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Kolkata Metro services to remain suspended for today along East-West corridor
Kolkata | Mar 09, 2025, 06:47 AM ISTThis two-day suspension marks the third such occurrence in the past month, aimed at evaluating the efficacy of the signaling and communication system along the Howrah Maidan-Salt Lake Sector V stretch.
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Kolkata: Police questions TMC leader OM Prakash Mishra in JU case, injured student questioned
Kolkata | Mar 08, 2025, 09:08 PM ISTPolice have lodged an FIR against state education minister Bratya Basu, professor and Trinamool Congress leader Om Prakash Mishra in connection with the violence at JU.
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Kolkata Metro announces partial, complete block on Green Line on these days | Check details
Kolkata | Mar 04, 2025, 06:46 PM ISTThe Kolkata Metro Railway has announced a disruption in the metro services for four days on the Green Line. On two days, the disruption will be partial, while on other two days, there will be a complete blockade.
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West Bengal education minister Bratya Basu attacked by SFI protestors at Jadavpur University
Kolkata | Mar 01, 2025, 10:07 PM ISTMembers of CPI(M) students wing SFI were protesting at the Jadavpur University to press for their demands to declare the students union election dates in Bengal at the earliest.
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Kolkata Metro Railway issues multiple paper-based QR tickets in single transaction
Kolkata | Feb 28, 2025, 04:26 PM ISTKolkata: From February 28, commuters can buy up to seven paper QR-based tickets in a single transaction using the UPI Payment-Based Ticketing System at Blue Line, Green Line stations.
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Kolkata-based couple chose not to send their kids to school, call it 'waste of time' | Watch
Trending | Feb 28, 2025, 02:44 PM ISTThe Kolkata-based couple do not provide school education to their kids; however, they are taught various things. These parents provide various workshops, art workshops, camping, and literature-related training to their children.
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Kolkata Municipal Corporation show-causes education dept official for altering school holiday list
Kolkata | Feb 26, 2025, 06:53 PM ISTIn a media note, the municipal commissioner stated that the "memorandum regarding holiday list for Hindi medium KMCP schools was issued without obtaining any concurrence from the competent authority of KMC."
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Earthquake of magnitude 5.1 strikes Bay of Bengal, tremors felt in Kolkata
Kolkata | Feb 25, 2025, 07:17 AM ISTA 5.1 magnitude earthquake struck the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday, as reported by the National Center for Seismology (NCS). The quake's epicenter was located in the central region of the bay, with no immediate reports of damage or a tsunami threat.
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Kolkata triple 'murder' case: Autopsy says women were killed, husbands likely to be arrested
West Bengal | Feb 22, 2025, 11:23 PM ISTKolkata Police is likely to arrest the two husbands after post-mortem reports confirmed the murder of their wives and a minor girl, dismissing suicide claims.
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Gold rate down by 0.11 per cent, silver down by Rs 861: What is right time to invest in yellow metal
Business | Feb 11, 2025, 10:46 AM ISTGold Silver prices today, February 11: The prices of Gold MCX fell on Tuesday, a day after reaching a record high.
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Mamata rules out alliance with Congress in 2026 Bengal assembly polls: 'We alone are enough'
Kolkata | Feb 11, 2025, 07:12 AM ISTAs per the sources, CM Mamata Banerjee dismissed the possibility of alliance during a meeting with TMC MLAs before the Budget Session of the West Bengal Assembly.
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CNG yellow taxis to ply Kolkata's roads soon, focus on providing modern amenities to commuters
West Bengal | Feb 07, 2025, 11:43 PM ISTKolkata: Transport Secretary Saumitra Mohan said four MoUs to the tune of Rs 1,575 crore investment were inked at BGBS between the department and four firms.
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5 offbeat weekend destinations near Kolkata
Fashion | Feb 07, 2025, 02:43 PM ISTThe weekend is right here and Valentine's Week has also begun. It is the best time to take the weekend trip that you've been planning. If you think Shantiniketan, Mandarmani and Digha are the only places to visit during the weekend, here, are some offbeat weekend destinations near Kolkata.
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Denied leave, man stabs four colleagues in Kolkata, walks around with bloodstained knife
Kolkata | Feb 07, 2025, 12:46 PM ISTA video shows the man, who is a state government employee, walking around with a knife and two bags, one on his back and another in his hand in broad daylight.
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Amul to invest Rs 600 crore to set up dairy facility with world's largest curd plant in Kolkata
Business | Feb 06, 2025, 09:53 PM ISTGCMMF's turnover increased 8 per cent in the 2023-24 financial year to Rs 59,445 crore. The company is expecting a double-digit growth in revenue during this fiscal on strong demand.
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School job aspirants take out protest rally in Kolkata demanding CM's intervention in SLST 2016
Kolkata | Feb 06, 2025, 02:46 PM ISTThe job aspirants who took out the rally in city's Maidan area claimed that despite clearing the State Level Selection Test (SLST) 2016 they have not received their appointment letter.
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Woman tricks husband into selling kidney for daughter's education, elopes with lover taking money
Kolkata | Feb 02, 2025, 08:51 PM ISTA woman in Kolkata kept asking her husband for the past year to sell his kidney and admit their 12-year-old daughter to a good school. Giving on her demands, he sold kidney only to be duped by her.
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West Bengal: Several flights delayed at Kolkata airport due to fog
Kolkata | Feb 02, 2025, 05:21 PM ISTWest Bengal: Flight operations at NSCBI Airport were disrupted for three consecutive days from January 23 to January 25 due to dense fog, affecting the schedules of airlines and causing inconvenience to passengers.
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RG Kar rape protests: SC asks hospitals, including Delhi AIIMS, to regularise doctors' absence
India | Jan 29, 2025, 03:43 PM ISTThe Supreme Court has directed hospitals, including Delhi AIIMS, to regularise the absence of doctors who participated in protests following the rape and murder of a doctor at RG Kar Medical College, West Bengal.
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Minor dies during treatment in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas, hospital suspects GBS
West Bengal | Jan 28, 2025, 08:51 PM ISTThe deceased was admitted to the hospital on January 23 and died on January 27. Meanwhile, the West Bengal Health and Family Welfare Department has said that the cases have not increased since the end of December 2024.