Kolkata: Mercedes mows down youth, mob ransacks 70 vehicles
Kolkata, Sept 18 (IBNS): A large number of local people attacked an apartment's parking lot and vandalized as many as 70 cars parked there following a road mishap at Panditia Road area in south Kolkata on Sunday, reports said.
Mocambo controversy: Kolkata's civil society groups to protest in Park Street
Kolkata, Sept 15 (IBNS): Protesting against the alleged racism by Kolkata's popular fine dining restaurant Mocambo, several civil and human rights groups will hold demonstration in Park Street on Saturday next.
Kolkata: Chased by Alsatian, youth faces tragic death
Kolkata, Sept 15 (IBNS): A 18-year-old air conditioner technician fell to his death from the terrace of a six-storey residential building, after being chased by two Alsatians, in Kolkata's Thakurpur area on Tuesday night, reports said.
Kolkata under security blanket after receiving terror alert
Kolkata, Sep 15 (IBNS): Security has been beefed up in Kolkata and its adjacent areas following a terror attack warning received from Central intelligence agencies on Thursday, police officials said.
Two killed as residential building collapses in Kolkata
Kolkata, Sept 14 (IBNS): At least two women were killed on Tuesday night, when an old residential building collapsed in north Kolkata's Pathuriaghata Street area, reports said.
Kolkata's Mocambo fine dining restaurant faces backlash after "racism" post goes viral
Kolkata, Sept 13 (IBNS): Mocambo, a popular fine dining restaurant in Kolkata's Park Street area, is facing the wrath of netizens after a Facebook post, where a lady customer alleged discrimination and barring of her driver to enter the eatery, went viral.
Kolkata: Man stabs son as he disqualifies ISI entrance exam
Kolkata, Sept 12 (IBNS): A 60-year-old man on Monday committed suicide, after stabbing his son and wife, as his son failed to pass Indian Statistical Institute (ISI)'s entrance examination, reports said.
One killed during police-mob clash in West Bengal
Kolkata/South 24 Parganas, Sept 12 (IBNS): A man was killed on Sunday night when police allegedly fired bullets aiming at protesters, during a clash, at Dhola area in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, reports said.
Saradha scam: Madan Mitra gets conditional bail, CBI to move to higher court
Kolkata, Sept 9 (IBNS): A local court in Kolkata on Friday granted conditional bail to former West Bengal cabinet minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Madan Mitra for the second time, 629 days after he was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with Saradha chit fund scam case.
Kolkata: Bomb threat call triggers panic at Nabanna
Kolkata, Sept 9 (IBNS): Security has been beefed up at state secretariat Nabanna in Kolkata on Friday following a bomb threat call, reports said.
New Deputy High Commission in Kolkata appointed
Kolkata, Sept 9 (IBNS): Bruce Bucknell is the new British Deputy High Commissioner in Kolkata.
Kolkata: Fire guts Presidency University's server room
Kolkata, Sept 9 (IBNS): A major fire broke out at Presidency University in Kolkata on Friday afternoon, triggering panic among the students and university staffers, reports said.
BJP demonstrates in Kolkata over Kanhaiya Kumar's visit
Kolkata, Sept 8 (IBNS): Delhi's Jawharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU)'s president Kanhaiya Kumar, who was earlier arrested for allegedly raising anti-national slogans, faced a massive demonstration in Kolkata on Thursday when he visited the city to join an event.
Illegal arms factory unearthed near Kolkata, huge ammunition seized
Kolkata, Sept 7 (IBNS): Police has busted an illegal arms factory in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district and recovered a huge cache of firearms, cartridges and explosives from the factory, officials said on Wednesday.
Kolkata: Massive fire breaks out at Duncan House
Kolkata, Sept 6 (IBNS): A major fire broke out in central Kolkata's Duncan House in the wee hours of Tuesday, reports said.