Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Tag: Kolkata

PM accuses TMC of letting loose reign of terror, prompting furious response from rival Mamata

Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday lashed out at the opposition and more specifically at TMC’s record of violent local body polls, prompting...

Southwest monsoon advances into Bengal, heavy rainfall predicted in northern districts

Kolkata: The southwest monsoon set in in several districts of south Bengal on Monday, an area which has been reeling under heatwave-like conditions for...

Odisha train crash: Death toll climbs to 261, high-level probe ordered by Indian Railways

Bhubaneswar: Large cranes and bulldozers tried on Saturday to lift the last remaining coach that rescuers have not reached yet among the strewn and...

Train accident: President Murmu, PM Modi express grief over loss of lives, Railway announces 10 lakh ex gratia

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu and PM Narendra Modi expressed grief over the Coromandal Express train accident and spoke to the railway minister to...

Nine killed, 7 injured in massive explosion at illegal firecracker unit in West Bengal

Kolkata: An explosion at an illegal firecracker unit located in Egra in Purba Medinipur district of West Bengal killed nine people and critically injured...

Commercial LPG price cut by Rs 171.5, ATF by 2.45 pc

New Delhi: Commercial LPG prices on Monday were cut by Rs 171.5 per cylinder in line with softening international trend. A 19-kg commercial LPG cylinder...