The Latest Breaking News from Kolkata

KOLKATA: After helping Gujarat Titans (GT) seal a spot in the final of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) here at the Eden Gardens on Tuesday, star batter David Miller said continued backing from the team has played a big role in improving his game in this season.

KOLKATA: Mumbai Indians played a major part in helping RCB clinch a last-four berth in this IPL, but the Faf du Plessis-led side will be on their own, with no second chance on offer, when they face Lucknow Super Giants in the Eliminator at the Eden Gardens on Wednesday.

KOLKATA: A very different Hardik Pandya has come to the fore during this season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and the Gujarat Titans' (GT) skipper feels he has finally learnt to strike a balance on and off the field.

KOLKATA: The second Covid 'sentinel survey' in Bengal, conducted between May 18 and 20 on 10,975 samples, has thrown up a positivity of 0.17%, with just 19 positives, a shade lower than that of the first survey, which had been 0.18%. In Kolkata, RG Kar tested 235 random samples, all…

KOLKATA: The rain Gods gave in before the grit of cricket buffs on Tuesday as the fans thronged Eden Gardens, ignoring a squall and rain forecast since Tuesday morning. The fans even braved a smart afternoon shower before the skies got clear, setting up a perfect weather for a perfect…

KOLKATA: Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) and New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA), along with one ward under Kolkata Municipal Corporation, have been categorized as pink zone in the latest Covid-19 mapping by the state health department. Periodically done in order to detect any upsurge in infection — civic body-wise, ward-wise…

KOLKATA: Even as Metro Rail prepares for the Sealdah inaugural run of East West Metro at the end of this month, Kolkata Traffic Police is chalking out multiple plans to ensure there is not much crowding in the complex, which will see commuters from both the Metro and the railway…

KOLKATA: The Sealdah Metro station inauguration, the authorities expect, will sharply push up commuter traffic on East-West.

KOLKATA: A 40-mm subsidence of the soil around the Metro work site on Durga Pithuri Lane led to cracks in 18 buildings in the Bowbazar neighbourhood, stated the preliminary report by experts at Jadavpur University that was submitted to Kolkata Municipal Corporation. The report also flagged concern over the fate…

KOLKATA: A 28-year-old veterinary compounder died late on Monday night — almost 24 hours after he fell from the terrace of his friend’s house, a two-storey building — at Senhati in Behala on Sunday around 11 pm. The victim — Kushal Chakraborty, a resident of Pashupati Bhattacharjee Road in Behala’s…

KOLKATA: Will there be a wee bit of Old Trafford on the Kolkata Maidan? There might be, according to a “teaser” from self-confessed local football fan Sourav Ganguly.