The Independence Day weekend is round the corner and hundreds of tourists will flock to the beaches of Digha, Sankarpur and Mandarmani. In the wake of such tourist rush, the Digha-Sankarpur Development Board has taken strict measures to stop tourists from polluting the area. It
A difficult surgery is being performed on a patient’s left arm. The patient is raising a storm with his right hand on an instrument called Darbuka. A marathon hip joint surgery on an 80-year-old cannot stop her from singing her heart out. Someone’s leg is
Death did not come silently to Rabindranath Tagore, though he probably wanted it that way. The whole of India was so keen to see him recover from his ill health that none of Tagore’s last wishes were honoured. He was suffering from ailments that doctors
Former President Pranab Mukherjee makes Bengal proud. He will be awarded the Bharat Ratna today. An outstanding statesman he has served the nation selflessly and tirelessly for decades, leaving a strong imprint on the nation’s growth trajectory. Mukherjee was selected for Bharat Ratna – India’s highest
Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come… Rabindranath Tagore always wished for a silent and dignified death. In his last days, before he was operated and slipped into a semi-conscious state, Tagore had shared
It is said behind every successful man there is a woman. Who was behind Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose, who could have won a Nobel Prize for his scientific inventions had he not be born in British India? Who inspired him to carry on with his
Team India is on the look out for a new cricket coach. With the recent debacle at the World Cup, lot of controversies have surrounded the cricket team and the outgoing coach Ravi Shastri’s modus operandi. With the hunt on for a new coach, one
Remember the opening scene of French cult filmmaker Jean Renoir’s The River, filmed in 1950 at Barrackpore? That intricate drawing on the ground created by women huddled on a courtyard creating an alpona. Their hands move swiftly and elegantly and each deft finger-stroke etch out
With railway stations and airports changing names to keep pace with political changes, there was little doubt that one of the busiest airports of Bengal, Bagdogra, will be left far behind! The business community of Siliguri under the umbrella of various orgaisations, including CII claimed
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj was at her very best at the 73rd Assembly of the UNGA last year in New York. In a fiery speech Swaraj exposed Islamabad’s lies to the world. Here is her full speech: Your Excellency Madame President, The United Nations is the world’s