Subodh Kumar Singh, one of the five accused in the murder of Bhowanipore businessman Ashok Shah and wife Rashmita, declined to record his confessional statement before a magistrate on Thursday. Singh...

The man who was driving the Mercedes-Benz that slammed into a Honda City and killed one of its occupants, Minu Dhandhania, on Thursday morning, had allegedly consumed alcohol thrice the permissible li...

The three share the enclosure with a 36-year-old chimpanzee named Babu. The three are allowed to loiter in the enclosure between 5am and 1pm, after which they return to their cage. Babu enters the en...

Ajay Pratap Singh has been appointed as the new director general (DG) of National Library from June 7. In a notification on Monday, the Union Ministry of Culture said Singh, who is also DG of Raja Ra...

KK had come to Calcutta on Sunday for two performances in the city — both at Nazrul Mancha. Monday’s event was organised by Thakurpukur’s Vivekananda College. Tuesday’s show wa...

The city was hit by a squall on Sunday night, the second in two days after two rainless months. Heavy rain, accompanied by thunder and lightning, lashed the city around 11pm. The maximum wind speed r...

“The cyclonic circulation has started drawing moisture-laden winds from the Bay of Bengal. The conditions are becoming favourable for the formation of rain-bearing thunderclouds over Jharkhand a...