The New Indian Express Kolkata

• Kolkata Police make 'Burj Khalifa' Durga Puja pandal out of bounds to people amid COVID concerns
  The laser show in the pandal was suspended on Wednesday evening following a massive gathering that stoked fears of the spread of COVID-19.
  - 6 days ago 14 Oct 21, 12:56am -
• 'Burj Khalifa' Durga Puja pandal suspends laser show over Covid fears
  The 150-feet-marquee, modelled on the 828-metre-Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai, is the biggest draw among puja revellers this year.
  - 6 days ago 13 Oct 21, 12:35pm -
• Durga, the Himalayan goddess, arrives to reign over the megapolis of Kolkata
  While no one is quite sure where the legend of Durga originated, worshippers in Kolkata are certain that she is their mother and daughter rolled into one.
  - 9 days ago 10 Oct 21, 7:39pm -
• Kolkata restaurants seek extension of closing hour during Durga Puja
  The restaurant owners have taken their appeal to the state chief secretary.
  - 10 days ago 9 Oct 21, 5:14pm -
• COVID: Calcutta HC bars entry of visitors into Durga Puja pandals for second year
  State Advocate General S N Mukherjee submitted that the previous year's orders will be followed by the authorities concerned.
  - 18 days ago 1 Oct 21, 9:29pm -
• Initiative taken to make Durga puja pandals differently-abled friendly in Kolkata
  The jury team which will include medical personnel will wrap up the visit to the pandals by Mahasasthi, which heralds the four-day festival.
  - 25 days ago 24 Sep 21, 7:09pm -
• Kolkata's Jadavpur University announces free COVID vaccination camp for students
  Registrar Snehamanju Basu said in a notification on Wednesday that the West Bengal government has consented to the proposal by the university in this regard.
  - 26 days ago 23 Sep 21, 1:15pm -
• Man arrested from south Kolkata for running illegal telecom installation
  A seniro police officer said that the telecom installation was terminating the ISD/VOIP calls, and bypass the legal international gateways of domestic operators.
  - 27 days ago 22 Sep 21, 11:10am -
• Normal life comes to standstill in Kolkata as heavy rains pound city
  More than 100 mm rain was recorded at different places in the city from 1 am to 7 am, submerging many important thoroughfares and low-lying areas under knee-deep water.
  - 29 days ago 20 Sep 21, 12:44pm -
• Left government failed to commission Kolkata's 'Maa' flyover on time: State minister Firhad Hakim
  CPM leader Bikash Bhattacharya had said that 'neither the Centre nor the TMC government in the state should seek recognition' for the flyover.
  - 33 days ago 16 Sep 21, 7:08pm -

• Debt-ridden relatives held for killing Kolkata woman, son
  Acting on circumstantial evidence, sleuths of Kolkata Police's Detective Department arrested two cousins of Sushmita Mondal for killing her and her son Tomojit Mondal at their residence.
  - 37 days ago 12 Sep 21, 11:41pm -
• Politicians, industrialists visit Kolkata's Kalighat temple as monetary issues, poll battles sharpen
  The last crush of worshippers, few of whom bother about the social distancing norms codified in large letters on a board outside, are anxious to have a glimpse of the reigning deity of Calcutta.
  - 37 days ago 12 Sep 21, 7:23pm -
• Kolkata: President University students withdraw 96-hour sit-in after authorities accept free vaccine demand
  PUSC office-bearer Adrija Adak told PTI Saturday, the authorities issued a notice promising to start free vaccination at the earliest at the campus in collaboration with the state government.
  - 38 days ago 11 Sep 21, 2:30pm -
• Major fire at plyboard godown in north Kolkata, no casualties reported
  Six fire tenders were working to douse the flames, first spotted around 7.45 am at the first floor of the godown in the congested area filled with old structures, officials said.
  - 39 days ago 10 Sep 21, 11:38am -
• Pakhtoon residents to sing theme song of Durga Puja committee of North Kolkata 
  The theme song, in the 40th year of the popular puja in the Baguiati, Kestopur, Lake Town and Dumdum Park area, will have typical Afghan folk tunes and Pushtu language.
