Calcutta

Blood test, bank work, mobile phone repair…residents have lots of items on their “to do” list once the lockdown lifts. But for those who like their drink, there would be nothing more pressing th...

Dibya Sundar Das, the yoga practitioner who travelled across the world to spread the discipline, breathed his last in the city on Wednesday morning. He was 68.Das was admitted to the Institute of Neur...

The transport department on Wednesday proposed to private bus operators to work out a model for fare revision for the government to consider so that services can resume from May 18.Transport minister ...

The first export consignments of leather goods from Calcutta have started leaving the city as Europe slowly opens up after a prolonged lockdown forced by the coronavirus and other markets start showin...

A group of Calcuttans prayed for the speedy recovery of Manmohan Singh at a gurdwara on Tuesday morning because they felt the country needed a leader of his stature in fighting the Covid-19 crisis.Two...

An air-conditioned passenger train rolled out of Howrah station for Delhi on Tuesday evening, 48 days after passenger services were suspended in an attempt to contain the spread of the novel coronavir...

A city school is trying to assess how students, teachers and non-teaching staff are coping with the lockdown and if they need any help or reassurance.Calcutta International School sent a questionnaire...

Bijon Setu and the Chetla bridge, both in south Calcutta, will remain closed to traffic between Thursday and Sunday as part of a health check, CMDA officials said on Tuesday.The 550m-long Bijon Setu c...

The lockdown has tested life, thrown up challenges and some enduring takeaways like the group of Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology students who have been feeding stray dogs on the...

Hotels in Calcutta have pooled 783 rooms in response to a state government call to create accommodation for self-isolation of individuals coming to the city from abroad.Eleven properties have been ide...