In the last few years, Kolkata has seen a sudden spurt of murders of elderly people and couples in the upcoming and posh localities of the city. Very recently the Narendrapur and Netaji Nagar murder cases have again entangled names of promoters who had an
A 1.5 inch wide crack running across two adjoining walls of Victoria Memorial has raised many eyebrows. Experts from IIT Kharagpur and Central Building Research Institute Roorkie, who examined the crack believe it is not a recent one but happened almost 20 years ago. What
Kolkata has got its 4th Liver Transplant unit and this will definitely help the organ donation cases in the city. The state-run SSKM Hospital was the first to get one, followed by Apollo. Hence most of the liver transplant operations were done in these two
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhuOqaUwcv8 Pallab Roy and his son Saurav Roy were the most amiable hosts as they took the GB team around their royal mansion in the heart of Bhowanipore that also houses the factory of Sugar n Spice, owned by them. But it is not just royalty
Are you tired of saying ‘uff ki groom!’ But you can finally heave a sigh of relief as the rain gods have finally decided to be kind. After enduring the hottest July month in 10 years, monsoon has finally arrived at the doorstep. And from
New Market, the grand old marketplace constructed by the British in 1874, stands as one of the last bastion of Kolkata’s colonial pride, a city that is fast changing with modern skyscrapers and modern structures. The impressive Victorian Gothic market complex stands as an edifice
Officers of the cyber cell of Kolkata Police need to be applauded for saving a man’s life in the middle of the night. A detailed email sent by FB after a man posted a live video from the top of a flyover attempting to commit
A few years ago, pet owners of Kolkata always felt hassled to ferry their pet dogs to hospitals, railway stations, airports etc if they did not have their own cars. No app cab or any other taxi would take them. Now there are almost five
‘Benepukurer bene’…. That’s what is mentioned even in the Mangal kavya. It is here that the ‘bene’ or the business community of Bengal flourished during Job Charnock’s days. Charnock had created a group of traders and local merchants catering to the port activities of Kolkata.
The red brick building that stands in Bhowanipore on Beltala Road has been witness to several pages of history and produced generations of students who have since last 100 years borne the light of women empowerment. This is Beltala Girls’ High School, that has provided