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Mamata to inaugurate refurbished Kalighat Fire Station today

Kolkata, Sept. 23 -- Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will inaugurate the newly constructed Kalighat Fire Station, equipped with all the facilities of a modern fire station, on Wednesday. The century-ol... Read More


Flood: Torrential rainfall strains healthcare facility

Kolkata, Sept. 23 -- Torrential overnight rain lashing the city put healthcare facilities under strain. Several medical colleges in the city went underwater, causing inconveniences to the patients, th... Read More


MCCI announces election of Priti A. Sureka as its prez for 2025-26

Kolkata, Sept. 23 -- The Merchants' Chamber of Commerce & Industry (MCCI) has announced the election of Priti A. Sureka as its president for the year 2025-26-the first woman to hold this position in t... Read More


Salt Lake Sector V, New Town reel under waterlogging

Kolkata, Sept. 23 -- Salt Lake Sector V, Bengal's Information Technology (IT) hub, was left completely waterlogged on Tuesday following the heavy downpour. Large parts of Salt Lake, under the Bidhann... Read More


Jadavpur University shines in Stanford's 2024 list of top-cited scientists

Kolkata, Sept. 23 -- Jadavpur University (JU) has secured a spot among the country's top universities in the Stanford University database of leading scientists, which is based on citations for the yea... Read More


Waterlogged city faces double fire scare; Mayor visits site

Kolkata, Sept. 23 -- Amid the massive waterlogging in the city, two fire incidents on Tuesday triggered panic in the Mandevilla Gardens and Ballygunge Place areas. Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim rushed t... Read More


CM holds CESC responsible for electrocution deaths in Kolkata

Kolkata, Sept. 23 -- Following the death of about eight people due to electrocution in Kolkata, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday expressed serious concerns over the role of CESC, empha... Read More


City paralysed: Firhad Hakim cites swollen Hooghly River, backflow for waterlogging

Kolkata, Sept. 23 -- With torrential rain paralysing the city on Tuesday, leaving its streets submerged and services disrupted, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) found itself grappling with a cr... Read More


CM postpones Puja inaugurations in city, virtually opens district pujas

Kolkata, Sept. 23 -- Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday postponed her planned Durga Puja inaugurations in Kolkata due to heavy rainfall and adverse weather conditions but conducted virtual inau... Read More


Hatibagan to Jodhpur Park: Heavy rains wreak havoc on Puja preps

KOLKATA, Sept. 23 -- Dark clouds have gathered not only over Kolkata's skies, submerging the city, but also over Durga Puja organisers struggling to save their pandals. Crowd-pulling pandals such as K... Read More