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I want 10 more Kaushikis to come up: Pt Ajoy
Nine years after being awarded a Padma Shri in 2011, the central government decided to confer the Padma Bhushan award to veteran vocalist Pt Ajoy Chakraborty. A torchbear
Bishnupur gharana recognised: Pt Manilal Nag
Games under Kolkatas Gariahat flyover
As the silence of the night envelops Kolkata, sports clubs for chess, carrom and more come alive under the flyovers and on the pavements of the city that never sleeps.
Kolkata: DRI seizes 10 kg of smuggled gold
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted a smuggling syndicate and seized 10 kg of gold, 429 kg of silver and Rs 20.16 lakh in Indian currency and arreste
Dharmashala stands, but not many travellers as the community shrinks
A leftover of time but living testament to the Parsis in Kolkata.
Up the ante against CAA, NRC from Feb 1: Mamata Banerjee to TMC leaders
WB: Anti-CAA protests stir up kitchen revolution
Protests against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) on the streets have brought about a mini-revolution in several homes where stereotyped gender roles have turned upside do
Shaheen Bagh of Kolkata ready with R-Day plan
This Republic Day, the five Shaheen Baghs in Kolkata and Howrah are planning to organise programmes to educate people on the rights and privileges granted by the Constitu
Kolkata: 'Ferry students only in buses, car pool'
The school education department has issued a circular asking 26 prominent city schools, irrespective of affiliating boards, to ensure that all their students avail of eit
Rly man rescues hungry teenager from Bally stn
One evening, while returning home from work at Howrah, railwayman Tapas Bagchi received an SOS from a staffer at Bally station. A girl child was found loitering on the st
Kolkata likely to get drizzle on Saraswati Puja
The city may receive a light drizzle on Saraswati Puja under the impact of a western disturbance, said the Met office on Friday. The western disturbance could lead to rai
Coronavirus: 40% flyers cancel trips to China
Around 40% flyers scheduled travel to China from Kolkata over the next one week have cancelled their journey, ostensibly after the outbreak of coronavirus in that country
WB: Girl falls from terrace, saved miraculously
Sheer stroke of luck, timely intervention by a plumber and extraordinary coordination among 100-odd residents of a housing complex on VIP Road saved the life of an 18-yea
Four held after BJP-TMC clash in Dhakuria
Four persons, including two women all reportedly BJP supporters were arrested after overnight raids since Thursday for being involved in the sporadic clashes between Tr
R-Day security focus on metro stns, tourist spots
Sunday will witness unprecedented security, not only on Red Road where the Republic Day Parade will be held, but also across Kolkata and the districts of Bengal. While mu
Newborn falls ill as eunuchs dance with him, dies
Three eunuchs were arrested after one of twin baby boys they forcibly danced with died soon after at Jhargram hospital on Friday. Villagers in Radhanagar in Jhargrams Si
Streetwise Kolkata: How a riverside village known for boat-making gave Ultadanga its name
WB: Several injured in clash between two groups
Several persons including two policemen were injured when two groups clashed in the southern part of the city's Jodhpur Park area over a discussion on the contentious Cit
Swapan Dasgupta faces protests again, this time at Kolkata Literary Meet
Sun God 'emerges' from earth at Cotton varsity
An intricately carved figure of a Pala Empire Sun God surprised construction workers when they were recently digging the earth for the building of the new administrative
Cop prevents fraud over WhatsApp via Twitter advice
A real-time alert by Kolkata Police prevented a vishing fraud when it advised a Twitter user not to respond to a WhatsApp voice call informing him that he had won a lotte
Hot days: Swimming pool for Kols canine cops
olkata Police is making sure their four-legged members have more than just a dogs life. Ahead of the dog squads golden jubilee next year, a swimming pool to be used excl
Northwesterly wind to bring in chill on Friday
An unexpected morning drizzle accompanied a rise in temperature as Kolkata woke up to a cloudy Thursday morning.
West Bengal: Woman falls from bus, dies
A 75-year-old woman was killed in an accident on Thursday morning.Around 9am, when the woman was getting off a bus on the route 24 A, the driver suddenly started moving t
CAA against Netajis ideals of secularism: Mamata, Opposition
'Climate change wiped out ancient river, city'
The extinction of Dholavira the biggest and most spectacular Harappan city in present-day Kutch district of Gujarat was caused by the drying-up of a massive river that
Cross, letters stolen from Sonika Chauhans grave
Kolkata: Kalighat Bridge height barrier damaged
Traffic came to a halt on Kalighat Bridge around 7.30pm on Thursday when a bus hit the newly constructed height barrier. The KMDA officials put up height barriers on both
Govt hosps to start ante-natal hepatitis check
State-run hospitals will soon start ante-natal checking for hepatitis B in order to prevent mother-to-child transmission of the virus. This is one of the various measures
WB: Woman's bid to save husband from tiger fails
A crab catcher was mauled to death by a tiger in the Sunderbans, in spite of the desperate effort of his wife to save him, a forest official said on Thursday.
International Bengali Conference inaugurated
Hepatitis B: Antenatal screening in hosps soon
The state government run hospitals and will soon have facility-based antenatal checking for hepatitis B in order to prevent mother to child transmission of the viral infe
WB plans 50K-tonne onion cold storage facility
BJP activists held over inflammatory posters
Several BJP activists were arrested by the police from Titagarh area of North 24 Parganas district on Thursday for putting up inflammatory posters against CPM leader Kanh
BJP says Trinamool workers hurled bombs at party MLA
At 87, hes oldest from Kol to have angioplasty
An 87-year-old man underwent a successful angioplasty at a city hospital last week, making him probably the oldest Kolkata resident to go through the procedure that invol
WB: Two cops held over missing Lalgarh arms
Two policemen, including a sub-inspector, have been arrested along with two villagers after 18 single-barrel guns went missing from the armoury of Lalgarh police station
West Bengal: Govt asks poll panel to use ballot papers in municipal polls
Kolkata book fair to take green steps
Heroin route: UP to Bangladesh via Kolkata
The special task force of Kolkata Police, probing into the heroin haul worth Rs 105 crore in the international grey market, found that the contraband was to reach the cit
Kol cops to visit Raj to probe biometry theft
The cyber cell of Kolkata Police, which had received a court order to probe the alleged misuse of a housewifes biometric identity in Rajasthan, is now readying a team to
2 dead, 9 injured in 5 accidents in 8 hours
A couple in their early 30s died and nine others were injured in five accidents that took place in the city over a span of eight hours from late Tuesday evening to Wednes
