Tag: Kolkata

Bhubaneswar: Over a hundred passengers traveling in an AirAsia flight had a tough time after the scheduled landing of the plane at the city-based Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) today was aborted due to dense fog at the airport. According to sources, AirAsia FD 112 flight, carrying nearly 150 passengers from Bangkok to Bhubaneswar was […]

By Sandeep Sahu No two cities can have more in common. They have both been great cities in the past. They have both been great centres of learning, of intellectual pursuit and artistic/cultural excellence, of trade and commerce. Both of them have fallen on bad times. In fact, both of them have been on a […]

Critically ill Abhisek Mohapatra of Basudevpur of Bhadrak is all set to be shifted to Kolkata from Bhubaneswar through an air ambulance for advance ECMO treatment.

A young critically ill Covid-19 patient, Abhisek Mohapatra, who needs urgent ECMO treatment, is all set to be shifted to Kolkata from Bhubaneswar on road as fund crunch has posed hindrance for his airlifting to West Bengal.

Cuttack/ Bhubaneswar: In a tragic incident, a student of the National Law University Odisha (NLUO), Cuttack died while playing a football match in Kolkata on Saturday. The deceased student has been identified as Ritwik Das. Das, a fifth year integrated law student, reportedly collapsed and died while playing the match for NLUO in an inter-university […]

New Delhi: Telecom major Bharti Airtel on Wednesday announced the launch of its 100th Next-Gen Airtel store in the country with the opening of a store in Kolkata’s Park Street area. In a statement, Airtel said that it plans to roll out 10 Next-Gen stores across Kolkata and other major cities across West Bengal over […]

Kolkata: The Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata police seized huge quantity of explosive substances from a goods vehicle in Chitpur area in the city and arrested two youths of Odisha in connection with the incident in the wee hours of Saturday. The arrested persons have been identified as Indrajit Bhui of Melak village and […]

Balasore: A Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police today arrested one dealer Sukant Sahu from Basta area of Balasore district in Odisha in connection with the seizure of 1000 kg of explosive materials on March 10. Sources said both Kolkata and Odisha Police are conducting a coordinated investigation to find out the actual reason […]

Balasore: Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel at the Rupsa railway station on Sunday arrested three persons while they were allegedly trying to smuggle 45 live turtles to Kolkata. The arrested persons, Anadi Sasamal, Uttam Mandal and Ashok Paria of Dantan area of West Bengal had reportedly collected the turtles from Sakhigopal area of Puri and […]

Kolkata: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 16.34 kg of smuggled gold, valued at Rs 5.37 crore, in three separate operations and arrested six people, according to an official, here on Saturday. “In three separate operations by DRI sleuths, 16.34 kg of smuggled gold valued at Rs 5.37 crore was seized and six people […]

Jharsuguda: Direct flight services resumed from Veer Surendra Sai Airport in Jharsuguda with the arrival of two planes of budget carrier SpiceJet at the airport this afternoon. The two planes were welcomed with the water canon salute at the airport. Later the first commercial flight (189-seater) took off from Jharsuguda airport to New Delhi whereas […]

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) activists allegedly pelted stones at BJP president Amit Shah’s roadshow convoy triggering violent clashes in which three motorbikes were set ablaze in the College Street area here on Tuesday. Shah later accused the Trinamool of throwing stones and brick targeting his rally. “There were disturbances in two places during […]

New Delhi: Budget passenger carrier IndiGo will launch six new daily flights to and from Kolkata, effective July 20. According to the airline, it will operate daily non-stop flights on Shillong-Kolkata and Raipur-Kolkata routes with its ATR-18 aircraft. Furthermore, Kolkata-Shillong-Kolkata will be IndiGo’s next route under the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS).

Mau (Uttar Pradesh): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday promised a “grand statue” of 19th century reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar at the same spot where his bust was vandalized in Kolkata. A bust of Vidyasagar had been vandalized during the violence that took place during BJP President Amit Shah’s roadshow in Kolkata. The Bharatiya Janata […]

Kolkata: Two posters threatening to behead a Trinamool Congress leader and those working for the BJP created a sensation in Nimta and Rajarhat-Newtown areas close to Kolkata on Wednesday. The poster at Nimta, around 15 km from Kolkata in North 24 Parganas district, threatened to decapitate a Nirmal Bala for working for the Trinamool. “Nirmal […]