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Topic: Kolkata

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.

Amitav Ghosh is the Jnanpith Award winner and climate crusader India doesn’t know it needs

Through his writings, Amitav Ghosh forces public personas to talk about climate change, toxic majoritarianism and dwindling space for free speech.

Former Kolkata top cop Rajeev Kumar skips CBI summons in Saradha case

Kumar did not show up for questioning and sent a letter asking for more time to appear before its officers.

In Saradha case, ex-Kolkata cop Rajeev Kumar seeks Supreme Court’s extension of protection

The Supreme Court bench had earlier withdrawn the protection from arrest granted to Rajeev Kumar in connection with Saradha chit fund case.

Mrinal Sen’s Padatik, about dispirited Communists in 1970s Calcutta, is a tale of our times

Padatik is last in Mrinal Sen’s Calcutta trilogy, in which Communists are risking their lives for a cause that forever seems out of reach.

A quick tour through Bengal: Why the state doesn’t need Amit Shah & Modi’s lectures

To look closely at Bengal would reveal a truth that runs counter-flow to the BJP’s claims about the state.

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Henry George’s Single Tax offers a democratic alternative to communist remedies: DM Kulkarni

The immediate benefit of Single Tax would be to reduce the sale prices of land to nominal ones. Landowners would no longer find it profitable to keep idle lands, wrote DM Kulkarni in 1960.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.