Deportation of Bengali migrants to B'desh sparks panic in Bengal village

Sixty-something Bhodu Sheikh sat on the porch of his ramshackle hut in Dorjee Para, a settlement tucked away in one corner of Paikar village in the Muslim-majority Murarai assembly constituency of......

New Kolkata CP appointed, 2 health officials removed

Senior Indian Police Service officer Manoj Kumar Verma was appointed the new Kolkata Police commissioner, replacing Vineet Goyal, on Tuesday, a day after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee held a......

IT professionals join stir as protests continue to rock Kolkata

Multiple protests by people seeking justice for the RG Kar Hospital victim, with and without political banners, continued to rock Kolkata for yet another day on Tuesday even as the Central Bureau......

3rd wave has reached its peak in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata: IIT prof

The third wave of COVID-19, which is caused by Omicron, has reached its peak in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata as predicted by IIT's Sutra model, claimed Dr Manindra Agrawal, Professor of IIT Kanpur.......

Silent protest march by IIT faculty-alumni in Kolkata

As part of their nationwide programme, nearly 75 faculty members and a large number of alumni of IIT Kharagpur on Saturday took part in a silent protest march in the city demanding immediate......

IIT alumini to coach budding entrepreneurs

Over 200 successful IITians will launch an unique 'Entrepreneurship Movement' on the Republic Day in 16 citiies across the country to coach 1,000 budding entrepreneurs. This programme is held under......

Mamata seeks IIT help to boost Railways

The Railways will sign a memorandum of understanding with the IIT Kharagpur to ensure inclusion of students in research work on development of Railways' infrastructure. "The MoU will envisage......

IITs: Seeds of the next Silicon Valley

At the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) campus in Kharagpur, near Kolkata, a small team of engineers is beavering away on what they hope will prove a killer competitor to the BlackBerry. At IIT......

Look who's joined the Swachch Bharat campaign

A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: Singer Kailash Kher joined the list of Bollywood celebrities who took part in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Swachh Bharat......

Harbhajan: A match winner who gave it his all

'Harbhajan made a generation fall in love with the art of off-spin.' IMAGE: Harbhajan Singh celebrates the wicket of Ricky Ponting, the first wicket of his-trick, during the Kolkata Test match......