Kolkata: Bengal recorded 2,059 human-elephant conflict cases between 2000 and 2025, resulting in 1,761 human deaths and 298 human injuries. Also, 753 elephants died during the same period, according to a Wildlife Institute of India-Project Elephant study.As per the data, north Bengal’s Dooars remains the principal conflict belt, with Jalpaiguri division recording the highest number…
Kolkata: More than 60 restaurants from Bengal are attending the food delivery summit of National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) in Ahmedabad that started on Aug 20, according to NRAI national president and founder of Wow! Momo, Sagar Daryani.The 5th NRAI Food Delivery Summit 2026, is presented by Petpooja, in association with Nestlé Professional and…
Police and emergency personnel reached the spot following the incident. (AI Image) KOLKATA: At least five people were injured in a blast at a firecracker factory in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on Thursday, according to news agency PTI.The injured were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.Police and emergency personnel reached the spot…
A recent fire in Kolkata’s “Mini Bangladesh” area claimed nine lives KOLKATA: When Md Ujjal, a 49-year-old trader from Khulna, found himself trapped in smoke during the Free School Street hotel fire, he had nowhere to escape. He spent nearly 40 minutes beside a grill, shouting for help and struggling to breathe as he feared…
Left-leaning groups, however, accused the ABVP of bringing outsiders into the campus and indulging in vandalism. KOLKATA: A clash broke out between members of the ABVP and Left-leaning student groups at Jadavpur University early on Thursday, with both sides accusing each other of bringing outsiders onto the campus, varsity sources said.According to news agency PTI,…
Kolkata Police arrested Abu Zafar, the leaseholder of Hotel Shikha Inn. KOLKATA: The leaseholder of Hotel Shikha Inn, where a fire broke out on Thursday, has been arrested, Kolkata Police said. Abu Zafar was arrested from Entally Main Market on Wednesday.Police also detained two hotel staff members for questioning as part of the investigation into…
Hydraulic ladders were pressed into service to rescue those trapped in hotel rooms Kolkata: Several Bangladeshi nationals boarding at hotels and guest houses on Free School Street woke up to calls from their kin, about 335km away in Dhaka, about the tragedy that happened adjacent to their location in the wee hours of Wednesday.Dhaka resident…
The relatives of the deceased hotel staffer, Sandip Paswan, on Wednesday Kolkata: The Free School Street fire snubbed the life out of Sandip Paswan, who was only 19. Moreover, it was his first job in the hotel. Paswan, the only hotel employee to have perished in the fire, was the sole breadwinner of his family…
Prithvi and Pankaj Agrahari sitting on the staircase of another hotel after being released from the hospital Kolkata: Two cousins from Uttar Pradesh — Prithvi and Pankaj Agrahari — jumped 15ft from a second-floor window of Hotel Taiba to escape from the fire that broke out in Shikha Inn, located on the same floor of…
Kolkata: Kolkata Police, civic agencies, and the state health department held discussions to streamline the implementation of three major central govt schemes aimed at improving emergency medical care for road accident victims and reducing traffic fatalities across the city.The brought together top police officials, transport department executives, and health administrators to coordinate action on the…
