“The authorities have neither carried out desilting nor have they removed the garbage from both these canals,” said New Town resident Samaresh Das. ...

A driver, his wife and their 10-year-old son were electrocuted in their waterlogged home at Khardah in North 24 Parganas district on Tuesday evening, possibly while the father tried to charge his mobi...

Hundreds of people who have spent a fortune to buy apartments in Mukundapur and surrounding areas are now repenting their decision having suffered frequent and prolonged waterlogging in the neighbourh...

The Shahid Minar is around 157ft high. Considering it rained close to eight inches (over 200mm) in Kolkata, the rain that fell over the Maidan — which spans roughly 5.2sqkm — would be more...

A 60-year-old man whose apartment in New Town was without power waded through knee-deep water to keep his insulin canisters at a neighbour’s house that still had electricity. A techie who lives...

A major part of Dum Dum Road and its adjacent areas went under water as the Bagjola canal, the main drainage channel in the area, is overflowing following repeated spells of rain. A breach on the cul...

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Some more rain is headed Kolkata's way on Tuesday and yet another cyclonic circulation is likely to form over the Bay of Bengal around September 25, according to Met data updated on Tuesday mornin...

Manoj Sharma, 22nd floor, Rosedale Garden, New Town Loud thunderclaps and successive flashes of lightning jolted me out of sleep around 4am. I immediately turned off the AC and looked out the window...

The premises of several hospitals in Kolkata were inundated on Monday following heavy rain overnight, causing inconvenience to patients, and doctors and other hospital staff. At some hospitals, water...