An elderly businessman died after being attacked by a young man. The attacker demanded to marry the elderly man's daughter. The murder sparked tension in the area, leading to the accused's house being vandalised and demolished by angry locals.
Three persons, including a cab driver, were arrested in connection with the attempted assassination of Trinamul councillor in Kolkata.
A massive fire at a timber warehouse near Nimtala Ghat in Kolkata caused panic among local residents late on Friday night.
Kathy Giles-Diaz, The Consul General at the U.S. Consulate General in Kolkata) graced the Carring Minds International Diploma in Psychological counselling graduation ceremony to present the 4th batch of 35 counsellors with their certificates.
A team of the first-ever trade delegation to Kolkata dedicated to the expanding artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductor sectors from the United Kingdom is to visit the city on 18-19 November, informed the British Deputy High Commission Kolkata today.
Vast areas in the city were inundated following torrential rain which hit Kolkata this morning as a fallout of the cyclonic storm Dana which made a landfall between Bhitorkonika and Dhamra in Odisha early today.
All flight operations from Kolkata airport remained suspended for 15 hours from Thursday evening to Friday morning as the sever cyclone comes closer to West Bengal and Odisha coast.
To negate any adverse impact of cyclone Dana on the coastal region of West Bengal, including Kolkata, NSCBI Airport authorities have announced the suspension of flight operations at Kolkata airport.
In a commendable show of leadership, Trinamul Congress Taldangra candidate for the Assembly bypolls Falguni Singhababu has set up a control room at Simlapal Trinamul Bhavan to manage the response to the impending cyclone Dana.
A bomb scare on a flight from Kolkata to Pune caused panic. The Akasa Air flight was forced to make an emergency landing.
