KOLKATA: Cells in the Alipore jail that used to house convicts till not so long ago will soon host guests. Hidco will convert a portion of the Alipore Jail Museum into guest rooms where people can ...

KOLKATA: Charges have been framed against five accused including Sandeep Ghosh in the corruption case at RG Kar Medical ...

By Tapas Pramanaik KOLKATA: One of the most elegant areas in Kolkata is set to don a new look, with the Alipore Central Jail authorities deciding to sell the unused land of the jail premises. A ...

Kolkata Police have formed a nine-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the alleged rape of a woman on the Indian ...

From a single-accommodation cell inside the Alipore Jail Subhas Chandra Bose contested and won Kolkata’s mayoral election in 1930. It was here that Bose had also cooked for his mentor Chittaranjan Das ...

The historic Alipore Jail in Kolkata, where many revolutionaries including Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and Jawaharlal Nehru were imprisoned during India's freedom struggle, has been turned into ...

Alipore jail museum: tread softly and barefoot in remembrance of those who gave their enslaved yesterdays for empowered tomorrows Rewind to the stories that make it one of the most important museums ...

An exhibition titled 'Freedom and Awakening' has opened at the Alipore Jail Museum in southern Kolkata, showcasing paintings from 23 artists such as Jogen Chowdhury and Shuvaprasanna.

Inmates at the Alipore Jail have no time to rest as they are busy making Durga idols for the Durga puja festival.

Music and Dance From flyovers to a former prison, a Kolkata foundation is taking the arts to unusual places The Pickle Factory, an avant garde hub for movement practices, is introducing audiences ...

The Kolkata Centre for Creativity arranged a camp with prominent and promising artists from all over India, who visited the then under-renovation Alipore Jail ...