The closing doors of a Metro train trapped a passenger’s hand as he was trying to get in, dragging the rest of him along the platform to his death and throwing the body into the tunnel.It’s not cl...

Should desperate times call for desperate measures? The latter might, on certain occasions, prove to be counterproductive. This possibility was indicated by the public interest litigation filed in the...

A 27-year-old motorbike rider without a helmet had his head sliced in half after smashing into the railing of Zeerut Bridge over Tolly’s Nullah while leading a Saraswati Puja immersion procession la...

Five persons have been arrested over Thursday’s bullet-and-bomb attack on an SUV at a petrol pump in Joynagar that killed three persons, minutes after local Trinamul MLA Biswanath Das had got off th...

The city police have come across multiple fake links that have been sent to motorists in the guise of police’s “e-challans” for paying traffic fine.The links lead to a gateway for payment to an ...

The courtroom, where the Jaguar crash case was heard on Thursday, told a tale of two brothers who stood separated by the day’s verdict and the colours they wore even though they sat side-by-side on ...

On July 1, a 110kg lioness at Alipore zoo picked up a two-day-old cub in her mouth and separated it from her litter.The last time Sruti abandoned a cub, it did not survive. But 45 days on, her latest ...

The local chapter of the Indian Medical Association convened an emergency meeting of members on Thursday evening, a day after masked man showed what police said was a toy gun to scare Dr S.K. Kundu, a...

Banks have been asked by police to be cautious while opening new accounts and e-wallets to prevent fraudsters from misusing them for siphoning off money. Banks have also been asked to ensure faster co...

Real-life chowkidars are at risk in BJP-ruled Jharkhand at a time when the BJP’s chowkidar campaign has gained wide currency with Prime Minister Narendra Modi directing party leaders and supporters ...