The Latest Breaking News from Kolkata

KOLKATA: The wedding season kicked off in the city on Sunday without any pandemic restrictions — be it on the number of guests or timings — for the first time in two years. Brides and grooms who had been pushing their weddings back for months can finally get married in…

KOLKATA: The rising temperature in the city is taking its toll on the strays. A stray dog reportedly died of heatstroke on Saturday and many others are reeling under the effects of the heat wave and suffering from dehydration, vets said.

KOLKATA: A mother and her two sons died after a fire broke out around midnight in the room they were sleeping in at Maheshtala on Saturday. Cops are probing the cause of fire and whether any foul play was involved in it.

KOLKATA: Christians in the city celebrated Easter on Sunday with prayers and an Easter rally from St Paul’s Cathedral to St James’ School ground, after a two-year pandemic-induced hiatus. The event was organised by the United Christians of Kolkata and culminated with a joint service at St James’ School ground.

KOLKATA: Following recommendations by the Bidhannagar Traffic Police, the New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) is further increasing its electronic surveillance across New Town. To add to the existing 535 CCTV cameras, the civic body will instal 300 more at key places across the township, including the community markets and…

KOLKATA: Unable to bear domestic violence perpetrated by his alcoholic father, a 22-year-old youth shot his 45-year-old father dead and later set him on fire before surrendering to police at Gobrapur in North 24 Parganas on Saturday night.

KOLKATA: Fifty years after the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971, the Border Security Force (BSF) has chronicled the valour shown by the Indian Armed Forces while securing the borders.

KOLKATA: Suspended Trinamool Congress worker from Ward 121 in Behala – Somnath Banerjee alias Baban — was nabbed from rural Howrah’s Joypur (near Nischintapur) on Sunday morning by a joint team from the Anti Rowdy Section of detective department and Behala Police.

KOLKATA: Increased online interactions and gadget-dependence have made more youngsters fall prey to ‘gaming addiction’ over the last two years of the pandemic, say experts, who believe it could have repercussions on their academic and professional careers.

KOLKATA: The combined effect of climate change and rapid urbanisation has triggered an urban “heat island effect” in Kolkata, with the city’s annual mean land surface temperature rising as much as 4.72°C in the last three decades, causing heat distress to both flora and fauna, claims a recent study by…

KOLKATA/BEHRAMPORE: The Bengal BJP faced a setback on Sunday after Murshidabad MLA and state secretary Gouri Shankar Ghosh quit the party post after a reshuffle in the district organisation. His resignation came a day after state vice-president Saumitra Khan trained guns on his partymen for the poll debacle in Asansol…