Reports of states such as Maharashtra mulling fresh curbs because of a spike in coronavirus cases affected the markets on Monday which witnessed heavy volatility with the Sensex rising 195 points at t...

A student in Class I at a city school reads out to those in Nursery and Kindergarten, while another in Class V reads out to the children in Classes III and IV. Teachers keep telling children to read ...

The Odisha government’s decision to close down nearly 14,000 schools at the primary level due to poor enrolment sparked off a furore in the Assembly for the second consecutive day on Sunday. As...

  The season for motorsports is fast approaching and eastern India has its fair share of four-wheel and two-wheel rallies, treasure hunts, drag races and Time-Speed-Distance rallies. A number o...

Nooks of Nainital Most people think Nainital is a bit touristy, but I was surprised to find lovely heritage hotels and plenty to do. Manu Maharani is the big luxury hotel everyone talks about, but I ...

Some of the city-based groups have started getting their feet back on ground since the resumption of live performances — through a government order — in the run-up to Durga Puja. These gr...

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A festive special train from Howrah to Jammu Tawi, which was scheduled to leave Howrah on Saturday, has been cancelled because of the ongoing farmers’ agitation in Punjab, a railway officia...

Mihir Ghosh, route secretary of Karunamoyee-Phoolbagan autos, is down but optimistic. “People are now less paranoid about Covid and are gradually stepping out. They will eventually take trains a...

Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to attend an administrative review meeting and a public distribution programme in Bankura next week amid speculation that she would now resume her district tours, which sh...