Kolkata: The twin crises of heatwaves and extreme rainfall are now defining urban life across India, and Kolkata is emerging as one of the most vulnerable. The record rainfall on the intervening night ...

Kolkata: Two men have been arrested in connection with the murder of a 24-year-old nurse who was found dead in a nursing home in West Bengal’s Hooghly district on August 13, police said on Friday.

As Kolkata immersed itself in Durga Puja celebrations, heavy overnight rains on Tuesday caused significant disruption across the city, with several areas submerged in knee-deep water, severely ...

Kolkata: The commuter frustration over the inordinate delay in commissioning the 2.6-km stretch of East-West Metro, connecting the two disjointed sections — Sector V-Sealdah and Esplanade-Howrah ...

India faces a challenging situation in the first cricket test against South Africa. Chasing 124 for victory, India was 10-2 ...

Housing sales in the Kolkata real estate market grew to 4,374 units, a modest 2% YoY growth in Q3 2025, indicating a period of sustained stability and capital value appreciation in Kolkata, according ...

India’s phenomenal growth in the fintech space is not new knowledge anymore. Since the demonisation of 2016, things have taken a sharp turn in the fintech space. And now, in a bid to predict what ...

India's Jasprit Bumrah has picked up his 16th five-wicket haul to help skittle South Africa out for a paltry 159 on the ...

Kolkata, formerly Calcutta, is featured in this optical image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. Zoom in to explore this image at its full 10 m resolution or click on the circles to learn ...

Editor's note: This story was originally published in 2023. It has been updated with new information. Forget about the Benjamins. If your grandmother ever gave you a $2 bill and you managed to keep it ...