Jharkhand’s mentally-challenged senior citizen denied ration and pension, dies
Ranchi: A 65-year-old mentally-ill person died in Kodakel village of Murhu block in Khunti district of Jharkhand on Friday. He had been denied ration...
Transgenders are first humans, says Shree Ghatak
Kolkata: Shree Ghatak made it to the national headlines last year, for becoming the first transgender in Eastern India to get legally married. Understanding...
Jharkhand’s angry tribals resort to Pathalgadi, their age-old practice
Ranchi: At a time when Jharkhand is all geared up for the Dhanbad visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 25 to lay...
India’s chess prodigy fights with brilliant minds and poverty together
Kolkata: Nine-year-old Sneha ranks fifth in the all India under 9 ranking. Yet the chess prodigy from Bengal is facing financial constraints, which is preventing...
Amid high voltage political drama during Bengal panchayat polls, TMC clean sweeps
Kolkata: It’s has been an unprecedented victory for the Trinamul Congress (TMC) to retain the Bengal's three-tier village administrative system, winning 95 per cent...
12 people killed during Bengal Panchayat Polls, over 72 per cent voting
Kolkata: At least, a dozen people have been killed and several injured as violence and clashes between the supporters of opposing political parties marked...
