Besides being home to one of the country’s biggest collection of books, the library also seems to be home to a number of spirits. Numerous accounts of students and bibliophiles tell us of the haunting ...

A Kolkata-based collective of cinephiles, filmmakers, artistes, climate activists and heritage lovers, in collaboration with ...

The National Librarian and Chief Executive Officer of the National Library, Prof. Chinwe Anunobi, stated that the library has issued over 26,000 International Standard Book Numbers to publishers ...

Zimbabwe will cull 200 elephants to feed drought-stricken communities and alleviate pressure on national parks. The El Nino-induced drought has left 68 million people in southern Africa facing food ...

Kolkata was initially the capital of the British Raj ... The largest library in India in terms of volume, the National Library in Alipore boasts of over 21,00,000 books including digitised books, maps ...

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KOLKATA: In the dead of the night at 3.45 am on Tuesday, doctors who were at a sit-in demonstration on BB Ganguly Street stood up and began singing the National Anthem. Some 300 policemen who were ...

the Indian Museum and the National Library of India. Among professional scientific institutions, Kolkata hosts the Agri Horticultural Society of India, the Geological Survey of India, the Botanical ...

This story appears in the April 2008 issue of National Geographic magazine. The strategy of drivers in Kolkata—drivers of private cars and taxis and buses and the enclosed three-wheel scooters ...

The 50th National Senior Equipped Powerlifting Championship began at Kolkata's Khudiram Anushilan Kendra. The five-day event, featuring 258 powerlifters from across India, serves as a key platform ...

Libraries and Bookstores: Kolkata has a rich literary heritage and is known for its extensive collection of books. Libraries like the National Library of India, Jadavpur University Central Library, ...