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Topic: Calcutta

Boom to bust: Haunted by Ketan Parekh saga, 117-yr-old Calcutta Stock Exchange’s future lies in limbo

CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001. 

Jihad against Hindus was declared in newspaper columns: SP Mookerjee on Great Calcutta Killings

On 20 September 1946, Hindu Mahasabha leader Syama Prasad Mookerjee delivered a speech in the Bengal Legislative Assembly condemning the violence during the Great Calcutta Killings. Here's an excerpt from the speech.

How Calcutta’s Rani Rashmoni outwitted the British—twice

The ‘Rani’ in her name did not refer to royal status. It was an honorific given by the ordinary masses who loved her. She took on entrenched powers, relying on her own wits and courage.

What’s your image of Europeans in colonial Calcutta? Think beyond mansions & clubs

The long-forgotten ‘marginal Europeans’ of colonial Calcutta took centre stage at ‘The White Other,’ part of DAG’s City as a Museum festival. Among them was the Flemish artist FB Solvyns.

British journalist wants Bengal Famine focus to shift from accountability to memory

Focus on accountability for the Bengal Famine often obscures all other questions. What’s also required is dignifying the victims by unearthing names and stories.

Delhi, Hyderabad, Calcutta live with memory of loss. There’s a lost city in each of them

'India and Its Intellectual Traditions' goes beyond the usually constructed binary of 'secular' and 'spiritual', indicating the potential of an integrated approach to all aspects of the human experience.

Last trams standing—Kolkata citizens are pushing hard to keep them running

From 300 trams a day to 10, the journey of Kolkata's cheapest mode of transport seems to be in its final stages. But Calcutta Tram Users Association has put up a fight.

How a Shakespear’s Rs 400 project saved Calcutta’s drainage system

In ‘The Shaping of Modern Calcutta’, Ranabir Choudhury writes about how the city’s drains were in shambles in the early 19th century and started affecting public health.

Amrita Bazar Patrika — fiery newspaper took on British but then came a tame turn, and tragedy

Amrita Bazar Patrika was first published on 20 February 1868 by two brothers in undivided Bengal's Jessore district. It shut down in 1991.

How car racing took off in Calcutta — with Maharajas, makeshift airfield, and Alfa from Italy

In ‘The Automobile’, Gautam Sen chronicles India’s love for cars and Calcutta’s own Grand Prix.

On Camera

Congress calls India’s GDP numbers ‘suspect’, alleges manipulation by Modi govt

In AICC report ‘Real State of the Economy 2026’, Congress flags ‘central contradiction’ in economy, calls for data review pointing to jobs, FDI, manufacturing slump & inequality.

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.