Topic: Kolkata
9-year-old girl killed by crude bomb during TMC bypoll victory procession in West Bengal’s Kaliganj
A nine year-old girl named Tamanna Khatun was killed in her own verandah by a crude bomb hurled at her house in the Molandi area of Kaliganj’s Barachandgarh village in West Bengal by participants of TMC’s victory procession celebrating the bypoll results on Monday.
Communal clashes near Kolkata: Around 40 held after shop dispute sparks violence
Around 40 people have been arrested after communal clashes broke out between members of the Hindu and Muslim communities in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on Wednesday, following a dispute over a temporary shop in the Rabindranagar area of Maheshtala, on the outskirts of Kolkata.
Fire at Kolkata hotel claims at least 14 lives
At least 14 people were killed in a fire at a hotel in central Kolkata on Tuesday night, including one person who died after jumping off the terrace in an attempt to escape the blaze.
Kolkata gynecologist denies treatment to pregnant Muslim woman citing Pahalgam attack
A pregnant Muslim woman in Kolkata was allegedly denied medical treatment by a doctor who cited the recent militant attack in Pahalgam as the...
Kolkata: Screening of Ritwik Ghatak’s ‘Amar Lenin’, ‘Komal Gandhar’ canceled over objections from TMC supporters
The screening of Ritwik Ghatak’s Amar Lenin and Komal Gandhar at a Kolkata government school on February 10 was allegedly canceled due to objections from local Trinamool Congress supporters over the films’ political themes.
“She would have turned 32 today”: Parents demand justice in R.G. Kar case, call for CM’s resignation
More than five months after the heinous rape and murder of a 31-year-old female postgraduate trainee doctor at R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata—a crime that sparked relentless protests and global outrage—a Sealdah sessions court on January 20 sentenced Kolkata Police civic volunteer Sanjay Roy, the sole convict, to rigorous life imprisonment until death.
