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Parnasree: Caregiver held for stabbing elderly artiste to death

Kolkata, Jan. 19 -- An elderly woman was brutally murdered by a caregiver on Monday morning in the Parnasree area. Police have arrested the accused woman, who was initially detained by the local resi... Read More


Fire guts Pragati Maidan furniture workshop, no injuries reported

Kolkata, Jan. 16 -- After two fire incidents in the city on Wednesday and Thursday in Bowbazar and Burrabazar, another fire broke out on Friday afternoon at a furniture workshop in the Pragati Maidan ... Read More


Kolkata braces for 'SDSL Half Marathon' amid major traffic diversions

Kolkata, Jan. 15 -- Many roads in the heart of the city will be closed for vehicular movement from the wee hours of January 18 (Sunday), owing to the Safe Drive Save Life (SDSL) Half Marathon organise... Read More


Bowbazar furniture store gutted in major fire, none hurt

Kolkata, Jan. 14 -- Tension gripped the Bowbazar area near Robert Street on Wednesday morning after a major fire broke out at a furniture store. The blaze was brought under control after nearly six h... Read More


Park Circus Connector: State-run bus topples, at least 14 injured

Kolkata, Jan. 13 -- At least 14 people were injured, six of them critically, after a state-run bus lost control and toppled on the Park Circus Connector on Tuesday morning. The critically injured inc... Read More


I-PAC raid: 2 cases registered, probe on, no comments now, says CP

Kolkata, Jan. 12 -- At a time when Kolkata Police has summoned a few residents of the housing complex where I-PAC co-founder Pratik Jain lives, Commissioner of Police (CP), Kolkata Manoj Kumar Verma o... Read More


Blaze guts several temporary huts built for Gangasagar Mela

Kolkata, Jan. 9 -- Several temporary structures erected for the Gangasagar Mela were gutted in a massive fire that broke out in the early hours of Friday on Sagar Island. Two fire tenders and five mo... Read More


Couple held over 'trafficking of minor girls, women'

Kolkata, Jan. 7 -- The Anti Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) of the Kolkata Police Detective Department has arrested a couple from Kalyani in Nadia district in connection with a case of Immoral Trafficki... Read More


State police to induct 12 armoured vehicles, 2 weaponry units

Kolkata, Jan. 6 -- West Bengal Police is upgrading its fleet with the induction of 12 Light Armoured Vehicles and two Weaponry Container Body Mounted Vehicles to support specialised forces, troop move... Read More


Add'l traffic curbs on 'Kalpataru' Utsav and New Year's Day in city

Kolkata, Dec. 31 -- Kolkata Police has decided to regulate vehicular movement in and around Park Street and Cossipore on New Year's Day (Thursday) to ensure smoother traffic flow. With a large number... Read More