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 Middle East, political map with capitals and international borders. Geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran and Iraq. Formerly called Near East.

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

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

Kolkata: Bengali TV and film actor Koneenica Banerjee sparked a crucial conversation about airport accessibility after experiencing a frustrating delay in receiving her six-year-old daughter's ...

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

Political sparring erupts in Bengal after Calcutta High Court stays new OBC list “We acted within the Supreme Court’s guidelines, and the categorisation was done by the state OBC Commission, not the ...