The Peeli-Peelis of Kolkata

As Kolkata marches towards modernity, it is hard to imagine its streets without these cabs, notes Air Commodore Nitin Sathe (retd). IMAGE: Kolkata's famous Ambassador taxis. Photograph: Debadyuti......

Students, police in faceoff over Kolkata march on Tuesday

Amid claims by the Trinamool Congress and the West Bengal police of potential disruptions, student organisation Chhatra Samaj insisted that its Tuesday's 'Nabanna Abhijan' rally will be peaceful......

Doctors Strike Opens Fissures In Bengal

'The Bengali middle class, who never fully embraced Mamata Banerjee's policies, are now expressing their deep-seated frustration by spilling out on to the streets.' IMAGE: A torch rally from......

'Mamata Should Have Done Something Else'

'She could have sat down with the students and taken a list of their grievances including their allegations and suspicions.''Not all suspicions are true, but you have to listen, you have to let the......

How Spencer's plans to turn around Natures Basket

The numerous integration measures have led to savings in areas including supply chain, technology, inventory management, and marketing. Over the last one year, Spencer’s Retail has been......

Benetton looking to paint the town red

United Colours of Benetton, the manufacturer of men's, women's and children's casual wear, footwear and accessories, plans to celebrate its 40th anniversary by opening more exclusive stores across......

Chhabrias put Dunlop House on the block

Dunlop House, one of the prestigious addresses in Kolkata, is up for sale.The 57B Mirza Ghalib Street office in Kolkata was the registered office of Dunlop India Ltd, the Indian arm of the tyre......

Kolkata set to become first digital metro

After witnessing the launch of the country's first mobile service in 1995, Kolkata is all set to become the country's first digital metro city with Reliance Jio unveiling its Wireless Broadband......

49 ODI Centuries: Record Stands Tall

Sachin Tendulkar's journey in One Day International cricket is nothing short of a fairytale. From being the youngest Indian cricketer to make his international debut in 1989 to becoming the first......

Euphoric scenes after India's World Cup triumph

Delirious scenes were seen across Kolkata as the city's cricket-crazy crowd went wild in widespread celebration late into the night moments after India's historic World Cup triumph in Mumbai. No......

An unusual sporting scene from Sydney

On Wednesday we launched a new series, inviting readers to send us photographs and videos of unusual sporting action. We had posted a photograph of a chess game being played on a busy street of......

Kolkata 2001: The Odyssey, viewed from the sidelines

20 years ago this week, India and Australia played one of the greatest Test matches in cricket history.Sreehari Nair relives the sound and the fury of that unforgettable game at the Eden Gardens.......