Kolkata: Teacher beats student with cricket bat
Dec 05, 2015, at 04:35 am
Kolkata, Dec 4 (IBNS): One six-standard student of a boarding school in Kolkata was allegedly beaten badly by a hostel warden on last Monday, reports said on Friday.
Kolkata: Students block road to protest school shut down
Dec 03, 2015, at 01:51 am
Kolkata, Dec 2 (IBNS): The students of Beck Bagan Central Model School on Wednesday morning blocked an important road near Park Circus in Kolkata to protest against the authority's decision to shut down the present school building and shift it to another location, ahead of annual examination.
Kolkata: Suspected ISI agents sent to police custody till Dec 14
Nov 30, 2015, at 10:17 pm
Kolkata, Nov 30 (IBNS): A local court in Kolkata on Monday remanded three suspected ISI (Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence) agents, who were booked on Sunday, in police custody till Dec 14 for further interrogation.
ISI module in Kolkata: 3 suspects arrested
Nov 30, 2015, at 02:25 am
Kolkata, Nov 29 (IBNS): The Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police on Sunday arrested three suspects from Khidderpore area in Kolkata for allegedly providing shelter and support to ISI (Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence) agent Mohammand Eizaz who was earlier arrested by Uttar Pradesh STF on Friday from Meerut, reports said.
US citizen arrested in Kolkata for molesting minor boy
Nov 28, 2015, at 05:09 pm
Kolkata, Nove 28 (IBNS) A 51-year-old US citizen was arrested in Kolkata on Friday for allegedly molesting a minor boy at a posh hotel, reports said.
Kolkata: Arrested second ISI spy sent to police custody till Nov 29
Nov 17, 2015, at 09:26 pm
Kolkata, Nov 17 (IBNS): The second suspected ISI (Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence) agent Zafar Khan, who was arrested by Kolkata Police's Special Task Force (STF) on Monday, was produced before the Bankshall Court on Tuesday and sent to police custody till Nov 29 for further interrogation.
Kolkata: Madan Street electrical store fire brought under control
Nov 16, 2015, at 09:24 pm
Kolkata, Nov 16 (IBNS): The minor fire, which broke out in an electrical store at Madan Street in central Kolkata on Monday afternoon, has been brought under control, reports said.
Fire breaks out at four places in Kolkata
Nov 13, 2015, at 05:51 am
Kolkata, Nov 12 (IBNS): At least four fire incidents have been reported so far in Kolkata on Thursday.
Birbhum CJM assaulted by extortionists: More 4 arrested
Nov 12, 2015, at 04:35 am
Kolkata/Birbhum, Nov 11 (IBNS): Birbhum district police on Tuesday night arrested four more accused in connection with the assaulting of Birbhum's Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), reports said.
Kolkata: Fire breaks out at two places, 1 killed
Nov 08, 2015, at 11:17 pm
Kolkata, Nov 8 (IBNS): Major fire broke out at two different locations in Kolkata on Sunday which killed at least one person, reports said.
Kolkata: Taxis to go off roads for next 4 days
Nov 01, 2015, at 05:03 am
Kolkata, Oct 31 (IBNS): As several taxi operators unions and owners associations have called for taxi strike for different demands for four days- Dec 1 to Dec 4- in Kolkata, a huge number of taxis will be withdrawn from the city roads.
Kolkata: Hackers attack several colleges websites
Nov 01, 2015, at 04:50 am
Kolkata, Oct 31 (IBNS): Unknown cyber-hackers on Friday hacked the official websites of few colleges in Kolkata, reports said on Saturday.
Kolkata Puja pandal installs Water ATM
Oct 21, 2015, at 11:43 pm
Kolkata, Oct 21 (IBNS): West Bengal Public Health Engineering Department has installed city's first drinking Water ATM or water vending machine at Ekdalia Evergreen's puja pandal in Kolkata.
Kolkata gets its own 'Big Ben' during Durga Puja
Oct 21, 2015, at 06:17 am
Kolkata, Oct 20 (IBNS): Taking a step forward in making West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's dream of turning Kolkata into London, South Dumdum Municipality has installed "Kolkata Times Zone"- a mini replica of London's clock tower Big Ben- at Lake Town area in Kolkata, in the Durga Puja week.
Kolkata: Two bike drivers killed in crash
Oct 21, 2015, at 12:26 am
Kolkata, Oct 20 (IBNS): Two bikers were killed in a crash at VIP Road in Kolkata on Monday midnight, reports said.
Kolkata: Police take legal step against Deshapriya Park puja committee
Oct 19, 2015, at 07:09 pm
Kolkata, Oct 19 (IBNS): The Kolkata Police on Sunday night took legal step against Deshapriya Park Durga Puja committee for ignoring the Calcutta High Court's guidelines and non-cooperating with the police, reports said on Monday.
