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Restoring India's Botanic Heritage

With over 3,000 species of plants, 26 interconnected lakes and the 250-year-old Great Banyan Tree -- the largest in the world -- the Indian Botanic Garden is a veritable treasure, discovers Payal......

SC refuses to stay HC order for NIA probe into Bengal's Ram Navami violence

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay the order of the Calcutta high court handing over the probe into incidents of violence during Ram Navami celebrations in West Bengal to the National......

Calcutta HC orders NIA probe into Ram Navami violence Howrah

The Calcutta high court on Thursday ordered a probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into the violence at Shibpur in Howrah and Rishra in Hooghly district during and after the Ram Navami......

HC directs Bengal govt to deploy central forces for Hanuman Jayanti celebrations

The Calcutta high court on Wednesday directed the West Bengal government to requisition central forces for assisting the state police in maintaining peace during Hanuman Jayanti celebrations.......

Most TMC turncoats who switched to BJP taste defeat

They were rewarded by their new party with election tickets for switching allegiance. 5 STATE ELECTIONS: Full coverage IMAGE: TMC supporters celebrate party's winning trend during counting day......

After Bandhan, another micro lender in Bengal eyes the big league

IMAGE: An Arohan Compulsory Group Training (CGT) session in progress in Bihar. Photograph: Kind courtesy, Arohan What is it about Arohan that puts it in the top league of microfinance institutions......

How they make gold out of dust

In recent times, price of no other thing has inflated as much as that of precious metals. Such has been the price escalation that one almost tends to forget that gold used to cost about Rs......

No Mamata for Marwaris in Kolkata

The Marwari businessmen of Kolkata are a worried lot under Mamata Banerjee's rule. Around a thousand people had gathered at Shibpur, south of Kolkata, on an October morning to take part in the......

Seeking an IT job? Tough times ahead

Information technology employees and fresh graduates in Kolkata have started to see salary cuts and employee lay offs. IT and ITeS companies wanted either experienced personnel or was focused on......

Former India player Manoj Tiwary says 'goodbye to cricket'

'This game has given me everything, I mean every single thing which I had never dreamt of.' IMAGE: Manoj Tiwary celebrates his century during the fifth ODI against West Indies in Chennai on......

Toilet Break and A Trial: Mukesh's journey from 'khep' to India A

Photograph: BCCI Domestic/Twitter It was sometime in 2014 that Cricket Association of Bengal had arranged for 'Open Trials' for its ambitious flagship project 'Vision 2020'. Hundreds had turned......

These two MLAs rule the political and playing arena

IMAGE: World No. 1 women's double trap shooter Shreyasi Singh, an MLA from the Jamui constituency in Bihar, is gearing for the ISSF Shotgun World Cups in Nicosia (Cyprus) and Lima (Peru) in March.......

Cricket to MamataDi: Manoj Tiwary's Journey

'I had offers from the BJP, but my ideology is different from theirs.' IMAGE: Former Bengal cricket captain and Tronamool Congress candidate Manoj Tiwary defeated the Bharatiya Janata Party's......

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