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Topic: Kolkata

Kolkata biryani wars get 2 new challengers in Dada Boudi, Hanglaatherium

While much of India debates whether Lucknowi, Hyderabadi or Kolkata biryani is superior, Bengal’s argument has turned inward: which local biryani deserves loyalty now as the new contenders challenge old guards Arsalan and Aminia.

How basic Bengali food became a premium experience at Sienna

At this Kolkata restaurant, home flavours, forgotten traditions and hyperlocal sourcing meet a new, paying audience.

No refund for flop Messi Kolkata event yet. Fans ask, ‘Who is accountable?’

For many, the memory of seeing Messi — even from a distance — has already faded. What remains is a transaction unresolved, and a demand that platforms, organisers, and authorities stop passing the buck.

The great Kolkata Metro tragedy—forever tottering between intention & execution

Kolkata’s Metro was once India’s first mover. Now it’s India’s laggard. It has become a metaphor for an old city's struggle to keep pace with modernity.

Kolkata cops arrest 3 in connection with fire that gutted Wow! Momo warehouse; death toll at 21

Local media reports put the death toll at 21 Thursday, with 28 still missing. Wow! Momo confirmed that two of its workers and one security guard were among those killed in the fire.

Understanding the Santal dilemmas through the Kolkata bhadralok

In 'City, Marginality and Education: Tribal Migrants in Kolkata', Ruchira Das explores tribal marginality and urban adaptation as the tribal community migrated to the city.

Kolkata’s Priya Cinema is a bhadralok bastion. Shows Satyajit Ray to Dhurandhar housefull

Bengal’s 700 single-screen halls have dwindled to 130 but south Kolkata’s Priya Cinema is still drawing housefulls. ‘We have marketed and positioned ourselves for decades.’

This Kolkata resident complained about potholes on CPGRAMS. 14 days later, it was fixed

CPGRAMS, launched in 2007, provides citizens with a single, 24x7 portal for lodging grievances related to service delivery by all government departments.

What a mess! Cops detain organiser of Messi tour, Mamata apologises for chaos at Kolkata stadium

Lionel Messi was invited to Kolkata as part of his multicity GOAT India Tour 2025. As fans went on rampage at Salt Lake Stadium, police resorted to a lathi-charge to restore order.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.