Tag: Kolkata news

Cracks in Bowbazar houses three years after tunnelling fiasco, residents shifted

Several houses in Kolkata’s Durga Pituri Lane of Bowbazar saw fresh cracks late on Wednesday…

6.1 magnitude earthquake felt in Northeast, tremors in Kolkata too

A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.1 was reported near the India-Myanmar border on Friday morning,…

Cloudy sky, rain likely in Kolkata for 48 hours

Heavy rain and overcast sky is expected to continue in Kolkata all through Monday and…

Morning rains in Kolkata, to continue all day

Kolkata woke up to early morning rains on Thursday just as the weather forecast had…

Fire at Maheshtala sanitizer factory, 5 workers injured

A fire broke out in a chemical factory – that produces sanitisers among other things…

Man enters lion’s enclosure in Alipore Zoo, injured, admitted to SSKM Hospital

A man in his 50s entered a lion's enclosure in Alipore Zoological Gardens of Kolkata,…

Temperature drops in Kolkata, 2°C in Darjeeling

Temperature dropped on the first day of February 2021, in Kolkata and the rest of…

A library on a boat in Kolkata: read while you cruise along the river Hooghly

This Republic Day turned out to be special for many people in Kolkata, with a…

BJP leader Tathagata Roy files case against actor Saayoni Ghosh for “hurting sentiments” through meme

Senior BJP leader Tathagata Roy – who is former Meghalaya Governor – has lodged a…

State to rebuild homes destroyed by fire in Baghbazar slum

The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will rebuild the homes that were destroyed by the fire…

26th Kolkata International Film Festival inaugurated

The 26th Kolkata International Film Festival was inaugurated on Friday. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee and…

Abhishek Bachchan in Kolkata, shooting for Bob Biswas

Actor Abhishek Bachchan appears unrecognisable as Bob Biswas in this film that is currently being…