Kolkata

Kolkata roads wear deserted look amid coronavirus scare

11:46 pm March 18, 2020

Kolkata: Kolkata and its nearby areas wore a deserted look on Wednesday with the city’s public transport carrying fewer passengers, amid the scare of the coronavirus, officials said. Don’t behave irresponsibly if you have coronavirus-like symptoms: Mamata From Garia in the south to Dunlop in the northern tip of the city, bus stands and depots […]

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Left, Congress lawyers take out anti-CAA rally in city

10:31 pm March 3, 2020

Kolkata: Lawyers owing allegiance to the Left parties and Congress took out a rally in the city on Tuesday in protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens. The rallyists, carrying placards with slogans ‘We oppose CAA’, ‘We oppose NRC’, walked the 2 km distance from Mallickbazar to Park Circus crossing. Hundreds […]

Amit Shah holds colourful roadshow in Bengal's Kharagpur

Amit Shah performs puja at Kalighat Temple

10:23 pm March 1, 2020

Kolkata: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday performed puja at the famous Kalighat Temple in the city, police said. Soon after delivering his speech at a pro-CAA rally here, Shah went to the Kalighat Temple, which is only a few metres away from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s residence. Shah spent around 15 […]

Polish student asked to leave India after attending anti-CAA rally

3:49 pm March 1, 2020

Kolkata: A Polish student of Jadavpur University has been asked by the Foreigner Regional Registration Office (FRRO) to leave the country after he participated in an anti-CAA rally in the West Bengal capital, varsity sources said on Sunday. The incident comes close on the heels of a Bangladeshi student of Visva Bharati University being issued […]

India has developed proactive defence policy: Amit Shah

3:40 pm March 1, 2020

Kolkata: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said the country has zero tolerance towards terrorism and has developed a “proactive” defence policy under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Shah also said that India has now joined the league of countries like the US and Israel in carrying out surgical strikes. “Now, after […]