Kolkata:  The faint smell of something burning was the only warning before chaos broke out in a narrow lane in Kolkata’s Burrabazar area Tuesday evening, when a raging fire turned a six-storey low-budget hotel into a furnace of smoke, panic, and death. By Wednesday dawn, the air in Mechhuapatti still reeked of soot and grief….

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said that each time Pakistan dared to ”challenge India’s unity and integrity”, Indian soldiers courageously rose to the occasion and defeated the enemy to uphold the country’s pride. His comment comes at a time when Pakistani troops engaged in unprovoked firing along the Line of Control…

Lucknow:  Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Wednesday called for political unity in the wake of the recent terrorist attack in Pahalgam, urging all parties to support the government’s actions rather than engage in political point-scoring. Twenty-six people, mostly tourists, were killed on April 22 when some terrorists opened fire in a tourist hotspot…

Kolkata: Fourteen people, including one woman and two children, were killed in the massive fire that broke out at a hotel in the city’s Mechuapatti area on Tuesday night, police said. Thirteen others sustained injuries. According to a senior officer of Kolkata Police, the deceased include 11 men, of whom eight have been identified so…