US President-Elect Donald Trump has named the Kolkata-born Jay Bhattacharya, who raised questions about Covid policies, to head the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the medical research powerhouse.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee today issued a stern warning to the contractors and the officials for dereliction of duty, while doing work for laying of pipelines to distribute water to every household.
The international climate community was apprised of the forthcoming Kolkata Climate Action Plan on the sidelines of the recently-concluded UN climate conference, COP-29, at Baku, Azerbaijan.
In view of the persistent rise in the price of potatoes in the retail markets of Kolkata and adjacent areas, state minister Beccharam Manna held a meeting with the potato wholesale market dealers of Hooghly.
An event-management company staff was arrested by the police last midnight after a woman complained of rape and physical assault at a hotel in Benachity Market area here.
West Bengal BJP President and Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar late at night reached the Dorina Crossing where the Kolkata Police tried to stop the BJP workers from setting up the stage for protest.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a money laundering case to probe alleged financial irregularities at the state-run R G Kar Medical College Hospital during the regime of its former principal Prof (Dr) Sandip Ghosh and several others
Incessant rainfall caused by sustained depression over the Damodar East sub-basin in the last couple of days resulted the Durgapur barrage to open 16 of its 34 lock-gates resulting a discharge of 60210 cusecs at 6 pm today, posing a minor inundation threat to the lower valley basin.
Spate of rallies and the face-off between the police and the protesting students brought the city to a standstill on a busy weekday.
West Bengal ADG police (law & order) Manoj Kumar Verma called the Nabanna Abhijan rally scheduled for tomorrow to reach Nabanna illegal and an attempt to incite widespread unrest in Kolkata.
