Kolkata Airport Fire

Fire was reported at the security check-in area of the Kolkata airport today. Visuals show a section in the check-in area in flames, with airport authorities evacuating people.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said her government would never acquire land by force as she hit out at Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, who said the plan for a second airport in Kolkata was hanging fire for want of a plot.

Doha-bound Qatar Airways flight was delayed by five hours at Kolkata Airport.

Trinamool Congress lawmaker Mukul Roy has said that an IndiGo flight from Patna to Kolkata, which he was travelling in along with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday evening, was short on fuel as it circled over Kolkata airport for nearly half an hour.

Fire was reported at the security check-in area of the Kolkata airport today. Visuals show a section in the check-in area in flames, with airport authorities evacuating people.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said her government would never acquire land by force as she hit out at Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, who said the plan for a second airport in Kolkata was hanging fire for want of a plot.

Doha-bound Qatar Airways flight was delayed by five hours at Kolkata Airport.

Trinamool Congress lawmaker Mukul Roy has said that an IndiGo flight from Patna to Kolkata, which he was travelling in along with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday evening, was short on fuel as it circled over Kolkata airport for nearly half an hour.