Dum Dum, a 150-year-old municipality that was once the headquarters of Bengal Artillery and home to the country’s oldest cantonment, needs a fresh initiative to protect much of its built heritage. P...

Two air-conditioned rakes built for Metro Railway by a Tamil Nadu factory have finally started their commercial run, almost two years after arriving in Calcutta.The rakes, which had reached Calcutta f...

Cyclones usually lose steam after making landfall but even a depleted Amphan kept surging through land like a raging bull because of its high wind speed, which peaked at 185kmph during landfall.In add...

Many fliers using Calcutta airport allege that they are facing inconvenience because of the parking rule implemented by the authorities that allows a vehicle to stop for only three minutes in front of...

A 60-year-old woman died after the floor of her bedroom in an abandoned railway quarters on Jessore Road gave way while she was sleeping on Sunday evening. Asha Hazra, who lived in a two-room quarters...

Calcutta airport’s inline baggage scanning facility in the international section has not been functioning since Tuesday and fliers are being forced to stand in a queue like before for getting their ...

Women are criss-crossing the city on bikes, delivering biryani to Black Forest cake from morning till evening. Food delivery apps have seen several women sign up as delivery agents over the past year ...

Metro Railway, which once ran like clockwork, is doing away with its static timetable and replacing that with a sensor-based information system designed to tell commuters the expected time of arrival ...

A 50-year-old man was crushed under the wheels of a bus outside Belgachhia Metro station while trying to cross Jessore Road from in front of another bus on Thursday. Police said it was possible that B...

An AC Metro train with passengers on board ran its full stretch from Dum Dum to Kavi Subhash (New Garia) with one of its doors wide open on Wednesday morning. Metro’s insurance against any possible ...