Indian Army to throw parts of Eastern Command HQ open for publicThe decision came soon after the War Memorial at the entrance of the Fort William was opened on December 16, the Vijay Diwas, to the citize...
UK foreign secretary takes a 'ghost walk' in BBD BagThe UK foreign minister may have got the idea of going around the city's central business district after meeting Khatchaturian, a former Lo...
Bottled Gangajal at all post offices proves to be hitTwo varieties of Gangajal -- one bottled in Gangotri and the other one in Rishikesh, some 300km downstream -- were available.
Tired of its dirty Ganga, Kolkata buys out bottled ‘jal’ in a jiffyThe same enthusiasm was seen in Kolkata, where Agarwal had turned up early on Sunday morning to be first in line.
Declassified files on Netaji Subhas Bose show he was seen at several places after 1945At least one of the files (File no 47) kept on display in a police museum in Kolkata signals that Netaji was seen at several places after 1...
Revealed: Inside story of the 1968-69 Calcutta robberiesA spate of robberies at banks and post offices shook Calcutta. It was suspected that the mastermind was the revolutionary Ananta Singh.
Revealed: Inside story of the 1968-69 Calcutta robberiesIn 1968-69, a spate of daring robberies at banks and post offices shook Calcutta. For the first time, a close associate of the accused shar...
India post offers World Cup stamp souvenirs at the philatelic bureauThe souvenir has been slightly customised to Indianise it mentioning the country's achievement of winning the Cup in 1983 and 2011.
TMC supports procession against attacks on churches in Delhi"Procession on Feb 5 is to protest against many attacks on Churches in Delhi in the last 2 months. One party is doing petty politics," Bane...
India Post to enter e-commerce, Bengal circle approaches industry bodiesA senior official of India Post at Kolkata GPO said that since e-commerce is a sunrise industry, it is trying to earn higher revenue in the...
Cricket Association of Bengal to release stamps, envelopes on 150 years of Eden GardensTo commemorate the 150th year of inception of the historic Eden Gardens, CAB will release about 5000 envelopes and stamps with photos of th...
SAIL iron ore mines raise capacity to 39 MTPA by 2015-16SAIL’s mining outfit Raw Materials Division (RMD) is working on modernisation and expansion of its mines in the eastern region.