Kolkata collapse Kolkata Police, fire brigade ,Army and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel carry out a rescue operation at the site of an under-construction godown collapse, at Taratala, in Kolkata………Subhojyoti Kanjilal Kolkata: Residents and office-goers near Transport Depot Road were the first to rush to the rescue of the labourers trapped under the debris…
The death toll in the Kolkata warehouse collapse has climbed to 10, with rescue efforts intensifying using advanced Army technology KOLKATA: The death toll in the Kolkata warehouse collapse rose to 11 on Thursday as rescue teams, aided by the Army’s advanced ground-penetrating radar (GPR) system, continued intensive search operations nearly 21 hours after the…
The workshop was held recently in the Sundarbans Kolkata: A community culinary excellence initiative — a two day transformative capacity-building workshop — was implemented at BaghBon ,the Multipurpose Community Resource Centre of a city-based NGO in the Sundarbans to equip communities residing in the forest-fringe villages of the Sundarbans Tiger Reserve with advanced culinary skills,…
Kalyani: TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar arrives in Kalyani to attend West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari’s administrative meeting involving Nadia, Hooghly and North 24 Parganas districts on Tuesday, May 26, 2026. (Photo: IANS) Kolkata: Responding to Trinamool Krishnanagar MP Mahua Moitra’s repeated barbs, rebel MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar on Wednesday said that calling the…
Kolkata: Cops from the Jorasanko Police Station have launched a crackdown on a local gang, operating an illegal hub inside an under-construction, abandoned portion of the College Street Market or Barnaparichay.The action follows a formal complaint by the KMC on rising lawlessness and threats issued to civic officials on the premises. The civic body also…
A stellar line-up of musicians came together at Netaji Indoor Stadium on Sunday as musical duo Sourendro and Soumyojit marked World Music Day with a concert celebrating India’s independent music scene. Inspired by folk traditions from across the country, the evening featured original compositions performed by Hariharan, Shankar Mahadevan, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Rekha and Vishal…
Muharram procession guidelines Kolkata: No permission would be granted for any new Muharram procession, said Kolkata Police as it issued a set of strict security and logistical guidelines ahead of Muharram on Friday.For the first time, Lalbazar clarified that only traditional Muharram processions, being taken out for many years, would be granted approval, subject to…
Kolkata: The under-construction structure, which collapsed on Transport Depot Road near Taratala on Wednesday, was coming up on a plot, leased by Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata, to Behera Brothers for a warehouse and cold storage facility.Sanjoy Kumar Mukherjee, public relations officer of SMPK, said the plot, measuring around 72,000 sq ft, was leased to…
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the deportation of three Bangladeshi nationals, who had so far served 1.9 out of their three years of sentence in a Bengal prison, pointing out they could be deported amid the ongoing “pushback”.Justice Tirthankar Ghosh was of the view that “what purpose would be solved by keeping…
Kolkata: Return a fee of Rs 9,50,000 to the student, who sought to leave the college as she found the institute did not have “proper educational facilities”, six days after taking admission, the Calcutta High Court directed a private dental college, pointing out that they had to follow the University Grant Commission (UGC) fee refund…
