Calcutta

A 73-year-old man was found murdered in his flat in a congested neighbourhood in central Calcutta’s Phears Lane on Friday afternoon. Police said Ayub Fida Ali Aga was found with his throat slit...

Remembering St Xavier’s College is to take a quiet walk back to the ’50s and ’60s when it was happy and content to be a college that stood quietly apart as a centre of unassuming exc...

The Calcutta store has stocked the works of thousands of weavers and craftsmen, many of them National Award winners and members of co-operatives. The handloom and crafts sector have been among the wor...

The Celsius plunged to 14.5 degrees in Calcutta on Friday, going under 15 degrees for the first time in 10 days and living up to the January reputation. The minimum temperature on January 5 was 13.4 ...

The West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission on Thursday asked AMRI Hospitals Dhakuria to refund Rs 3.19 lakh to the family of a man who was admitted to the hospital with Covid. The h...

Chumki Samadder was staring at her burnt books and weeping inconsolably on Friday morning. The home in Bagbazar that the student of history shared with her mother was gutted in the devastating blaze ...

Ajoy Krishna Sarkar, 62, respiratory and critical care expert: Till Friday evening, I did not receive any message from the health department about when I will get the vaccine. Once I get the message, ...

Dhankhar, in turn, felt that such occasions celebrating and championing cultural achievements was just what Bengal needed. The evening -- with Esha Dutta as emcee -- clearly belonged to a 19-year-old...

Popsicles Dog owners have always allowed their furry friends small quantities of vanilla ice cream but here’s a dessert tailor-made for both canines and felines. Pawsecco Freeze Pops are made o...

Mamata Banerjee on Thursday opened an exhibition featuring paintings, film posters and costumes done by Soumitra Chatterjee. Also on display are his manuscripts and letters. The exhibition is being he...