Financial fraud case: Nussrat Jahan denies wrongdoing a day after ED receives complaint against her
Aug 02, 2023, at 09:34 pm
Bengali film actress and Trinamool Congress MP Nusrat Jahan on Wednesday denied allegations of fraud levelled against her which is related to a 'shady' financial entity.
Mamata Banerjee visits hospital to see critically ill ex-WB CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
Aug 01, 2023, at 02:52 am
Kolkata/IBNS/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday visited the Woodlands Hospital in the city to see the ailing Marxist leader and her predecessor Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, who is undergoing treatment for his respiratory tract infections.
Ex-West Bengal CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharya remains 'critical but stable', says medical bulletin
Jul 30, 2023, at 11:54 pm
Former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya remains 'critical but stable', as per his health bulletin released by the hospital in which he is undergoing treatment on Sunday.
Jul 21, 2023, at 10:34 pm
Samdhong Rinpoche, the head of a trust that will oversee the task of selecting the next Dalai Lama, will visit Kolkata on Saturday to attend a seminar on Tibet’s past, present and future and its impact on India.
Kolkata's Loreto College apologises for 'English Medium must' rule
Jul 05, 2023, at 08:02 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Kolkata's prestigious Loreto College has issued an apology after its preference to "English Medium" students for undergraduate courses triggered public ire, media reports said.
Mamata Banerjee undergoes MRI after injury following helicopter emergency landing in North Bengal
Jun 28, 2023, at 02:56 am
Kolkata/IBNS/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday underwent an MRI after she got hurt following emergency landing of her helicopter at an Army base on Sevoke Road in North Bengal owing to sudden inclement weather.
Kolkata: Presidency University students protest against 'no romance inside campus' diktat
Jun 27, 2023, at 07:28 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Several students of the prestigious Presidency University on Monday protested against the administration's new diktat curbing romance inside the campus.
Kolkata: 3 killed as bus rams into car
Jun 26, 2023, at 10:49 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Three people have been killed and one seriously injured as an over-speeding bus rammed into a private car in Kolkata's Lake Town area in the wee hours of Monday.
Fire breaks out at Kolkata airport security check-in area, situation under control, says officials
Jun 15, 2023, at 04:23 am
Kolkata/IBNS: A fire broke out at the security check-in area of the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Airport in Kolkata on Wednesday night.
'My heart goes out to protesting wrestlers': Mamata Banerjee participates in candlelight vigil
Jun 02, 2023, at 05:46 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Alleging that protesting wrestlers were being repeatedly "harassed and mistreated", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday attended a candlelight vigil here in solidarity with them.
Jun 01, 2023, at 12:59 am
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday joined a rally in Kolkata in protest against the alleged manhandling of wrestlers at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.
Decorated American officer Major Pickett's last remains to head home from Darjeeling after 58 years
May 29, 2023, at 09:06 pm
Kolkata: The last remains of one of America’s most decorated officers, Major General Harry Kleinbeck Pickett, who fought in both World War I and World War II, is being returned home to the United States for re-burial at Arlington National Cemetery.
India, Australia working together to secure Indo-Pacific region: Aussie minister Tim Watts
May 19, 2023, at 06:41 am
Kolkata: Australia’s Assistant Foreign Minister Tim Watts on Thursday said India and his nation are working more closely than ever before to ensure that the Indo-Pacific region remains not only prosperous but also peaceful and secure.
Kolkata: Fire breaks out in building near Raj Bhavan, CM Mamata Banerjee visits spot
May 10, 2023, at 10:06 pm
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee inspected the site of the massive fire break-out at Saraf House near Raj Bhavan on Wednesday.
Kolkata: Fire breaks out in office building near Raj Bhavan, firefighting ops underway
May 10, 2023, at 06:04 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A major fire broke out at a commercial building in Kolkata's Dalhousie area on Wednesday morning, reports said.
Amit Shah in Kolkata to attend Rabindra Jayanti programme and inaugurate various projects
May 09, 2023, at 05:06 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who arrived in the city last night, will start the day by attending the Rabindra Jayanti programme at Jorasanko Thakurbari on Tuesday on the occasion of the 162nd birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore.
