Quiz master Neil O'Brien hospitalized in Kolkata
Kolkata, Jun 17 (IBNS): A favourite quiz master to all, Neil O'Brien, also former Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) chief, is admitted in a Kolkata hospital according to media reports.
TMC activist found dead in Kolkata
Kolkata, Jun 16 (IBNS): A 30-year-old Trinamool Congress (TMC) activist was found dead on Thursday inside his bedroom at Raghunathpur Sukanta Palli area under Baguiati Police Station limits in Kolkata's Bidhannagar area, reports said.
Afternoon shootout injures one in Kolkata
Kolkata, Jun 16 (IBNS): One man was shot, when miscreants fired bullets indiscriminately over a local building's promoting conflict in broad daylight on Thursday at Govinda Khatick Road area under Entally Police Station limits in north Kolkata, officials said.
Kolkata: Fire breaks out at Statesman House
Kolkata, Jun 11 (IBNS): A major fire broke out in The Statesman newspaper's office, Statesman House, in Kolkata's downtown Esplanade area on Saturday night, officials said.
Indian woman abducted in Afghanistan, Sushma Swaraj assures help
New Delhi/Kolkata/Kabul, June 10 (IBNS) External Affairs Sushma Swaraj on Friday assured to help and rescue an Indian woman working with an INGO, who has been kidnapped in Afghanistan's Kabul city on Thursday night.
5000 kg contraband drugs seized near Kolkata
Kolkata, Jun 9 (IBNS): The Narcotics Control Bureau on Thursday seized 5000 kg drugs from a truck at Dankuni Toll Plaza area in West Bengal's Hooghly district, 30 km away from Kolkata, officials said.
Two held with fake currency and printing machine in Kolkata
Kolkata, Jun 8 (IBNS): The Kolkata Police has arrested two persons with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) in the city, officials said.
Student lynched to death in Kolkata, 2 arrested
Kolkata, Jun 8 (IBNS): At a time when the Calcutta High Court directed West Bengal government to submit affidavit by next three weeks on the recent Diamond Harbour student lynching incident, another Higher Secondary (HS) passed out student was beaten to death over a false allegation of mango stealing in Kolkata on Tuesday, reports said.
Kolkata: Bidhannagar CP Jawed Shamim removed
Kolkata, Jun 6 (IBNS): Bidhannagar Police Commissioner Jawed Shamim, whose works during recently concluded Bengal Polls were praised by the Election Commission of India (ECI), has been replaced by the West Bengal Government on Monday.
Crack spotted in Kolkata's Chingrighata Flyover
Kolkata, Jun 2 (IBNS): The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) on Thursday confirmed that the crack, which was found on a side-wall of Chingrighata Flyover in Kolkata's Salt Lake area, was not a big damage and the bridge could not collapse due to the crack.
Kolkata: Worker found dead in under-construction apartment
Kolkata, Jun 2 (IBNS): Body of a middle-aged labour was found on Thursday from a open water reservoir in an under-construction apartment at Kasba area in Kolkata, reports said.
Kolkata: Group clash at Park Circus over car parking
Kolkata, June 2 (IBNS): Clash between two groups over road-side car parking triggered tension at Beckbagan in Kolkata's Park Circus area on Wednesday night, according to reports.
Kolkata, June 1 (IBNS): Kolkata Police's Deputy Commissioner of Detective Department (II) Nagendra Nath Tripathi, who was seen taking a very active role during the recently concluded assembly polls in the city, has been sent on compulsory waiting.
SFI activist assaulted in Kolkata's Asutosh College
Kolkata, Jun 1 (IBNS): An activist of Student Federation of India (SFI) was allegedly beaten up by few Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) members in Kolkata's Asutosh College, reports said.
Salt Lake gang rape: 3 accused sent to 14-day judicial custody
Kolkata, Jun 1 (IBNS): The three accused, who were arrested on Tuesday for gang raping a woman in Kolkata's IT hub Salt Lake area, have been sent to judicial custody for 14 days.