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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
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Topic: Kolkata

Plot to build temple at Kolkata Fine Arts Academy foiled, but mosque inside airport stays

There has been a sustained attempt to relocate the mosque facing the second runway of the international airport in Kolkata.

Messi’s picture garlanded next to Durga & Kali sums up Kolkata’s quadrennial World Cup fever

World Cup gives Kolkata an excuse to indulge in its favourite pastime – dissect, debate, daydream, without actually doing much.

A Modi promise not kept: Images reveal how a pure Ganga turns disgustingly brown

Images of the Ganga at six key locations show how the river deteriorates, turning from blue to green to muddy, thanks to pollution.

Kolkata tragedy not about traffic rules. Are highways ready for Ferraris & Lamborghinis?

If the only lesson we draw from the Ferrari car crash is that a truck did not turn on its indicator, we are being wilfully blind. 

Is sex-work reproductive labour? Swati Ghosh’s latest book tries to identify

In The Gendered Proletariat: Sex Work, Worker’s Movement and Agency, Swati Ghosh looks to understand the worker-status claim of sex-work in a meaningful fashion.

Pussy cat at home, Bengal tiger in a mob: There’s little genteel about the bhadralok

The Metro rail was once Kolkata’s pride and joy.  This, after all, was the first city in India to get one all the way back in 1984. Now, overnight, it has become a symbol of shame.

Karnan to continue ‘fight against caste discrimination’ after six months in jail

A close aide of Karnan alleges there is widespread prejudice against Dalits in the judiciary, and the former HC judge will once again raise his voice against it.

Mamata Banerjee is in denial mode on Bengal’s dengue crisis

To protect herself, Mamata Banerjee is forcing her administration to turn a blind eye to full-blown public health crisis.

Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, the man who banned AXN and Fashion TV, passes away

Dasmunsi — former I&B minister, All India Football Federation chief, and Bengal political heavyweight — dies after nine years in coma.

The Epic City: A hurried rediscovery of Kolkata

Even as newer generations of Kolkatans leave their stagnant city for economic opportunity elsewhere, Kushanava Chowdhury journeyed the opposite route—from New Jersey to his...

On Camera

Mumbai fashion weeks need a revamp. Not Dharavi & Girgaon

Bless Mr Adani’s kind heart. So glad his view from the private jet will improve by 2032.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Can’t restrict ‘extent of induction’—why SC struck down gender quotas in Army’s JAG recruitment

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian Army cannot cap the number of women in its Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.