Kolkata

PM Modi to chair meeting of CSIR society on Friday

PM Modi likely to spend Saturday night at Belur Math

4:07 pm January 11, 2020

Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to spend Saturday night at Belur Math, the headquarters of Ramakrishna Mission, in the neighbouring Howrah district, officials of the Mission said. If Modi spends the night at the Math, probably he will be the first PM of the country to do so. Former PM Indira Gandhi and […]

Kolkata: Activists hold protest rallies against PM Modi’s visit

3:57 pm January 11, 2020

Kolkata: Hundreds of protesters staged protest outside Kolkata airport and various parts of the state on Saturday against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit to the city during the day. Youth Congress activists assembled outside Kolkata airport and shouted slogans against Modi demanding that he should not be allowed to land in the city. SFI […]

Speeding bus kills biker, mob sets 3 buses on fire

11:34 pm January 10, 2020

Kolkata: Three buses were set on fire and a few others were vandalised by a mob after a motorcyclist was run over and killed by a speeding bus in the city’s Mominpur area on Friday, police said. Two buses were racing against each other on Remount Road near the Kolkata Port Trust’s gate no 13 […]

Violence, arson across Bengal as strikers try to enforce bandh; 55 arrested in Kolkata

7:57 pm January 8, 2020

Kolkata: Incidents of violence and arson were reported from various parts of West Bengal with buses, a police vehicle and government properties vandalised by strikers who tried to enforce the 24-hour bandh on Wednesday. Protesters blocked a major road in Sujapur area of Malda district, set tyres on fire, ransacked government buses and torched several […]

Temperature dips to 1 degree Celsius in Darjeeling

11:44 pm January 4, 2020

Kolkata: Temperature plummeted to one degree Celsius in the higher slopes of Darjeeling Hills of West Bengal on Saturday, an official of the Regional Meteorological Centre here said. Light snow showers in higher altitudes of the hill station covered the ground with snow much to the merriment of locals and tourists. “Though the temperature is […]