Setting: pre-Independence Calcutta of the Forties. As a teenage bride, Parulrani Hazra would peep from behind the sliced bamboo curtains on the first floor of the 41-cottah Janbazar mansion she was ma...

Domestic flyers arriving at the airport more than an hour before take-off but stuck in long queues inside the terminal are allegedly often denied boarding if the 45-minute check-in window closes by th...

The Narendra Modi government can attempt to appropriate Netaji but one cannot just admire his military heroism without accepting his belief in religious harmony, historian and Netaji’s grand-nephew ...

Equipment to administer targeted radiation and detect the exact position and characteristics of cancer cells were commissioned at a 100-bed cancer hospital in Garia’s Nayabad on Monday.The new facil...

The airport’s roof has got walkways to reduce the strain on joints from the weight of maintenance workers and prevent leaks during rain. But the walkways will only help deal with humans and not bird...

Few Indians evoke the awe and admiration that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose did. But his symbolism is more relevant now than ever before. The Azad Hind fauj not only broke with British precedent by havin...

Sir — People throng to the zoo during the winter. But their merriment often turns into misery for the animals. They are disturbed, given food that is unsuitable for them and left traumatized. The au...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced new names for three Andaman and Nicobar islands to honour Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. Ross Island has been renamed as Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Dweep,...

Sir — The basic rights of the people of Kashmir have been continually violated for over five months now. This is unheard of in democratic countries. Along with curbs on free movement, this has resul...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP on Saturday played up the “historic first” of four veterans from Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s Indian National Army participating in the Republic Day para...