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

Pope Francis has added the feast day of St. Teresa of Kolkata, a “beacon of hope” and an example of loving service to the ...

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 ...

Maps are ubiquitous—on phones, in-flight and car displays, and in textbooks the world over. While some maps delineate and ...

Junior and Senior Doctors along with Citizen Forum take out a silent rally from College Square to Shyambazar in Kolkata ...

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 ...

COURTESY PHOTO Jim Becker at his surprise 98th birthday party last August. Jim Becker, an author and a newsman who covered numerous historic events around the world, but might be most remembered in ...

Kolkata is not just a city; it is a teacher, a muse, a constant companion. It taught me to dream big but stay grounded, writes Harsh Goenka ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s big-league baseball debut and the U.S.

In the seven previous summits held between 2015 and 2023 — there was no BGBS in 2024 — West Bengal received investment ...