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Kolkata

Ruminations on the City of Life

Mirza Ghalib uttered these lines around the mid1800s after visiting the then capital of British India for the first time. This great Urdu poet of India then added something about that city which still holds true.

Additional Metro, bus services for book fair

The Kolkata Metro Railway and the private bus operators have decided to run additional services during the upcoming 47 edition of the International Kolkata Book Fair, which is slated to be held between 18- 31 January.

Two Gangasagar pilgrims airlifted to Kolkata

Transport department has launched the service of air ambulance for evacuating critically ill pilgrims of Gangasagar Mela from Sagar Point to Kolkata for treatment in government hospitals at Kolkata from today to 16 January.