Showing posts with label Kolkata. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kolkata. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Covid-19: ‘Novel’ experience for tourists from Kol
Tourists from Kolkata travelling in South-East Asian countries under the virus scare are having quite the ‘novel’ experience in more ways th...
WB to procure robots to fight along with firemen
The state fire department will soon have robots in its squad to flight alongside firemen. It is in an advanced stage of acquisition of four ...
Sunday, March 1, 2020
Showers likely in Kolkata next week
The city can expect showers next week that would check the mercury from rising. Click here to read more
SUV hits woman, then runs her over in Kolkata
A 44-year-old schoolteacher died when an SUV dashed into her at a breakneck speed and flung her into the air. As she landed on the bonnet, t...
Fake ED officer held for extortion in Kolkata
An Ekbalpore resident, impersonating an ED officer, was arrested on Saturday for robbing a cellphone dealer, who had gone to Burrabazar to c...
Kolkata: Majerhat bridge looks at July completion
With the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) nod, the new Majerhat bridge could be commissioned by July this year. Click here to read mor...
CU colleges can apply for skill-focused courses
Colleges affiliated to Calcutta University can apply for new subjects and streams at the undergraduate level to impart courses in subjects s...
Saturday, February 29, 2020
No more queues, blood requisition set to go online
Waiting in serpentine queues at blood banks will soon be a thing of the past as the system is set to go online, with the state health depar...
Thursday, February 27, 2020
Chitpore level crossing may open on March 1
The level crossing at the Chitpore railway yard is likely to be thrown open on the first day of the next month. In case there is a sudden de...
Kolkata: Woman dials 100, gets molester arrested
A 21-year-old college student travelling on a bus stood up to her molester, dialled 100 and got him arrested. Click here to read more
Rs 500-crore GST racket busted, 2 held in Kolkata
The city zonal unit of the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) on Tuesday unearthed a GST fraud of Rs 500 crore over multiple tr...
West Bengal: Body in suitcase found on train
The body of a man in his 30s was found inside an abandoned suitcase in a compartment of a Howrah-Mecheda Local that reached its destination ...
Kolkata youths escape mob through sheer luck
“Hindu ya Mohamedan?” For two Kolkata youths driving back to Delhi, instant anger at this question, thrown at them from someone in an armed ...
Sunday, February 23, 2020
Kolkata: Met predicts rain early in the week
The city could receive a few spells of rain on at least two days between Monday and Wednesday.The Met . Click here to read more
Kolkata: One killed, another hurt in two accidents
A 60-year-old pedestrian was killed after being run over by an unidentified vehicle on Aurobindo Sarani around 10.55pm. Rajkumar Dutta, a re...
WB: Close shave for man as he slips from train
For quite some time now, Indian Railways has been campaigning against attempts by passengers to get on or off running trains, but people see...
West Bengal carpool crash tragedy: 7-yr-old dies
The Polba carpool accident claimed the life of one of the injured kids, seven-year-old Rishav Singh, eight days after the vehicle — carrying...
Saturday, February 22, 2020
BJP awaits police nod for Amit Shah’s Kol rally
Bengal BJP is yet to get a go-ahead from the police for holding Union home minister Amit Shah’s rally in Kolkata on March 1. The party has l...
Friday, February 21, 2020
WB: All 57 correctional homes to get radio stns
In an effort to provide quality lifestyle to jail inmates, the state correctional home department has decided to introduce in-house radio st...
