While the West Bengal chief minister boasts of welfare schemes like the 'Lakshmir Bhandar', she 'looks the other way' when ...

Senior BJP leader Amit Malviya on Saturday accused the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal of failing to prevent attacks and atrocities against women, citing the incidents in Sandeshkhali and RG ...

Wenders, known for movies like Kings of the Road; Paris,Texas; and Wings of Desire will be in the city from February 16 to 19 ...

The border town of Raxaul inaugurated its railway station on 1 March 1899. Once Raxaul was connected, it became easier for ...

On the reading list this week is a pioneering work on the lost textile traditions of Bengal from the 16th to the 20th century ...

Revived eight years after the last edition amid the increased frenzy of T20 leagues, Champions Trophy looks clearly devalued ...

Kolkata is not just a city, it is an emotion. Yes, time and again we have heard this phrase. India’s ‘City of Joy’ moves at its own pace. For those born and raised here, the feeling is different from ...

While viral fights and dance videos on our metro trains steal the spotlight, India's metro is silently rewriting the record books. India has 1,000 km of metro network across 17 cities, and is adding ...

I WROTE last week of the various pieces of good advice supplied by my hotel receptionists, the assistant manager and various guards at ...

A decade back, a prominent art gallery in Delhi presented an unusual show. It focussed on one of India’s most famous political artists, Chittaprosad Bhattachary ...

When a mob razed Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s home in Dhaka, it reminded me of a visit to another simple white two-storey house in ...

The black cabs of London, known for their drivers' encyclopaedic city knowledge, offer several advantages over app-based taxi ...