Climate concerns in Kolkata and Sunderbans will be in focus to drive home ‘save trams’ message, with government keen to wrap up the system barring a heritage route Roberto D’Andrea, co-curator of the ...

How preserving the Sunderbans is as important as saving the tram for Kolkata to fight climate change — this will be the theme of a four-day tram celebration to be held at the end of this month ...

A tram decorated with images and models of Sunderbans’ flora and fauna will travel between Shyambazar and Ballygunge from March 28 to 30 to highlight how climate change can equally impact the mangrove ...

Kolkata Police issued a traffic advisory in light ofEid-ul-Fitr festival on March 31. traffic arrangements will be in place ...

In a first of its kind initiative, West Bengal Transport Corporation is all set to introduce Kolkata’s first-ever tram library. Advisory Alert: It has come to our attention that certain ...

What if someone told you that it was possible to travel from Kolkata to Chennai in 3 hours for just Rs 600? It's natural to wave off the idea as unrealistic. But with innovations taking place ...

Siliguri: After 81 years, a turntable that enabled a toy train locomotive to do a 180° turn within minutes has been revived at Kurseong. The restoration took about four months, and trials are ...

Many decades ago, there lived in Kolkata — then Calcutta — a boy called Shrishti Nath Kapoor, who studied in a school called Mitra Institution in Bhowanipore. When his family later moved to ...

Joan Verdon is a veteran retail reporter based in Northern New Jersey. The theme at New York Toy Fair is “Play Reimagined”, and this year the toy companies - large and small - that are ...

Fourteen-year-old Pratip Dey alleges his mother and aunt were murdered after refusing to go ahead with a family suicide pact. Both father and uncle followed through with the plan by slashing their ...

The defending champions, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), will take on Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the first match following the ceremony. Teams are divided into two groups, battling for a ...

It had said that commercial vehicles older than 15 years would not be allowed to ply in the Kolkata and Howrah under the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) area. Less than 2,000 ...