Life is fast-paced and to keep up with the jet-set world, travelling time of trains are reducing drastically thanks to modern technology. Travelling from Kolkata to Delhi by train previously took as much as 17 and a half hours. So many preferred flights above the
It is often said Rabindranath Tagore wrote Nashta Neer which was later made into the famous movie Charulata by Satyajit Ray, with his sister-in-law Kadambari Devi in mind. The one biggest mystery that has always shrouded Tagore’s life was his relationship with his Notun Bouthan.
She is only seven years old. Yet Rishika of Raigunj has a heart of gold. She was so moved when her social activist father Kaushik Chakraborty had shown her photographs of cancer patients who had turned bald after chemotherapy, that she decided to donate her
AIIMS Kalyani has completed hostel provisions for the first batch of medical students. The accommodation of the first 50 students who will start their classes soon is ready. They will have all necessary facilities. The counselling of the students began this Monday and will continue
She has achieved what every engineer would wish to. 28-year-old Sampriti Bhattacharya from Kolkata turned her PhD research thesis at Massachusetts Institute of Technology into a patented invention coveted by oil companies and world-wide defense sector. Her ‘Hydroswarm’ is the first ever underwater drone that
It has been almost 50 years now that our favourite suave detective Feluda invaded the Bengali consciousness. Be it for his sharp wit, sarcasm, impressive sense of humour, intellect, sharp sense of observation and deduction, Satyajit Ray’s immortal creation Feluda is an integral part of
The celebrations of 48th Kolkata Rathayatra Festival organized by ISKCON had started from the day of snan poornima. Gundicha Yatra was celebrated yesterday, Shoja Rath today and Ulto Rath will be celebrated on July 12. In modern times, we often end up neglecting the ones
The grand old man of India Inc is no more. BK Birla died yesterday in Mumbai at the age of 98 and his last remains will be brought today to his beloved city Kolkata, from where he started his business and then went on to
The age -old tradition of Murshidabad Rathyatra Festival steps into its 250th year. Jafraganj Akra, Nasirpur of Murshidabad has been decked up beautifully on the occasion of Rathayatra Festival today. There is something unique about the Murshidabad Rathayatra which makes sure that people from districts
The dream of referring West Bengal as ‘Bangla’ will probably remain a dream. Today, the Central Government declared that the name of West Bengal cannot be changed right now. It has also further stated that the name of the state can only be changed if