It was the perfect week to read a book set in Calcutta. As temperatures dipped to the sort of cold best experienced from indoors, this memoir took me to a land of oppressive heat and humidity. Somehow ...

The Calcutta High Court upheld a life sentence for a man who had a consensual physical relationship with a 14-year-old minor, ...

Kolkata: Life sentence was the rule and death an exception, the Calcutta High Court observed on Thursday as it commuted the death sentence awarded to a 33-year-old man convicted of murdering a woman ...

The strike called by a joint platform of trade unions on Wednesday had little impact in Calcutta. Shops, business establishments, offices, and schools functioned normally. Public transport, including ...

Howrah ascended in the 19th century, but more recent decades have been marked by decline. This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited ...