South Kolkata News

The 66 parish in South Kolkata is set to create history by giving the responsibility of worship to four women. A group of women in Kolkata are set to create history during the upcoming Durga Puja in Kolkata by breaking into a male bastion. The group, led by priest Nandini Bhowmik and his associates - Ruma, Semanti and Poulami - will be responsible for all the rituals in the five-day festival at 66 Palli.

In this episode of 'Bengal Chale Hum', watch the political report of South Kolkata.

On the day a heinous crime of rape and murder of a woman doctor in Hyderabad came to light, two minor girls in South Kolkata were raped in a broad daylight, police officials said.

The death toll in Majerhat bridge collapse in south Kolkata has now risen to 3.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh for the person who died after a portion of Majerhat bridge in the West Bengal capital collapsed on Tuesday.

A bridge collapsed in Majerhat area of south Kolkata in West Bengal on Tuesday afternoon.

Majerhat bridge collapse in South Kolkata, West Bengal

Fire broke out on the third floor of a multi-storied building which houses mostly offices in the southern part of the city's Pretoria Street this afternoon, police said.

The transwoman will be posted at one of the booths at South City International School which falls in Rashbehari assembly constituency.

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Friday filed her nomination papers for the state Assembly Elections and declared assets worth a little over Rs 30 lakh.

With not even a fortnight left for the Durga Puja festivities to begin, a puja committee in South Kolkata claims to be putting up the tallest Durga idol in the world for which it had initiated a teaser advertisement months in advance.