The Latest Breaking News from Kolkata

KOLKATA: Young Kolkatans holed up in tube stations and makeshift bunkers across Ukraine are set to undertake a perilous, cross-country journey to safety, braving Russian bombs and missiles, to reach Poland.

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KOLKATA: Nadia district beat Kolkata 5-2 in the women's team final match while Paschim Bardhaman defeated Kolkata 9-8 in the men's team category in the 41th State Handball championship organised by West Bengal State Handball Association.

KOLKATA: Flights arriving at Kolkata airport during a 30-minute window on Saturday afternoon will be kept on hold and guided away from the Maidan to ensure that Indian Air Force paratroopers participating in a skydiving exercise don’t face any possible danger.

KOLKATA: With the number of Covid patients sliding drastically across Kolkata’s private hospitals, the latter have discontinued the compulsory use of full PPE and protective gear for their health workers in non-Covid wards that have seen a sharp rise in occupancy ever since the third wave ebbed in late-January. Several…

KOLKATA: The flight count at Kolkata airport is set to soar by more than 50% in a month with daily flight operations set to increase by 140-150 movements (departures and arrivals) by March-end.

KOLKATA: Parents of at least three Bengal medical students studying in Ukraine heaved a sigh of relief as they flew back home in evacuation flights on Thursday.

KOLKATA: After the resumption of offline classes, universities and colleges have shifted their focus on infrastructure, repairs and renovations that could not be carried out during the pandemic.

KOLKATA: A 25-year-old man was found dead under mysterious circumstances inside his ground floor residence at the N block of the Baishnabghata-Patuli Township on Thursday.

The Jayanagar police on Thursday arrested a 33-year-old goldsmith from Kolkata who was on the run with a gold bar weighing 1.3 kg that he had taken after promising his employer in Bengaluru that he would craft pieces of jewellery from it to be sold to customers. 

NEW DELHI: The Indian team was on Thursday drawn alongside Hong Kong, Afghanistan and Cambodia in Group D of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup final round qualifiers to be played in Kolkata in June this year.