Scrub typhus seems to be on the prowl again in the state. At least 15 cases have been reported in the past four weeks, including two from the city. Currently two children, including five-year-old Shreya Sarkar from Lake Town’s Patipukur, is undergoing treatment in the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) of Institute of Child Health (ICH), Park Circus. - 4 hours ago, 23 May 19, 7:52am -
The head of the mathematics department in Jadavpur University, Samik Ghosh, on Wednesday gave a note of dissent against the decision of the science admissions committee to uphold last year’s entrance policy of admitting students purely on the basis of their board marks. - 5 hours ago, 23 May 19, 7:48am -
Three months after Krishnaganj MLA Satyajit Biswas was shot dead by miscreants during Saraswati Puja celebration at Hanskhali in Nadia, the CID has filed a chargesheet in the case at a Krishnanagar court a few days ago. - 5 hours ago, 23 May 19, 7:46am -
Sudhir Karmakar, a retired bank employee and a resident of Kayasthapara, an area located off EM Bypass has been waiting for new drinking water supply from Dhapa water treatment plant. Karmakar has been fed up with extra salinity in the ground water, which not only tastes bad but also harm the clothes losing colour due to hardness. - 5 hours ago, 23 May 19, 7:43am -
A 28-year-old youth died in a bomb blast at Kakinara on Tuesday night, spreading fresh tension in violence-ravaged Bhatpara. Police said the explosion occurred when the victim and some others were making bombs inside a shanty near Kakinara railway siding. - 5 hours ago, 23 May 19, 7:39am -
A group of CAPF personnel in civil dress had just returned from Gariahat, where they had gone shopping. While some were busy trying out the best sweets in the Rashbehari area, others were just lazying around watching movies on their cellphones or playing cards. - 1 day ago, 22 May 19, 11:03am -
A 28-year-old youth was shot dead by unidentified assailants outside the IIT Kharagpur campus on Tuesday afternoon. Sudipto Kar, a resident of Sabra Purba village under Bela police station of West Midnapore was riding a scooterette from Kharagpur towards Keshiary when he was shot close to a tea-stall and petrol pump on the IIT Bypass. - 1 day ago, 22 May 19, 10:55am -
Trinamool Congress on Tuesday told the Election Commission of India that an "undeclared emergency has been declared in Bengal" and questioned the poll panel's move to keep 200 companies of central forces at the state's disposal days after defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman reportedly said that central forces are going to stay back in Bengal till May 27. - 1 day ago, 22 May 19, 7:38am -
It’s been exactly one year to the day Kolkata created history by carrying out the first heart transplant in eastern India. Six other heart transplants followed and for the first time, organ donations hit a double digit in Bengal in 2018. - 1 day ago, 22 May 19, 6:31am -
The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) on Tuesday started a pilot project where the civic body used bitumen blended with plastic waste to repair roads. The first road to repair such a coat will be near Akankha More in Action Area II of New Town. - 1 day ago, 22 May 19, 6:24am -
A woman walking along a desolate stretch of Lake Gardens was allegedly stalked and molested by a biker on Sunday evening. A majority of the shops in this part of the city were shut for most of the day due to polls, the woman reported on the Kolkata Traffic Police Facebook page. - 1 day ago, 22 May 19, 6:19am -
Trouble occurred in the fringe localities of Salt Lake late on Monday night, just three days before the election results are to be declared. - 2 days ago, 21 May 19, 7:21pm -
At least five BJP workers were injured on Monday night after they were attacked by alleged All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers in Sitai, Cooch Behar. - 2 days ago, 21 May 19, 1:15pm -
The Election Commission is likely to ask at least 200 companies of central forces to stay back in the state, a few of which will be dedicated to all nine divisions of the Kolkata Police. Eighty-two companies have been deployed for EVM security - 2 days ago, 21 May 19, 9:45am -
A 24-year-old man walked into the Haridevpur police station early on Sunday — carrying a blood-stained knife — and confessed to have stabbed his mother to death - 2 days ago, 21 May 19, 9:16am -
With fresh clashes breaking out in Bhatpara’s Baruipara, Rustam Gali and Kantapukur areas, the police, prodded by the Election Commission, on Monday imposed 144 CrPC in a 34-square kilometre area surrounding Jagaddal police station - 2 days ago, 21 May 19, 8:23am -
Dairy major Amul announced a Rs 2 per litre increase in milk prices from Tuesday due to hike in production cost. Other players, including Mother Dairy and Metro Dairy, have adopted a wait-and-watch policy. - 2 days ago, 21 May 19, 6:41am -
