The Latest Breaking News from Kolkata

Hundreds of students in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata on Wednesday chanted slogans and blocked roads in protest of a hijab ban in the southern state of Karnataka, as a row over wearing the head covering in schools intensifies.

Kolkata Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Monday held one for allegedly possessing 3,375 phensedyl bottles and six 6 kilograms of ganja.

Narcotics Control Bureau, Kolkata unit has seized marijuana weighing 690 kgs from a border village in the Cooch Behar district and arrested two persons in the matter.

Consul General of Japan in Kolkata Nakamura Yutaka received the honour on behalf of Mr. Abe

Current situation in the country has forced the BCCI to cut down the number of venues from six to two.

On Tuesday, SP leader Kiranmoy Nanda met Mamata at her residence in Kolkata

West Bengal, particularly its capital Kolkata, has witnessed an overnight dramatic drop in the number of daily COVID-19 cases, making the city breathe easy and encouraging the State government to ease

A torch rally took place in Kolkata  against the violence in Jawaharlal Nehru University yesterday, when a mob wreaked havoc inside the university. The rally began at College Square and proceeded to Raj Bhavan. It was attended by students from Calcutta University, Presidency College, and others, including faculty members.

The central government notified the Electoral Bonds scheme on January 2, 2018, after the announcement the during 2017-18 budget. One of the main reasons cited for the introduction of the electoral bond scheme was to control unaccounted money flowing into the political system and to improve financial transparency.