Calcutta

The upcoming International Film Festival of India has allegedly dropped — after formally including — a film directed by Bratya Basu, the Bengal education minister, who blamed political int...

A young motorcyclist riding with two others died in an accident at the Park Street-Rawdon Street crossing early on Tuesday. Police said SM Mujjammal Gause, 19, was riding at a high speed and lost con...

A group of criminals allegedly attacked an advocate of Calcutta High Court in Howrah’s Shibpur on Tuesday morning, police said. The attack took place around 11.30am when Tanvir Alam stepped out...

An environment activist was allegedly assaulted at the East Calcutta Wetlands on Saturday while trying to film an alleged attempt to plant dead fish laced with poison into the shallow water bodies. T...

An increasing number of dengue cases are being reported from Salt Lake, Baguiati, Teghoria and Ashwininagar, among other places, prompting the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation to launch an anti-mosqu...

At Jadavpur Vidyapith, a government-aided school, Classes IX to XII are being divided into smaller groups and seating arrangements are being tweaked so in-person classes can be held complying with the...

Two persons from a group of men who had taken shelter under the balcony of an old dilapidated three-storey building on Rabindra Sarani during a sudden downpour on Saturday evening died after a portion...

The virus was an unknown adversary for Puja organisers in 2020. A year later, it is a familiar foe but still threatening. Against such a backdrop, Pujas that tick all the Covid safety boxes will vie ...

The last Saturday before Puja, Chaturthi in the Durga Puja calendar, was chaotic: crawling traffic, surge of people and little care for Covid hygiene were made worse by intermittent rain. Tritiya, Fr...

Restaurants and bars can remain open beyond 10.30pm from Sunday to October 20, an order from the state government said on Saturday. Till now, eateries and bars had to shut shop by 10.30pm. “Al...