Nuwakot: A tractor and a structure partially submerged in mud following the devastating flash floods at Devighat village, in Nuwakot district, Nepal (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma) Kolkata: Three of the four men from Chalo Jaai Travel Club who had air-dashed to Kathmandu after the flash flood returned on Friday as chances of any meaningful participation in…
Families of missing tourists at the travel agency office in Kolkata Kolkata: Chalo Jaai Travel Club, the agency that had taken 32 tourists from Kolkata and other parts of Bengal to Nepal, kept its office on Ho Chi Minh Sarani open through the night. Anxious family members of the tourists, many of whom have been…
Kolkata: Commercial production of crude oil at the ONGC field in Ashoknagar’s Baigachhi, North 24 Parganas, began on Friday.The first consignment of around 1,200 litres of crude left the oilfield for the Haldia refinery in a tanker after a brief ceremony in the afternoon, during which Ashoknagar’s BJP MLA Sumay Hira broke a coconut and…
An aerial view of damaged buildings in the flood-affected zone in Nepal Kolkata: As staffers of Chalo Jaai Travel Club spent a second day seeking information on the 32 missing team members, including tour manager Jayanta Sanyal, the travel firm’s founder and owner, Dibyojyoti Basu, recalled how the group to Kailash-Mansarovar had narrowly escaped a…
People searching for missing relatives look at a list of names outside a military camp, following flash floods on August 28, 2026 in Trishuli, Nepal Kolkata: Every unknown call has become a flicker of hope and every news alert a fresh trigger of dread for families in Kolkata waiting for word from relatives still untraceable…
Kolkata: A special Pocso court at Bichar Bhavan on Thursday remanded a youth, Mohammad Adil, in judicial custody till Sept 9 after he allegedly violated his bail conditions, visited a Jorasanko locality he was not permitted to and harassed the minor girl—his victim—to force her to withdraw the case against him. Adil was again arrested…
Abhishek Banerjee’s Camac Street office Kolkata: Three FIRs have been filed over the unrest linked to the removal of a billboard from Trinamool national general secretary and Abhishek Banerjee’s office on Camac Street. A total of 13 people have been arrested. All have been sent to judicial custody till Sept 3.Besides Abhishek being named in…
Kolkata: A 35-year-old man, Sumit Maity from Gosaba, was found dead inside a Jharkhand-Kolkata bus, parked at the Babughat terminus, early on Friday. He was taken to SSKM Hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival. The body has been sent for post-mortem and cops are checking the bus’s passenger log. Source link
Kol realty bounces back after poll-season lull Kolkata: Kolkata Metropolitan Area (KMA) witnessed a sharp rebound in home registrations in July 2026 after two slack months, as registration activity recovered from the temporary dip seen during the state election period. According to Knight Frank India, 5,516 apartments were registered in July 2026, recording an 18%…
Bengal minister for urban development and municipal affairs Agnimitra Paul (file photo) Kolkata: Housing and a job have been arranged for Sita Devi, the homeless woman on Free School Street off Park Street whom minister Agnimitra Paul had admonished days ago for heating milk on the pavement, the minister said on Friday.Paul said accommodation had…
