Blaze breaks out at Sealdah station food plaza in Kolkata KOLKATA: A fire broke out at a food plaza at Sealdah railway station in Kolkata on Monday.Firefighters rushed to the spot and began efforts to bring the blaze under control.The fire triggered panic among passengers and railway staff.The cause of the fire and the extent…
Steam curls off a banana leaf. Somewhere between the sharp hit of curry leaves crackling in coconut oil and the low, patient simmer of a rasam finding its pepper, Kolkata has quietly fallen for a cuisine it once only enjoyed at breakfast counters. For years, South Indian cuisines in the city meant a hurried plate…
Kolkata: Amid forecast for more rain over the next two days, Kolkata has already received a monthly rain surplus of around 19% in Aug.Till Sunday, the city has logged 423.3 mm of rain this month and surpassed the normal monthly rain count.As far as seasonal count is concerned, Kolkata has received 1,108.5 mm rain so…
Unfinished idols at a workshop Kolkata: Faced with hurdles of persistent rain, delayed clay supplies and orders, Kumartuli’s idol-makers are working longer hours to complete Ganesh Puja orders. They are also busy crafting idols for Durga Puja.The weather has played the spoilsport at this critical time of the year, which is crucial for drying of…
The building that houses the ill-fated hotel Kolkata: Separate inquiries by both police and fire department have now officially established the suspicion of the state administration that hotel Shikha Inn on Free School Street, where a fire broke out on Aug 19, had been operating illegally without a valid fire safety certificate.There was no emergency…
A 46-year-old man, who was a teacher at a coaching centre in the Vidyadanga area, has been missing since Friday Kolkata: A 46-year-old man, who was a teacher at a coaching centre in the Vidyadanga area, has been missing since Friday. The missing person’s wife, an administrative employee at a premier cancer institute in New…
An investigation is underway Kolkata: Kolkata Police headquarters at Lalbazar has suspended two Kolkata Police personnel and relieved a civic volunteer for allegedly extorting money from commercial goods vehicles in Bhangar. The disciplinary action was taken against sergeant Nurul Islam Molla and constable Shibnanda Thakur of the Bhangar Traffic Police Guard, while civic volunteer Ali…
CCTV footage from the hotel reportedly shows a group of men entering the premises and creating a ruckus Kolkata: A group of assailants allegedly vandalised a bar-cum-hotel and assaulted its manager, employees and guests near the junction of Belgharia Expressway and Kalyani Expressway in Dum Dum on Sunday.The hotel authorities alleged that the attack was…
A graffiti at JU that ABVP wants removed Kolkata: Students at Jadavpur University on Sunday called for the campus walls to be reclaimed in response to a drive by the authorities to whitewash “offensive” graffiti on the campus, launched the day before following an ultimatum from CM Suvendu Adhikari.The call followed a demand by Akhil…
Four individuals, including a woman, were arrested on Thursday afternoon after allegedly assaulting, verbally abusing, and unlawfully confining a police officer and his associate during an investigation into an illegal construction site in Bhowanipore Kolkata: Four individuals, including a woman, were arrested on Thursday afternoon after allegedly assaulting, verbally abusing, and unlawfully confining a police…