  - 40 days ago 9 Sep 21, 12:02pm -
• Four held for intrusion into actor-politician Moon Moon Sen's residence in Kolkata
  According to the officer, a group of around 15 people had allegedly barged into the former TMC MP's Ballygunge flat on Saturday and assaulted three of her domestic helps.
  - 42 days ago 7 Sep 21, 1:45pm -
• Eminent Bengali writer Buddhadeb Guha dies of post-covid complications
  The writer was suffering from post-Covid complications and had been hospitalised earlier this month after complaining of breathlessness and urinary infection.
  - 50 days ago 30 Aug 21, 9:37am -
• Delhi-bound Air India plane suffers tyre burst on Kolkata airport taxiway
  The aircraft, carrying 226 passengers, was subsequently brought back to the parking bay.
  - 52 days ago 28 Aug 21, 7:38pm -
• COVID-19 vaccine to be administered at health clinics every day: Kolkata Municipal Corporation
  West Bengal transport minister Firhad Hakim further said that the civic body has the infrastructure to vaccinate as many as one lakh people in a day.
  - 59 days ago 21 Aug 21, 4:57pm -
• Uttam Kumar Sarkar named new director of IIM-Calcutta
  Sarkar was selected from a large number of highly accomplished and qualified aspirants from India and abroad, through a very rigorous search process that lasted several months.
  - 62 days ago 18 Aug 21, 3:10pm -
• Kabuliwalas of Kolkata worry about kin back home as Taliban seize power in Afghanistan
  Kabuliwalas usually visit from one door to the other selling wares from their country, mostly dry fruits, rugs and perfume, or deal in the business of lending money.
  - 64 days ago 16 Aug 21, 7:57pm -
• 11 injured as bus hits pillar in Kolkata; police search absconding driver
  The driver of bus -- which was on its way to Science City -- somehow lost control of the wheels near Pragati Maidan area and rammed into one of the pillars of ‘Maa flyover', an officer stated.
  - 69 days ago 11 Aug 21, 2:34pm -
• COVID vaccine at doorstep for old, ailing Kolkata residents
  Many Kolkata residents, who are above 80 years, and those over 60 years and have serious illness, could not travel to COVID vaccination centres
  - 79 days ago 1 Aug 21, 1:34pm -
• Congress protests outside Raj Bhavan in Kolkata over snooping row, many held
  Police detained some of the protesters and took them to the central lock-up at the Kolkata Police headquarters at Lalbazar.
  - 85 days ago 26 Jul 21, 5:41pm -
• Kolkata: 30 shops gutted in fire in Kestopur, one severely injured
  Fifteen fire tenders fought the flames for three hours to put off the blaze which broke out at around 2 am, the sources said.
  - 86 days ago 25 Jul 21, 1:55pm -
• Kolkata Police STF arrests drug peddler, heroin worth Rs 26 crore seized
  The STF of Kolkata Police arrested a drug peddler and seized heroin worth nearly Rs 26 crore from his possession.
  - 93 days ago 18 Jul 21, 1:29pm -
• Three arrested with huge quantity of explosives near Kolkata
  Acting on a tip-off, the STF of the West Bengal Police made the arrests on Wednesday from Shasan, around 30 km from Kolkata.
  - 96 days ago 15 Jul 21, 10:53am -
• COVID: Kolkata Metro to run 192 trains in north-south route from Friday
  While the services will start from 8 am, the last train from both directions will leave the originating station at 8 pm, a Metro spokesperson said.
  - 97 days ago 15 Jul 21, 12:18am -
• JMB terrorists arrested in Kolkata may have Al-Qaeda links: Police
  It is suspected that they have associates in some districts of the state, a senior officer of the Special Task Force (STF) of the Kolkata Police said on Tuesday.
