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 ...

Kolkata: Union home minister Amit Shah, upon arriving in Kolkata on Monday evening for a three-day trip, said Bengal was ready for change. He called upon state BJP netas to remain vigilant against the ...

Tremors were felt across Kolkata and in other parts of West Bengal on Tuesday after an earthquake of magnitude struck in Myanmar, officials said. The earthquake was also felt in parts of neighbouring ...