As a teenager, Subrata Das dreams a dream of being rich some day. But at the moment, his dream seems rather distant and unattainable.
When kids of his age watch Pogo channels or spend hours playing video games, Shankar Mondal aka Bachha toils hard at a garments' shop to earn so that two of his younger brothers can study.
Trinamool Congress Member of Parliament Kabir Suman, who had sent an SMS text on Monday night announcing that he was quitting from the party and the Lok Sabha, on Wednesday postponed the decision by a week following a request by noted writer Mahasweta Devi.
Kolkata's citizens decide not to wait for the government and do it themselves.
The spectacles on the Gandhi bust in Kannur were broken while the Ambedkar bust had red paint splashed across it.
The mass following for Thums Up, especially in markets like West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh, forced Coca-Cola to renew its focus on Thums Up, which had got diffused after Coke bought Parle's beverages business in 1993 and began pushing its brands.
Gopal has loads of responsibilities on his young shoulders.
Like any 13-year-old, Subroto Mondol aka Pocha loves to fly kites and is an avid fan of Hindi film songs. But he does not get much time to indulge in his favourite pastimes. As he has to spend 10-12 hours at a roadside tea stall near Garia in south Kolkata, catering to hundreds of customers every day.
Gobind Kaur, Dr Manmohan Singh's sister, and her children travel down memory lane.
Exponential Investment (Business Associates of Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited) urgently requires 4-5 graduates (preferebly management / commerce) for Business Development .
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee paid rich tribute to veteran actress Suchitra Sen.
Sombhu Das, 11, dreams a modest dream -- that of owning a grocery shop some day. Which is why he is honing his skill as an errands' boy at a grocer's in south Kolkata.
The Special Task Force of Kolkata Police on Sunday arrested three persons from the southern part of the city for their alleged links to Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday that at least 72 people have died due to Cyclone Amphan and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit the affected districts and provide help to 'rebuild those areas from scratch'
Taking corporatisation of Durga Puja festival to a new height, a prominent puja committee in Kolkata has sold the rights of the celebrations to a US company and roped in a Bollywood superstar as its brand ambassador.
He, however, asserted that all infiltrators will be thrown out of the country.
A budding table tennis player suddenly died after being allegedly beaten up by his father, who was not happy with his recent performances.
She has been given training for handling polling booth and tackling challenges like other presiding officers.
About five million cable households in the three metros - Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata - will continue to pay higher cable bills as the extension of the Conditional Access System in these cities has been delayed by at least six to eight months.
Since much of the voting was on religious lines, Mamata's rural focus became irrelevant.
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With a spike in nocturnal incidents of molestation and eve-teasing by biker gangs in certain areas of Kolkata, the police have launched regular raids in the night to put a brake on the 'Romeos' on two wheels.
Banerjee is under treatment to correct her dehydration, hypoglycaeamia and other nutritional deficiencies.
Trinamool Congress on Saturday removed Mukul Roy, a former confidante of Mamata Banerjee, from the key post of party general secretary.
"This is unacceptable. Why does it have to be Dada all the time? said a Ganguly fan.
The newly-elected BCCI chief said he sought Dalmiya's cooperation on pending cases that the BCCI is facing in and outside India.
Veteran Tollywood actor Jnaesh Mukherjee died on Wednesday evening after he suffered a massive cardiac failure, family sources said.
Promit Kumar Mitra, 48, who is in the realty business, was held from his residence in south Kolkata by a team of Military Intelligence officers before being handed over to Kolkata Police at Maidan Police Station on Thursday, they said.
Kolkata Police Commissioner Sujoy Chakarabarty said prima facie the ammunition appeared to be headed for Kashmir militants.
West Bengal Transport Minister Madan Mitra, who was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the multi-crore Saradha scam, was on Saturday brought to the Alipore Court for production amid state wide protest by the supporters and workers of ruling Trinamool Congress.
The celebrations will begin on Saturday with the Bangiya Christiya Pariseba, the apex body of Christians in West Bengal, organising a statewide, all-faith prayer meet with street children.
Reluctant to campaign so far, former Bengal CM draws large crowd in first roadshow since poll dates announced.
An eyewitness said some people in a minibus and private cars were trapped.
'The world will miss Mahasweta Devi and I will miss my second mother.'
Rituparno Ghosh's neighbour Sujoy Naskar talks to us about his famous filmmaker.
Top squash player Saurav Ghosal is eagerly awaiting his home state government's recognition after bagging a historic gold and silver for India at the Incheon Asian Games.
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