Kolkata is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River approximately 75 kilometres west of the border with Bangladesh, it is the principal commercial, cultural, and educational centre of East India, while the Port of Kolkata is India's oldest operating port and its sole major riverine port. Read More
A 87-year-old woman, shifted to a hotel after her house got damaged during tunnelling work for the under-construction East-West Metro Railway project, died at a private hospital, with her family members on Wednesday blaming the poor lodging and food ...
Kolkata Metro Railway Corporation Limited (KMRCL) here on Monday said it would demolish five damaged houses in the Bowbazar area to do the tunneling work for the 16.60-km East-West Metro Railway project, a part of which constitutes India's first unde ...
Over 400 people, including a West Bengal Minister, were forced to evacuate their residences and shops in the heart of Kolkata after more than 50 buildings developed cracks and several collapsed apparently due to tunnelling work in the under-constru ...
A West Bengal Minister was among over 400 persons forced to evacuate their residences and shops in the heart of the city after more than 50 buildings developed cracks and several collapsed apparently due to tunnelling work for the under-constructio ...
Once considered the powerhouse of Indian football, Bengal has failed to produce quality players in recent times and former India skipper Bhaskar Ganguly feels that the lack of match experience is not helping local talent in the state. ...
Amid a number of incidents of actresses and models getting harassed in Kolkata, celebrities feel the eastern metropolis is not "what one would call safe" and fear the situation might worsen over time. ...
Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Saturday said it has seized 6.347 kilograms of gold of foreign origin in the city and arrested four persons in this connection from Kolkata's Burra Bazar. ...
