Kolkata Airport: AI gets a nod from security agencies, services restored
Sep 20, 2016, at 06:31 pm
Kolkata, Sept 20 (IBNS): Air India has restored its services following a nod from security officials after a bomb scare brought things to a standstill at the Kolkata airport on Tuesday morning.
Kolkata: Senior Congress leaders join Trinamool Congress
Sep 19, 2016, at 10:20 pm
Kolkata, Sept 19 (IBNS): In a major development in the political scenario of West Bengal, a large number of senior Congress leaders, including Manas Ranjan Bhunia and Md. Sohrab, joined the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Monday.
Kolkata: Mercedes mows down youth, mob ransacks 70 vehicles
Sep 18, 2016, at 07:41 pm
Kolkata, Sept 18 (IBNS): A large number of local people attacked an apartment's parking lot and vandalized as many as 70 cars parked there following a road mishap at Panditia Road area in south Kolkata on Sunday, reports said.
Mocambo controversy: Kolkata's civil society groups to protest in Park Street
Sep 16, 2016, at 05:02 am
Kolkata, Sept 15 (IBNS): Protesting against the alleged racism by Kolkata's popular fine dining restaurant Mocambo, several civil and human rights groups will hold demonstration in Park Street on Saturday next.
Kolkata: Chased by Alsatian, youth faces tragic death
Sep 16, 2016, at 03:41 am
Kolkata, Sept 15 (IBNS): A 18-year-old air conditioner technician fell to his death from the terrace of a six-storey residential building, after being chased by two Alsatians, in Kolkata's Thakurpur area on Tuesday night, reports said.
Kolkata under security blanket after receiving terror alert
Sep 16, 2016, at 01:20 am
Kolkata, Sep 15 (IBNS): Security has been beefed up in Kolkata and its adjacent areas following a terror attack warning received from Central intelligence agencies on Thursday, police officials said.
Two killed as residential building collapses in Kolkata
Sep 14, 2016, at 03:31 pm
Kolkata, Sept 14 (IBNS): At least two women were killed on Tuesday night, when an old residential building collapsed in north Kolkata's Pathuriaghata Street area, reports said.
Kolkata's Mocambo fine dining restaurant faces backlash after "racism" post goes viral
Sep 13, 2016, at 07:21 pm
Kolkata, Sept 13 (IBNS): Mocambo, a popular fine dining restaurant in Kolkata's Park Street area, is facing the wrath of netizens after a Facebook post, where a lady customer alleged discrimination and barring of her driver to enter the eatery, went viral.
Kolkata: Man stabs son as he disqualifies ISI entrance exam
Sep 12, 2016, at 09:44 pm
Kolkata, Sept 12 (IBNS): A 60-year-old man on Monday committed suicide, after stabbing his son and wife, as his son failed to pass Indian Statistical Institute (ISI)'s entrance examination, reports said.
One killed during police-mob clash in West Bengal
Sep 12, 2016, at 03:24 pm
Kolkata/South 24 Parganas, Sept 12 (IBNS): A man was killed on Sunday night when police allegedly fired bullets aiming at protesters, during a clash, at Dhola area in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, reports said.
Saradha scam: Madan Mitra gets conditional bail, CBI to move to higher court
Sep 09, 2016, at 11:34 pm
Kolkata, Sept 9 (IBNS): A local court in Kolkata on Friday granted conditional bail to former West Bengal cabinet minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Madan Mitra for the second time, 629 days after he was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with Saradha chit fund scam case.
Kolkata: Bomb threat call triggers panic at Nabanna
Sep 09, 2016, at 09:38 pm
Kolkata, Sept 9 (IBNS): Security has been beefed up at state secretariat Nabanna in Kolkata on Friday following a bomb threat call, reports said.
New Deputy High Commission in Kolkata appointed
Sep 09, 2016, at 09:11 pm
Kolkata, Sept 9 (IBNS): Bruce Bucknell is the new British Deputy High Commissioner in Kolkata.
Kolkata: Fire guts Presidency University's server room
Sep 09, 2016, at 09:09 pm
Kolkata, Sept 9 (IBNS): A major fire broke out at Presidency University in Kolkata on Friday afternoon, triggering panic among the students and university staffers, reports said.
BJP demonstrates in Kolkata over Kanhaiya Kumar's visit
Sep 08, 2016, at 10:30 pm
Kolkata, Sept 8 (IBNS): Delhi's Jawharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU)'s president Kanhaiya Kumar, who was earlier arrested for allegedly raising anti-national slogans, faced a massive demonstration in Kolkata on Thursday when he visited the city to join an event.
