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Saudia Airlines makes emergency landing in Kolkata due to windshield cracks
Kolkata: A Saudia Airlines cargo flight on Saturday made an emergency landing at Kolkata Airport after its windshield cracked mid-air, airport officials told ANI. The aircraft landed safely at the Kolkata Airport…
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Video: Kolkata Metro creates history with successful underwater test run
Kolkata: Kolkata witnessed history on Wednesday as a rake of Kolkata Metro conducted a successful trial run through an underwater tunnel under Hooghly river in the route connecting Esplanade in central Kolkata…
- India
Kolkata’s Mominpur clashes: Warrant against 7 absconding accused; NIA announces award
Kolkata: A special court of National Investigation Agency (NIA) probing the Ekbalpur-Mominpur clashes in Kolkata on October 9 last year on the occasion of ‘Lakshmi Puja’, issued a warrant against the seven…
- India
Kurmi agitation: 188 trains cancelled for April 9-10
Kolkata: As the people of the Kurmi community intensify their rail and road blockade agitations in support of their long-standing demand for recognition under the Scheduled Tribe category, the Railways has been…
- India
Rahul does not have any respect for judicial system: BJP
Kolkata: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi does not have any respect towards the judicial system of the country, BJP’s national spokesman Sambit Patra said in Kolkata on Monday. “My question is why Rahul…
- India
AAP launches poster campaign against Modi in Kolkata, wants to go it alone
Kolkata: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday launched a poster campaign against Prime Minister Narendra Modi “Modi Hatao, Desh Bachao” in West Bengal, party spokesperson in the state Arnab Maitra said.…
- India
If Rahul is disqualified, why not Modi for hurting women’s sentiment: TMC’s Abhishek
Kolkata: Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday said if Rahul Gandhi can be disqualified for his comments about a community, then why similar action cannot be taken against Prime Minister Narendra…
- India
Etihad to start direct flights between Kolkata and Abu Dhabi from Sunday
Kolkata: Etihad Airways will resume flight services between Kolkata and Abu Dhabi on Sunday, the airlines said. The flights, to be available every day, will be operated with an Airbus A320 aircraft,…
- India
‘Silent’ meeting between Mamata, Kumaraswamy in Kolkata sparks political speculations
Kolkata: On the day Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from the membership of Lok Sabha, a “silent” meeting between the Janata Dal-Secular leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and…
- India
X-rated clip at Patna station: GRP team reaches Kolkata to probe the incident
Patna: Three days after passengers at the Patna railway station were surprised when the TV screens installed on the platforms reportedly played X-rated clip for almost three minutes instead of the usual…
- India
Kolkata man held for murdering wife, burying body after cutting it into three pieces
Kolkata: A near replication of the murder of Shraddha Walker and disposal of her body in Delhi’s Mehrauli area last year surfaced on the outskirts of Kolkata on Wednesday evening, where a…
- Middle East
Air Arabia Abu Dhabi marks its first flight to Kolkata
Abu Dhabi: United Arab Emirates’s (UAE) low-cost carrier Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, on Wednesday marked the inauguration of its first flight to Kolkata city in West Bengal, the Emirates News Agency (WAM)…
- India
Adenovirus alarm: Four more child deaths reported from Kolkata
Kolkata: Four more deaths of children admitted with adenovirus-related symptoms have been reported from a Kolkata hospital since Tuesday evening. Of the four at the B.C. Roy Children’s Hospital, sources said, two…
- Kolkata
Communal clashes in Kolkata: NIA files supplementary charge sheet
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a supplementary charge sheet in connection with alleged communal clashes in the Ekbalpore-Mominpur area of Kolkata in October last year, officials said. The…
- Kolkata
Recruitment scam: WBSSC publishes list of 3,478 Group C staff with manipulated marks
Kolkata: The West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) on Monday published on its website a list of 3,478 candidates who reportedly have qualified for appointment as non-teaching staff in different state-run schools…
