Kolkata is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River approximately 75 kilometres west of the border with Bangladesh, it is the principal commercial, cultural, and educational centre of East India, while the Port of Kolkata is India's oldest operating port and its sole major riverine port. Read More
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that a museum -- Biplobi Bharat -- should be established in which Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Aurobindo Ghosh and Rash Bihari Bose among other freedom fighters should be given a place. ...
Hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's arrival here on a two-day visit to West Bengal, students and political parties on Saturday started protests in West Bengal shouting "Go Back Modi" and also burnt his effigy. ...
Popular music John McLaughlin, Zakir Hussain, Shankar Mahadevan, Ganesh Rajagopalan and V. Selvaganesh will perform in Kolkata later this month and raise funds for supporting the art of handcrafted musical instruments. ...
10 Bomb disposal squad members on Friday inspected a 10-ft deep crater created at the spot of an explosion in Naihati town in West Bengal's 24 Parganas North district, where a number of houses were damaged during defusal of crackers. ...
(life) Fifty boutique hotels, destinations and travel concepts representing the Indian subcontinents will be presented at the third edition of the travel event Très 2020, scheduled for March 27-28 in Andaz Delhi. ...
A number of buses were damaged, train movements disrupted due to obstruction on railway tracks, and several highways and vital roads blocked as normal life was partially hit in West Bengal on Wednesday following a 24-hour all India general strike cal ...
Amidst speculations and uncertainty, Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy on Tuesday said that he would not make any comment about his current leave period and rejoining gubernatorial function. ...
The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Director General Rajesh Ranjan on Monday appealed CISF personnel to observer 2020 as the year of "mobility" to accomplish the objective of serving the nation with "utmost dedication and professionalism". ...
