New Delhi — A fire tore through a hotel in the city of Kolkata in eastern India, killing at least 14 people, police said Wednesday. Senior police officer Manoj Kumar Verma told reporters that the fire ...

Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) is a relatively young city, an amalgamation of villages (including one named Kalikata) formed after the English landed on the swampy shores of the Ganges in Bengal in the ...

When I moved from California to Calcutta in 2011, I would joke that I had merely exchanged one Cal for another. It was not technically true. Calcutta, the bustling metropolis where I was born, once ...

The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta—India’s first IIM and a globally accredited management institution—continues to bolster its reputation as a cradle for leadership, research, and innovation.

Kolkata, formerly Calcutta, is featured in this optical image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. Zoom in to explore this image at its full 10 m resolution or click on the circles to learn ...

In this week’s podcast episode of Lost Cultures: Living Legacies, we explore the rich history of Kolkata's Baghdadi Jewish community. Host Alisha Prakash, Travel + Leisure's associate editorial ...