Kolkata: "World's largest Durga" becomes inaccessible for overcrowding
Oct 19, 2015, at 03:01 am
Kolkata, Oct 18 (IBNS): The Kolkata Police on Sunday evening closed worshippers access into the Deshapriya Park puja pandal, where World's largest 88.5 feet Durga idol has been installed, for overcrowding.
Kolkata: CESC sub-station fire under control
Oct 16, 2015, at 08:46 pm
Kolkata, Oct 16 (IBNS): The massive fire, which broke out in a Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation (CESC) sub-station at Dumdum Central Jail More area in Kolkata on Friday, has been brought under control.
Kolkata: Major fire breaks out at CESC sub-station
Oct 16, 2015, at 07:49 pm
Kolkata, Oct 16 (IBNS): A major fire broke out in a Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation (CESC) sub-station at Dumdum Central Jail More area in Kolkata on Friday, officials said.
Kolkata: 3-year-old girl's lacerate dead-body found
Oct 15, 2015, at 02:57 am
Kolkata, Oct 14 (IBNS): A 3-year-old girl, who went missing since Monday, was found dead with severe laceration from the roof of her uncle's house nearby at Shibtala area near Mahish Get under New Town police station in Kolkata on Wednesday, reports said.
Mamata Banerjee inaugurates Kolkata's Parama flyover
Oct 10, 2015, at 01:52 am
Kolkata, Oct 9 (IBNS): West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurated Kolkata's most awaited and longest Parama Flyover on Friday.
Kolkata: LF holds rally against police lathicharge
Oct 06, 2015, at 04:37 am
Kolkata, Oct 5 (IBNS): Protesting against the 'unprovoked' lathicharge by the police on its supporters during a rally and against the violence in recently concluded municipality election, the Kolkata wing of Left Front on Monday held a march in the city.
Amid violence municipal election in WB ends, 17 media personnel attacked
Oct 04, 2015, at 05:17 am
Kolkata, Oct 3 (IBNS): Polling for the 106-seat Asansol and 41-seat Bidhhannagar municipal corporations,, along with the added areas of Bally Municipality's 16 Wards (Ward 51 to 66) , which is being amalgamated with the Howrah Municipal Corporation, in West Bengal ended on Saturday amid reports of violence and alleged booth capturing by the ruling TMC, reports said.
Left Front holds protest rally in Kolkata
Oct 02, 2015, at 04:23 am
Kolkata, Oct 1 (IBNS): Protesting against the deteriorating law and order situation in the city and demanding security for general people, the Kolkata wing of Left Front (LF) held a protest rally to Kolkata Police's headquarters Lalbazar here on Thursday.
Kolkata: Fire in godown brought under control
Sep 24, 2015, at 12:00 am
Kolkata, Sept 23 (IBNS): The fire, which broke out in a electric goods' godown, at Ganesh Chandra Avenue under Bowbazar Police Station area in Kolkata on Wednesday, has been brought under control.
Kolkata: 'Rajbhasha Pakhwada' observed at PIB
Sep 16, 2015, at 10:08 pm
Kolkata, Sept 16 (IBNS) On the occasion of ‘Rajbhasha Pakhwada’, Press Information Bureau, Government of India, Kolkata has taken up several programs for promotion of Hindi and for more and more use of the language in official work as well as to encourage people to learn and use Hindi.
Kolkata: West Bengal government planning to run mono rail in New Town
Sep 16, 2015, at 10:07 pm
Kolkata, Sept 16 (IBNS): The West Bengal government is planning to run mono rail at New Town area in Kolkata, officials said.
Kolkata: 20 feet long tunnel found near Army headquarters
Sep 16, 2015, at 03:14 am
Kolkata, Sept 15 (IBNS): A mysterious 20 feet long tunnel was found on Tuesday at the eastern flank of Red Road under Maidan Police Station area in Kolkata, very close to Indian Army's Eastern Command's headquarters Fort William, reports said.
Kolkata: Left's youth and students wings hold protest march
Sep 16, 2015, at 03:12 am
Kolkata, Sept 15 (IBNS): Agitating several issues and demanding transparency in upcoming Primary Teachers Eligibility Test (TET), the Left youth and student wings including the Student Federation of India (SFI) and Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) hosted a protest rally in Kolkata on Tuesday.
Kolkata: Bomb scare at Writers' Building, no explosive found
Sep 16, 2015, at 01:05 am
Kolkata, Sept 15 (IBNS): After receiving an anonymous email containing bomb-threat, police evacuated the Writers' Building in Kolkata and conducted a search operation on Tuesday.