The Latest Breaking News from Kolkata

Commercial services at the swanky Sealdah metro station, connecting the IT hub of Sector 5, will begin on July 15

KOLKATA: A group of six bikers from Kolkata, including an onco-surgeon, travelled all the way to Leh and Ladakh to spread the message of cancer prevention and awareness. They distributed leaflets among the people they met while riding through the mountains. The aim of the group — belonging to varied…

KOLKATA: The state reported a dip in fresh Covid-19 cases on Sunday. Even as the downslide was by a narrow margin - only six cases - this was the first time the Covid graph saw a drop in a week. The overall positivity rate for the state, however, went up…

KOLKATA: The Bengal government has commenced work on rebuilding a primary school for underprivileged children in Bhowanipore, where a young Mamata Banerjee had taught for a while after her father passed away. The state government, which acquired the plot, has also decided to turn the school into an English-medium Higher…

KOLKATA: Barsha Muhuri, the university student from Baruipur who had gone missing in flash flood in Amarnath, was on Sunday found dead under a heap of rubble. The 22-year-old lost her life while trying to save her mother Nibedita and uncle Subrata Chowdhury. Arrangements are being made to bring back…

KOLKATA: Jadavpur University has formed a committee to survey the health of trees on campus, conserve them and save them from being uprooted. The move was taken after a few trees unexpectedly fell after a squall in May. A joint survey conducted by a JU team and KMC officials to…

KOLKATA: Two Bangladeshi tourists — Shazmila Jishman (22) and her mother Shirin Chowdhury (55) — were injured after being hit by a private bus near Birla Planetarium on Cathedral Road on Sunday. The accident happened when the bus, plying on the route 212 had started moving towards Esplanade after dropping…

KOLKATA: Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) plans to take up a tree health audit to find out the condition of tall and large trees, after a tree got uprooted in Salt lake last Wednesday, leaving a motorist injured.

KOLKATA: With the national games slated to begin in two months, Kolkata rowing clubs are racing against time to arrange speedboats — the only requirement listed on the 11-point police SOP — before rowing activities at Rabindra Sarobar can resume after a gap of 50 days. On Sunday, Calcutta Rowing…