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Indian gets 10 year imprisonment for illegal migration, family seeks help from Sushma

Kolkata: Shaikh Alimuddin, a 42-year-old migrant labour from Jajpur district’s Kaina village, in Odisha has been spending his days at a Baku prison in Azerbaijan for almost a year. The reason for his arrest being...

Literature is a powerful tool to bridge the gap created by hatred and prejudice

Kolkata: Creating convergence to neutralise fault lines present between communities on the basis of religion, caste, class and regionalism was the topic where writers like Nazia Erum, Tabish Khair and Abdullah Khan spoke at length...

Kanak Sarkar, the ‘misogynist’ professor barred from entering and teaching at Jadavpur University campus

Kolkata: Teachers and students committee of International Relations (IR), Jadavpur University conducted a meeting today and jointly decided that Professor Kanak Sarkar would be barred from teaching at the university from January 16 onwards. The...

Dhaka is now the hub for Bengali language, says Amitav Ghosh

Kolkata: In his latest book The Great Derangement, Climate Change and the Unthinkable, the Jnanpith Award 2018 winner, author Amitav Ghosh talks about the absurdity of politics globally where subjects like religion, language, ethnicity, casteism...

Bengali poet attacked by right wing extremists in Silchar, event cancelled

Kolkata: Poet Srijato Bandyopadhyay came back to Kolkata on Sunday morning after facing the wrath of Hindutva forces in Silchar, Assam. On Saturday, right-wing activists of Silchar, Assam protested against the poet, who was there...

Amartya Sen says, We as humans have failed to fulfill our basic human responsibility to stand with the oppressed

Kolkata: Humanity is connected through our art and literature even though politics and geography divide us. That was the message sent out at a recent event attended by Nobel Laureate and renowned economist Professor Amartya...

Farmers of Bengal colour Kolkata red

Kolkata: On the lines of farmers' protest in Maharashtra and ongoing All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS)'s Kisan Long March in New Delhi, the farmers under Pashchim Banga Pradeshik Kishan Sabha (WBPKS), an older organization than...

January Date for Kolkatans to visit Human Library

Kolkata: The readers of Kolkata can boast of a new edition to their ever-increasing list of libraries in the city. But the book that the readers might get to read may take many by surprise. For...

After sexual harassment allegations, Calcutta Times Editor gets a transfer but survivors say, not enough

Kolkata: Editor of Calcutta Times, Satadru Ojha, who has been in the limelight for all the wrong reason, has been relieved of his current responsibility and has been relocated to a different city with a...

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Citizens across India pay tribute to Amarnath victims

Kolkata: Common man, social and human rights activists came out in scores to condemn the attack on the Amarnath Pilgrims. They even held a...

Hate mongering author Tarek Fatah gets educated for his comment on Inzamam

Kolkata: Hour before the much-awaited India-Pakistan match, Canada-based author Tarek Fatah, tweets a picture of Pakistan team captain Sarfaraz Ahmed, Mickey Arthur and Inzamam...

Kolkatans Raise Voice Against The Trend of Child Abuse and Gender Violence

Kolkata: Kolkatans, comprising, theatre activists, painters, cartoonists and common men gathered at the entrance of Academy of Fine Arts on Friday to protest against...

Protest demanding the release of 7 Indians abducted in Afghanistan reaches Delhi

Delhi/Ranchi:  Hundreds of people belonging to CPI-ML and student unions like AISA, INS and AICCTU led by former Bagoder MLA Vinod Singh demonstrated in...

Discovery of ‘Sustainable’ India

Coronavirus pandemic has changed the world and the plans of almost every single individual on earth, in their respective lives. But the historic pandemic...