Kolkata

Days after taking power in West Bengal, the BJP-led government headed by Suvendu Adhikari has launched an aggressive anti-encroachment drive across Kolkata and adjoining areas, targeting illegal structures, unauthorised hawkers and roadside…
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Unrest in Bangladesh has begun spilling across its borders, prompting Dhaka to suspend visa services indefinitely on Monday after protesters gathered near its High Commission in New Delhi. India has responded by summoning Bangladesh’s envoy…
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Kolkata Police arrested Shanta Pal, a 28-year-old Bangladeshi model, actress, and former airline crew member, for illegally residing in India using forged Indian identity documents. The arrest, conducted by the Anti-Rowdy Squad (ARS) in the…
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The India Meteorological Department or IMD predicted thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds (speed 40-60 kmph) over parts of Kolkata till March 22 due to an anti-cyclonic circulation over the Bay of Bengal. The weather department said in…
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Sealdah court in West Bengal's Kolkata is expected to deliver its verdict on Saturday, January 18, in the case pertaining to the alleged rape and murder of a 31-year-old postgraduate trainee doctor inside the state-run RG Kar Medical…
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'On The Edge?', the first permanent gallery of the country on climate change, was inaugurated by Union Culture Minister Gajendrea Singh Shekhawat at Science City on the EM Bypass in Kolkata on Saturday. The gallery has exhibits of how…
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A Kolkata court on Monday told the Central Bureau of Investigation that the agency should not be “so casual” in making applications seeking to extend the judicial custody of former RG Kar Medical College and Hospital principal Sandip Ghosh…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, March 6, will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various projects worth ₹15,400 crore in Kolkata as part of his 10-day visit to 12 states and union territories (UTs). This will be his…
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BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari claimed that more than "200 workers" were injured during the party’s ‘Nabanna Cholo’ protest which turned violent in Kolkata on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, Adhikari was detained in Kolkata while he was trying…
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) recovered cash worth around ₹18 crore after it raided six locations in Kolkata in connection with a money-laundering probe related to a mobile gaming application, officials said. The mobile application,…
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