60-yr-old held for molesting Japanese woman on flight

A 60-year-old man was arrested in Kolkata on the charge of molesting a Japanese woman midair in a Bangkok-Kolkata Thai Airways flight, airport sources said on Friday. The woman complained to the......

AI employee arrested for molesting 9-year-old girl

An Air India employee was arrested and another detained early on Tuesday for allegedly molesting a nine-year-old girl at NSC Bose International airport in Kolkata. The police said AI baggage......

Soon, only passengers can enter railway platforms

In the wake of the Mumbai blasts, the railway ministry has decided to introduce strict security measures in stations to ensure that only passengers enter railway platforms."After the Mumbai blasts,......

US plane for joint exercises lands as left opposes

A United States Air Force aircraft landed at the NSC Bose International airport on Friday for the joint India-US air exercise amidst protest demonstration by Communist Party of India (Marxist).......

Airport staff calls off nationwide strike

The Airports Authority of India employees have deferred their proposed nationwide agitation from midnight following a "favourable" Delhi High Court order, a union leader said. Earlier, the Airports......

Normalcy restored at airports

Cleaning operations were on full swing at airports across the country on Friday after the nationwide agitation by airport employees was called off on Thursday. Flight operations were normal at the......

'Funds no bar for Kolkata airport revamp'

Funds are not a problem for the the modernisation of the Kolkata airport by the Airports Authority of India, Civil Aviation Secretary Ajay Prasad said on Tuesday. "AAI has sufficent funds to......

Bengal woos Boeing for setting up hub

The West Bengal government is in a race against Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka to persuade US aircraft maker Boeing to set up a maintenance, repair and operations hub near Kolkata."This......

IPL champions KKR get grand welcome in Kolkata

Gautam Gambhir's three Bengali words "ami Kolkata r chele" (I am son of the city) on Monday nightwon the hearts of fans gathered at the NSC Bose International airportin Kolkatato welcome the newly......

Amid devilish times, a God lands in Kolkata

In the time of terror and gloom, a God -- undoubtedly on the football field -- has landed in India. When the rest of India was sleeeping, Diego Armando Maradona, the football icon, arrived to a......

Ganguly banking on Umar Gul in Shoaib's absence

With speedster Shoaib Akhtar's chances of playing in the Indian Premier League looking dim, Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Sourav Ganguly is banking on another Pakistani pacer, Umar Gul, to deliver......

Mohun Bagan's Jose Barreto arrested

Mohun Bagan footballer Jose Barreto was on Thursday arrested by the customs authorities at the NSC Bose international airportin Kolkatafor violation of certain provisions under the Foreign Exchange......

Protests rock Kolkata over Ganguly's exclusion

For the second day on Thursday, Kolkata erupted in protest over the unceremonious sacking of former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly from the Indian Test squad, with the cricketer's fans putting up......