If Holi is the festival where India lets its hair down, Kolkata does it in its own peculiar way, something you won’t believe until you see it. Holi is known as Dol or Doljatra in West Bengal and marks ...

Doha, Qatar: Swissôtel Doha Corniche Park Towers marks its first Ramadan season in Doha with the introduction of Nasmah, a new Ramadan tent at The Quarter. Inspired by the spirit of the Holy Month and ...

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Myanmar on Tuesday Strong tremors were felt in Kolkata, Bangladesh after an earthquake of magnitude 6 struck Myanmar on Tuesday. Social media platforms were flooded ...

Residents of Kolkata reported feeling tremors on Tuesday (February 3) following an earthquake originating near Yenangyaung, Myanmar. According to seismic data by United States Geological Survey (USGS) ...

Kolkata's rich Art Deco built heritage, featuring over 400 buildings from the mid-1920s to mid-1950s, is being highlighted for preservation and adaptive reuse KOLKATA: Even as the world celebrates the ...

Police in Kolkata have arrested manager Raja Chakraborty and deputy manager Manoranjan Sheet of Wow! Momos following a massive fire in the Anandapur area of South 24 Parganas, on the outskirts of ...

In Kolkata’s historic Tangra area, often known as the city’s Chinatown, the Chinese Kali Mandir stands out for a tradition that surprises many devotees. Here, noodles are offered as prasad to Goddess ...

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – Accor, a world-leading hospitality group, in partnership with Arabian Hotels & Catering, announces the signing of Swissôtel Jeddah Al Hamra, reintroducing one of Jeddah’s most ...

At least seven persons were feared dead, and several others remained missing after a massive fire broke out in a warehouse in the Anandpur area of Kolkata in the early hours of Monday (January 26, ...

That was how Jhumpa Lahiri described the City of Joy during a session on her novel Roman Stories at Kolkata Literary Meet on January 22 — a brief remark that suddenly popped up in between a ...

The 49th International Kolkata Book Fair has begun, drawing together publishers, authors, translators and readers from across languages and geographies. This edition foregrounds global exchange ...