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It is that time of the year. Durga Pujo is just a week away. It starts as soon as the Devi Paksha starts, mind you, in downtown Kolkata. The moment the state Chief Minister starts visiting…

A chance discovery often leads to an illumination unforeseen. This water-colour work by William Prinsep executed in the 1830s is a recent example. Preserved in the British Library…

When this black-and-white photograph appeared on the Facebook timeline of a Kolkata resident a few days back, some of her friends from the university days expressed their wonder in varying…

Awards were given under seven categories.

A team of foreign nationals to select the best Durga Pujas

There was snowfall in Darjeeling district again this afternoon! It snowed in several areas including Sandakphu and Tonglu regions at around 1 pm. Here are some photographs from Tonglu, a…

A leopard was spotted in Darjeeling town on Monday evening, at Frymal village area, approximately 2 km from the Darjeeling Mall. It is being said by experts that a leopard so close to human…

There was snowfall in Darjeeling town on Friday afternoon. It started snowing from around 4.45 pm, and has been snowing till the time we are publishing this. Due to heavy, dark clouds in the…

Here are some photographs of the lights and people from Kolkata's Park Street. Christmas evening and December 31 are the two most crowded evenings in this part of Kolkata. …

There was heavy snowfall for the past couple of days in Sandakphu (11,930 ft), the highest point of the Sangalila Ridge in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal, near the Nepal border.…