The EC has removed returning officers of eight constituencies in Kolkata that will go to the polls in the last two phases of the West Bengal assembly elections on April 26 and 29, an official said.
'Our civil society here is vibrant, and courageous, although it is beaten up and beaten down, repeatedly.'
In our special series on A Day in the Life of India, Ashok Kumar Mondol, a Kolkata tram driver, speaks about the joys of driving a city institution.
Cirkus is boring and puerile, notes Sukanya Verma.
These 10 images prove that the world is wonderfully weird.
Like a kulcha or a baida roti, this Turkish street food is made from maida and may have a variety of stuffings.
Thousands of fans from both countries have crisscrossed the globe to watch their team in action and trust rival captains Rohit Sharma and Babar Azam to tell you this is another 'match' for them, but all the 22 players and reserves know that this is 'The Match'.
Titled the King, Pele made football and Brazil a household name and Brazilian football, a benchmark.
'It's this swag and body language that convinces you that he can pound 10 men to dust with his bare fists.'
'The Indian government evacuated its citizens from the clutches of the Taliban and Covid-hit Wuhan, so I am not worried.'
The country also reported 3,397 fresh COVID-19 cases, including 169 from dormitories for migrant workers.
Does the "story" of a Mani Ratnam film come first or does its "spirit" asks Sreehari Nair.
AutoTram Extra Grand is considered the longest bus in the world.
The capital of Portugal has reinvented itself as one of the hottest travel destinations in Europe.
After India's veteran wicketkeeper-batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni failed to display a convincing performance against Afghanistan in the World Cup, fans took no time to criticise the 37-year-old for his slow knock.
Swaraj on Friday night spoke to the Indian ambassador to Poland Ajay Bisaria regarding the assault on an Indian student in Poznan city whose name was not disclosed.
India prides to have the Gulmarg Gondola Project, one of the highest and largest ropeways in Asia.
Saxony is much like an orchestra where every instrument and note is important in making up the whole, discovers Anita Rao Kashi while visiting Saxony in Germany.
National Geographic has announced the winning photos of its popular Travel Photographer of the Year 2018 photo contest. The grand prize was awarded to Japanese photographer Reiko Takahashi, who captured an underwater photo of a humpback whale calf's tail. The winning photo, titled "Mermaid," was selected from over 13,000 entries received this year. Describing the moment she captured the scene, she said: "It was a special scene for me, to be able to take a photo of the calf, completely relaxed in gentle waters." Scroll down to see the full selection of winners.
The shooting for the film will start in January 2014.
'Did the Nobel committee, reviled for awarding Mr Dylan, play a little inside joke this time around, by awarding another lyricist who was once an aspiring musician?' asks Uttaran Das Gupta.
It costs most to travel by bus, tram or subway, taxi and train in Western Europe and North America.
Caroline Wozniacki dragged herself back from the brink to power into the semi-finals of the Australian Open with a gritty 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 win over a dogged Francesca Schiavone on Tuesday.
The destinations have a lot to offer in terms of adventure, culture and entertainment.
The survey covered 47,535 households in rural areas and 36,065 households in urban areas.
The Information Technology sector has been exempted from the purview of the agitation.
Let's take a tour of Turkey through Krystle's eyes.
The city of Leizpig will hand out World Cup "first aid" packages including condoms and tissues to soccer fans.
Streets in Kolkata wore a deserted look as most private buses, mini buses and taxis remained off the roads.
'A trip to the banks of the Hooghly without which there wouldn't be a Calcutta/Kolkata is one for the bucket list,' says Kishore Singh.
The affidavit has been filed according to the court directions to the government for developing the Jama Masjid and restore it to its pristine glory.
Though taxi owners body Bengal Taxi Association called an indefinite strike, drivers under the banner of Progressive Taximen Union were opposing the strike.
Hundreds of passengers across the globe stripped off their trousers and skirts for the worldwide "No Pants Subway Ride". What started out as a group prank in New York has now become an annual event and spread to more than 27 countries.
Indian Railways schedules will now be available on Google Transit.
Woman Grandmaster Bhakti Kulkarni and Grandmaster S P Sethuraman made history, winning the gold medal in the Asian Continental Women's and Open chess championship that concluded in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Friday.
The UK subsidiary allegedly paid bribes to win train infrastructure orders for the Delhi Metro, the Serious Fraud Office said in a filing.
On August 6 and August 9 of 1945, warfare changed forever when the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, devastating the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and killing more than 100,000 people. The attack on the people of Hiroshima at 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945, and the second attack on the city of Nagasaki at 11:02 am on August 9 killed and wounded hundreds of thousands of unsuspecting men, women, and children in a horrible blast of fire and radiation, followed by deadly fallout. In years that followed, those who survived -- the hibakusha -- suffered from the trauma of the experience and from the long-term effects of their exposure to radiation from the weapons. Before the blast, they were thriving cities. In a flash, they became desolate wastelands. Seventy-five years later, take a glimpse at the destruction.
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