Recent reports revealed by Geological Survey of India and Central Department of Geology show atleast 11 ports of India are at high risk of going below sea level due to rising water levels. Out of these ports, Diamond Harbour tops the list and 3rd is
One of the most famous street food in Dhaka, Bangladesh is Dhakai Paratha. Even a few decades back, Dhakai Paratha had been a very popular breakfast in Kolkata too. But with the invasion of breakfast items from other parts of the globe and country, we
Imagine a police officer taking out time from his duty, trying to teach children of villages English, so that later in life they would turn confident and smart to face the urban world of competition. Well, this is not a scene from a movie, but
What we all perhaps are not aware of is before starting his legal career, Arun Jaitley wanted to become a Chartered Accountant but was unable to do so - given the competitiveness of the national examination process. Hence, he decided to study law. Arun Jaitley
While many will be celebrating our favourite city Kolkata’s birthday today, there will be others who will go by the lawbook. Almost a decade back Calcutta High Court had settled a two-year lawsuit about Kolkata’s antecedents that Job Charnock was not the founder of the
Dipesh Verma of Siliguri had dance in his DNA. Else how can a nine-year-old boy enroll himself in dance classes and tell his parents he was going for Maths tuition? Well, he had his sister as his confidante. But Dipesh’s love for Western Ballet started
A fresh row surrounding Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s death has started recently after the film Gumnaami is set to release soon. In the middle of all this, to put an end to the controversy, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s daughter Anita Bose Pfaff wrote a letter
If you have so long wished to ride a sea-plane but realized a trip to island countries of Maldives or Mauritius was out of your reach, you can fulfill your dreams soon. Bengal’s beach town of Digha is set to get a Sea-Plane service that
Shelter Promotion Council of India will hold their 21st National Conference on various facades of Environment and Sustainable Development in context to architecture and the city at Kolkata from today. A think tank of architects and environmentalists will discuss the future of our city in
Often as we cross street taps in Kolkata, we have found the water falling incessantly as they are either broken or do not have stop corks or some are stolen. In an age when we are talking about water conservation, as most Indian cities are