Calcutta

The last of the encroachments on the Noapara-Dakshineswar Metro route have been removed, kick-starting construction on Tuesday along a now unrecognisable 250m stretch that used to be a slum until a few months ago.

A motorist who had been allegedly drinking at the wheel rammed his Indigo Manza into an autorickshaw on the EM Bypass near SRFTI on Wednesday morning, injuring a young passenger and the driver.

Police on Wednesday submitted in court a chargesheet mentioning "gang rape" against the two physical training teachers accused of sexually assaulting a four-year-old student of a girls' school in Regent Park last year.

 

The Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC) has downgraded the heritage status of the building that housed the old Kenilworth Hotel to Grade III, enabling its demolition by the present owners.

Calcutta High Court on Wednesday allowed 218 students of a Behala college accused of admission beyond sanctioned limit to write their Part I undergraduate exam. Their results will, however, not be declared till the case is disposed of.

Samriddhi Mishra, 5, who was flung off an electronically operated pendulum swing boat at a fair in Kidderpore on Saturday, is eager to return home.

A Buddhist monk from Thailand headed to Bodh Gaya went missing at Calcutta airport on Tuesday only to be found in the evening.

The former head of the Bengali department at Calcutta University will be barred from taking part in any examination-related duties for two years.

Norway is going to help us find ways to increase hilsa production.