The Latest Breaking News from Kolkata

When Sundays meant seasonal produce, wood fires, and a caretaker-cum-gardener-cum-cook who enjoyed feeding both the body and the soul

KOLKATA: East Bengal club and its investor Emami Group are now on a glide path to formally joining hands together and building a “strong team” for the upcoming season.

Kolkata: The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) — which asked the 191 plastic carry bag manufacturers to stop producing single-use plastic (SUP) bags or anything below the thickness of 75-micron — also started monitoring the units to stop the supply chain of SUP. The WBPCB has identified 1,194 plastic…

KOLKATA: Pre-paid taxi count at Kolkata airport has come down significantly over the last few months, with cabbies avoiding the pre-paid channel and plying on predetermined rates. As a result, passengers either have to haggle over fares with app cab drivers, who also refuse to drive at the fare shown…

KOLKATA: Members of the Muslim community in Kolkata condemned the video of the beheading of a tailor in Udaipur, with the senior-most cleric in the state and a senior government official terming it un-Islamic and urging law-keepers to bring them to book. Several community members said any individual who harbours…

KOLKATA: Flight movement between Kolkata and Bagdogra suffered for the second day in a row as heavy rain and poor visibility in north Bengal prevented flights to land and take off from Bagdogra before 1pm, forcing seven cancellations and 22 delayed departures and arrivals.

KOLKATA: Not all cough, fever and runny nose are symptoms of Covid-19. Doctors across the city have been receiving a steady stream of patients with various viral infections, along with Covid. Upper respiratory tract infections have made a comeback with the rains starting to set in and doctors blame parainfluenza,…

KOLKATA: The Covid graph in Bengal continues to rise unabated with daily positive cases reaching the four-digit figure on Wednesday after almost five months. The positivity rate, too, spiked above 10% for the first time in more than five months. On Wednesday, the state logged 1,424 new Covid cases and…

KOLKATA: After finding gross negligence in the electrocution death in Haridevpur, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) on Wednesday asked senior officials of several essential services departments to work in coordination to avert such tragic incidents in future.

KOLKATA/SERAMPORE: Organizers of the three major raths or chariots in the state - Iskcon in Kolkata, Iskcon in Mayapur and Mahesh in Serampore - expect a record turnout at this year's festival with no restrictions like the past Covid years. Keeping in mind the stampede-like situation near a temple in…

KOLKATA: To accommodate the extra rush of passengers, South-Eastern Railway has decided to continue running summer special trains between Howrah and Digha every Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays, till September 30.