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A 96-minute feature film, Axone (aroma), based on experiences of northeasterners in major cities outside the region, was screened on the first day of the two-day Glocal International Film Festival whi...

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Singapore: A Singapore commuter train bumps into another standing at a station because of a signalling glitch in November last year. Around 30 people are injured but none grievously. The city state’...

Nihar Ray has run marathons in all seven continents, the one in Antarctica culminating in the additional challenge of a dip in icy waters.At 70, his eyes still light up at the opportunity of running a...

Police suspect a gang had stolen card details of many of the victims through skimmers they had installed in ATMs in Calcutta and used the data to withdraw money from cash vending machines in Delhi.Her...

The mercury dropped to minus one degree Celsius in Darjeeling town on Saturday, leaving areas in the vicinity carpeted with ice and cheering tourists.In Sikkim, the temperature plumbed two degrees Cel...

Jagdeep Dhankhar, the governor and chancellor of state universities, reached Calcutta University on Wednesday afternoon and waited for some time in front of the locked room of the vice-chancellor befo...

Kaziranga National Park authorities arrested seven poachers during an operation at Bokakhat on Friday night.Forest officials recovered a huge quantity of tiger skin, bones, nails and teeth of Royal Be...

Union railway minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday said there is no need to get involved in controversies relating to the naming of Bogibeel bridge and added both Assam and Arunachal Pradesh would gain e...

Jadavpur University will recognise two courses to be offered by Caring Minds, an organisation that helps people in need of support for their emotional well-being.Caring Minds will offer a one-year dip...