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After Babri-style mosque, Ayodhya-style Ram Mandir proposed in Bengal

In a sharp escalation of Bengal's temple-mosque political duel ahead of the assembly polls, posters appeared across Salt Lake on Thursday announcing plans for an Ayodhya-style Ram temple complex on......

Girl kidnapped from posh Salt Lake area

A girl in her early twenties was abducted by four men from the posh Salt Lake area of Kolkata on Friday morning.Rama Jhawar (21) is the daughter of a businessman and studies at the G D Birla......

ED grills Bengal minister for 9 hours in school job scam probe

West Bengal minister Chandranath Sinha was on Wednesday questioned for nearly nine hours by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with its ongoing investigation into the alleged primary school......

Charlie Kirk killing: FBI releases picture of 'person of interest'

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Thursday released picture of 'person of interest' in Charlie Kirk's assassination, seeking public's help in identifying the suspect. IMAGE: The FBI is......

They Fought To The Last Man For India

On November 18, 1962, 114 soldiers of the 13th Kumaon fought till the last man, and last bullet, in sub-zero temperatures, to beat back the huge Chinese army. We salute the Heroes of Rezang La.......

Wipro to expand existing facility at Salt Lake: Premji

Software major Wipro would continue to expand at its existing facility at Salt Lake in the metropolis, company chairman Azim Premji said today. "Company will make further investments at the......

PwC to build new unit at Salt Lake

PricewaterhouseCoopers would set up a training centre for accounting services in Kolkata at its new campus near Wipro.The centre would service offshore accounting jobs.This venture would mark the......

How illegal salt making threatens Sambhar Lake's ecology

The number of tractors in Nawa, a small town on the banks of Sambhar Lake in Rajasthan, falls a little short of the number of people living here. Even the sweltering heat of April does not......

Kolkata police stop 'The Bengal Files' trailer launch

The Kolkata police on Saturday stopped the trailer launch of The Bengal Files, based on the 1946 Calcutta Riots, its director Vivek Agnihotri claimed. IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has been......

Pather Panchali@70: Beautiful, Broken People

Seventy years after Pather Panchali released on August 26, 1955, we finally get it.Shuttling between the village of Boral and a studio in Calcutta, caught between worrying about the next purse of......

'We Sometimes Underestimate Our Parents'

'But when we actually express ourselves, sometimes our parents can surprise us, because they just love their children.''Sometimes it's just that simple. That is what I wanted to show in this film.'......

896 Balls, One GOAT: Inside Kolkata's Messi Fan Zone

IMAGE: A replica of Argentina's soccer player Lionel Messi, seated on a throne beneath 896 footballs and trophies, was unveiled at the "Hola Messi" fan zone ahead of his planned visit, in......

Beckham's LA title dream dashed by Salt Lake

Real Salt Lake won their first Major League Soccer championship on Sunday with a penalty shootout victory over David Beckham's LA Galaxy after the title game had ended in a 1-1 draw following extra......

Messi Returns To India But Won't Kick A Ball

IMAGE: Fans take pictures inside a temporary museum honouring Lionel Messi's long career ahead of his India tour, in Kolkata, on December 11, 2025. Photograph: Sahiba Chawdhary/Reuters Argentine......

Kolkata marks hockey centenary with India's largest stadium

Beighton Cup to throw open '22,000-seat' hockey stadium in Salt Lake IMAGE: Built at an estimated cost of Rs 20-crore, the state-of-the-art facility located inside the Salt Lake Stadium complex,......

No THG in Salt Lake City samples

No traces of THG (tetrahydrogestrinone) have been found in any re-tested samples from the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics confirming experts' belief that use of the new designer steroid has......