In the wake of the heavy rains and subsequent waterlogging, the Calcutta University (CU) and Jadavpur University (JU) suspended all academic activities on Tuesday in Kolkata. In a statement, the CU ...

Justice Debangshu Basak, the "lead judge" or a "senior judge" of a division bench of the Calcutta High Court hearing the RG ...

There is some ever-present and spiritual magnetism about St. Teresa of Calcutta, better known as Mother Teresa. No matter that this year marks the 25th anniversary of her death; her strong charisma ...

The Calcutta High Court commuted the death sentence of Sunil Das, alias Hari Baba, convicted of murdering a woman and her daughter, to life imprisonment without remission for 40 years. Hari Baba, who ...

In 1742, fear of Maratha raids prompted the British and locals in Calcutta to dig a three-mile defensive trench. Though never ...

The ZEE5 anthology series has been directed by Samik Roy Choudhury, Abhirup Ghosh, Madhura Palit, Sayan Dasgupta and Srimanta ...

From jewellery designers to painters these creative minds from the City of Joy are living up to the city’s name.

The court made the observation while affirming the conviction and life sentence of three persons in a murder case of 1999. It also observed that the prosecution was sufficiently able to prove the ...

The special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bengal is proving to be a great social leveller. From the wealthy ...

Between the clatter of plates and the sizzle of sandwiches, Kona Dukan slows down just enough for a moment of warmth, flavour ...

On a sweltering Ramadan morning, Mohammad Noor Islam Mondal wipes the sweat from his face and lops the crown off a coconut with a menacing billhook (below). He gouges a hole, drills in a straw (which ...