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Fire at Sector-V factory, none injured

Kolkata, May 2 -- Within just two days of the fire in a hotel in Mechhua, Burrabazar which killed 14 persons, a major fire broke out at a hologram manufacturing factory in Salt Lake Sector V on Friday... Read More


Police arrests Burrabazar hotel owner after fire kills 14; total arrests rise to 3

Kolkata, May 2 -- The police have arrested the owner of Rituraj Hotel in Mechhua Bazar area where a major fire killed 14 people due to the alleged violation of norms by the hotel authorities. Kolkata... Read More


Lakhotia Diagnostics asked to refund Rs 5K to patient

Kolkata, May 2 -- The West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission (WBCERC) on Friday directed Lakhotia Diagnostics to refund Rs 5,000 to a patient after it made a goof up about a USG repo... Read More


Identify mob and preserve CCTV footage: HC to KP Commissioner

Kolkata, May 2 -- Treating the matter of alleged mob-heckling of lawyers and maligning of a judge as a "criminal contempt", a three-judges bench of Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the Kolkata P... Read More


Federation vs director's guild row intensifies in Tollywood

KOLKATA, May 2 -- The ongoing feud between the Federation of Cine Technicians and Workers of Eastern India (FCTWEI) and a section of Tollywood directors shows no signs of slowing down. Though tensions... Read More


Guv grants prosecution sanction to ED for ex-minister Partha

Kolkata, May 2 -- West Bengal Governor has given sanction to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for prosecution of the state's former Education minister Partha Chatterjee in a money laundering case rela... Read More


Toppers: 49 of 66 top-ranking students from South Bengal dists

Kolkata, May 2 -- Southern districts of Bengal have dominated the Madhyamik 2025 merit list, with 49 of the 66 top-ranking students hailing from the region. Bankura emerged as the top-performing distr... Read More


Kolkata girl bags 8th rank, aspires to become doctor

Kolkata, May 2 -- Abantika Roy, a student of Ramkrishna Sarada Mission Sister Nivedita Girls' School, has made the City of Joy proud by securing the 8th rank in the Madhyamik 2025 examination. Scoring... Read More


Balancing academics & athletics, Sampoornaa scores 99.6% in ICSE

Kolkata, May 2 -- Balancing academics with athletic passion, Sampoornaa Sinha, a student of Delhi Public School, New Town, has scored an impressive 99.6% in the ICSE (Class X) examinations, the result... Read More


Girls outnumber boys, mark steady rise in pass rate in past 2 yrs

Kolkata, May 2 -- Girls have outnumbered boys in this year's Madhyamik examinations conducted by the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE), with a steady improvement in their pass rate as w... Read More