This December Japanse Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will be visit India and is scheduled to attend an annual summit at Guwahati along with Indian PM Narendra Modi. It is during this meet that a delegation of around 35 members of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s family
Union Ministry of Human Resource Development has showered praise on West Bengal government for taking intensive initiatives in the sphere of education. The Central Project Approval Board (PAB) was all praise for a bunch of initiatives launched by the state government recently. The West Bengal
October 31, 1966, the world awaited with bated breath and looked in awe and admiration as a non-American youth attempted to swim and cross the entire length of the Panama Canal. The artificial 82 km waterway connects the Atlantic with the Pacific Ocean. People wondered
Photography grants people the ability to immortalize moments in time. Those who are passionate about photography, dedicate themselves fully to pursue the hobby. The invention of DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) and smartphones have lured people to take great photographs within a moment’s notice. However, before
She was the cantankerous, scheming, aggressive stereotype on screen but once out of the glare of the studio lights, she was a different person. A loving person with a caring presence, loved and revered by all her co-artistes. Yes, we are speaking of Gita Dey,
You are released… Run and go home… within a minute as the young man started running to what he thought was freedom, he was gunned down. Yes, that’s how Naxals of Bengal were killed in fake police encounters on Kolkata roads and many say former
If we have always heard of Muslim rulers/plunderers like Kala Pahar, Mohammad Ghori and Aurangzeb who have destroyed Hindu temples and built mosques on them, there were many Hindu rulers too who ruthlessly demolished Buddhist viharas, stupas, temples and murdered followers of Buddhism and Jainism.
“There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.” --- Poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox Fourteen-year-old Arjun Das is a living testimony of this adage. His actions speak louder than words. He has no roof over
West Bengal government’s popular social schemes have not just helped the rural and urban population in Bengal, but have also attracted kudos from international forum. After Kanyashree, Sabujshree, Sabujsathi and Rupasree, the state government has recently launched ‘Jaago’ to empower rural women. This scheme will
Bengali has been officially named as the second most-spoken language in London, followed by Polish and Turkish - with around 165,311 London residents speaking one of the three as their first language. Less than one in 10 Brits (8%) can fluently speak a second language, which