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In pictures: A dollop of pink splash in Kolkata as India-Bangladesh Test match begins

From groundsmen to politicians to veteran crickets, a tinge of pink was sported by most people at the Eden Gardens.

How Kolkata with electric buses and ferries plans to fight air pollution

Kolkata averaged a PM 2.5 concentration of 85.4 micrograms per cubic metre of air in 2018, more than eight times the recommended limit.

Economist Abhijit Banerjee is the sixth Nobel winner with a Kolkata connection

Abhijit Banerjee and his wife Esther Duflo are two of three winners of the 2019 Nobel for Economics.

Rajeev Kumar defies CBI summons, files anticipatory bail plea again

The CBI, which is looking for Rajeev Kumar, sent out teams to his residence on Park Street in Kolkata and at a resort in South 24 Parganas district.

Rajeev Kumar fails to appear before CBI, special court dismisses his anticipatory bail plea

Former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar had applied for anticipatory bail after receiving a CBI notice in connection to the multi-crore Saradha chit-fund scam.

Sexual harassment, fraud, FIRs: How ex-director Rajesh Purohit let down the Indian Museum

Rajesh Purohit, who was transferred from his job as Kolkata’s Indian Museum director six days ago, tarnished the image of India’s oldest and largest museum.

When Boris Johnson asked me why the lane next to Calcutta Collectorate smelled of urine

Boris, who was the foreign minister at the time, seemed impressed by Mamata Banerjee. The central leaders, not so much.

Higher bonus, Bangla pride, Modi quota – Mamata is trying it all to win back Bengal’s love

Stung by the unprecedented gains made by the BJP in West Bengal in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee is recalibrating.  

Locals in Kolkata’s Bhatpara defy prohibitory orders, pelt stones at police

Locals and BJP leaders took out a rally with the bodies of the two killed in firing during a clash between groups on Thursday.

Three-member BJP team to visit Kolkata where 2 were killed in Bhatpara clashes

Clashes between two groups, suspected to be affiliated to TMC and BJP, had broken out in Kolkata's Bhatpara on Thursday. The BJP has demanded a CBI inquiry into the incident.

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Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.