On this day, liberal politician William Ewart raised in the British Parliament the matter of local legislative councils in ...

The border town of Raxaul inaugurated its railway station on 1 March 1899. Once Raxaul was connected, it became easier for ...

The author’s attention to detail — she chronicles the Bengalis’ love for peyaj kolir chochchori, keema cooked in cinnamon and ...

Finding a cure for Motor Neurone Disease is a priority for legendary British and Irish Lions Dean Richards and Finlay Calder ...

Renowned Bengali singer and lyricist Pratul Mukhopadhyay passed away while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Kolkata in India on Saturday.

The British publisher Tilted Axis specialized in innovative translated literature. It won them major awards. Now they’re ...

Ad Gefrin, in Wooler, channelled Anglo-Saxon hospitality to honour of the charity founded by rugby legend Doddie Weir.

What did Raja Ravi Varma paint as a child? How did Meera Mukherjee become a sculptor? New volumes are letting readers in on ...

Veteran Indian singer and lyricist Pratul Mukhopadhyay passed away at the age of 83 on Saturday. The legendary artist ...

With dwindling attention spans and addictive social media posts, should the garden-variety reader commit to a novel of over ...

Matein Khalid V.S. Naipaul once said that ancestral memories are like“trap doors to a bottomless past”. This was my first thought when I ...

The ministry of civil aviation has prioritised Kolkata airport in a major push to enhance international air connectivity, ...