Kolkata News
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Kolkata Police woman commanding officer Debashree Chatterjee, 2 others killed in road accident
India | Sep 11, 2020, 03:20 PM ISTCommanding Officer of 12th Battalion of State Armed Police, Debasree Chatterjee died after her vehicle hit a stranded truck from behind at Dadpur in the early hours of Friday.
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Unable to play PUBG, 21-year-old ITI student kills himself in West Bengal
India | Sep 06, 2020, 08:45 PM ISTA 21-year-old student allegedly took his life in West Bengal's Nadia district for not being able to play PUBG. Pritam Halder, an ITI student, was found hanging in his house in Purba Lalpur in Chakdaha police station area.
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42-days-old baby beats COVID-19 after over a week on ventilator in Kolkata
India | Sep 04, 2020, 10:45 PM ISTA newborn baby, who was on ventilator support for more than a week after being diagnosed with COVID-19, was discharged from a hospital in Kolkata on Friday following recovery.
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Another Kolkata college names Sunny Leone in English honours merit list
India | Aug 28, 2020, 10:36 PM ISTThe Canada-born actor's name appeared in the 151st position on the list of 157 candidates selected for BA (Honours) in English at Budge Budge College in South 24 Parganas district.
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Woman hits husband's head with fish knife, chops off his genitals in Kolkata
Crime | Aug 16, 2020, 09:39 PM ISTA 45-year-old man died on Sunday in West Bengal's Howrah district after his wife hit him on the head with a fish-knife and chopped off his genitals over a family fight. The incident happened in Malipukur in Jujarsaha village.
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No charges for applying to state-run colleges and universities in West Bengal, announces govt
Education | Aug 13, 2020, 09:20 PM ISTThe West Bengal government on Thursday announced that students will not be charged for applying to state-run colleges and universities for admission in undergraduate courses. As per an official order, no money can be charged from students for providing application forms or prospectus for admission.
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Massive fire breaks out at a multi-storeyed building on Pollock Street in Kolkata
India | Aug 10, 2020, 07:53 PM ISTFire breaks out at a building on Pollock Street; six fire tenders rushed to the spot. More details awaited.
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No passenger flights to Kolkata from 6 COVID-19 hotspots cities including Delhi, Mumbai till Aug 15
India | Jul 30, 2020, 09:29 PM ISTThe ban on flights from six cities of high coronavirus prevalence - Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Nagpur, Ahmedabad and Pune - to Kolkata has been extended till August 15.
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Purba Medinipur: Man dies of Covid-19, sons bury body in backyard after no one comes to help
India | Jul 27, 2020, 09:34 AM ISTA family after waiting for 12 hours for officials to come and take a 70-year-old man's body who died due to coronavirus buried his body outside their house on Friday. The incident occurred in a village in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district.
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Kolkata shocker: Disturbed by playful kids, neighbour throws child to death from 4th floor
Crime | Jun 15, 2020, 10:25 AM ISTIn 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.
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With 12 fatalities, COVID-19 death toll rises to 475 in West Bengal
India | Jun 14, 2020, 08:47 PM ISTTwelve 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.
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Kolkata Weather ALERT: IMD predicts more rain with lightning and thunderstorm
India | Apr 21, 2020, 12:01 PM ISTRain 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.
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21-month-old tests positive for coronavirus in Kolkata
India | Apr 18, 2020, 07:31 PM ISTA 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.
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Dozens of crude bombs found in West Bengal village
India | Feb 19, 2020, 02:10 PM ISTDozens 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.
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Oh! Kolkata: India's first underwater metro train coming up by March 2022
India | Jan 28, 2020, 06:26 PM ISTKolkata: 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.
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SC notice to IPS officer Rajeev Kumar on CBI's appeal challenging his anticipatory bail
India | Nov 29, 2019, 02:01 PM ISTWhile 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.
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After threats, 'Beep' replaces 'Beef' in Kolkata food fest
India | Jun 06, 2019, 06:38 PM ISTIt 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.
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Kolkata Majerhat bridge collapse: One more body recovered, death toll touches 3
India | Sep 06, 2018, 09:52 AM ISTA 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.
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Trinamool ropes in two Congress leaders, losing one
India | Jan 21, 2014, 07:08 PM ISTKolkata : 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
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Durga Puja industry to touch Rs 40,000 cr by 2015: Assocham
India | Sep 10, 2013, 08:35 AM ISTKolkata: 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