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New Covid-19 curbs on transport cause inconvenience to commuters in Bengal

Commuters braved the scorching sun in serpentine queues at bus stands in several places of West Bengal on Thursday morning as new measures to contain the spread of Covid-19 took effect

ITC will help set up 200-bed Covid-19 medical facility in Kolkata

Unit will be set up and managed by Medica Superspecialty Hospitals; Bengal govt has allowed use of Kishore Bharati Stadium

Will go to Kolkata, urge farmers to defeat BJP in polls: Rakesh TIkait

Farmers are distressed, and election will be discussed with them, Tikait said, adding that he is not going to West Bengal to seek votes

Fully cooperated in firefighting ops at Kolkata building: Railways

The Eastern Railway authorities said that it extended full cooperation to the fire brigade and police in fighting a devastating blaze at its New Koilaghat Building in Kolkata where nine people died

President Kovind, Amit Shah condole loss of lives in Kolkata fire incident

President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday expressed grief at the loss of lives in the fire that took place in Kolkata on Monday evening and prayed for the quick recovery of the injured

Goyal orders probe into Eastern Railway office building fire in Kolkata

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has set up a high-level committee to ascertain the cause of the fire at an Eastern Railway office building in Kolkata in which nine people were killed on Monday

Kolkata fire: PM announces Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia to next of kin of deceased

PM Modi also tweeted, "Saddened by the loss of lives due to the fire tragedy in Kolkata. In this hour of sadness, my thoughts are with the bereaved families. May the injured recover at the earliest"

Kolkata: 7 dead in Railways building fire; Rs 10 lakh ex-gratia announced

At least 10 fire engines were pressed into service to bring the blaze under control, a Fire Brigade official said

Asaduddin Owaisi's 1st Kolkata rally cancelled as police 'deny' permission

Owaisi was scheduled to kick off his party's campaign ahead of the West Bengal assembly elections with the rally in the minority-dominated Metiabruz area of the city

Truncated, spectator-less celebrations mark Republic Day in Kolkata

The 72nd Republic Day celebrations were cut short in Kolkata due to the Covid-19 pandemic

Strong India following Netaji's footsteps, from LOC to LAC: Modi in Kolkata

Modi said Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose would have been proud to see that the country has become strong and is following his footsteps

PM Modi visits National Library in Kolkata, pays floral tribute to Netaji

Modi paid floral tributes at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's statue at the National Library in Kolkata on his birth anniversary

'If we don't take vaccine, who will?' Healthcare workers make their point

January 16 saw many health care workers lining up to be the first to take vaccines despite the controversy surrounding them. Their mission: To set an example

Kolkata nurse loses consciousness after taking Covid vaccine, hospitalised

A 35-year-old nurse was admitted to the critical care unit (CCU) of a hospital in Kolkata after she lost consciousness within minutes of taking the Covid-19 vaccine on Saturday

Kolkata allocated highest number of coronavirus vaccines in Bengal

Kolkata has been allocated the highest number of coronavirus vaccines in West Bengal, at 93,500, for the first phase of the vaccination drive scheduled to begin on January 16

Covid-19 museum on cards in Kolkata to commemorate pandemic fight

To commemorate the frontline workers who died in the battle against the coronavirus and document how lives have changed amid the pandemic, doctors are planning to set up a museum in Kolkata.

Kolkata's College Street Coffee House back in new avatar, nostalgia on menu

Be it Satyajit Ray, Amartya Sen, Soumitra Chatterjee or Sunil Ganguly, many of Kolkata's stalwarts have Coffee House stories associated with them

India's favourite dish: A Biryani ordered per second, on Swiggy in 2020

The order analysis is based on millions of orders received by Swiggy

'The Dirty Picture' actor Arya Banerjee found dead at her Kolkata home

Banerjee, daughter of sitar maestro late Pandit Nikhil Bandyopadhyay, was found dead in her posh south Kolkata residence under mysterious circumstances

Kolkata: Braving low turnout, theatres to screen films in truncated manner

Owners of some single-screen theatres who were mulling suspension of screening due to low turnout at reopened cinema halls, reversed their decision, saying the show will go on in a truncated manner