Rafting down the Ganga, for a cause

IMAGE: Team leader Surinder Khatri on one of the rafts during the expedition. 'Kanpur and Hoogly district are the most polluted on the Ganga.' 'Records say there are alligators in the Ganga. It is......

Most parts of Kolkata submerged; water, power & traffic services hit

Heavy rainfall lashed south Bengal districts and disrupted normal life in state capital Kolkata, throwing road and rail traffic out of gear since early Saturday morning as most parts of the city......

18 drowned in trawler capsize in Bengal river

Eighteen people, 15 women and 3 girl children, were drowned and many were missing when an overcrowded trawler carrying about 100 pilgrims capsized in Hoogly river at Talpatti island in East......

Why does India want to hide its war documents?

India was not involved in genocide in Bangladesh for it to shred the papers related to the 1971 war. Their release could have been controlled, even delayed, but to destroy it was a crime, writes......

Singur turns Bengal promoters generous

The surprisingly strong opposition to land acquisition in Singur and earlier events at Nandigram, where local protests forced the government to scrap plans for a chemical hub, have induced......

Bengal: Chemical hub to displace villagers

"We don't belong to this place - actually none of this is supposed to be here, you know," Jayanta (he refuses to give his second name) admits candidly standing at the doorway of the hut that has......

Delhi Airport hires US co as consultant

Delhi International Airport (P) Ltd will appoint US-based Parsons Brinkerhoff International Inc as project management consultant for the Delhi Airport Modernisation Project. The decision was taken......

7 cities keen on metro rail

After the resounding success of Delhi Metro, as many as seven cities have sought assistance of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation in implementing similar projects to be set up at an expenditure of Rs......

Mani Ratnam back in action

Director Mani Ratnam on Friday resumed shooting in Kolkata two days after fainting on the sets of his yet untitled movie when a stunt scene went horribly wrong.On Wednesday, while shooting on the......