Calcutta

A 21-year-old man took a bullet in his right leg on Thursday morning as a clash between rival gangs fighting for real estate spoils spilled onto Narkeldanga Main Road in a flurry of gunshots fired from motorbikes.

Mayor Sovan Chatterjee's deadline to fix all broken roads in Calcutta "within seven to 10 days" is about to pass with many thoroughfares in disrepair and worsening with every spell of rain.

Five Calcuttans, the oldest of them 72, have made it to the 24-member bridge team that will represent India at the Asian Games starting in Jakarta later this week.

Calcutta High Court on Thursday issued an interim order restraining the West Bengal Medical Council from proceeding with its election till further orders.

Three new air-conditioned buses will ply through Ultadanga and parts of Salt Lake, Sector V and Rajarhat from Friday, providing commuters an alternative to autorickshaw rides that entail dealing with rude drivers and illegal surge pricing.

Forty-three children and adults with special needs are being educated in a unique way at a school functioning from the premises of a children's hospital in Park Circus.

The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation is set to take a slew of measures to prevent an outbreak of dengue in Salt Lake, Baguiati and parts of Rajarhat.

A city court on Thursday turned down a plea by Haseen Jahan that her cricketer husband Mohammad Shami be asked to pay her a monthly maintenance of Rs 7 lakh.

A doctor and her husband are set to embark on a 43,000km journey across 35 countries to tell people how some simple corrections in postures and changes in everyday practices can reduce pain.

Students who were planning to pursue distance learning courses run by Rabindra Bharati, Kalyani, Vidyasagar and North Bengal universities are facing an uncertainty because of the University Grants Commission's decision to withdraw its recognition of the programmes.