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Red Rose Movement to nip hatred begins from Kolkata
Kolkata: Taking a cue from the white rose movement, the non-violent intellectual way of opposing the Nazi regime, Apne Aap…
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Four get 20 years imprisonment in Nepalese woman gang-rape case
Kolkata: Almost three years back, a 24-year-old Nepalese girl, who has moved in to Kolkata in search of a better…
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After threats, daughters of the Kashmiri doctor face discrimination in Kolkata
Kolkata: Parents of six-year-old Aabheri (name changed on request) didn’t have the answers to the question raised by her, as…
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Famous Kashmiri doctor gets death threats, warned to leave Kolkata
Kolkata: A city which has given shelter to riot victims of 1984 or 2002 and has always stood for pluralism…
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Bengal
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…
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How a start-up from Kolkata saved the life of a leukemia patient from Bangladesh
Kolkata: Twenty-seven-year-old Rima Begum, a resident of Chittagong, Bangladesh, was diagnosed with Leukemia (blood cancer)almost a year back. Rima had…
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Bengal
Now Achchey Din will not come for BJP, they missed the opportunity – Mamata
At the United India show in Kolkata, BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha reiterated Rahul’s slogan - Chowkidar Hi Chor hai. Leaders…
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Bharat Bandh impacts normal life, Bengal most affected, school bus attacked in Kolkata
Kolkata: The West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights has taken cognizance in the matter of an attack on…
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Bengal
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…
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Kolkata hosts its first Queer Literary Festival
Kolkata: The season to celebrate literature has set in. And Calcutta alone will be hosting not one but three literature…
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