Kolkata

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

Constable killed as teen rams car into patrol vehicle

6:44 pm August 10, 2020

Kolkata: The country’s deepest underground rail ventilation shaft equal to a 15 storey building and an important part of the city’s East-West Metro line was completed on Monday, officials said. The ventilation shaft, which is 43.5m deep, was completed jointly by Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC) and Afcons, a private engineering company. Such shafts are […]

Coronavirus: Latest updates on COVID-19 crisis around the world

7:02 pm July 31, 2020

New Delhi: Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus crisis in India and other parts of the world on Friday. 5:41 p.m. Eleven fresh COVID-19 cases reported in Mizoram as state’s tally rises to 408. Tripura reports 219 fresh COVID-19 cases, raising the state’s tally to 4,724. 5:33 p.m. Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal rejects the AAP government’s decision to allow hotels and weekly markets under […]

AAI to procure 198 body scanners for 63 airports

7:44 pm July 19, 2020

New Delhi: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has decided to procure 198 body scanners for 63 Indian airports that will replace the existing door frame metal detectors and hand-held scanners, besides pat-down searches of passengers to detect metallic objects, officials said. “The process for procurement of body scanners started earlier this year before the […]

Amitabh Bachchan hints at undergoing surgery

Amitabh, Abhishek Bachchan stable, megastar says ‘flooded with so much love’

11:25 pm July 13, 2020

Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who along with his son, actor Abhishek Bachchan was admitted to a hospital here after testing positive for coronavirus, on Monday said he was “flooded” with the love and prayers coming his family’s way in these trying times. Amitabh, 77, and Abhishek, 44, revealed their diagnosis on Twitter on July 11, saying they were […]

10-year-old girl found dead in Kolkata’s New Alipore, probe on

10:59 pm July 12, 2020

Kolkata: A 10-year-old girl was found dead under mysterious circumstances at her home in Kolkata’s New Alipore area, police said on Sunday. The girl was found lying unconscious on the floor of the bathroom by her mother on Saturday night, they said. Her mother took her to the Baghajatin Hospital with the help of a […]