Tag: Kolkata
Kolkata School Student Run Over By Local Train
A class nine student of a prominent city school died after being hit by a local train here on Thursday morning, police said.....
IIT-Kharagpur To Help New Town Become 'happiest Part Of India'
In a bid to develop New Town, a satellite township on the north-eastern fringes of the city, as India's happiest space, IIT-Kharagpur will study the happiness index of the locality as part of a two-year project, a statement said on Thursday. ....
Kerala Gets First Private Bank
ESAF Small Finance Bank, Kerala's first private sector bank, was launched here on Friday by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.....
Police Attacked As School Girl Dies
Senior officials of the West Bengal Police were beaten up after a school girl died in a road accident in Murshidabad district on Friday, police said.....
ED Issues Notice Against Gauri Khan, Knight Riders Sports
The Enforcement Directorate has issued show cause notice against Knight Riders Sports Pvt Ltd (KRSPL) and Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's wife Gauri Khan for allegedly violating foreign exchange rules.....
Indian Museum, Kolkata Hotels Mark Earth Hour
The Indian Museum as also several important office buildings and plush hotels switched off their lights here on Saturday as Kolkata joined the rest of the world in observing Earth Hour.....
Two Killed In Kolkata Hotel Fire
A major fire broke out at a city hotel in Kolkata early on Thursday killing two persons and injuring at least six others, a fire brigade official said.....
Regional Connectivity Gets Boost, Government Awards 128 Air Routes
Giving flight to its 'Udan' policy for regional connectivity, the government on Thursday awarded contracts to five companies to operate flight services on 128 routes that will connect 70 airports, most of them either used partially or unused.....
'Plastic' Eggs Sold In Kolkata Market
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has ordered an investigation into the alleged sale of "artificial eggs" made of "plastic" in the city's markets, the KMC mayor said on Thursday.....
Government Ranks JNU, Jadavpur Among Country's Top Varsities
The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in the national capital and Kolkatas Jadavpur University - which have been in the eye of storm over alleged anti-national sloganeering - figure in the top universities of the country as per a government list released on Monday. ....
