Calcutta

Covid-19 patients in need of an ambulance can call up the Calcutta Municipal Corporation or the state health department, instead of private operators who are asking for a premium to ferry patients, th...

The driver of an autorickshaw allegedly molested a woman who was seated beside him, forcing her to jump off the vehicle when it slowed down near the CAP camp island bus stop near the CF block swimming...

Over 100 girls are working under the leadership of the head girl, Mayukhi Ghosh, and deputy head girl Aastha Bagree for the past one month. Their work includes long meetings, at times late into the ni...

A trader who started dabbling in dry fruits after his business failed during the lockdown was cheated by an expelled cop, a taxi driver, an auto driver and a man with criminal cases against him, polic...

A resident of Khardah in North 24-Parganas was arrested on Tuesday for siphoning off nearly Rs 3.6 crore from the bank account of a woman who lives in Chennai, the police said. A team from the S...

Before the Covid pandemic struck, he ran three outlets — in Salt Lake, Nagerbazar and near the Central jail intersection in Dum Dum. The last one is now shut for good. Earlier, Sinha’s fi...

Thousands of people have to cancel or rebook their flight tickets following the change in the lockdown dates announced by the Bengal government on Monday. Airlines said the change of dates was leavin...

On Tuesday, the city received light to moderate rain during the day. Alipore recorded around 20mm and Dum Dum over 40mm. A low-pressure area over the north Bay of Bengal was supposed to bri...

Manabendra Bandyopadhyay, a former professor of comparative literature at Jadavpur University, passed away on Tuesday. He was 82 and is survived by daughter Kaushalya. Bandyopadhyay was among the fiv...

What is my CT value? Many hospitals and diagnostic laboratories in Calcutta are flooded with calls asking for the value from people who tested positive for Covid-19 there, a trend that experts say is...