A fire broke out near Anwar Shah Road after a battery exploded while being charged, causing a gas cylinder to catch fire and ...

Save time and protect your skin — opt for a scary mask instead of face paint. Various varieties of scary masks — ranging from ...

Police plead helplessness even as Hazra Road and Motilal Nehru Road residents suffer; environmentalists blame cops ...

Heavy rains from cyclonic storm Dana left parts of Kolkata waterlogged, affecting areas like Jodhpur Park and Ballygunge in ...

Ma Durga might be the city's most celebrated annual visitor, but Kali is the resident Goddess, notes Sandip Roy.

Kolkata's air quality has drastically worsened from satisfactory to poor just three days after Diwali celebrations, with ...

Just before the festive days of Kali Puja and Diwali, Kolkata woke up to a delightful surprise — intricate, beautiful alpona designs adorning the doorsteps of houses in Lake Market, Raja Basanta Roy ...

Amid the rush for the Chhath Puja, security has been stepped up in Kolkata for the next two days to prevent any untoward ...

In a series of posts, DS Balaji, a designer by profession, called Kolkata "the dirtiest city of India" and the "most unhygienic" after visiting areas that were overflowing with garbage and had ...

Severe cyclonic storm 'Dana' causes heavy rains and strong winds in Kolkata and southern West Bengal, leading to flooding.

With the bursting of firecrackers to mark the occasions of Kali Puja and Diwali, Kolkata has recorded high levels of air and ...

According to Dawn, three air quality monitors in the city at the WWF-Pakistan Office, Shamsabad Colony, and Multan Cantonment ...