  - 97 days ago 14 Jul 21, 12:38pm -
• Kolkata gears up for Durga Puja, all involved to be vaccinated in three months
  The pandals have to be built in such a way that devotees can see the idols from a distance and need not come near, as per the guidelines.
  - 97 days ago 14 Jul 21, 11:37am -
• 37 held from top Kolkata hotel for partying amid COVID restrictions; hotel authorities booked
  An FIR was lodged against the hotel authorities and they were called for questioning in connection with the matter, an officer said.
  - 100 days ago 11 Jul 21, 8:54pm -
• Durga Puja: Kumartuli clay modellers optimistic as idol bookings rise amid COVID shadow
  Mintu Paul, one of the leading clay modellers in the area, said that the number of bookings is only 20-25 per cent of what was registered in pre-COVID times two years back.
  - 100 days ago 11 Jul 21, 8:18pm -
• Two doctors transferred from Kolkata hospital over sexual harassment plaint by medical student
  The main accused in the case, an assistant professor, was transferred to the Calcutta Medical College and Hospital.
  - 9 Jul 21, 8:19pm -
• Fake vaccination camps: Calcutta HC refuses to interfere in probe for now
  The court said it is not inclined to interfere in the investigation of the case at this stage.
  - 9 Jul 21, 5:18pm -
• Enforcement Directorate to probe fake COVID vaccination camps in Kolkata
  The matter is at present being probed by he Kolkata Police's Detective Department, which has already arrested nine persons, including a fake IAS officer.
  - 9 Jul 21, 3:10pm -
• Fake vaccine racket: BJP workers clash with police during march to Kolkata municipal corporation
  Several senior BJP leaders and workers were detained by the police during their march towards the KMC office.
  - 5 Jul 21, 3:21pm -
• One more arrested in vaccination scam in Kolkata; samples of fluids in vials sent for examination
  Officials informed during the day about arrest of another associate of Deb, who was apprehended for allegedly masterminding fake vaccination camps in the metropolis.
  - 4 Jul 21, 12:11am -
• 'No sale' protest by Kolkata petrol pumps on July 7 over jump in prices
  The sharp spike in the prices has also led to a massive drop in the sale of fuel in the state, West Bengal Petroleum Dealers' Association joint secretary Prasenjit Sen said.
  - 3 Jul 21, 8:13pm -
• Kolkata: 19 held for duping foreigners via fake call centers
  During a raid conducted late Thursday night, the police arrested these people who were working in different illegal call centres in the satellite township of Salt Lake, he said.
  - 3 Jul 21, 12:42am -
• Cop killed, several injured after bus hits Fort William wall in Kolkata
  Vivekananda Dab, who was employed with the Kolkata Police Reserve Force, was declared 'brought dead' by doctors at the nearby SSKM hospital.
  - 1 Jul 21, 3:04pm -
• Fake COVID vaccine camps: HC directs West Bengal government to file report on probe progress
  Hundreds of people, including Trinamool Congress MP Mimi Chakraborty, were injected with alleged fake vaccines at such a camp organised by Deb at Kasba area in south Kolkata.
  - 30 Jun 21, 5:23pm -
• Vaccine scam accused fake IAS officer quizzed in 2020 over job cheating complaint: Police
  Deb even conducted a raid as an "IAS officer" and the report of it with his photo was published in a newspaper, the official said.
  - 29 Jun 21, 12:55am -
• Kolkata vaccine scam: Accused told police he wrote to Serum Institute for Covishield
  Deb, who had impersonated as a joint commissioner of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation, also insisted that he had set up two fake camps in the city, and not multiple ones.
  - 27 Jun 21, 11:11pm -
• Three more arrested by Kolkata Police in dubious COVID vaccine camps case
  Two of the associates were signatories of the bank account that was created in the name of Kolkata Municipal Corporation by the accused.
  - 26 Jun 21, 10:55am -
• Kolkata vaccination scam: Medicines found in office of fake officer who held camps
  It was also revealed during investigation that the arrested man opened several bank accounts in the names of senior Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) officials using fake documents.
