Cyclone Yaas likely to be more severe than Amphan: Mamata

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Monday that the West Bengal government has made all necessary arrangements in dealing with the aftermath of cyclone Yaas, which might affect 20 districts......

No power in Kolkata hospital, 4 infants dead

Four infants died in the state-run B C Roy Memorial Hospital for Children in Kolkata, West Bengal, early Monday when power supply was snapped for over two hours.The four, in the age group of seven......

Infant deaths: West Bengal govt wakes up

The West Bengal government on Tuesday said it was considering an alternative power supply arrangement at the B C Roy Memorial Children's Hospital where a long power cut crippled services yesterday......

Firms made fraudulent claims to get coal blocks: CBI

The Central Bureau of Investigation has alleged that some companies which were allotted coal blocks between 2006 and 2009 had "misrepresented" facts and made "fraudulent" claims to "embellish"......

CESC unbundling plan on backburner

CESC Ltd, which was toying with the idea of unbundling its generation and distribution business into two separate entities has shelved the plan.The company now intends to keep both the business......

Meet the man behind Kolkata's first luxury mall

After carving out his share of his father's business empire, Sanjiv Goenka, the younger son of Rama Prasad Goenka, is set to debut into real estate, with a mall selling "luxury brands" such as......

Green share in India's power generation to rise

The generation of electricity in India by conventional methods is expected to come down by 10 per cent by 2019 and by 20 per cent by 2047 due to depletion of resources. Conventional power......

Kolkata has lowest no. of power outages

The Central Electricity Authority's evaluation for March 2005 identified Kolkata as the city with the lowest number of trippings per feeder and Jabalpur as the one with the lowest outage duration......

Kolkata police to probe power failure

The Kolkata police on Friday met the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) officials to inquire into the Eden Gardens power failure that disrupted the India-Sri Lanka day-nightfifth One-Day......