Kolkata flyover tragedy: Arrested Govt. engineers sent to police custody
Jun 30, 2016, at 12:05 am
Kolkata, Jun 29 (IBNS): A Kolkata court on Wednesday sent two senior engineers of Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA), who were held on Tuesday in connection with Vivekananda Flyover collapse incident, to police custody till July 7.
Fire breaks out at four places in Kolkata, 2 injured
Jun 28, 2016, at 12:23 am
Kolkata, Jun 27 (IBNS): Fire incidents were reported from four several locations in Kolkata on Monday, which left two men injured, reports said.
Kolkata: Congress holds rally against price rise and post poll violence
Jun 25, 2016, at 09:41 pm
Kolkata, Jun 25 (IBNS): Agitating against the rising prices of essential commodities and alleged post poll violence in the state, West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WBPCC) on Saturday held a protest march in Kolkata.
Kolkata: One killed, several injured in school bus mishap
Jun 24, 2016, at 10:19 pm
Kolkata, Jun 24 (IBNS): A driver was killed and at least 12 others were injured when a school bus hit a flyover pillar on Friday morning, reports said.
Neil O'Brien passes away in Kolkata
Jun 24, 2016, at 10:13 pm
Kolkata, June 24 (IBNS): Popular quiz master Neil O'Brien, who was formerly the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) chief, passed away in Kolkata on Friday.
Three arrested in the killing of engineer in Kolkata's Maddox Square
Jun 24, 2016, at 12:12 am
Kolkata, Jun 23 (IBNS): Three days after a young engineer was beaten to death in south Kolkata's Maddox Square, three persons from the locality were booked on Thursday in connection with the case, officials said.
Kolkata: Left Front holds rally against price rise
Jun 22, 2016, at 11:44 pm
Kolkata, Jun 22 (IBNS): Protesting against rising prices of essential commodities and demanding necessary steps from the Centre and the state government to control the price-hike, Kolkata unit of the Left Front held a protest march in Kolkata on Wednesday.
Quiz master Neil O'Brien hospitalized in Kolkata
Jun 17, 2016, at 05:51 pm
Kolkata, Jun 17 (IBNS): A favourite quiz master to all, Neil O'Brien, also former Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) chief, is admitted in a Kolkata hospital according to media reports.
TMC activist found dead in Kolkata
Jun 17, 2016, at 02:29 am
Kolkata, Jun 16 (IBNS): A 30-year-old Trinamool Congress (TMC) activist was found dead on Thursday inside his bedroom at Raghunathpur Sukanta Palli area under Baguiati Police Station limits in Kolkata's Bidhannagar area, reports said.
Afternoon shootout injures one in Kolkata
Jun 16, 2016, at 11:34 pm
Kolkata, Jun 16 (IBNS): One man was shot, when miscreants fired bullets indiscriminately over a local building's promoting conflict in broad daylight on Thursday at Govinda Khatick Road area under Entally Police Station limits in north Kolkata, officials said.
Kolkata: Fire breaks out at Statesman House
Jun 12, 2016, at 04:33 am
Kolkata, Jun 11 (IBNS): A major fire broke out in The Statesman newspaper's office, Statesman House, in Kolkata's downtown Esplanade area on Saturday night, officials said.
Indian woman abducted in Afghanistan, Sushma Swaraj assures help
Jun 10, 2016, at 10:35 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata/Kabul, June 10 (IBNS) External Affairs Sushma Swaraj on Friday assured to help and rescue an Indian woman working with an INGO, who has been kidnapped in Afghanistan's Kabul city on Thursday night.
5000 kg contraband drugs seized near Kolkata
Jun 10, 2016, at 02:43 am
Kolkata, Jun 9 (IBNS): The Narcotics Control Bureau on Thursday seized 5000 kg drugs from a truck at Dankuni Toll Plaza area in West Bengal's Hooghly district, 30 km away from Kolkata, officials said.
Two held with fake currency and printing machine in Kolkata
Jun 09, 2016, at 03:46 am
Kolkata, Jun 8 (IBNS): The Kolkata Police has arrested two persons with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) in the city, officials said.
Student lynched to death in Kolkata, 2 arrested
Jun 09, 2016, at 02:23 am
Kolkata, Jun 8 (IBNS): At a time when the Calcutta High Court directed West Bengal government to submit affidavit by next three weeks on the recent Diamond Harbour student lynching incident, another Higher Secondary (HS) passed out student was beaten to death over a false allegation of mango stealing in Kolkata on Tuesday, reports said.
