If you have been lately missing the innocuous, small, unassuming, crispy hollow ball of fried dough, filled with a spicy stuffing made out of a potato-chickpea mash dunked in really tangy spicy jal jeera water, liberally infused with mint leaves with a dash of meetha
Javelin thrower Mishti Karmakar with her father - Image courtesy : News 18 Malda Residents of Malda district are basking in the reflected glory of their gifted young athletic champion, Mishti Karmakar, the girl who has brought laurels for her district with her brilliant performance in
The Jalangi River, formerly known as Kharia, is an arm or distributary of the Ganges river that originates from Ganges or Padma near Bhagawangola in the Murshidabad district of West Bengal. The length of the river 233 km, and it discharges into Bhagirathi-Hooghly near Nabadwip in
India is free but she has not achieved unity, only a fissured and broken freedom. At one time it almost seemed as if she might relapse into chaos of separate states which preceded the British conquest. Fortunately, there has now developed a strong possibility that
Chamurchi is famous for its musical stone cave Known for its panoramic beauty and lush green tea gardens, North Bengal’s mystical ‘Chamurchi’, located on the Indo-Bhutan border, is every nature lover’s paradise. Situated 60 km from Jalpaiguri, this quaint little hamlet is a relatively less frequented
Jhandi,an offbeat destination in Dooars Jhandi is a living, breathing, spectacular Himalayan paradise, where you can spend a weekend surrounded by lush, tropical evergreen forests of sal and pine, home to some of India’s rarest Himalayan flora and fauna. Jhandi’s excellent climate and picture perfect setting,
August 12, World Elephant Day Elephant corridor. This is a phrase that has increasingly become part of our general lexicon. Which could be a bad thing - because it indicates that as human and elephant habitats collide, the discussion on elephant corridors becomes more urgent -
The state government makes Bengali mandatory as a second language in private English-medium schools Bengal sings with contentment, "Moder gorob, moder asha/Aa mori Bangla bhasha," - the Bengali language is our pride and hope; it is the language we can die for! Bengal has witnessed her
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fnKB0V4lDU The West Bengal Forest Department received the "Star of Governance SKOCH Award in Forest" for its effective management of the mangrove plantation drive West Bengal has become the Best Performing State in the Forestry Sector in 2022 and has been conferred the ‘Star of Governance SKOCH
London Saree Walkathon, 2023, organized by ‘British Women in Sarees’ on National Handloom Day Former Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon, announced the Partition of Bengal on 19 July 1905 which resulted in fierce opposition from the nationalists. The Swadeshi Movement was launched on August 7th, 1905