First it was Dr Robin Sengupta’s Institute of Neurosciences, now SSKM’s world class trauma care centre. Kolkata is indeed taking the international path in medical services. The State Government is going to inaugurate a 10-storeyed trauma care centre (TCC) At SSKM Hospital today. This would
Did you know Kolkata Metro had no washroom facilities for passengers? After a lot of protest, finally Kolkata Metro authorities have thrown open the staff toilets for passengers. You no longer need to hold it back and feel uncomfortable while availing the metro service. You
She is a professor of management studies of Virginia University. She was appointed late last year as the director of one of the most prestigious business schools of India, IIM Kolkata. Last month she joined work and took over as the first woman director of
Last Sunday a group of foreign students and volunteers were seen cleaning the Mullick Ghat, slightly downstream from Howrah Bridge. Hundreds of such volunteers who are a part of the clean up project funded by Lochie Burke, co-founder of an Australian company, were working along
In an unprecedented honour for Bengal, UNESCO will be joining the Durga Puja Carnival on Red Road next year. There is a possibility of Durga Puja receiving the title from UNESCO as the biggest festival of the world. This encouraging news was given by West
On the last week of November as the nip in the air sets in over Kolkata, enjoy a whole range of events from a Tribute to Legend Salil Chowdhury to the Tea Expo. Watch our Events Video to know more about exciting events
The street where I first found a Santa Claus that sings and a cuddly Teddy Bear that talks! And that too on the makeshift shops that line every morning on Lindsay Street with their colourful fanfare from anything and everything, from leather bags and jackets
Kolkata Cloud Chasers comprises of 8 landscape photographers, 7 based in Kolkata and one in Delhi. We have been documenting the changing patterns of extreme weather conditions mainly in South Bengal, North Bengal and also in the North Indian Himalayas for the last 8 years. •
Southern Avenue has always been known as the green paradise and lungs of South Kolkata with innumerable trees lining the avenue and the Rabindra Sarobar at the centre. Now a new feather to its cap, a new attraction. A park with musical fountains will soon
The city traffic police has indeed made a huge impact on making Kolkata’s streets safer for women by reining in rogue biker gangs in the last few days. Result is they have given cases to 12K bikers who were flouting rules in just under 12