Kolkata

In a serious road accident in the outskirts of Kolkata on early Wednesday, at least five people were killed and another three were left injured. According to reports, all eight of them were in West Bengal to attend a marriage function.…

ONI Bureau:  An AirAsia Bangkok-Bhubaneswar Flight (FD 112) which was supposed to land at Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) in Bhubaneswar between11.30 PM and 12 AM last night, wasn't able to land due to intense fog. The Flight was…

ONI Bureau:   Maintaining an equal distance from the BJP and the Congress, the ruling-Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Saturday skipped the United Opposition rally organised by West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress President Mamata…

ONI Bureau:  In a shameful incident, a girl from Kolkata was allegedly gang-raped inside a room in Konark area in Puri district. As per report, more than 12 persons raped her for around 10 days after she was taken to Odisha by a woman on…

ONI Bureau:  A bridge collapsed in South Kolkata's Majherhat area on Tuesday, toppling several vehicles and trapping people in the rubble. A part of the 40-year-old Majherhat bridge between Taratala and Mominpur collapsed around 4.30…

Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, who died on Monday in a clinic, will be accorded a gun salute at the West Bengal Assembly. Later, his body will be donated to the state-run SSKM Hospital in line with his pledge. First his…

Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee died here on Monday at a private clinic following a cardiac arrest and prolonged illness, nursing home sources said. He was 89. "He died at 8.15 a.m.," Bellevue Clinic CEO Pradip Tondon told…

Fuel prices across the four metro cities rose for the fourth straight day on Sunday caused by hardening of crude rates. due to resumption of US sanctions on Iran, after they had been declining for over a month. Petrol prices in Delhi rose…

ONI Bureau: Former Dhenkanal MLA Nabin Nanda, who had gone missing in Kolkata since yesterday, has been found safe. His son Sambit Nanda had rushed to Kolkata after he remained incommunicado. According to Nanda, he became a victim of…

Breaking new ground, Kolkata's Jiya Das has become the first transgender Operation Theatre technician in an Indian hospital, but theatre artists and actors from the community still face discrimination in the culture-loving city, say…