Kolkata traders, auto-drivers and bus-drivers are suddenly flooded with low denomination coins. Citizens seem to have thrice the usual amount of Re 1 and Rs 2 coins now than they had a few months ago. Business analysts believe this has been possible because many in
It’s like a fairytale story or unravelling of a miracle. Julia Monaco of Australia survived 3 terror attacks and missed death by an inch every time. This Melbourne resident loves travelling the world. She was shopping at La Ramblas when a white van killed shoppers
With the Gorkhaland agitation and indefinite strike in Darjeeling Hills still continuing, scores of students in the Hills are losing on their lessons. Around 15 schools in Kurseong, Kalimpong and Darjeeling including well-known institutions like St Joseph’s North Point, Mount Hermon and St Paul’s are
Amish Tripathi’s popular novel Meluha is going in for a movie adaptation soon. Karan Johar was supposed to be directing the movie, however, he has decided to be a producer instead. To be directed by Sanjay Leela Bansali, the movie was supposed to be starring
Two villages by the banks of the Dharala River. They can be seen no more. To save themselves, almost 800 residents of these twin villages had used rafts, but the flood waters took them to their neighbouring country. They landed across villages in Mogolhaat and
With every river in North Bengal flowing over the danger mark and not showing any signs of receding, there is a possibility that Northern Frontier Railways will have to keep their rail service suspended for almost a month. The Chief Public Relations Officer of Northern
The concept is not just innovative, but will ensure even the poor can taste delicious dishes of restaurants that they cannot buy otherwise. On Independence Day, Kolkata’s restaurant chain Sanjha Chulha installed food ATMS outside the restaurant, asking people to donate leftovers instead of wasting
In one corner of IIT Kharagpur campus, lies a British era women's jail, that so long remained in oblivion. Not many even in IIT, knew of its existence, till the authorities decided to give this historical prison a new life and restore it as a
Humanity Hospital of Thakurpukur is a charitable hospital for the poor. It was built by a woman from the area who used to sell vegetables in city markets and gave her lifetime earnings to set up a hospital that would cater to people like her,
Even after re-opening some of Netaji’s files, the death of this almost forgotten hero of the Indian Freedom Movement still remains a mystery. Did he die in an air crash? Was he imprisoned in Russia and languished there till his death? Were some politicians of