The two-storied crumbling brick building has an arched porch and 22 rooms. It is presently under the protection of the West Bengal Heritage Commission, and boards in English and Bengali put up outside...

Reverend Paritosh Canning, bishop of the Calcutta diocese of the Church of North India, gave his greetings. “Easter brings hope of a new beginning, that life has value and the hope to overcome ...

Getting there Train: Sealdah (South) – Mathurapur Road (Time: 90 minutes) Auto: Mathurapur Road – Raidighi (Time: 45 mins) Motor van: Raidighi – Kankandighi (Time: 30 mins) Pl...

One teenager was told to get into a school meant only for “victims of trafficking”. Another, once trafficked by a classmate, is scared of making new friends. Many trafficking survivors ha...

Muharram Sheikh, 36, a Trinamul youth wing leader in Canning, was shot near his home late on Saturday, allegedly for protesting  against a party colleague’s habit of extorting from traders....

Over 500 residents, mostly women, of Canning in South 24-Parganas blocked a road for hours on Tuesday to protest the transfer order for inspector-in-charge of the local police station Atibur Rahaman t...

The Church of North India on Wednesday announced a 25 per cent waiver of fees on certain heads in its schools from April to September and said parents who found it difficult even after the discount wo...

The Calcutta diocese of the Church of North India (CNI) resumed communion service at St Paul’s Cathedral on Sunday. Communion services had been suspended at all CNI churches under the diocese si...

Mobile recharge stores in Canning have been seeing a surge in visitors during the lockdown but not everyone is coming to recharge their phones.Many men are trying to get access to the log book where t...

The Church of North India’s Calcutta diocese will start prayer and meditation with a maximum of 25 people at a time at St Paul’s Cathedral and six other churches from Sunday, Reverend Pari...