Lionel Messi kept his date with the football crazy city as he landed in the wee hours of Wednesday but by giving miss to the thousands of hysteric fans who gathered at the airport in the unearthly hou

The government in Kolkata, once capital of British India, is to kick off plans on Tuesday to transform the congested city into a 'second London', replete with a London Eye ferris wheel.

Newly-elected

Kolkata is all set to get a makeover, thanks to the Mamata Banerjee government. As part of giving the city a 'London type look', the West Bengal government has announced plans to play Rabindranath Tag

Kolkata, Nov. 19: Credit Squeeze won The Zeeba Handicap, the feature event of the races held here on Friday.

The Results:

1. The Camlin Handicap 1100m: Badal (Mr Arif) 57 Md Shabbani -1. All that J

New Delhi: Tasked to conduct an agile and swift operation in case of a terror strike anywhere in the country, commandos of the elite NSG have still not been able to place their feet at their base in

Kolkata: The death count in the West Bengal trawler tragedy in Muriganga river has shot up to 30 after seven more bodies were found on Monday. Over 100 people are still missing.

"We have confirmed r

Oct 29: A major fire broke out at the Chemistry Department in the Baker Building of Presidency University at 4:30 am this morning, fire brigade sources said.
Eleven fire engines were fighting the blaz

Kolkata: A major fire raged for three hours at the Presidency University, housed in the erstwhile Presidency College, here Friday destroying computers, documents and research material.

There were no

Kolkata: Two coaches of a metro train derailed near Central station in the city this morning.

Police said no passenger of the Dumdum-Central Station train was injured in the incident.

However, som

Communist Party of India (CPI) general secretary A.B. Bardhan on Sunday said his party wants a new land acquisition act that "will benefit the poor, the farmers and the displaced".

"We want a new lan