Mother's Day Special: How AI, apps are empowering women to manage finances, improve health, build careerWomen are learning to keep pace with the ubiquitous apps and AI, shrugging off dependence on their kids for financial transactions, online ...
04 May, 2026, 06.30 AM IST
The Write Revival: Fountain pens are Gen Z's newest obsessionThe fountain pen is experiencing a revival, driven by a desire for analogue pleasures and a conscious move away from digital. This resurgen...
03 May, 2026, 08.59 AM IST
One fridge. 500 books. How a Kolkata teacher built a street library with a simple thought, ‘Reading should belong to every child.’An English teacher in Kolkata, Kalidas Haldar, and his wife established a unique street library in 2021, utilizing a repurposed refrigerato...
30 Apr, 2026, 03.45 PM IST
Bengaluru rains: 5,000 books worth Rs 14 lakh destroyed as rainwater gushes into iconic BookWorm, video leaves many heartbrokenBengaluru's iconic bookstore, Bookworm, suffered devastating losses as heavy rain and thunderstorms flooded its premises, washing away an e...
30 Apr, 2026, 01.03 PM IST
PVR INOX to screen K-pop sensation BTS ‘Arirang’ World Tour across 20+ Indian citiesPVR INOX brings the global K-pop wave to Indian theatres with exclusive live screenings of BTS’s ‘Arirang’ world tour. Fans can experience ...
09 Apr, 2026, 12.52 PM IST
Centre seeks report from Bengal over ‘Blue Book’ violations during President Murmu’s Siliguri visitThe Union government has asked the West Bengal government for an explanation regarding protocol breaches during the President's recent visi...
09 Mar, 2026, 12.14 AM IST
Kolkata’s MyPustak.com turns donated books into affordable reads, builds vibrant reader communityMukul Agarwal, a marine engineer turned entrepreneur, founded a startup in Kolkata to make books affordable. Inspired by College Street, he...
14 Sep, 2025, 08.18 PM IST
Return of reading: How books are making a cool comeback among the young and socialGen Z, often cited as the loneliest generation, is redefining reading by transforming it into a social and aesthetic experience. Online boo...
25 Aug, 2025, 07.35 PM IST
West Bengal Panchayat department plans to set up marketing board for SHGs, FPOsWest Bengal's Panchayat department is set to launch a marketing board for SHGs and FPOs, targeting market linkages, capacity building, live...
15 Jul, 2024, 10.55 PM IST
Book 'Calcutta On Your Plate' chronicles the evolution of Kolkata's culinary cultureIn her seminal book, Nilosree Biswas explores the socio-cultural context of Bengalis' love affair with food.
14 Jan, 2023, 04.45 PM IST
IndiGo to fly to Hanoi from KolkataThe bookings have opened with immediate effect, with one-way fare starting from Rs 9,999.
30 Jul, 2019, 04.41 PM IST
Air India passengers travelling to UAE can now carry 40 kgs of check-in luggageThe changes will be implemented with immediate effect for those booking their tickets Tuesday onwards.
16 Jul, 2019, 05.52 PM IST
How these new age public libraries are making books available to everyoneThese libraries are popping up everywhere — on the lawns of gen-next buildings, in parks, at bus stations, outside offices or just on the r...
09 Feb, 2018, 11.12 PM IST
Mamata govt using another excuse to block Mohan Bhagwat’s programm: RSSMohan Bhagwat was scheduled to address a gathering on October 3 the century-old auditorium Mahajati Sadan, but the govt denied permission g...
06 Sep, 2017, 01.21 PM IST
West Bengal tourism industry pins high hope on Durga PujaHe said that destinations like Greece, Turkey, South Africa and Spain are the favourites while in the domestic sector Kashmir, Kerala are t...
04 Oct, 2015, 11.38 AM IST
Kolkata battles with its schizophreniaThere were two stereotypes of Kolkata that jostled for primacy amid the huffing and puffing over the midsummer euphoria surrounding the vic...
03 Jun, 2012, 11.41 AM IST
- Like CPM, Mamata also soft on fundamentalists, says Taslima Nasrin
Kolkata Book Fair cancelled exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasrin's book release, saying the government had warned of security problems.
02 Feb, 2012, 06.47 AM IST