Kolkata Airport

West Bengal extends ban on flights to Kolkata from six cities till 31 August amid rising COVID-19 cases

The temporary restriction on the arrival of flights to Kolkata airport from Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Nagpur and Ahmedabad was to expire on 15 August

'You only care about infiltrators': Amit Shah, at Kolkata rally, slams Mamata Banerjee's opposition to CAA, launches Aar Noi Annay campaign

Promising the public a ‘sonar Bangla’ (golden Bengal), Home Minister Amit Shah, at a rally in Kolkata on Sunday, hit out at West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee for her resistance to the Citizenship Amendment Act and vowed to win the upcoming Assembly polls and form the government.

Cyclone Bulbul: Seven killed after heavy rains lash Bengal; Mamata Banerjee cancels visit to northern parts of state to survey affected areas

Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee about the situation arising out of the cyclone Bulbul and assured the state of all assistance to deal with the calamity

Cyclone Bulbul makes landfall, weakens into deep depression over Bay of Bengal: IMD predicts heavy rains in Bengal, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, Assam

According to IMD's weather bulletin at 7 am, Bulbul weakened into a cyclonic storm and lay centred at 5.30 am over Bangladesh and adjoining coastal West Bengal. It is very likely to move North-Eastwards across Bangladesh and likely to weaken into a deep depression during next the six hours

SpiceJet technician dies in freak accident at Kolkata airport; body removed by fire brigade

SC issues notice to West Bengal govt over 'harassment' of custom officials by cops for checking luggage of TMC leader's wife

On 29 March, the Centre had told the apex court that custom officials at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata were "intimidated, harassed and threatened" by the local police for checking the baggage of the wife of a TMC MP, who is a relative of Chief Minister Mamata Bannerjee

Kolkata man deboarded from Jet Airways flight after co-passengers notice social media post saying 'terrorist on flight’

A passenger was detained and forced to de-board a Jet Airways Kolkata-Mumbai flight on Monday at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport after fellow passengers allegedly heard him talking about "bombs" and threatening to blow up the plane on video chat.

Water tanker hits Qatar Airways aircraft at Kolkata airport; none hurt, but over 100 passengers stranded

More than 100 passengers were stranded at the Kolkata airport early on Thursday after a water tanker hit a Qatar Airways aircraft, which was preparing to take off for Doha.

Bomb hoax call delays Kolkata-Guwahati Air India flight

Security personnel at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata went into a tizzy on Tuesday after receiving a phone call threatening to blow up an Air India flight.

Bomb threat at Kolkata airport, security beefed up

Security personnel at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata went into a tizzy on Wednesday after receiving three phone calls threatening to blow up the airport.