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HC seeks report on rally ban (20 June 03:47 am)

A high court division bench on Wednesday ordered the state government to file within three weeks a report stating its stand on banning rallies in the central business district.

MLA watch on Kamduni (20 June 03:47 am)

Mamata Banerjee\'s party planted Trinamul flags and posted an MLA in Kamduni on Wednesday, ostensibly to instil a sense of security among villagers but allegedly to prevent them from attending a

Swedish boss of Bengal martial arts (20 June 03:47 am)

What do Bengal and Sweden have in common? The president of their kickboxing federations!

Month's deadline for delayed underpass (20 June 03:47 am)

Eastern Railway has fixed a month\'s deadline to complete the construction of an underpass at Jadavpur station that has been in the making for close to two years.

Ticket trouble for fun flight (20 June 03:47 am)

For a view of Calcutta from the sky, you would need to take the trouble of travelling a few taxing miles on land.

Distress calls fall on cop deaf ears (20 June 03:47 am)

A woman who lives with her aged parents had to text the Bidhannagar police commissioner for help at 1.15am, not getting any from local police and by dialling 100 after goons she had lodged an FIR

Woman stalked, village 'flagged' (20 June 03:47 am)

The short walk home from the bus stop or the autorickshaw stand has become the most unsafe one for women across the city.

Medley of tunes to celebrate Music Day (20 June 03:47 am)

A virtual duet with Jagjit Singh and Nat King Cole, street musicians from Midnapore to Ranaghat, a brass band, a choir, a tribute to Rituparno Ghosh alongside strains of Tagore, Beatles and Bollywood.

Rain high and dry (19 June 03:48 am)

Monsoon teased Calcutta on Tuesday afternoon, pouring a knee-deep deluge in the northern and eastern areas while leaving the south and west almost dry.

Prying eyes put fear into Kamduni (19 June 03:48 am)

Fear of reprisal left Kamduni cowering a day after chasing the chief minister for answers it never got.

Road blocked after accident (19 June 03:48 am)

Traffic was disrupted for over an hour on BT Road near Kamarhati on Tuesday morning because of a blockade by residents after a man was killed in a road accident.

Woman fights molester (19 June 03:48 am)

A 21-year-old college student allegedly molested on a moving Metro train held the accused by his collar, took him to the station master\'s office and got him arrested on Tuesday.

Tourists stranded on hill trail (19 June 03:48 am)

Saunak Chakrabarti and family had planned for everything six months in advance, bar the possibility of monsoon hitting north India a fortnight before time.

Flat burgled during family holiday (19 June 03:48 am)

Burglars broke into a Howrah flat and took away jewellery and cash worth lakhs while the owner and his family members were attending a wedding in Rajasthan.

MK query on Presi teachers' resignation (18 June 05:47 am)

Governor M.K. Narayanan on Monday asked the Presidency University vice-chancellor why \"so many\" teachers were leaving the institute.

Six minutes for family, rest for CPM (18 June 05:47 am)

Mamata Banerjee spent six minutes with the family of the college student raped and murdered in Barasat, enough time for her to ask but too little to listen.

CM promises, Kamduni seethes (18 June 05:47 am)

Mamata Banerjee on Monday promised to split Barasat police station, which covers an area of over 284sq km, but senior police officers said the decision could take weeks to implement and local

Power pillion (18 June 05:47 am)

When sub-inspector Prabhat Biswas was asked to stay back at his Barasat outpost after his duty hours ended on Monday noon, he was reluctant, little knowing that his biggest task of the day was still

One vs four: breadwinner's battle with snatchers (18 June 05:47 am)

A young call centre employee resisted four armed snatchers for around 10 minutes on Sunday night despite bleeding heavily from his injuries and then hitched a bike ride to reach the police.

Swift bail for family's tormentors (18 June 05:47 am)

Police arrested four alleged tormentors of the Palit family of Basirhat late on Sunday but slapped relatively soft charges on them, allowing them to secure bail soon after.

Fee balm at private tech colleges (18 June 05:47 am)

Students from families that earn less than Rs 2.5 lakh annually are set to get a 50 per cent fee waiver at private engineering colleges in the state.

Shut up, CM yells at lady (18 June 05:47 am)

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee stormed out of the house of the rape-murder victim in Kamduni to escape the protesters who had gathered outside while she was speaking with the family.

True to history, ties with Israel strong as ever (18 June 05:47 am)

The ambassador of Israel, Alon Ushpiz, was in the city on a two-day visit. He met ministers and officials, visited the Jewish cemetery, held an interactive session at CII and met students at Jadavpur

Bail for tormentors (18 June 05:47 am)

Four of the men who had allegedly been tormenting a Basirhat family for years were arrested late on Sunday but got bail within 24 hours.

Apathy salt on mule wound (18 June 05:47 am)

Hello, emergency! There\'s an injured mule on Mayo Road, bellowing its lungs out in pain.