Shanti Das

On August 14, when whole of Bollywood was grieving the demise of veteran actor Shammi Kapoor, not far away a little known yet a master of his trade, art director Shanti Das also passed away.

A couple, who allowed branding of their one-and-a-half-month old ailing son, which led to his death three months ago, was arrested on Tuesday evening.

Students of different organisations staged protests at Aurobindo Bhaban demanding justice for the first-year student of Jadavpur University who died after alleged ragging.

A 55-year-old man was found hanging from the ceiling of his rented room at Ramesh Dutta Street in Girish Park on Saturday.

A seven-member panel of the state human rights commission visited JU on Wednesday to conduct a probe, in the backdrop of a notice sent to the state by the national human rights commission on the issue.

The winners of UK's prestigious Orwell Prizes for political writing 2023 were announced at a ceremony in London on June 22, 2023. Read more details about this year's winners here.

Local pharmacies in the city have reported a steep surge in the demand for masks, as the number of Covid cases continue to rise in the city and beyond.

The prime accused in the May 16 Egra factory blast, Krishnapada alias Bhanu Bag (70), died in a Cuttack nursing home at 3am on Friday due to his injuries, before CID officers could speak to him.

A potato glut and plunging prices have triggered suicides in Bengal's Hooghly, Burdwan and Bankura districts.

Farmer Chandrasekhar Das of Burdwan’s Chakdighi village is at a loss. For three years in a row, rain has been woefully inadequate in the sowing season. But it has rained heavily just ahead of the harvesting season.

Slavonic Hinduism may be the new template for a turbo-charged globalised Hinduism with a new reach.

Having recently gained Indian citizenship, Pakistan refugees hope their vote in the upcoming Delhi election will bring basic necessities such as clean drinking water, toilets and pucca homes