Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) is a relatively young city, an amalgamation of villages (including one named Kalikata) formed after the English landed on the swampy shores of the Ganges in Bengal in the ...

Schools in Kolkata will remain closed on Wednesday and Thursday due to heavy rains in the city. The state government has issued a notification in this regard. Schools in the city were closed on ...

Kolkata: The city has been experiencing heavy rainfall continuously since Monday. The torrential rainfall has disrupted normal life in Kolkata. Numerous regions of Kolkata are under knee-deep water ...

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 ranks fifth in India with 26,600 millionaire households. The Mercedes-Benz Hurun India Wealth Report 2025 reveals this. Kolkata accounts for 53% of West Bengal's millionaire households. The ...

Kolkata received 178.6 mm of rain from Sept 1-22, 16% below the normal 213.7 mm Between 8.30 am yesterday and today, Kolkata recorded 247.4 mm of rain, mostly at night Seven people died in ...

Kolkata rain highlights: Heavy rainfall lasting hours from Monday night to early Tuesday morning inundated large parts of Kolkata, leaving at least ten people dead. The intense downpour brought life ...

Kolkata Rain News LIVE Updates: Overnight torrential rain wreaked havoc in Kolkata with multiple areas witnessing severe waterlogging across the city. Traffic, train and metro services were severely ...

The Met department’s latest forecast predicts a wet start to the Durga Puja this year. Blame a low-pressure area that could intensify into a depression over the northeast Bay of Bengal for the rains ...

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Kolkata: An afternoon deluge drenched and sank Kolkata on Friday when a heavy downpour pounded the city for close to three hours from 2.45 pm, leaving roads waterlogged, neighbourhoods flooded, and ...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee took to the streets of Kolkata on Tuesday, leading a protest march against the ...