The Yarlung Tansgpo / Brahmaputra dam shows we often don’t know how to deal with rivers that cross national borders.

The wetlands of West Bengal in eastern India are one of the country’s best habitats for the fishing cat, a species vulnerable to extinction. But a significant population of these fish-eating, ...

The entry of Dalits to a Shiva temple in the face of opposition by upper castes in West Bengal has, as expected, generated curiosity about the role of caste in the state’s society and politics. A ...

In a significant legislative move, the West Bengal Assembly has passed the West Bengal Finance Bill 2025, which includes key amendments to the Bengal Excise Act, 1909, most notably lifting the ...

The Trinamool Congress (TMC)-led West Bengal government has introduced legislation to revoke a 116-year-old ban on bars employing women. The proposal, passed by the assembly, seeks to amend existing ...

KHAKEE: THE BENGAL CHAPTER is the story of an honest man in a lawless state. The year is 2002. Shankar Barua aka Bagha (Saswata Chatterjee) is an important party member of National Ganashakti ...

The West Bengal government told the Supreme Court it would be conducting a fresh exercise to update the state's OBC list. Controversy erupted after 75 of the 77 communities added since 2010 were ...

Jihad Suleiman Al-Sawafta, 46, has lived on his farm in the occupied West Bank village of Bardala his entire life. But when Israeli settlers showed up in December, Al-Sawafta said his land ...

an opposition leader in West Bengal. This is probably the strongest line in the entire 7-hour-long web series Khakee: The Bengal Chapter, summarizing the root cause of the problem and the fact ...

Kolkata: Haldia Petrochemicals is exploring possibilities to invest over Rs 8,500 crore for polycarbonate production in Bengal. This petrochemical compound, not in production in India, would be an ...

IMD added, “Isolated to scattered light or moderate rainfall accompanied with thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds likely over sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim on March 20 and 21.” ...

The West Bengal Assembly on Wednesday (March 19, 2025) passed a Bill to allow women to work in bars. The West Bengal Finance Bill, 2025, was tabled by MoS Chandrima Bhattacharya in the Assembly.