A rather ordinary-looking map that fails to impress any casual, curious onlooker, fetched a whooping $708,000 at a recent auction and has become the talk of the town. A simple yet elaborate map, hand-drawn on ordinary paper with pencil and pen sketches. This was the
No one has ever come across anything as queer as the following incident. The local postal service had to be suspended due to repeated, unprovoked and sudden attacks by a neighbourhood crow! This bizarre incident was reported from Canada that left everyone dumbfounded. The Canadian
In a move to upgrade quick response to law and order issues across the city, Kolkata Police has launched its latest app ‘Bondhu’ to help citizens register online FIR complaints. This is the first of its kind app in West Bengal that has provisions for
At times in front of India Gate, then in a train compartment, or in a classroom and even at home: Women are seen posing for photographs wearing cow masks! These unique photographs have ignited public imagination and have become viral on social media. The brain
Finally, the confusion and impediments have been sorted out and repair work of the Calcutta High Court building will soon begin. Chief Justice Nishita Mhatre met representatives of three organisations of lawyers and discussed the issue. The advocate general of the state also attended the
If you do not find Chandan Gupta fly fishing in France, in all possibilities you will find him along a catch-and-release pond of Bengal or by the banks of some North Bengal river with a bunch of foreign tourists, busy hooking an Indian carp or
The West Bengal government is all set to declare Nabadwip and Cooch Behar as heritage towns. Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, has instructed State Chief Secretary to initiate the process. Accordingly, the State Heritage Commission has been mobilised into action. The commission will be engaging competent
After 156 years, the Stage Carriages Act of 1861 has been finally abolished. In the late 19th century, horse-drawn trams had been introduced in Calcutta. Before long, streets of Calcutta were ruled by phaeton, brougham, cabriolet, randem and landau - a variety of horse drawn
Isn’t it amazing that farmers in many parts of Bengal still cultivate 50 well-known traditional varieties of high-yielding paddy? Bahurupi, Bourani, Kerala-Sundari, Tulsibhog, Asitburma
India’s Prime Minister recently praised the mechanism of Pushpak Rath as mentioned in the Ramayana at a Science Congress. He even said there had been airports in ancient India. There are only a couple of such Pushpak Rath (chariots) mentioned in ancient texts. The one