Kolkata

DGCA issues rules for alcohol testing of airside workers

7:58 pm September 16, 2019

New Delhi: Aviation regulator DGCA on Monday issued rules for breath analyser test which will be conducted at all airports by year end for airside workers, including those handling aircraft maintenance, air traffic control (ATC) and ground handling services. According to the rules issued by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), if any personnel […]

Bees delay Kolkata-Agartala flight

7:11 pm September 15, 2019

Kolkata: A Kolkata-Agartala Air India flight was delayed for around two hours on Sunday after a swarm of bees was noticed in front of the aircraft while it was taxiing towards the main runway here, an airlines official said. The plane with 136 passengers and crew members on board the AI 743 flight was scheduled […]

IndiGo celebrating Durga Puja at six airports

Balakot air strikes theme of Kolkata Durga Puja pandal

1:54 pm September 15, 2019

Kolkata: A Durga Puja committee in Kolkata is decorating its pandal (marquee) this year on the theme of Balakot air strikes, in which Indian Air Force (IAF) jets had bombed a terror outfit’s training camp in Pakistan. The Young Boys Club Sarbojanin Durga Puja Committee in central Kolkata is recreating the events of the air […]

CBI teams continue operations to locate Rajeev Kumar

CBI officials reach former Kolkata CP’s residence

6:50 pm September 13, 2019

Kolkata: CBI officials Friday reached the residence of former city police commissioner Rajeev Kumar to mark his attendance as per the Calcutta High Court’s order within hours of it withdrawing the protection granted to him from arrest in a chit fund scam case. CBI sources said that officials of the investigating agency’s economic offences wing […]

Amit Shah holds colourful roadshow in Bengal's Kharagpur

Amit Shah to hold meeting with Bengal BJP unit

9:01 pm September 10, 2019

Kolkata: BJP national president Amit Shah will hold a meeting of top party leaders from Bengal in the national capital on Wednesday amidst the ongoing tussle in the unit. Party sources said on Tuesday that state BJP president Dilip Ghosh and senior leader Mukul Roy will take part in the meeting which will discuss organisational […]