The Latest Breaking News from Kolkata

KOLKATA: The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has opened urban health and wellness centres in five different locations across New Town. All the centres have OPD facilities as well as non-communicable disease screening, routine child immunization, health check-up for pregnant women and wellness activities, like nutrition counselling and guidance…

KOLKATA: The short but sharp spells of rain this monsoon have opened up craters on several city roads and made driving a challenge for motorists and a hazard for two-wheeler riders. KMC roads department officials said urgent repairs will be carried out soon.

KOLKATA: The god of luck and prosperity is scripting an economic turnaround for Kumartuli idol makers. After two years of pandemic, Ganesh idol orders in Kumartuli surged by at least 25% this time. The idol makers are expecting more business as the festival is due to be celebrated on August…

KOLKATA: The United States is finally set to open visas for tourists in September, ending the anxiety of thousands of families who have been waiting endlessly to visit relatives and friends residing there.

KOLKATA: In the biggest allotment of e-buses in India, the process of handing over of 1,180 e-buses will kick off in Kolkata on Wednesday with the Bengal transport department signing a memorandum of understanding with Tata Motors Ltd for the operation and maintenance of these buses under the Opex model.…

KOLKATA: The Bengal government, which from mid-July started settling Swasthya Sathi claims directly instead of re-routing it through insurance companies, has now decided to cap package rates for cancer, orthopaedic, neurosurgery and pain-management procedures. It has also fixed rates for 129 cancer drugs while weeding out several expensive ones from…

KOLKATA: Expelled Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee's "close associate" Arpita Mukherjee claimed on Tuesday that the money found in her flats was kept in her absence and she had no knowledge about the same.

KOLKATA: A woman in her late thirties, Subhra Ghorui, a resident of Amtala in South 24 Parganas, who had come to the OPD of ESI Hospital at Joka for the treatment of a relative, threw her slippers at Partha Chatterjee while he was being taken back to the CGO Complex…

KOLKATA: A woman in her late thirties, Subhra Ghorui, a resident of Amtala in South 24 Parganas, who had come to the OPD of ESI Hospital at Joka for the treatment of a relative, threw her slippers at Partha Chatterjee while he was being taken back to the CGO Complex…

KOLKATA: ED officers on Tuesday raided seven premises related to Arpita Mukherjee - three nail salons and four flats - the most in a day since her arrest last Saturday, taking the total number of properties raided in her connection to 15 in the last 10 days.

KOLKATA: Assamese actor-turned-director Aimee Baruah’s documentary on love jihad in Assam is in competition at the ongoing 5th South Asian Short Film Festival. The director has interviewed multiple women, who spoke on camera about their brutal victimization. ‘Screaming Butterflies’, which won the Silver Conch award for Best Documentary Film at…