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Nayagram: Come winter, Nayagram, a small village in the Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal, transforms into an open-air gallery. Every house...
Kolkata: The bustling area of Free School Street, Sudder Street, and Marquis Street in central Kolkata, often called “Mini Bangladesh”, resembles a...
Kolkata: The bustling area of Free School Street, Sudder Street, and Marquis Street in central Kolkata, often called “Mini Bangladesh”, resembles a...
Petrapole-Benapole border (West Bengal): The usually bustling Petrapole border, a vital link between West Bengal and Bangladesh, now stands eerily...
Today is four months to the day that the body of a trainee doctor was found at the state-run R.G. Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. The...
Kolkata: West Bengal’s ambitious ‘Taruner Swapna’ scheme, which translates to ‘dreams of the youth,’ was designed to provide Rs 10,000 to...
Kolkata: A grand, makeshift stage, reminiscent of a West Bengal zamindar’s mansion, was decorated. Chairs were lined up in rows. Chief minister...
Kolkata: As West Bengal celebrates its biggest festival, the Durga Puja, the state’s healthcare is on the brink of collapse, facing its most severe...
Kolkata: It is a long held belief that Durga Puja is the heart and soul of Bengali culture. Former Indian national team footballer Mehtab Hossain...
Kolkata: Junior doctors, who have restarted their protest against the rape and murder of their trainee colleague in August, have been fasting for...
Kolkata: As protests over the R.G. Kar case continue to sweep across West Bengal, the rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl in the Joynagar...
Kolkata: The usually bustling footpaths of Gariahat, known for their crowds of last-minute shoppers, are unusually quiet this year except for the...
Kolkata: West Bengal’s grandest festival began this year amid an unusual atmosphere of protest. As Bengalis followed the age-old tradition of...
Kolkata: Kolkata, the only Indian city with a functioning tram system, is on the brink of losing one of its most iconic symbols. Despite a public...
Bhutni (West Bengal): More than 50 villages in Malda district have remained submerged for over a month as a result of the West Bengal floods,...
Kolkata: Kolkata was thrown into chaos as the ‘Chhatra Samaj’s “Nabanna Abhijan”, a student rally to the state secretariat on Tuesday (August 27),...
Bolpur: A year after the ouster of the controversial VC Bidyut Chakraborty, the Ministry of Education has directed the University Grants Commission...