Kolkata News

Morphine shortage hits Kolkata cancer patients

Hundreds of cancer patients have been hard hit by an acute shortage of morphine in Kolkata, which records 12,000 new cases of the disease every year. Poor patients are the worst affected as they cannot afford alternative pain relief drugs.8:00 AM on November 27

Suspected Maoists kill school teacher in West Bengal

Suspected Maoist guerrillas killed a school teacher in West Bengal's Purulia district Thursday evening, police said.12:01 AM on November 27

Kolkata marks 26/11 with flowers, candles and peace concerts

People in Kolkata Thursday lit candles and paid floral tributes to the victims of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.10:06 PM on November 26

One dead, six injured in Trinamool-CPI-M clash in West Bengal

One man was killed and six others, including two policemen, were injured as activists of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and the Trinamool Congress clashed in several villages in West Bengal's Hooghly district Thursday, police said.10:02 PM on November 26

'Demand for high-end mobile phones is booming'

The number of high-end mobile phone users will grow five times in the next three years, an official at the Indian Cellular Association (ICA) said here Thursday.8:04 PM on November 26

Tata's Singur land can be acquired for BHEL: Bengal minister

West Bengal Commerce and Industry Minister Nirupam Sen Thursday said if state-run Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) selected the land abandoned by Tata Motors in Singur, the state government would acquire it from the auto major.4:00 PM on November 26

One killed, five injured in Trinamool-CPI-M clashes

One man was killed and five others, including a police officer, suffered bullet injuries as activists of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and the Trinamool Congress clashed in several villages in West Bengal's Hooghly district Thursday, police said.2:02 PM on November 26

Maintaining Kolkata port a liability: Government

The shipping ministry has expressed concern over the mounting navigability maintenance costs of Kolkata and Haldia ports and asked authorities to justify the existence of these ports.12:03 AM on November 26

Security up in West Bengal ahead of 26/11 anniversary

Security has been stepped up across West Bengal Wednesday ahead of the first anniversary of the 26/11 terror strikes in Mumbai.12:00 AM on November 26

BJP demands statement from PM on Babri demolition

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday demanded a statement from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the central government's role on the day the Babri mosque was razed in Ayodhya.12:00 AM on November 26

IIM-C's student executives from manufacturing recruited

Despite the slowdown in the manufacturing sector, all 28 self-sponsored students of the Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta (IIM-C)'s post-graduate programme for executives from that sector have landed campus placements.8:03 PM on November 25

Kolkata firm to set up cement plant in Meghalaya

City-based GNG group, which is engaged in international trading, mining and power projects, is setting up an integrated cement plant with an annnual capacity of one million tonnes in Meghalaya, a top company official said here Wednesday.6:04 PM on November 25

Balrampur Chini posts Rs.42.7 crore profit

Sugar maker Balrampur Chini Mills has posted a net profit of Rs.42.73 crore for the quarter ended Sep 30, as compared to Rs.14.58 crore earned in the year-ago period.6:00 PM on November 25

Say no to nuclear plant, Mahasweta tells tribals

Railing against a proposed nuclear power plant in West Bengal's Haripur, celebrated writer Mahasweta Devi has urged tribals to send five post cards each to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying no to the plant.12:02 PM on November 25

Peace Concert in Kolkata on first anniversary of 26/11

Bollywood actress Raima Sen will feature alongside a host of actors and singers in a peace concert Thursday that portrays the scourge of global terrorism and the significance of peace, to observe the first anniversary of last November's Mumbai terror attack.12:00 AM on November 25