At just 4 years, Anish Sarkar from Kolkata has made history by becoming the youngest chess player to earn an Elo Rating from the International Chess Federation (FIDE).
The executive committee meeting of the Eastern Railway Promotee Officers Association (ERPOA) was held at Fairlie Place in Kolkata today.
Lake Kalibari in south Kolkata will be celebrating Annapurna Puja tomorrow.
Protests were held in Kolkata, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Delhi and other cities against the Waqf Amendment Bill on Friday.
The Kolkata Metro Railway is also to introduce some new passenger-friendly features in the Metro Ride Kolkata App tomorrow.
Amid the nationwide uproar over the ghastly rape and murder of a junior doctor at the R.G. Kar Medical College in Kolkata, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking exemplary punishment against those involved in such dastardly crimes.
Mr Shamim replaced R Rajasekharan, an IPS officer, in-charge of the anti-corruption cell. A shuffle has also been made in the post of additional deputy commissioner (ADC) to the Governor C V Ananda Bose.
According to sources, it was following the Supreme Court order regarding security of the medical institution by the CAPF, the home ministry on Wednesday wrote to the state's chief secretary.
Former principal of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata Dr Sandip Ghosh, on Wednesday, reached the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) office here despite being summoned by the Kolkata Police on the same day.
An overcast sky and showers on most of the days for the last twenty days has also failed to make up for the deficit rainfall in Kolkata. The city continues to be deficit in seasonal rainfall despite having several rainy days.
