Calcutta

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday inaugurated the four-lane Majerhat bridge, which had collapsed over two years ago, and claimed that the project got delayed by nine months as the...

Average air quality over 24 hours till 11am on the days mentioned Victoria Memorial  Poor: On December 1 and 2; November 26, 27 and 29  Moderate: On November 28 and 30  Ra...

Grass and waste are being set on fire regularly on empty plots in New Town, forcing residents to stay indoors and keep their doors and windows shut as dense smoke engulfs entire blocks. On Wednesday,...

Many doctors and private hospitals are doing more CT scans on Covid patients than necessary, insurance companies and agencies that process hospital bills for insurance companies have said. The agenci...

A house on Rowland Road in Ballygunge, some apartments in a building near Ballygunge Phari and some flats in another building in Ekbalpore were declared as Covid containment zones on Monday. Followin...

Naser Khan, who was convicted in the gang rape of a woman in a moving car along with friends more than eight years ago, has completed his prison term and stepped out of jail. On the intervening night...

The high court on Wednesday took a written undertaking from the state health secretary that all steps would be taken to ensure that Shyamapada Ghorai, a former director of the Bangur Institute of Neur...

The heads of the science departments at Jadavpur University have written to the vice-chancellor saying “there is no scope to increase the intake of students for postgraduate courses without enha...

Metro Railway is inching towards its pre-pandemic timings. Starting Monday, the first trains will leave the terminal stations at 7am, instead of 8am, the carrier said in a slew of announcements made ...

Francis Xavier had planned to devote himself to a prestigious intellectual life, but at a strategic moment he surrendered to God, who had long and patiently pursued him. That surrender changed the cou...