Kolkata

Accused Of Infidelity, Chinese-Origin Man Killed Wife: Kolkata Police

Kolkata News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Stela Dey | Saturday August 24, 2019

In less than 24 hours, the Kolkata Police has cracked the case of the double murders in Chinatown and arrested Chinese-origin Li Wan Tho for brutally beating his wife and father to death.

2 Chinese-Origin People Killed In Kolkata, Faces Smashed With Iron Bucket

Kolkata News | Written by Monideepa Banerjee | Saturday August 24, 2019

A Kolkata man of Chinese-origin was arrested this morning in double murder of his 60-year-old wife and his octogenarian father. The two were brutally attacked on Friday at their home in Tangra, also known as Kolkata's Chinatown.

Till Late October, A Gandhi Film Every Week At Kolkata's Victoria Memorial

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Saturday August 24, 2019

There is no record of Mahatma Gandhi ever visiting Kolkata's iconic Victoria Memorial in his lifetime, nor of him saying anything about the monument. But now, nine thought-provoking feature films inspired by Mahatma Gandhi have come a-calling. On screen. To mark his 150th birth anniversary.

Three Dead, More Than 20 Injured In Stampede At Temple Near Kolkata

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Friday August 23, 2019

At least three people have died and more than 20 were injured after a stampede broke out at a temple near Kolkata last night where devotees had gathered for Janamasthami celebrations.

In Kolkata Crash, 'Biryani Brother' Was Driving From Party With A Friend

Kolkata News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Friday August 23, 2019

Bollywood story of brotherly love. A young man taking the rap for his elder brother who allegedly killed two people when he crashed his Jaguar late at night.Arsalan Parwez, the 21-year-old younger sibling, had ealier claimed that he was nehind the wheels and surrendered before the police. Four days later, it emerged that it was his elder brother Ra...

Shashi Tharoor Gets Stay On Arrest Over "Hindu Pakistan" Comment

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Thursday August 22, 2019

The Calcutta High Court has stayed an arrest warrant issued against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor for a remark made in Kerala last year regarding the formation of a "Hindu Pakistan". The warrant has been stayed till September 20

In Jaguar Crash Involving Kolkata's 'Biryani Brothers', A Stunning Twist

Kolkata News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Thursday August 22, 2019

Four days after a speeding Jaguar hit a Mercedes in Kolkata, killing two Bangladeshi nationals, a stunning twist has emerged in the case. It turns out that the man who was arrested was not the one allegedly behind the wheels of the Jaguar, but his elder brother.

Kolkata Metro Train Runs Full Stretch With Door Open

Kolkata News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday August 21, 2019

A packed metro train covered the entire north to south stretch of Kolkata with one of its doors open during rush hours on Wednesday with three railway staffers guarding it.

Bengali Actor Soumitra Chatterjee To Be Discharged From Hospital Today

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Wednesday August 21, 2019

Veteran actor Soumitra Chatterjee is heading home today after spending a week in a Kolkata hospital, where he was admitted with pneumonia and multiple-organ dysfunction.

"My Father's Eyes Missing": Kolkata Man Complains To Morgue

Kolkata News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday August 21, 2019

The authorities of a state-run hospital in Kolkata on Tuesday ordered an investigation following a complaint that the eyes of a body kept in the morgue were missing when it was handed over to the family, officials said.

"Will Liberate West Bengal Again": Former Kolkata Mayor Sovan Chatterjee

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Tuesday August 20, 2019

Six days after he quit West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress and joined the BJP, Sovan Chatterjee called for a second liberation of the state.

"Culture Of Violence" Silencing Dissent: Aparna Sen, 27 Others Speak Up

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday August 20, 2019

Prominent members of Kolkata's civil society have spoken up again, condemning the "culture of violence and intolerance" that made film-maker Anurag Kashyap quit the microblogging platform Twitter after allegations of threats to his family.

Sovan Chatterjee's Induction May Hamper Anti-Corruption Drive: Bengal BJP

Kolkata News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday August 20, 2019

A section of the BJP in West Bengal is apprehensive that the party's anti-corruption crusade might take a beating ahead of the next assembly election in the state following TMC leader and Narada scam accused, Sovan Chatterjee, joining it.

After Letter To PM Modi, 9 Activists Now Write To Mamata Banerjee On Violence

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Tuesday August 20, 2019

Prominent members of Kolkata's civil society, many of whom were among the 49 people who recently wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi against cow-related mob killings, have now written to Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to condemn police action on teachers and the assault on a theatre actor in recent weeks.

Princess Diana Wanted To Help AIDS Patients In Kolkata, Reveals New Book

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday August 19, 2019

Princess Diana in 1997 had expressed her desire to accommodate a small number of AIDS patients in Kolkata after Mother Teresa talked about it, reveals a new book on LM Singhvi, India's longest-serving high commissioner to the UK in the early nineties.