Security was tightened across Kolkata after violent clashes at Park Circus left several police personnel injured and triggered arrests over road prayer and demolition protests.
Continuing with the element of surprise of her governance model, Rekha Gupta on Friday conducted an impromptu inspection of the Rajkiya Sarvodaya Vidyalaya in the Rup Nagar area in Delhi.
Delhi BJP’s president Virendra Sachdeva and general secretary Kamaljeet Sehrawat have come out against the misinformation allegedly being spread by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) about the introduction of Pink Cards for women in Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses.
Imagine a pair of AI-powered spectacles that is designed specifically to guide the visually impaired, or a simple locket with SOS and tracking features empowering personal security in today’s world. These aren’t gadgets from a sci-fi novel; they became a reality at Velocity 2025.
What happens when two iconic worlds collide? What unfolds when a clever bookworm meets a humble dreamer and they face the same tests of heart and mind? Mahadevi Birla Shishu Vihar recently answered these questions with its cultural programme, The Mind Factory.
Visual artist Natasha Datta Roy’s third solo exhibition, Sylvan Reverie, at the Academy of Fine Arts (South Gallery) was inaugurated on 27 October, 2025. The exhibition presented a deeply contemplative exploration of nature, memory and belonging, capturing the delicate balance between nostalgia and renewal.
In a significant push toward skill-based education in India’s Northeast, IIT Guwahati’s National Skill Academia (NSA) has joined hands with IvySchool.ai, a global learning platform known for its AI, coding, and entrepreneurship programs.
From Dingko Singh, who won a gold medal in boxing at the 1998 Asian Games, the first time and after 25 years, to the magnificent Mary Kom, to former India football captain Rennedy Singh, to multiple world champion Mirabai Chanu – the list of Manipuri sports heroes is almost endless.
The 31st Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF), held from 6–13 November 2025, unfolded a vibrant celebration of world cinema, affirming Kolkata’s enduring love of the moving image.
My opening line for this review: every girl in a relationship or desirous of getting into a relationship should watch this film.
Mental health was once taboo. In many homes, it still can be. But today, scroll past the feed of any Gen Z netizen and you will see it: Therapy memes. Self-care rituals. A whole Instagram carousel on burnout.
The three-day Bengali literary festival hosted by Tanmoy Roychowdhury saw Mir Afsar Ali, Indranil Sanyal, Dwaita Hazra Goswami, and Aparajita Dasgupta as speakers for the session on “Mysteries have eradicated the ghosts”.
Every girl deserves protection until she turns 18, argues Gajendra Singh
A free-for-all lecture was presented online via Google Meet. Samrat Bisai, professor at Ramakrishna Mission Brahmananda College of Education, Rahara, was the primary speaker and academic analyst who spoke on ‘Gamification in classroom: Navigating within and beyond’.
Universities are not simply stores of information or vocational training centres, but dynamic environments where creativity is fostered, curiosity is appreciated, and novel opportunities emerge.
