In this episode of News Today, the focus is on the Kolkata rape case that has taken a political turn. The BJP accuses the Trinamool Congress (TMC) of providing political patronage to the main accused, ...

The postage stamp was once the quiet hero of every envelope but has now been relegated to philatelists’ albums. Tiny and dignified, stamps bore declarations of love, overdue apologies, and holiday ...

With Great Eastern Hotel, Ruchir Joshi has written not the Great Indian Novel, but something stranger and more necessary: a ...

Centre has appointed Parag Jain, 1989‑batch IPS officer of Punjab cadre, as new Research & Analysis Wing (RAW) chief. He will succeed Ravi Sinha, whose current term concludes on June 30. Jain is set ...

Punjab ’95', ‘Santosh’, ‘L2: Empuraan’ and ‘Phule’—form a rough map of the terrain to be negotiated in getting a film to its ...

A law student in Kolkata was allegedly gang-raped inside a college union room, sparking a political debate. The incident has ...

The British Library has restored Oscar Wilde’s reader pass 130 years after revoking it for gross indecency. It must be noted ...

Why first-ever comprehensive household income survey is relevant to the UPSC exam? What is the significance of topics such as ...

In this interview, Sumangala Damodaran speaks about protest music, feminist activism, and the legacy of IPTA in shaping India ...

Paschimbanga Diwas is not just a political date. It is the heartbeat of the soil that once gave India her greatest reformers, ...

Kolkata, Jun 18 (PTI) The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the Centre to implement the MGNREGA, the 100-day job guarantee scheme, prospectively in West Bengal from August 1. The HC said the ...

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the Centre to implement the MGNREGA scheme prospectively in West Bengal from August 1. The HC said the Centre is empowered to impose special ...