Kolkata

Delhi has less than a day’s stock of Covaxin for 45-plus age group: Atishi

Kolkata nurse loses consciousness after taking COVID vaccine, hospitalised

11:33 pm January 16, 2021

Kolkata: A 35-year-old nurse was admitted to the critical care unit (CCU) of a hospital in Kolkata after she lost consciousness within minutes of taking the COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday, officials said. She is one of the 15,707 beneficiaries who were vaccinated across West Bengal during the day. Thirteen other ‘Adverse Event Following Immunisation'(AEFI) cases […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Bengal govt opens control room for registering of complaints during Gangasagar Mela

8:40 pm January 12, 2021

Kolkata : The West Bengal government has opened a control room for registering of any complaint and grievance in connection with the Gangasagar Mela which began on Tuesday at Sagar Island in South 24 Parganas district, an official said. Apart from the State Emergency Control Room, public grievances and complaints can also be lodged with […]

Sourav Ganguly hospitalised after chest pain

2:38 pm January 2, 2021

Kolkata: Cricket board president and former India skipper Sourav Ganguly was hospitalised Saturday after he complained of chest pain, a hospital official said. Ganguly, 48, is ‘stable’ and admitted to the emergency ward of a private hospital. He complained of chest pain following a workout session on Friday evening and family members took him to the hospital […]

Darjeeling toy train service will resume from Christmas

3:00 pm December 24, 2020

Kolkata: Much to the delight of tourists flocking to the hills in the festive season, joy rides of the famed toy train of Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) will resume from Christmas, a Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) official said on Thursday. Three daily joy ride services will be run between Darjeeling and Ghum stations from Friday, […]

24 injured in accident on AJC Bose Road flyover in city

6:31 pm December 23, 2020

Kolkata: Twenty four people were injured, some of them critically, when a small truck ferrying passengers overturned on AJC Bose Road flyover in the heart of the city Wednesday, police said. The incident occurred at around 4.30 PM when the speeding light commercial vehicle ferrying passengers rammed into the flyover’s boundary wall and overturned. ”Twentyfour […]