The present Indian government is constituted of experts in all fields. Else it would be difficult to account for the education ministry’s announcement that the Indian Institutes of Technology an...

Grass and waste are being set on fire regularly on empty plots in New Town, forcing residents to stay indoors and keep their doors and windows shut as dense smoke engulfs entire blocks. On Wednesday,...

Over 50 employees of the Jharkhand Mineral Area Development Authority (JMADA) on Wednesday sat on a dharna outside the office of the managing director of the civic body, at its Luby Circular Road base...

Six CMDA engineers, working in two shifts, are scanning the Vivekananda Road flyover in north Calcutta, a part of which collapsed in March 2016, every day for signs of any further damage that could br...

“The lake is home to a variety of turtles and fish. They will choke to death if they swallow plastic,” said Parthib Basu, a professor of zoology at Calcutta University, who specialises in ...

Mohammad Sultan Shah of Theed village, a Srinagar suburb, was deeply agitated when Jammu and Kashmir’s special status was scrapped last year. But the shopkeeper is unwilling to trust the seven-...

Suvendu Adhikari’s resignation on Friday as minister and Haldia Development Authority chairman has cast a shadow of uncertainty over development projects in East Midnapore’s Nandigram. Ad...

The New Town authorities have started a survey to find out whether residents feel safe to walk on the township’s roads and what their concerns are while they take a walk. The survey is being ca...

During the first week of the Indian Super League, TV commentators alerted us about an impending ‘Monster Match’. It was billed as the biggest derby in Indian — Asian — football...

During this illuminated period, the stretch presents a great view, especially from atop the Biswa Bangla Gate. “This technology has been put to use by flower growers in Panskura. Tourists actual...