Blaze turns Kolkata hotel into death trap; guests jump, scream as flames engulf buildingA devastating fire ripped through a six-story hotel in Kolkata's Burrabazar neighborhood, claiming the lives of 15 people, including a woma...
30 Apr, 2025, 10.56 AM IST
West Bengal: Silence reigns ahead of polling for final phaseThe campaigning for the last phase was marked by low-profile canvassing by candidates amid curbs on public rallies and roadshows by the Ele...
29 Apr, 2021, 09.17 AM IST
Violent protests erupt in Kolkata, Howrah during BJP's secretariat marchClashes erupted at several places during the march called by Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the youth wing of the BJP, to Nabanna, the...
08 Oct, 2020, 03.21 PM IST
Fire breaks out in Kolkata Bagree market, no casualty20 fire tenders have been working to douse the fire, the sources said adding that a ladder has been brought to reach the top of the five-st...
16 Sep, 2018, 01.07 PM IST
Bridge collapse: 2 yet to be traced as search operations continueA part of the 50-year-old bridge on the arterial Diamond Harbour Road caved in Tuesday evening, killing one person, trapping several people...
05 Sep, 2018, 02.30 PM IST
Flyover collapses in Kolkata; 21 dead, several injuredThe police said that 21 persons died in the incident in Burrabazar area, which houses the city's largest wholesale market, while at least 8...
01 Apr, 2016, 01.31 AM IST
- Major fire breaks out in a Kolkata cloth godown
A major fire broke out this morning in a 20,000-square-foot godown at Jagannath Ghat near Burrabazar, the commercial hub of the eastern reg...
03 Jan, 2013, 05.33 PM IST
- Fire breaks out in cloth godown
Fire fighting activities have been hampered in the area due to narrow roads. The cause of the fire was not yet known.
03 Jan, 2013, 11.18 AM IST
- Ceasefire talk a time-buying stunt, Lalgarh operation to go on: Centre
Centre rejected the “peace offer” as a “diversionary” ploy by the Maoists.
24 Jun, 2009, 01.56 AM IST
- Kolkata fire continues to rage
Fire continued to rage in the 13th storeyed Nandaram Market building in Burrabazar area here, where the blaze destroyed about 3000 shops ho...
14 Jan, 2008, 11.50 AM IST
- Blast at Kolkata buiding; top floor explodes
Explosions rocked the diesel-stacked generator room of the fire-ravaged building in Burrabazar, India's biggest wholesale market, tonight t...
13 Jan, 2008, 07.59 PM IST
- Property worth crores gutted in Kolkata fire
More than 2,500 shops were gutted and property worth crores destroyed in a devastating fire that broke out in Burrabazar, one of the busies...
12 Jan, 2008, 01.26 PM IST