Calcutta

The number of active Covid cases in Bengal rose by 4,253 on Saturday to 45,300. The state recorded 3,426 recoveries and 7,713 new infections during the day. ...

AB Block resident Priti Kumar Sen said that earlier this week home minister Amit Shah had told a gathering of BJP supporters at the FD park that if the people of Bengal vote the BJP to power they woul...

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Voters in the queue — which included men, women, young and elderly — were standing barely one feet away from each other. It was an identical picture at Kaikhali Mondol Ganti Abaitanik Pra...

For homemaker Surabhi Saha, who voted at a booth in Dum Dum “women’s safety was of paramount importance”. Her husband Surajit said: “ I have voted with a hope that businesses w...

The remembrance of a Sikh guru turned out to be a reminder to preserve religious harmony. A host of religious leaders came together in the city on Saturday to remember Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth of...

Two boards with the name of the mosque stuck to its walls also have the three words written on them — “Prabhuke pranam koro (Pray to the Lord)”. “Prabhu is usually used in a c...

The number of active Covid cases in Bengal rose by 4,066 on Friday to 41,047. The state recorded 2,818 recoveries and 6,910 new infections during the day, resetting the record for the highest intra-da...

A 45-year-old woman, a resident of Mukundapur off EM Bypass, tested positive for Covid on April 10, along with her husband and other family members. Her condition has been deteriorating since Thursda...

The ICSE (Class X) and ISC (Class XII) exams have been deferred at least till the first week of June, the ICSE council announced on Friday. The ICSE candidates will be given the option of writing an ...