The Latest Breaking News from Kolkata

Kolkata: Post vax, teenagers live it up on Saraswati Puja

KOLKATA: After a year’s gap due to Covid restrictions, educational institutes opened their gates for Saraswati Puja darshan on Saturday. Now that the 15-17 age group has started getting vaccinated, youngsters were more confident, and, clad in festive attire, made the most of this festival.

The Times of India · Feb 5, 2022

Kolkata: Unlocking will see minor spurt in Covid cases but also rapid fall, say experts

KOLKATA: As unlocking unfolds with Covid numbers sliding, experts say, each phase of reopening will lead to a minor spurt in transmission that will help extend the ‘tail of the third wave’.

The Times of India · Feb 5, 2022

Calcutta HC clears Maidan metro tunnel after Army nod

KOLKATA: The much-awaited green light has come for the Joka-Esplanade Metro corridor with the Army on Friday informing a Calcutta High Court division bench that it has no objection to tracks being laid below Maidan and underground tunnelling through its land.

The Times of India · Feb 5, 2022

Saraswati Puja: Idol makers expect good sales this year after suffering losses due to COVID earlier

Ahead of Saraswati Puja, idol makers in northern Kolkata's Kumortuli are hoping for good business this year after suffering financial losses due to several waves of COVID-19.

Dynamite News · Feb 4, 2022

Durga Puja to go global on Saraswati Puja

KOLKATA: UK’s Bengali diaspora will launch a campaign to create a global tourism interest in Bengal’s Durga Puja at their Saraswati Puja in London. Durga Puja has already bagged Unesco’s heritage tag.

The Times of India · Feb 4, 2022

Minor, four others held for sextortion in West Bengal

KOLKATA: The cyber cell of Kolkata Police has apprehended five persons - all of them are from Bihar - from the Shapoorji Complex at Rajarhat for allegedly running a sextortion racket on Thursday.

The Times of India · Feb 4, 2022

Happy to help: Kolkata airport red carpet for special flyers

KOLKATA: The Kolkata airport has a special help desk and dedicated lane for priority security check of people with disabilities and elderly flyers. The facility will also cater to pregnant women and single women travelling with children.

The Times of India · Feb 4, 2022

Kolkata colleges focus on junior students after vaccine shield

KOLKATA: Unlike previous two attempts to reopen campuses when colleges and universities gave priority to outgoing batches and those students with lab-based subjects for in-person classes, this time they are calling junior students from even first and second semesters for physical classes.

The Times of India · Feb 4, 2022

West Bengal: Covid cases ebb but daily deaths at 30+ as co-morbidities take toll

KOLKATA: Even though the number of Covid cases has dropped sharply since the third wave peaked in early January, the number of deaths hasn't declined appreciably, hovering above 30 per day in Bengal and between 5 and 9 in Kolkata.

The Times of India · Feb 4, 2022

We are good to go, it is safe to resume I-League in March first week: CEO Sunando Dhar

NEW DELHI: All India Football Federation's (AIFF) Leagues CEO Sunando Dhar on Wednesday assured that it is "safe to resume" the I-League in the first week of March, two months after it was suspended due to a COVID-19 outbreak inside its bio-bubble in Kolkata.

The Times of India · Feb 2, 2022