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The strike affected rail and road transport services mainly in Kolkata. Violence occurred throughout the day between the workers of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the BJP. [95] [96] On 2 September, junior doctors marched towards Lalbazar from College Square demanding the resignation of the Kolkata Police Commissioner. Since barricades were ...
A detained protester being interviewed by the media from a prison van during a march on July 19 in Kolkata, India. ... a retired professor who happened upon a second career as a driving instructor ...
1993 Kolkata firing The 1993 Kolkata Writers' Building March was a protest organized by Mamata Banerjee , then a leader of the Indian National Congress , on July 21, 1993, to demand the introduction of mandatory photo voter ID cards in elections.
Four police constables and a private security guard were killed and 20 other people injured when, on 22 January 2002, Islamic militants attacked an American cultural centre in Kolkata, India. The centre houses a library and the American Consulate's public affairs section, which includes the press and cultural teams. [1]
[8] [9] The governor summoned the Director of General Police and Kolkata Police Commissioner to discuss the situation. [10] Congress leader Jitin Prasada alleged that Congress members were attacked and even women and children weren't spared from the attacks by TMC. He called out Mamata Banerjee to stop this violence immediately.
The Stephen Court fire was a major fire in a historical building, Stephen Court, that occurred in March 2010 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.The fire started by a short circuit in the lifts at 2:15 p.m. IST, rapidly engulfing the fifth and sixth floors.
As part of a new experience called "The Beam" at 30 Rock, TODAY's Al Roker, Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, Crag Melvin and Carson Daly re-created the famous "Lunch Atop a Skyscraper" photo.
Kolkata, [a] also known as Calcutta [b] (its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, 80 km (50 mi) west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary financial and commercial centre of eastern and northeastern India. [16]