Kolkata News
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...
Prime Minister for mass movement in Bengal against Left Government »
Jan 16th. By Saadia Azim Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has advised the West Bengal Pradesh Congress leaders to launch a mass movement against ongoing political violence in the state. A delegation of WBPCC leaders had gone to...
More Oxygen For Jyoti Basu »
By Ajitha Menon : Kolkata : The oxygen requirement of the ailing former West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu has increased. He developed breathing problems in the night and the ventilator settings had to be adjusted to...
Seven Killed In Sagar Stampede »
By Ajitha Menon : Kolkata : Seven pilgrims were killed and over nine injured in a stamped at Jetty no. 3 of Lot 8 in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal in the early hours today....
Major Fire In Ultadanga Slum Of Kolkata »
By AJITHA Menon Kolkata, Jan. 12 — A major fire has broken out in the sprawling Basanti Colony slum area in Ultadanga, Kolkata. The entire colony, adjacent to the railway line, is in the grasp of the...
People of Different Faiths Pray For Jyoti Basu »
By AJITHA Menon Kolkata, Jan. 12 — Former West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu is India’s most well known Communist leader and an atheist. But as he lies ailing in his hospital bed, people of different faiths...
Knight Riders Want To Make Kolkata Proud: Shahrukh Khan »
By AJITHA Menon Kolkata, Jan. 11 — Superstar Shahrukh Khan arrived in Kolkata today to take stock of his IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders. He attended the ongoing coaching camp of the Knight Riders at the CCFC...
