346 descendants of Mir Jafar, former Nawab of Bengal, deleted from Murshidabad voter list after SIRIn a significant electoral development in Murshidabad, approximately 346 descendants of the Nawab of Bengal’s dynasty, including the 82-yea...
31 Mar, 2026, 05.55 PM IST
Amit Shah behaving like 'acting Prime Minister' of country, Modi should be cautious: Mamata BanerjeeWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused Union Home Minister Amit Shah of acting like an "acting Prime Minister." She alleged Sha...
08 Oct, 2025, 07.21 PM IST
Why the founder of British Indian empire slit his own throatIn 1774, Robert Clive, a controversial figure in British India, died. Clive rose from a clerk to a military leader, securing British contro...
15 Aug, 2025, 09.33 AM IST
How a multinational company captured a whole countryThe East India Company began as a trading entity in the 1600s, evolving into a powerful political force in India. Key events like the Battl...
14 Aug, 2024, 07.34 PM IST
In Rani Ma vs Mahua battle for Krishnanagar, Matuas are kingsKrishnanagar, steeped in history, faces a high-stakes Lok Sabha battle between Mahua Moitra and Amrita Roy. Matua and Muslim communities pl...
14 May, 2024, 04.12 PM IST
Mahua Moitra no threat; TMC misrule compelled me to join politics: BJP nominee ‘Rajmata' Amrita RoyIn an interview with PTI, Amrita Roy who has been pitted against the TMC's Mahua Moitra in Krishnanagar Lok Sabha seat, also said that the ...
28 Mar, 2024, 06.49 PM IST
What’s in a name? Go on then, say it with me: Pa-La-ShiHow calling a place by its ‘English name’ can drive some nativists round the bend
11 Jun, 2022, 11.32 PM IST
- A Film to Remind Us Of the Black Hole?
For folks who have cancelled it out from their history books, BHC was a dungeon in the East India Company's Fort William in Calcutta, where...
17 Mar, 2022, 11.25 PM IST
Spare a Thought for Mir Jafar TomorrowIndia isn’t the only country that reads a ‘bad guy’ from history unfairly.
13 Aug, 2021, 11.44 PM IST
View: The Left must privilege national politics over the local in the upcoming assembly electionsThe upcoming round of assembly elections in Bengal, Assam and Kerala will have a large bearing on national politics, the outcome of the con...
16 Feb, 2021, 11.29 PM IST
Kamala Harris, Dr. Fauci feature on ‘Famous Names Most Mispronounced’ listAre our mispronunciations not as important as those of others?
11 Dec, 2020, 07.55 AM IST
British tastes and customs are still deeply infused in Indian cuisines. Here's whyIt was an era of hybrids. Faithful aristocratic babus and fallen royalties tried to copy the British. Cutlet cafe and club culture took roo...
13 Jan, 2018, 11.30 PM IST
Survey General of India completes 250 yearsAs the institute, one of the oldest scientific establishments in India, completes 250 years tomorrow, it continues to touch the life of the...
09 Apr, 2017, 07.56 PM IST
West Bengal government to develop new tourism circuitsThe state tourism department has decided to start various degree and diploma courses on tourism and hotel management at various institution...
15 Mar, 2017, 01.52 PM IST
Why the Geospatial Information Bill is an outcome of sarkari cartographic paranoiaThe Geospatial Information Regulation (GIR) Bill is an example of sarkari cartographic paranoia: it proposes fines up to 100 crore and jail...
18 May, 2016, 12.14 PM IST
- Railways will need Rs 2.5 lakh crore to finish projects: Adhir
Indian Railways will need around Rs 2.5 lakh crore to complete all the projects that have been announced by the Ministry, Union Minister of...
11 Nov, 2012, 05.54 PM IST
- Four mega tourist destinations to be developed
To give fillip to tourism in the country, the Centre has sanctioned about Rs 114 crore for integrated development of four mega tourist dest...
07 Oct, 2008, 03.23 PM IST