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Forget Greenland, come over to Kalitala: Why not invite Trump to 'run' your neighbourhood and fix its road?As America’s global image frays and Donald Trump flirts with territorial expansion, a Kolkata resident turns the lens inward—towards a crum...
Kolkata hotel fire: At least 15 killed, 7 injured; PM Modi announces ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh amid BJP's backlash against TMCA devastating fire at Kolkata's Rituraj Hotel on Tuesday evening resulted in the tragic loss of at least 14 lives and left seven others inj...
Kolkata rape and murder case: Main accused Sanjay Roy furious over jail food, demands egg chowmeinSanjay Roy, the primary accused in the Kolkata rape and murder case, has demanded egg chowmein instead of the usual jail food. Roy, a civic...
Kolkata Doctor Rape-Murder Case: BJP accuses Mamata govt of crime scene mismanagement, police deny allegationsThe BJP took to X (formerly Twitter) to share a video purportedly showing people entering the crime scene. The party questioned, "While the...
Doctor death: Sourav Ganguly joins candlelight protestFormer Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly joined a candlelight protest in Kolkata demanding justice for a doctor allegedly raped and mur...
Kolkata rape-murder case: CBI conducts psychological tests on main accused, says reportKolkata Doctor Rape Murder Case: The CBI started psychological testing of the prime suspect in a trainee doctor's rape and murder case in K...
Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: CBI keen to know call details of ex-principal of hospital; grill him for third dayCBI investigators interrogated Sandip Ghosh, former principal of RG Kar Medical College, in connection with a woman doctor's rape and murde...
View: COVID-19 safety during this year's Durga pujo may portend of things to comeBut with multiple vaccines now available, a different set of dynamics can be seen among people desperate to restore 'normalcy'. The debate ...
Fake vaccine scam unearthed in Mumbai and Kolkata, police probe onPolice in Mumbai said that around 2,000 people who thought they were being vaccinated were in fact injected with a saline solution. Police ...
Cyclone Tauktae: Landfall process starts; 6 dead in MaharashtraTropical storm 'Tauktae' which had intensified into a very severe cyclonic storm, lies close to the Gujarat coast, the India Meteorological...
BJP’s national might, TMC's promise of local solutions key factors in high-stake Jorasanko battleThis retail hub has 11 wards –– eight under TMC and three with the BJP. Going by its time-tested formula of fielding a Hindi-speaking candi...
KMC plans one-point nod for building plansProdded by the urban development ministry, Kolkata Municipal Corporation has embarked on a project to expedite sanction of building plans.
Durga Puja: Why blessings of arrested ministers matter for Kolkata's committeesMost of these 'big budget' pujas used to depend on the chit fund cos. However, with CBI & ED probing cos, the puja committees began hunting...
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee rules out early polls, asks leaders to prepare for electionMamata has also given more responsibilities to her nephew Abhishek and youth leader and party MP Suvendu Adhikari.
BJP rebels get the boot as unrest rises"We have already expelled three of our workers who held demonstration in front of our party office and indulged in unruly behaviour," Sinha...
Civic systems: Delhi ranked fifth in India, way behind worldA survey by Bangalore based Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy has ranked it fifth behind Kolkata, Thiruvananthapuram, Bhopal ...
NDMC not to impose hike in parking rates from August 1NDMC has decided to defer effecting the hike as no private entity participated in the tender process for operating the parking lots with re...
- Kolkata on edge of disaster
Kolkata may be living on borrowed time, waiting for a disaster to happen.The city has been listed among the top 20 metros in the world that...
- Civil society can't usurp Parliament power, says Congress
The Congress will launch counter-agitation against movements that are 'weakening' democracy, said Pranab Mukherjee.
- Let Rahul first learn politics, says Mamata
Congress general secretary’s plan to expand footprint in West Bengal irks Trinamool leader Mamata Banerjee.