Illegal arms factory unearthed near Kolkata, huge ammunition seized
Sep 08, 2016, at 12:54 am
Kolkata, Sept 7 (IBNS): Police has busted an illegal arms factory in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district and recovered a huge cache of firearms, cartridges and explosives from the factory, officials said on Wednesday.
Kolkata: Massive fire breaks out at Duncan House
Sep 06, 2016, at 06:00 pm
Kolkata, Sept 6 (IBNS): A major fire broke out in central Kolkata's Duncan House in the wee hours of Tuesday, reports said.
Kolkata: 11 kg gold worth Rs.3.5 crore recovered from Sealdah station, 3 held
Sep 05, 2016, at 07:45 pm
Kolkata, Sept 5 (IBNS): Police on Sunday night arrested three gold traffickers from Kolkata's Sealdah railway station and seized 11 kg gold biscuits from their possession, reports said.
Kolkata: Fire breaks out at R. G. Kar Hospital, no casualty reported
Sep 05, 2016, at 07:19 pm
Kolkata, Sept 5 (IBNS): A minor fire broke out in the government-owned R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in north Kolkata on Monday afternoon, reports said.
Kolkata: Astrologer booked for raping school student
Sep 04, 2016, at 01:39 am
Kolkata, Sept 3 (IBNS): The Police on Friday night arrested an astrologer from Pramod Garh area under New Town Police Station limits in Kolkata for allegedly raping a girl, reports said.
Bharat Bandh: Several strike supporters arrested in Bengal
Sep 02, 2016, at 04:25 pm
Kolkata, Sept 2 (IBNS): While the nationwide day-long general strike, called by Left-affiliated trade unions for a 12-point charter of demands, has crippled life in several parts of India, West Bengal's capital Kolkata has not been hit due to the strike so far.
Trade unions go on nationwide strike today
Sep 02, 2016, at 04:14 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata,Sept 2 (IBNS): Protesting against the alleged anti-labour policies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government and basing on a 12-point charter of demands, more than a million workers from different sectors, including banking and telecom, are joining a day-long nationwide general strike called by Left-affiliated eleven central trade unions on Friday.
Class-III student beaten in Kolkata school as he dropped a pencil
Sep 02, 2016, at 03:02 am
Kolkata, Sept 1 (IBNS): A section of guardians on Thursday demonstrated at a school premise in northern Kolkata's Dumdum area, alleging that a teacher beat a student without any reason, reports said.
Kolkata minor gang-rape and murder case: Ola extends support in probe
Sep 01, 2016, at 12:44 am
Kolkata, Aug 31 (IBNS): With the police arresting an Ola driver and his companion for allegedly gang-raping and killing a minor girl in Kolkata, the app-based taxi service provider company on Wednesday said that it has suspended the account associated with the cab.
Kolkata: Minor girl raped, killed in Ola cab, 2 held
Aug 31, 2016, at 09:48 pm
Kolkata, Aug 31 (IBNS): Police on Wednesday arrested an Ola driver and his companion for allegedly gang-raping and killing a minor girl in Kolkata, officials said.
Govt. hospital in Kolkata catches fire, no casualties reported
Aug 29, 2016, at 09:04 pm
Kolkata, Aug 29 (IBNS): Two days after a blaze killed three lives in Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital, another major fire broke out in state-run Sambhunath Pandit Hospital in Kolkata on Monday, reports said.
Mamata Banerjee messages her students' wing to be disciplined on its foundation day
Aug 26, 2016, at 09:32 pm
Kolkata, Aug 26 (IBNS): Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Friday directed the leader-activists of her party's students wing- Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP)- to be determined, disciplined, dedicated and devoted.
Tremors felt in Kolkata, Patna, Guwahati
Aug 24, 2016, at 10:04 pm
Kolkata/New Delhi, Aug 24 (IBNS): Strong tremors were felt in Patna, Guwahati and Kolkata on Wednesday.
Aug 24, 2016, at 09:46 pm
Kolkata, Aug 24 (IBNS): Earthquake felt in Kolkata on Wednesday.
Aug 23, 2016, at 04:27 am
Kolkata, Aug 22 (IBNS): Homeopathy is gaining popularly in the country day by day as an effective alternative system of medicine and there are over two lakh practitioners of the system in the country at present said the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee in Kolkata on Monday.