  - 24 Jun 21, 11:34pm -
• Heavy rain batters West Bengal, leaves arterial roads and low-lying areas waterlogged
  The southern parts of the city received more rainfall than the north, leaving streets and alleys waterlogged in Ballygunge Circular Road, Loudon Street and Southern Avenue.
  - 17 Jun 21, 2:03pm -
• Fire at TMC MLA Madan Mitra's residence in Kolkata
  TMC MLA Madan Mitra along with his family members rushed out of the house as soon as the fire was spotted in a room on the ground floor.
  - 8 Jun 21, 12:04pm -
• Dearth of judges at Calcutta HC affecting justice delivery: West Bengal bar council vice-chairman
  According to the National Judicial Data Grid, a total of 2,72,092 cases are pending before the Calcutta High Court, which has a sanctioned strength of 72 judges.
  - 7 Jun 21, 4:17pm -
• COVID-19: Kolkata gets vaccine bus that will travel to markets to inoculate priority groups
  The 'vaccination on wheels' initiative was launched by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation  on Thursday in cooperation with the Health and Transport departments of the West Bengal government.
  - 3 Jun 21, 3:28pm -
• 'Piya ka des': 165 years on, Nawab Wajid Ali Shah's legacy lives on in Kolkata
  The nawab, who was deposed by the British, came to plead his case with Governor General Lord Charles Canning, only to be imprisoned at Fort William.
  - 23 May 21, 7:19pm -
• Narada sting case: Trinamool Congress workers protest in Kolkata after arrest of ministers, MLA
  A large posse of CRPF personnel barricaded the central government office complex in Nizam Palace, where the CBI office is located.
  - 17 May 21, 1:32pm -
• Railways completes tunnelling work in East-West Kolkata Metro Corridor
  Earlier in the day, Union Minister for Railways Piyush Goyal tweeted about the achievement of the Railways and said that the extension will reduce the travel time of passengers.
  - 16 May 21, 5:08pm -
• Kolkata Durga idol makers anxious about business in second Covid-hit year
  Kumartuli supplies idols of gods and goddesses to various parts of the country and abroad and the artisans earn the most during the Durga Puja, the largest festival of West Bengal.
  - 11 May 21, 9:51am -
• Trinamool retained all Kolkata seats on back of populist schemes, worsening COVID situation
  The overwhleming support for TMC was seen in Jorasanko, Bhabanipur and Kolkata Port constituencies of the city despite their sizeable mixed populations.
  - 10 May 21, 12:34pm -
• COVID-19 curbs: Museums, planetarium, zoos, national parks closed in Bengal
  The Alipore Zoological Gardens in the city had recorded 400 visitors on an average in April and only 150 people on April 30 before closing down indefinitely from May 1.
  - 4 May 21, 6:06pm -
• 75-year-old COVID-19 patient found hanging in Kolkata hospital toilet
  The deceased, identified as Kalachand Das, was admitted to the facility on Sunday night after testing positive for coronavirus, a police officer said.
  - 26 Apr 21, 9:18pm -
• COVID-19: Calcutta University to vaccinate all employees above 45 years
  The VC said the vaccination drive will be funded by the state-run university and will be carried out in two campuses.
  - 24 Apr 21, 11:57am -
• 11 injured in blast at 'illegal' factory near Kolkata
  Eleven persons were injured in a blast at a factory in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district on Saturday morning.
  - 24 Apr 21, 11:22am -
• Bengal polls: Calcutta HC expresses dissatisfaction with EC on implementation of Covid norms
  The high court directed the ECI to file an affidavit by Friday listing the steps it has taken and its views on the issues raised by it.
  - 22 Apr 21, 5:53pm -
• West Bengal polls: TMC's Firhad Hakim heard verbally abusing CISF, BJP in purported video
  Hakim -- during a roadshow in the south-western part of Kolkata - allegedly threatened to take action against the saffron party and the CISF, once the assembly polls get over.
  - 20 Apr 21, 10:40pm -