Sunday 8 November '09
Pragya Paramita finds out from Rajashi Mukherjee how nearly six months after Cyclone Aila ravaged Bengal, 30 spirited village folk still continue their work of repairing tube wells and desalinating water bodiesSaturday 7 November '09
A virtual war has been brewing between the Kolkata port authorities and the pilot guild with the latter making it clear that they are not ready to change and take the ships through the Eden channel.Friday
6 November '09Like the notun gur sandesh in your para sweet shop and the monkey cap on your Bengali neighbour’s head, there is another ubiquitous sight that signals the arrival of winter in Kolkata...Friday
6 November '09As the city awaits the National Award winning director Madhur Bhandarkar’s latest offering Jail — labeled as an “honest film” on the harsh realities of prisoners in Indian jails...Friday
6 November '09The West Bengal Prison Department has reason to celebrate, with a film tracing the journey of a convicted killer from jail to freedom winning the Best Documentary Film award....Friday
30 October '09Just weeks ago, the Trinamool Congress and its brigade of “anti-CPM intellectuals” backed the People’s Committee Against Police Atrocities...Friday
30 October '09Just weeks ago, the Trinamool Congress and its brigade of “anti-CPM intellectuals” backed the People’s Committee Against Police Atrocities....Friday
16 October '09Amherst Street can never be far from your mind when it comes to visiting some of the biggest Puja pandals in the city.Friday
9 October '09As the world marks the World Sight Day, which is held on second Thursday of October, it is startling to know that Bengal, which ranks among the highest in blood donation in the country, has an abysmal record when it comes to donating eyes.Sunday
4 October '09Days after it launched its blog with a promise from city Police Commissioner Gautam Mohan Chakrabarty to make it a democratic interface with the public...Friday
2 October '09Even as the Durga Puja festival ended two days ago, the festivities continue for puja committees in Kolkata.Friday
25 September '09The pandal is passé or at least that is what the organisers of the Singhi Park puja would like us to believe.Wednesday
23 September '09This year, you just have to walk into the pandal of Hatibagan Sarbojannin Durgautsav to get a feel of Rome. This Puja committee has chosen the ruins of ancient Rome as their theme.Monday
21 September '09In addition to the late rains that have made matters worse for idol makers at Kumartulli, the market downturn has only compounded their problems with most Puja committees slashing budgets.Friday
18 September '09The Kolkata Police, it seems, has been hit by the blog bug. To give a personal touch to its interaction with the citizenry, it is soon planning to launch a blog...Friday
11 September '09In what could termed as an unique operation, the doctors at Calcutta Medical College and Hospital prevented a woman from losing her eyesight after a metal piece nearly 5-cm-long entered the upper portion of her jaw through her eyes.Tuesday
8 September '09For the prisoners in various jails in Bengal this is the best Puja gift they could have asked for. In a scheme started by the jail authorities...Monday
31 August '09A Fortnight after the drama over the theft of marmosets, little has been done on ground to overhaul the Alipore Zoo.Thursday
20 August '09The doctors at the ID hospital, frantically fighting to contain the swine flu pandemic, say more people have been testing positive for malaria and diarrhea than for the HINI virus.Wednesday
19 August '09With nine more persons testing H1N1 positive and the total number of swine flu cases in the state climbing to 56...Wednesday
19 August '09With nine more persons testing H1N1 positive and the total number of swine flu cases in the state climbing to 56....Thursday
6 August '09When it comes to transparency, Bengal is positioned in the middle as it is neither a very corrupt nor a very transparent state.Saturday
1 August '09Ahmad Ali got a new LPG auto-rickshaw on June 4 and ever since he has been plagued with umpteen problems.Wednesday
29 July '09The disruption of train services between Madhyamgram and Barasat station on Tuesday by a local outfit led to harrowing time for commuters.Friday
24 July '09For the scientific community which had travelled to Patna to watch the solar eclipse, the trip ended up in disappointment with clouds playing the spoilsport.
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