Kolkata

A Kumbh Mela Classic for Ages: What binds millions?

Shantanu Guha Ray - September 14, 2022

Samaresh Basu wrote Amrita Kumbher Sandhaney in 1954, India was seven years old as an independent nation and still smarting from the pains of...

Arpita Mukherjee wails as she is brought for medical check up in Kolkata

Newsbred Staff - July 29, 2022

The two high-profile suspects in the West Bengal school job scam, sacked minister Partha Chatterjee and his aide actor Arpita Mukherjee, were brought in...

You are CM because of alms of Muslims: Cleric to Mamata Banerjee

Panchmukha - June 12, 2022

West Bengal saw large scale violent protests by Muslims against the comments of Prophet Mohammed by Nupur Sharma for the last three days. While...

75km road in 105 hours: NHAI sets a Guinness record

Newsbred Staff - June 8, 2022

The National Highways Authority of India has set a Guinness World Record by building 75 km of bituminous concrete road in a single lane...

Unnatural: What caused KK’s shocking death?

Newsbred Staff - June 1, 2022

Hours after singer KK's shocking death after a concert in Kolkata, a video showed him looking unwell while being rushed out of the venue....

Bengal: It tells us what we are, were, and could never be the great nation

Veeresh Malik - March 26, 2022

This is a field report on a traveller's trip to Bengal, recently, as different from tourist or journalist. By a friend who wishes to...

Has mob taken over this country? Would we the billion remain hostage to a few?

Ashish Shukla - January 6, 2022

Look at it anyway, the party in power has looked powerless since its re-election in 2019 in front of mobs. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has...

IT raids on Akhilesh Yadav’s aides: 100s of crores of undisclosed income unearthed

Newsbred Staff - December 22, 2021

Hours after conducting search and seizure operations on former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav three aides, the Income Tax Department said it has...

Centre concerned over rising Covid-19 cases in West Bengal

Newsbred Staff - October 27, 2021

The Centre has raised concern over the rising COVID-19 cases in West Bengal’s Kolkata region. Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has written a letter...

Durga Puja is losing its sheen in Bengal: “Where are the orders for idols?”

Shantanu Guha Ray - September 14, 2021

In rain-drenched Kumartuli - Kolkata’s historic potter’s district on the banks of the Hooghly river - artisans are worried. Orders for Durga Puja idols...

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