Tremors were felt across Kolkata and in other parts of West Bengal on Tuesday after an earthquake of magnitude struck in Myanmar, officials said. The earthquake was also felt in parts of neighbouring ...

Residents of Kolkata reported feeling tremors on Tuesday (February 3) following an earthquake originating near Yenangyaung, Myanmar. According to seismic data by United States Geological Survey (USGS) ...

Banks in India will be closed on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month, and on national holidays like Republic Day, Independence Day, and Gandhi Jayanti in 2026. While physical branches remain ...

Kolkata: Fire brigade personnel douse a fire at a warehouse, in Kolkata, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. A fire broke out in a warehouse in the Nazirabad area of Anandapur, Kolkata, in the early hours of ...

At least seven persons were feared dead, and several others remained missing after a massive fire broke out in a warehouse in the Anandpur area of Kolkata in the early hours of Monday (January 26, ...

That was how Jhumpa Lahiri described the City of Joy during a session on her novel Roman Stories at Kolkata Literary Meet on January 22 — a brief remark that suddenly popped up in between a ...

The 49th International Kolkata Book Fair has begun, drawing together publishers, authors, translators and readers from across languages and geographies. This edition foregrounds global exchange ...

The International Kolkata Book Fair, easily the biggest event in the city after Durga Puja, will be held from January 22 to February 3, with Argentina being the ‘theme country’ this year, and ...

• Cold wave continues January 7-8 Kolkata; further 2°C dip likely after January 6 coldest day 10.2°C in 15 years. • Dense fog morning hours; maximum 20-24°C; minimum expected 8-10°C on January 7-8. • ...

The temperature may drop further by 2°C on January 7-8 before stabilizing Dense fog is expected in the morning hours in the North Bengal districts (Coochbehar, Jalpaiguri) Kolkata woke to an icy dawn ...

NEW DELHI, Dec 29 (Reuters) - For more than a century, trams have rumbled past Kolkata's crumbling colonial facades, with their chiming bells contributing to the city's soundtrack as they ferried ...