Perturbed over the arrest of an eminent scientist who opposed eviction of slum dwellwers in Kolkata, a group of scientists has written a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh decrying West Bengal go

Four people, believed to be TMC workers, have been arrested by the Kolkata Police in connection with the assault on Jadavpur University professor Ambikesh Mahapatra.

Professor Mahapatra was assaulte

A delegation of street children has urged West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan to issue birth certificates to them and to conduct a survey assessing their numbers.

The charter of demands that include

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted bail to AMRI Hospital director S.K. Todi, who was booked with 15 others in connection with the fire tragedy at the medical centre that claimed 94 lives in 2

Two people, including a woman, were killed and several others injured in an explosion that took place in a multi-storey building in the city's Metiabruz area Sunday.

According to police reports, the

Telecom major Bharti Airtel is set to launch 4G services in Kolkata this month, said its top official on Tuesday.

"It will be launched this month in Kolkata," Bharti Airtel CEO Sanjay Kapoor said whe

A major fire broke out on the 10th floor of a multi-storied building in South Kolkata's posh business hub of Chowringhee on Thursday evening. It was extinguished after an hour, the fire department sai

Raising questions on funding for the National Food Security bill, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said monetary provision for state governments to fund it should be ensured, fai

One person was killed and three people were injured in a fire at a multi-storey residential building in Kolkata early on Friday, police said.

The fire broke out in South Kolkata's Golpark area. Polic

A large number of shops were destroyed in a major fire that broke out in Kolkata's age-old Hatibagan market in the early hours Thursday. No casualties have been reported.

Thirty fire tenders pressed