Kolkata

After dinner with father, Kolkata woman sets him on fire

11:45 pm March 22, 2021

Kolkata: A 22-year-old woman allegedly killed her father in Kolkata by setting him on fire after taking him out for dinner and getting him drunk, police said on Monday. The woman went out with her father for dinner to a restaurant on Sunday night and got him drunk, then they went to the Chadpal Ghat […]

Man seriously injured by lion at Alipore Zoo

5:08 pm March 19, 2021

Kolkata: A man was seriously injured after being attacked by a lion when he entered the animal’s enclosure at the Alipore Zoo here on Friday, an official said. The unidentified man is undergoing treatment at the SSKM Hospital and his condition is “critical”, hospital sources said. The incident happened this morning at around 11.30 am […]

Rice puller scam: 3 held for duping man of Rs 11 lakh

12:17 am March 19, 2021

New Delhi: Three members of a Kolkata-based gang were arrested for allegedly cheating a 53-year-old businessman here of Rs 11 lakhs on the pretext of selling him a machine, which they claimed had magical properties to pull rice out of grains, police said on Thursday. The gang duped people by selling them the “rice puller” […]

After spending 40 yrs in jail as undertrial, Nepali man released by high court

11:16 pm March 17, 2021

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday ordered the release of a Nepali citizen who has been incarcerated for over 40 years in a correctional home here as an undertrial prisoner in connection with a murder case in Darjeeling. Dipak Jaishi, who is now 70, has been languishing in Dum Dum Central Correctional Home since his arrest in Darjeeling district of West Bengal for […]

Bengal logs 225 new COVID-19 cases, two more deaths

11:20 pm March 16, 2021

Kolkata: Two more people died of COVID-19 in West Bengal on Tuesday, raising the toll to 10,297, the state health department said in its bulletin. Both of them — one in North 24 Parganas and the other in Howrah — died due to comorbidities, where COVID-19 was incidental, the department said. At least 255 new […]