Kolkata News
Taslima Nasrin accuses Mamata of being a fundamentalist »
2nd Feb, 2012, Kolkata: Just after the controversy regarding Salman Rushdie’s absence from the Jaipur Literature Festival; now it is a fresh wave of controversy that took place in the Kolkata Book Fair, yesterday, regarding the release...
Nasrin’s book launch called off in Kolkata »
1st Feb, 2012, Kolkata: Today, the release of Taslima Nasrin’s biography ‘Nirbasan’ was cancelled due to ‘logistical problems’ at the Kolkata Book Fair. Her book speaks about the days spent away from Kolkata, her ‘adopted city’, from...
Vodafone IN launches brand new bonus cards for prepaid users in Kolkata »
On Monday, Vodafone India unveiled two new bonus cards for the pre-paid users in Kolkata circle. The new cards are of Rs. 14 and Rs 42. From today on, both these cards will be available on all...
Trinamool Youth Congress to hold rally in Kolkata »
The tensions between Congress and TMC have got no sign to stop. Recently, both the parties delivered heated comments on each other. On Saturday, Mamata Banerjee, the TMC chief and the chief minister of West Bengal stated...
No Hope of Pre-Christmas Chill in Kolkata »
There is no sign of temperature dropping in Kolkata. After few days of very cold weather during Christmas, it seems that the winter has almost gone even before it started properly. On Friday, early morning showers raised...
Kolkata Reeling Under Messi Mania »
Kolkata, the city of joy is reeling under Messi mania. When Lionel Messi, arguably one of the biggest soccer players of all time landed in Kolkata on wee hours of Wednesday, the airport was thronged with thousands...
Rajdhani Express Derailed Near Kolkata, Passengers Unhurt »
By SUNIL Sonkar Kolkata, August 30 — Engine of Howrah-Delhi Rajdhani Express derailed at Baruipara station in Hooghly district Monday morning. Passengers were, however, escaped unhurt. The train was at a slow speed while passing the station...
TMC Chief Alleges CPM To Eliminate Her Through Suicide Squad »
By SUNIL Sonkar Kolkata, July 31 — TMC chief and railway minister Mamata Banerjee alleges on Saturday that CPM is hatching a conspiracy against her to eliminate through a suicide squad as the party is unable to...
School report on caning of a student in La Martiniere School leading to student suicide »
By JIT Mukherjii Kolkata, June 14th: An internal probe by the governing council of the board that manages La Martiniere School for Boys found that principal Sunirmal Chakarvarthy had caned Rouvanjit Rawla a few days before his suicide...
Shovan Chatterjee is Kolkata’s 37th Mayor »
Kolkata: June 06 BySaadia Azim Six time councilor of ward number 131, Shovan Chatterjee is the 37th mayor of Kolkata. Mamata Banerjee along with her councilors and party leaders today elected Shovan Chatterjee as the mayor of...
Bengal to miss the special Tagore train due to civic polls »
By JIT Mukherjii Kolkata, 8th May: The residents of West Bengal will not get an opportunity to visit the exhibition on wheels that the railways has come up with to celebrate Rabindranath Tagore's 150th birth anniversary[...]...
Congress Trinamool alliance break-up before Kolkata Municipal Elections »
By Saadia Azim, May 1st, Kolkata The Trinamool Congress and Congress alliance that won the first non Left Lok Sabha Elections in West Bengal in thirty years has broken up for the Kolkata Municipal Elections. The Congress...
Kolkata on the radar of IM terror attacks »
By JIT Mukherjii Kolkata, 30th April: Indian Mujahideen members have planned a major attack in the city of Kolkata. They may occur a series of serial blasts and anti-terror police units are on a desperate hunt to track...
Caretaker, Assistant Arrested For Negligence of Park Street Building »
By SUNIL Sonkar Kolkata, March 24 — The caretaker and his assistant of 150-year-old Stephen Court building in Park were arrested and booked on negligence and other charges on Wednesday as the death toll rises to 24...
Trailer Lost Control On Second Hooghly Bridge, 1 Killed, 5 Injured »
By SUNIL Sonkar Kolkata, Feb. 06 — A speeding trailer took the life of one person and five others were injured when it lost control on the second Hooghly bridge and hit five vehicles on Saturday said...
Haldiram Owner Gets Life Imprisonment In Murder Case »
By SUNIL Sonkar Kolkata, Jan. 29 — Prabhu Shankar Agarwal, the proprietor of Haldiram Bhujiawala, on Friday was sentenced to life imprisonment for conspiring to kill the owner of tea stall. Fast track court sentenced him along...
Haldiram Owner And Four Other Convicted In Attempt-To-Murder »
By SUNIL Sonkar Kolkata, Jan. 27 — Haldiram owner Prabhu Agarwal was convicted on Wednesday along with four others in an attempt-to-murder case by a city court. Prabhu Agarwal owns an outlet at Burrabazar in the city...
Lt Gen V K Singh Next Chief Of Army Staff »
By AJITHA Menon Kolkata, Jan. 22 — Lt Gen V K Singh, presently GOC-in-C, Eastern has been appointed the next Chief of the Army Staff, in the rank of General with effect from the afternoon of March...
Jyoti Basu’s Eyes Donated, Condolences Pouring In »
By Ajitha Menon Kolkata, Jan. 17 — Eyes of the late veteran communist leader Jyoti Basu has been donated in keeping with his wishes. Basu had also donated his body in his lifetime and it will be...
Comrade Jyoti Basu: The Tall Mass Leader »
Jan 17th (Obituary) By Saadia Azim Kolkata, Jan. 17 – Ninety six year old Marxist leader Jyoti Basu struggled for life for sixteen days before breathing his last at 11.41 a.m on Sunday at the AMRI hospital at...
