Guv calls emergency meet as Bengal women hit the streets again

In a rerun of the 'Reclaim the Night' campaign, hundreds of women took to the streets in Kolkata and other parts of West Bengal on Sunday night, demanding justice for the alleged rape and murder of......

Modi unveils India's 1st underwater metro line in Kolkata

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday unveiled multiple metro projects across the country, including India's first underwater metro line in Kolkata. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi......

Bengal polls: Smriti Irani leads BJP rally on scooter

Riding a scooter, Union minister Smriti Irani led a rally of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday as she campaigned for the upcoming West Bengal elections in the South 24 Parganas district.......

Viral video claims Covid victims' bodies cremated en masse in Kolkata

A video showing decomposed bodies, allegedly of COVID-19 victims, being loaded into a van by Kolkata's civic body in daylight for cremation went viral on social media on Thursday, but authorities......

7 smart cities to be developed in Bengal: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that her government would develop seven smart cities in the state. The location for six smart cities had already been finalised, while......

This 13-year-old wants to play but has to earn

Thirteen-year-old Deepika Das was born at Kultali in the far away Sunderbans. When circumstances forced her and her family to move to Kolkata, she hated it. "There are no trees here, no birds,......

'With Rs 200 a month,I can't even afford to dream'

Like any 13-year-old, Subroto Mondol, aka Pocha, loves to fly kites and is an avid fan of Hindi film songs. But he does not get much time to indulge in his favourite pastimes. For, he has to......

AC coaches in Kolkata Metro soon

The Metro Railway in this eastern metropolis will soon have air-conditioned coaches with the older ones being gradually phased out. Of the 13 being built by the Integral Coach Factory at Perambur,......

My father, Satyajit Ray

One of India's top filmmakers Satyajit Raj would have been 95 on May 2.  We celebrate him by re-publishing a special series of articles through the week. On May 12, Satyajit Ray's first film,......

60 years later, the house where Pather Panchali was shot

As Satyajit Ray's masterpiece Pather Panchali turns 60 on August 26, we re-visit the location where the film was shot. This article was first published in June 2013. Indians can broadly be......

60 years later, the house where Pather Panchali was shot

As Satyajit Ray's masterpiece Pather Panchali turns 60 on August 26, we re-visit the location where the film was shot. This article was first published in June 2013. Indians can broadly be......

58 years later, the house where Pather Panchali was shot

Indrani Roy re-visits the location of Satyajit Ray's first masterpiece, Pather Panchali, which released in 1955. Indians can broadly be classified into two types: those who have seen Satyajit......

What's Dada Doing At Lords?

No, not in London, but in his native Kolkata where the BCCI boss inaugurated the Garia Mitali Sangha Naba Durga Puja festival, which had a lookalike of the famous Lords balcony. It was on the Lords......

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