Kolkata

Buoyant Mohun Bagan look to make most of emotional derby

8:03 pm January 18, 2020

Kolkata: Emotions will run high when Mohun Bagan clash with arch-rivals East Bengal in what will be the penultimate I-League derby between the traditional powerhouses of Indian football here on Sunday. The oldest football club in India, Mohun Bagan, are all set to enter the lucrative Indian Super League from next season after their merger […]

Lakhs take holy dip at Gangasagar on Makar Sankranti

40 babies born at Gangasagar Mela, says Mamata

11:20 pm January 16, 2020

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said 40 babies were born at the just-concluded Gangasagar Mela which, she said, was visited by nearly 55 lakh people. There has not been a single untoward incident at the fair held on Sagar Island at the confluence of river Hooghly and the Bay of Bengal, […]

CIMA Art Mela to now enthral art lovers in Mumbai

3:58 pm January 13, 2020

New Delhi: After making a successful Delhi debut in 2018, the much famed Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA) Art Mela will now make its foray in Mumbai starting January 23, announced the organisers. Traditionally held in Kolkata, the four-day annual art event, now in its 13th edition, will take place at the Nehru Centre […]

Elephant and dragon can dance together: Chinese envoy on India

11:52 pm January 12, 2020

Kolkata: Chinese ambassador to India Sun Weidong on Sunday said the relations between the neighbouring countries have entered a “sound stage”, and he hoped that the elephant and the dragon can dance together. Speaking at the Chinese New Year celebrations here, Weidong said the two countries will work together to enhance mutual understanding and friendship. […]

PM says will make India a hub of heritage tourism

11:43 pm January 11, 2020

Kolkata: Dedicating to the nation four refurbished British-era buildings of the city, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the rich heritage of the country will be presented before the world. The country’s history, written after Independence, has ignored various facets and it is not what we read or write for examinations, Modi said. In […]