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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,…
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‘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…
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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…
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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…
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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)…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Woman passenger caught smoking on Kolkata-Bengaluru flight, arrested
Bengaluru: A 24-year-old woman passenger has been arrested after she was found smoking in a lavatory of a Kolkata-Bengaluru flight, officials said. The incident took place on an Indigo flight on March…
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Police bust fake call centre near Kolkata, seize Rs 4 cr cash
Kolkata: Following a surprise raid by the officers of the Bidhannagar Police Commiserate on Wednesday evening, unaccounted cash worth around Rs 4 crore was seized from a fake call centre in the…
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Man booked for smoking in Air India Kolkata-Delhi flight
New Delhi: A case has been registered against a passenger on an Air India Kolkata-Delhi flight for allegedly smoking inside the lavatory of the plane, official sources said on Monday. The incident…
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Adenovirus alarm: 4 more child deaths reported from Kolkata
Kolkata: The adenovirus menace in West Bengal seems to be assuming alarming proportions as deaths of four more children, admitted in a Kolkata hospital with its symptoms, were reported in the last…
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Bengal: TMC, BJP, Left-Cong to fight it out in Sagardighi by-poll
Kolkata: The stage is set for a three-cornered contest in the by-poll to the Sagardighi assembly constituency in Murshidabad district on Monday, as the ruling TMC, opposition BJP, and the Congress-Left alliance…
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Jail superintendent fined for giving special treatment to coal scam accused
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday imposed a financial penalty on the Superintendent of Presidency Special Correctional Home in south Kolkata for giving special treatment to Vikas Mishra, one of the…
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Air Arabia Abu Dhabi launches new flight to Kolkata
Abu Dhabi: United Arab Emirates’s (UAE) low-cost carrier Air Arabia Abu Dhabi announced the launch of a new service to Kolkata city in West Bengal. The airline will commence operations on Wednesday,…