The Latest Breaking News from Kolkata

KOLKATA: If winning is a habit, then Pankaj Advani has inculcated it from a very young age. Sitting atop 24 world titles in billiards and snooker, there's no stopping Advani who still cherishes his every victory.

KOLKATA: With no hope of rain and the maximum temperature pushing 40 degrees Celsius, the demand for air-conditioners and coolers this month surpassed the past couple of years' and retailers logged a sales growth of at least 20%. The heat wave-like condition seemed to have turned these once-luxury gadgets into…

KOLKATA: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said first-year medical students who were compelled to return from war-ravaged Ukraine will be allowed admission at private medical colleges in the state.

KOLKATA: Butterfly enthusiasts from Bengal have spotted and photographed a very rare form of butterfly in north Bengal’s Buxa forest that has a distinct female pattern on one side and male on the other. Sighted and documented on November 21, 2021, the discovery has been validated and published on April…

KOLKATA: With the scorching westerly winds continuing to blow into south Bengal and Kolkata, the maximum temperature in the city crawled up marginally to 37.3°C on Thursday.

KOLKATA: Several private schools in the city have decided to again shift classes to online from Monday, responding to chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s appeal to bring forward the summer vacation to May 2, given the current spell of extreme heat.

KOLKATA: The number of daily new Covid cases crossed 50 in Bengal on Wednesday, for the first time since April 2, when it was 70. Since April 23, there has been a slow rise in the number of new cases and the figure reached 52 on Wednesday. On Thursday, however,…

KOLKATA: Police and state transport department will hit the streets from May 4 when the new guidelines by the state regarding app cab operations are likely to come into force.

KOLKATA: Five persons have been arrested for allegedly barging into a BL Block home in Salt Lake and assaulting a family of 10 on Thursday morning.

KOLKATA: Calcutta University has been adjudged number 1 among all central and state aided public universities and institutes in the country by Times Higher Education.

KOLKATA: A hundred years before the use of pathogen-preventive masks burst onto the public consciousness with the appearance of the Covid pandemic, a Kolkata doctor had written extensively about the significance of masks in preventing infectious diseases, and had even described, in a manual, how to make such a mask.