Apr 16, 2023, at 07:57 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Sunday announced a holiday in all government schools, colleges and universities for the entire next week in the wake of the scorching temperature in the state.
Kolkata Metro conducts first-ever underwater trial run
Apr 13, 2023, at 04:53 am
Kolkata/IBNS: In a historic moment, Kolkata Metro Wednesday conducted the first-ever trial run for underwater coaches.
'Will not keep quiet if you bulldoze democracy': Mamata Banerjee on ED-CBI probe
Mar 31, 2023, at 04:21 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who was on a two-day sit-in protest (dharna) in Kolkata against Centre's policies, Thursday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi government and urged for opposition's unity against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
'Will give dharna outside PM Modi's house if needed': Mamata Banerjee attacking BJP on central funds
Mar 30, 2023, at 04:21 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday threatened to give a "sit-in protest" or "dharna" outside Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence "if needed" renewing her attack on the Centre over the alleged delay in release of central funds.
BIMSTEC Kolkata Meet: Cross border studies main focus on fostering educational cooperation
Mar 28, 2023, at 04:32 am
Kolkata, Mar 26: Educational exchanges, scholarship mechanisms and cross border studies were issues taken up in the BIMSTEC Summit with the theme fostering educational cooperation.
President Droupadi Murmu arrives in Kolkata on maiden Bengal visit since assuming office
Mar 27, 2023, at 06:57 pm
Kolkata/UNI: President Droupadi Murmu on Monday arrived in the city on her maiden visit to West Bengal after taking oath.
BIMSTEC: Maritime master plan focuses to establish Kolkata as connectivity hub
Mar 26, 2023, at 12:27 am
Kolkata: The first Technical session of BIMSTEC on Saturday hailed the member countries for having a master plan to develop maritime communication among the seven nations and marked Kolkata as a centrepiece for connectivity among member nations.
BIMSTEC has a distinct international legal personality today: Rajkumar Ranjan Singh
Mar 25, 2023, at 11:52 pm
Kolkata: Indian Minister of State for External Affairs Rajkumar Ranjan Singh on Saturday said he was happy to see the transformation of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) from a grouping of countries into a full-fledged regional organization focused on broad region around the Bay Of Bengal.
Bangladesh Visa Information Centre inaugurated at Kolkata Railway station
Mar 19, 2023, at 12:20 am
Kolkata: The new Bangladesh Visa Information Centre was recently inaugurated at Kolkata Railway station in Chitpur.
Akhilesh Yadav meets Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata; both agree on new front without Congress
Mar 18, 2023, at 03:20 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav Friday met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata in what is seen as a strategy for these two parties to stay aloof from the Congress-led opposition ahead of the 2024 general elections.
Kolkata: Singer Iman Chakraborty faces 'abuse' on road, files complaint; accused arrested
Mar 03, 2023, at 07:48 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: National Award winning Bengali singer Iman Chakraborty has narrated a harrowing experience of facing harassment by a man on the streets of Kolkata prompting her to lodge a complaint with the police.
Mar 02, 2023, at 05:13 am
Kolkata/IBNS/UNI: An investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into an alleged large-scale scam in the West Bengal education department has unearthed cash of Rs 50 lakh, gold worth 1.5 kg and lists of 1500 job seekers from the benami house of arrested West Bengal Central School Service Commission's former advisor Shanti Prasad Sinha.
Major fire breaks out at multi-storied apartment in Kolkata's Nagerbazar
Mar 02, 2023, at 12:54 am
Kolkata, March/UNI: A major fire broke out at a multi-storied apartment in Kolkata's Nagerbazar area where leaping flames were gushing out from a 16th-floor flat even as the fire brigade personnel were finding it difficult to reach the actual spot blaze, official sources said on Wednesday.
ISF workers clash with Kolkata Police, several hurt
Jan 22, 2023, at 05:08 am
Kolkata: Several people were hurt as clashes broke out between Kolkata Police and Indian Secular Front (ISF) workers in Kolkata on Saturday.