Calcutta airport played a vital role in the life of a commercial pilot, who went on to become the country’s prime minister. On October 31, 1984, Rajiv Gandhi, then a Congress MP, was travelling in ...

The CCC and most of the characters of this story have long since vanished from public memory. But their contribution into what the game has become today, in Calcutta, Bengal, and across India for that ...

My wife initially had differing opinions, but soon started to like it. Today, my relatives find great pride in my journey with my moustache,” he said. Even in Kolkata, Kartick attracts attention ...

In 1842, the mounted police was also tasked with patrolling the Maidan area. Today, it is an integral part of Kolkata’s police department and often deployed at big events like football games to ...

Recently released film Mayanagar has turned the spotlight on the tragic genius of Amar Ghosh and, by association, on the wealth that was Calcutta’s theatrepara ... Mullick founded a market in the same ...

National Economic Restaurant is not just popular among Shaymbazar locals. People from various parts of Kolkata looking for simple fares of nostalgia stop by the eatery even today. In recent times, ...

But a lack of funds means its days are numbered Established in 1909, the 116-year-old Boys’ Own Library and Young Men’s Institute in north Kolkata’s Gaobagan All ... month from its adult readers — but ...

The Air Quality Index (AQI) in Calcutta today is recorded at 173.0, which falls under the “moderate” category. While not hazardous, it still poses potential health risks for vulnerable groups, ...

The Inter INCI Entrepre-neurial Summit (IIE-S) 2025, organised by E-Cell of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, was held on March ... In their first news conference ...

An excerpt from Rituparna Chatterjee’s book ‘How India Loves’, on the various shades of love seen in Kolkata through the experiences of women in the city In today’s time, what does love look like in ...

Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan on Friday landed in Kolkata for the opening match of this year’s ... has been approached to perform at the event. In their first news conference since coming home, the ...

By then, her family had already settled in Calcutta, and her mother had gone there for ... Sajni wrote a fortnightly column, Autumn Flush, for The Telegraph. As the news of her death broke, tributes ...