Kolkata is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. According to the 2011 Indian census, it is the seventh most populous city; the city had a population of 4.5 million, while the suburb population brought the total to 14.1 million, making it the third-most populous metropolitan area in India. Kolkata Megalopolis is the area surrounding Kolkata Metropolitan city with additional population. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River approximately 80 kilometres (50 mi) west of the border with Bangladesh, it is the principal commercial, cultural, and educational centre of East India, while the Port of Kolkata is India's oldest operating port and its sole major riverine port. The city is widely regarded as the "cultural capital" of India, and is also nicknamed the "City of Joy". Recent estimates of Kolkata Metropolitan Area's economy have ranged from $60 to $150 billion making it third most-productive metropolitan area in India, after Mumbai and Delhi.
The railways' target is to operate high speed trains in two categories — at 160 kmph on the Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Kolkata routes, and up to 320 kmph under the ongoing bullet train project between.. IndiaTimes - Published
The Shillong-based Eastern Air Command on Wednesday said Sukhoi-30MKI “air dominance” fighters and the Hawk advanced jet trainers will operate from Kolkata, Pasighat, Andal, Dimapur, Imphal and.. IndiaTimes - Published
The 58-year-old Kolkata-born economist is currently the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology DNA - Published
Mumbai-born, Kolkata-bred economist Abhijit Banerjee – an alumnus of JNU – will share the 2019 Nobel Prize in economic sciences with his colleague and wife Esther Duflo and fellow researcher.. IndiaTimes - Published
The party claimed that as many as eight members have been killed in the last 81 days with the most recent one being reported in Bengal's Nadia and Murshidabad district. DNA - Published
Plogging is an amalgamation of jogging with picking up litter on your way. As a workout, it provides variations in body movements by adding bending, squatting and stretching to the main action of.. DNA - Published
This apart, the court informed CBI - which is investigating the multi-crore rupee Saradha Chit Fund Scam must give a 48-hour prior notice to Kumar to appear before them. DNA - Published
The visit by Shah to West Bengal's capital was announced days after the meeting between the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Amit Shah on September 18 in Delhi over NRC issue. DNA - Published Also reported by •IndiaTimes
The event was attended by among others BJP's national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, party's state unit president Dilip Ghosh and various other leaders from the state. DNA - Published
A 10-member CBI team sent to Kolkata to track down former city police commissioner Rajeev Kumar, who has been evading summons in connection with the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam, has returned to.. IndiaTimes - Published
Four Indian coastal cities — Kolkata, Mumbai, Surat and Chennai — will be severely threatened due to sea level rise while several others in the north India will be exposed to acute water crisis due.. IndiaTimes - Published
The idea behind the festival, an annual event organised jointly by the science and technology ministry and Vijnana Bharati ((Vibha) is to expose students to real science through multiple events at one.. IndiaTimes - Published
The income tax department has attached "benami" assets worth Rs 230 crore of retired IAS officer Net Ram who also served as secretary to former UP CM Mayawati. A total of 19 immovable properties spread.. IndiaTimes - Published
Former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar on Tuesday claimed that the CBI was "hounding" him, while seeking anticipatory bail before the Calcutta HC in Saradha chitfund case. Kumar, currently the.. IndiaTimes - Published
A team of the ATS nabbed Mohammad Kallimuddin Muzahiri near Tatanagar railway station on Saturday, police aid. A resident of Azad Nagar in Mango area of the steel city, Muzahiri was absconding for.. IndiaTimes - Published
The Alipore District and Sessions court on Saturday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar, who the CBI said is evading summons in connection with the.. IndiaTimes - Published
The CBI wanted to know if the CID officials could establish contact with the former Kolkata top cop whose whereabouts are still not known. DNA - Published
Teams of the special crime branch of CBI visited the office of the CID at Bhabani Bhavan as well as various parts of the city to ascertain the whereabouts of Kumar. Kumar is the additional director.. IndiaTimes - Published
The CBI sources says that the agency has sought Kumar's active contact number as a part of its investigation into the Saradha chit fund scam case DNA - Published Also reported by •IndiaTimes
CBI teams visited the IPS officers' mess and a five-star hotel here on Thursday in the search for former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar against whom an arrest warrant was also sought by the.. IndiaTimes - Published
On Tuesday, Barasat court had asked the CBI to approach the Alipore court for moving an NBW against Rajeev Kumar. The court said that it does not have the jurisdiction to pass NBWs. DNA - Published
The meeting gains added significance as it comes at a time when CBI is enhancing pressure on WB state administration to know Kolkata's former police commissioner Rajeev Kumar's whereabouts DNA - Published
Highly places sources said the agency is trying to locate Kumar and has even written to the West Bengal DGP and the chief secretary to instruct Kumar to appear before the investigation team. Kumar did.. IndiaTimes - Published
Former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar “ignored” Friday’s CBI notice asking him to be present before officials probing the multi-crore Saradha ponzi scam case. He sought a month’s time.. IndiaTimes - Published
"Enforcement Directorate conducted searches at 6 locations, 2 each at Kolkata, Mumbai and Patna in connection with an investigation under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) against Neeraj.. DNA - Published
On Friday, the Kolkata High Court Bench had said that providing interim protection against CBI's arrests is equivalent to obstruction of justice by interrupting due procedure. DNA - Published
CBI has summoned former Kolkata CP Rajeev Kumar to appear for questioning on Saturday in connection with its probe into the Saradha scam, officials said. The agency served notices to Kumar after the.. IndiaTimes - Published
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