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Police on high alert ahead of Lionel Messi’s Delhi visit
New Delhi: Delhi Police has beefed up security in the central parts of the national capital and set up traffic restrictions as global football icon Lionel Messi sets foot in the city,…
- India
Messi event chaos in Kolkata: Chief organiser sent to 14-day police custody
Kolkata: A court here on Sunday sent Satadru Datta, the chief organiser of the Lionel Messi football event at Salt Lake stadium where chaos erupted a day ago, to 14-day police custody,…
- Offbeat
Video: Fan carries carpet from stadium in Kolkata after Messi match fiasco
A football fan carried a carpet from the stadium as he was disappointed over the alleged mismanagement of an exhibition match in Kolkata featuring Argentine footballer Lionel Messi on Saturday, December 13.…
- Kolkata
Bengal governor denied entry to Salt lake stadium amid Messi chaos
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose was “denied” entry into the Salt Lake Stadium, after chaos and crowd trouble at the venue marred an event featuring football legend Lionel Messi.…
- India
Angry fans on rampage as Messi’s Kolkata tour turns ‘Messy’, Mamata apologies
Kolkata: Chaos erupted at the Salt Lake stadium here on Saturday as thousands of fans protested after failing to get a clear glimpse of Argentine football icon Lionel Messi during a much-hyped…
- Entertainment
Watch: SRK keeps promise, meets Messi, AbRam steals spotlight
Kolkata: World’s greatest footballer Lionel Messi has finally touched down in India for his much-anticipated GOAT Tour, during which he will be visiting multiple cities across the country, beginning with Kolkata on…
- Sports
Messi’s G.O.A.T. India Tour set to dazzle, but without the football magic of 2011
Kolkata: Argentine superstar Lionel Messi’s long-awaited return to India, after a magical maiden visit back in 2011, will be high on glitz but low on actual football, promising a spectacle that may…
- Entertainment
SRK X Messi: Fans hope for iconic pose, Chaiyya Chaiyya moment
Hyderabad: India is buzzing with excitement as chants of “Messi, Messi, Messiii!” prepare to echo across the nation. Football icon Lionel Messi is just days away from arriving in the country and…
- India
Bengal: Hindutva mob attack vendors for selling non-veg at Gita recitation
Kolkata: A Hindutva mob brutally attacked a Muslim vendor from Arambagh for selling non-veg patties at Kolkata‘s Brigade Parade Ground while a Gita recitation was taking place on Sunday, December 7. Based on…
- India
Mamata announces Rs 8,487-crore project to build 20,000 km of roads
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will on Thursday inaugurate one of the state’s largest road projects, launching work for the construction of over 20,000 km of new roads across the…
- India
EC seeks report from Kolkata Police over protest by BLOs at CEO’s office
Kolkata: The Election Commission on Wednesday wrote to Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Kumar Verma over the protest by a section of BLOs at the West Bengal CEO’s office, calling it a “serious…
- India
SIR in Bengal: BLOs to hold march on Monday to protest against work pressure
Kolkata: An organisation of booth-level officers engaged in the ongoing SIR process in West Bengal is scheduled to hold a march here on Monday to protest against the alleged excessive work pressure…
- Top Stories
No casualties as fire engulfs building in central Kolkata; fire minister, mayor visit site
Kolkata: Kolkata, Nov 15 (PTI) At least 20 fire tenders were pressed into service on Saturday to douse a massive blaze in a multi-storey building in Kolkata’s congested Ezra Street area, officials…
- India
Anxious over SIR, sex workers in Kolkata hold meeting before moving EC
Kolkata: Amid the ongoing SIR of electoral rolls in West Bengal, sex workers in Kolkata’s Sonagachi area, one of the largest red light districts in Asia, held a preliminary meeting among themselves…
- India
Conductor pushes passenger off moving bus after fare dispute in Kolkata
Kolkata: A fare dispute on a Kolkata bus on Wednesday turned violent when the conductor allegedly pushed a passenger out of a moving vehicle on AJC Bose Road, seriously injuring him, police…