reports.
Kolkata: Fire breaks out in a multi-storey near Park Street, no casualty
Jan 25, 2017, at 09:30 pm
Kolkata, Jan 25 (IBNS): A major fire broke out in a multi-storey building at Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Road in Kolkata on Wednesday, reports said.
Naxal leader K.N. Ramachandran goes untraceable after arriving in Kolkata
Jan 24, 2017, at 05:15 am
Kolkata, Jan 23 (IBNS): General Secretary of Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Star, K.N. Ramachandran, has gone missing after reaching Kolkata, the party claimed on Monday.
3 men held in Kolkata airport with huge cash, USD
Jan 24, 2017, at 01:09 am
Kolkata, Jan 23 (IBNS): The Customs department on Monday booked three persons at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI-CCU) airport for carrying huge amounts of INR and USD without valid documents, officials said.
Kolkata: Fire breaks out at College Street
Jan 21, 2017, at 11:02 pm
Kolkata, Jan 21 (IBNS): A fire broke out in a multi-storey building near Barnaparichay Market at College Street area in Kolkata on Saturday afternoon, reports said.
West Bengal : CPI-M agitation outside Alipore court
Jan 21, 2017, at 09:39 pm
Kolkata, Jan 21 (IBNS): A day after at least 135 leader-activists of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) were arrested for staging agitation outside Kolkata's Milan Mela ground, where the third edition of Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) is currently underway, a large number of party workers demonstrated outside the city's Alipore court on Saturday afternoon when the arrested activists were being produced.
Jan 21, 2017, at 02:23 am
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IBNS): President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the Bicentenary celebrations of Presidency University on Friday in Kolkata.