In a tragic incident, a man allegedly threw two kids from the fourth floor of their building on Sunday. One of the kids died on the spot while the other suffered critical injuries.
Twelve more persons died of COVID-19 in West Bengal on Sunday, taking the death toll due to the disease to 475 in the state, a health department bulletin said. Eleven of the 12 deaths were because of "comorbidities, where COVID-19 was incidental", it added.
Rain and thundershower with strong winds between 40-60 kmph is expected in Kolkata and many other West Bengal districts according to the India Met Department. Weather forecast also suggests lightning strike with rain in districts of Bankura, Barddhaman, Birbhum, Hooghly, Howrah, Kolkata and Murshidabad among others in next few hours.
A 21-month-old boy has tested positive for COVID-19 in the city even as none of his family members exhibited any coronavirus-like symptom, a health official said on Saturday.
Dozens of crude bombs were found in front of a panchayat office, a Trinamool Congress party office and a bank in Birbhum district on Wednesday, police said.
Kolkata: India's first underwater metro project is being constructed in Kolkata, a small segment of it will pass under the iconic Hoogly river on which the famous Howrah bridge exists.
While issuing a notice to Kumar, a bench headed by Chief justice S A Bobde told Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that the agency has to convince the top court why custody of the former Kolkata Police Commissioner was needed in the case.
It is a food festival with focus on a wide arrangement of beef preparations ranging from tenderloin, back ribs and Bolognese pasta to burgers and steaks, he said. The menu consists of some pork dishes as well.
A part of the 50-year-old bridge on the arterial Diamond Harbour Road caved in on Tuesday evening trapping several people and crushing many vehicles.
Kolkata : On a day the rebel Trinamool Congress leader Somen Mitra rejoined the Congress, the ruling party too roped in two state Congress leaders - former president of the state Mahila Congress Maitree Saha
Kolkata: The multiplier effect generated by the four-day Durga Puja festival in West Bengal could touch Rs 40,000 crore by the year 2015, industry body Assocham said yesterday.Presently, the current size of the Durga Puja
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