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Family members vandalise hospital reception

Chaos broke out on the premises of the AMRI Hospital where a fire broke out this morning with families of patients vandalising the reception counter aggrieved that no list of the dead and injured was

Hospital chaos, inefficiency claimed lives

Witnesses narrated stories of utter chaos and inefficiency on the part of the authorities at the AMRI Hospital where a fire killed at least 61 people Friday.

Patients and their families were caught c

AMRI Hospital did not rescue trapped patients: Govt

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The West Bengal government said AMRI hospital authorities did not make effort to rescue trapped patients and that action against them where over 30 patients suffocated to death after a fire broke out

Six AMRI directors arrested, hospital licence cancelled

Noted industrialists S.K. Todi and R.S. Goenka and four other directors of the city's AMRI hospital, where a fire broke out claiming 73 lives on Friday, were arrested and booked for several non-bailab

'No radiation leak at fire-hit Kolkata hospital'

Amid fears of radiation hazard from the equipment used in the cancer department at AMRI hospital after a major fire, a team of National Disaster Response Force on Friday visited the oncology wing and

Kolkata’s South City Mall under bomb threat, search still on

Kolkata’s premiere South City Mall was evacuated immediately after it opened this morning following a bomb threat call by an anonymous caller.

Police said that a woman rang up the office of the sout

City of Joy to have 'Eye' like London

Kolkata, once the capital of British India, is set to get a giant wheel on the lines of 'London Eye' which would give tourists a bird's eye view of the city.

To be set up on the Hooghly riverfront, t

Many injured in north Bengal, power supply disrupted

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Many people were injured, power supply was disrupted in parts of northern West Bengal and houses developed cracks as a powerul quake, epicentred in adjoining Sikkim, rocked the region Sunday evening.

Organisational goof-up ahead of Messi match

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In yet another case of organisational mismanagement, the police on Thursday spotted security-related loopholes in the media accreditation cards for the Lionel Messi-starrer Argentina versus Venezuela

Stringent security arrangement for Messi and Co

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With Lionel Messi's Argentina all set to play their FIFA international friendly match against Venezuela on Friday, the police are not taking any chances and tight security arrangements have been put i

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