Kolkata: Bidhannagar CP Jawed Shamim removed
Jun 07, 2016, at 12:36 am
Kolkata, Jun 6 (IBNS): Bidhannagar Police Commissioner Jawed Shamim, whose works during recently concluded Bengal Polls were praised by the Election Commission of India (ECI), has been replaced by the West Bengal Government on Monday.
Crack spotted in Kolkata's Chingrighata Flyover
Jun 02, 2016, at 10:19 pm
Kolkata, Jun 2 (IBNS): The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) on Thursday confirmed that the crack, which was found on a side-wall of Chingrighata Flyover in Kolkata's Salt Lake area, was not a big damage and the bridge could not collapse due to the crack.
Kolkata: Worker found dead in under-construction apartment
Jun 02, 2016, at 07:59 pm
Kolkata, Jun 2 (IBNS): Body of a middle-aged labour was found on Thursday from a open water reservoir in an under-construction apartment at Kasba area in Kolkata, reports said.
Kolkata: Group clash at Park Circus over car parking
Jun 02, 2016, at 02:41 pm
Kolkata, June 2 (IBNS): Clash between two groups over road-side car parking triggered tension at Beckbagan in Kolkata's Park Circus area on Wednesday night, according to reports.
Jun 02, 2016, at 03:04 am
Kolkata, June 1 (IBNS): Kolkata Police's Deputy Commissioner of Detective Department (II) Nagendra Nath Tripathi, who was seen taking a very active role during the recently concluded assembly polls in the city, has been sent on compulsory waiting.
SFI activist assaulted in Kolkata's Asutosh College
Jun 02, 2016, at 02:06 am
Kolkata, Jun 1 (IBNS): An activist of Student Federation of India (SFI) was allegedly beaten up by few Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) members in Kolkata's Asutosh College, reports said.
Salt Lake gang rape: 3 accused sent to 14-day judicial custody
Jun 02, 2016, at 12:30 am
Kolkata, Jun 1 (IBNS): The three accused, who were arrested on Tuesday for gang raping a woman in Kolkata's IT hub Salt Lake area, have been sent to judicial custody for 14 days.
Woman gang raped in Kolkata: 3 suspects arrested
May 31, 2016, at 10:04 pm
Kolkata, May 31 (IBNS): Police on Tuesday arrested three persons in connection with a gang rape case in Kolkata's IT hub Salt Lake Sector V area, officials said.
Kolkata: Woman allegedly gang raped in running car
May 30, 2016, at 11:59 pm
Kolkata, May 30 (IBNS): A woman was allegedly gang raped on Sunday midnight by several men in a running car in Kolkata's satellite town Salt Lake, officials said.
Suspected bomb-making factory busted in Kolkata, 1 booked
May 30, 2016, at 09:52 pm
Kolkata, May 30 (IBNS): Acting on a tip off, the Kolkata Police busted a suspected bomb-making factory in Kolkata's Kidderpore area and arrested one in connection with the case on the wee hours of Monday, officials said.
Kolkata: Worker dies while dismantling Mamata's swearing-in stage at Red Road
May 28, 2016, at 07:31 pm
Kolkata, May 28 (IBNS): After the Mamata-led TMC government's swearing-in-ceremony was over on Friday, a middle-aged worker was killed on Saturday morning, while dismantling the temporary structure of the dais on Red Road in Kolkata, reports said.
Kolkata: Clash in Jaipuria College injures one laboratory staff
May 28, 2016, at 03:21 am
Kolkata, May 27 (IBNS): Tapan Mondal, a laboratory-staff of north Kolkata's Seth Anandaram Jaipuria College, was injured on Friday noon, during a clash with a section of students in college campus, according to reports.
Kolkata: Arun Jaitley congratulates Mamata Banerjee for her massive victory
May 27, 2016, at 10:36 pm
Kolkata, May 27 (IBNS): After attending the re-elected Trinamool Congress (TMC) government's swearing-in-ceremony, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, congratulated Mamata Banerjee for her resounding success in the recently concluded Bengal assembly election, during a press conference at the Kolkata Press Club.
Fire breaks out in Kolkata factory
May 26, 2016, at 11:50 pm
Kolkata, May 26 (IBNS): A massive fire has broken out in a factory at congested Charu Market area in south Kolkata on Thursday afternoon, reports said.
Kolkata's New Town among 13 new smart cities picked by the govt
May 24, 2016, at 05:56 pm
New Delhi, May 24 (IBNS) Making an entry into the government's smart cities list is Kolkata's New Town along with 12 other places, according to reports.