Kolkata

Bangladeshi customers, who used to be the main buyers, are hardly present in Kolkata markets now. Photo taken at Nakhoda Mosque area in Kolkata. Photo: Bloomberg
Panorama

How Kolkata’s economy plunged in absence of Bangladeshi tourists

Since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina regime in August, the Indian High Commission in Bangladesh has ceased issuing tourist visas to Bangladeshi nationals. This policy shift has led to a significant...

Medical students hold hands as they attend a protest against what they say was rape and murder of a trainee doctor, inside the premises of R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, India, August 14, 2024. File Photo: Reuters
South Asia

Indian charged with rape and murder of doctor

People chant slogans as they participate in a protest condemning and marking one month since the rape and murder of a trainee medic at a government-run hospital in Kolkata, India on 8 September. Photo: Reuters
South Asia

Indian doctors resume strike over colleague's rape and murder

A tram in Kolkata. File Photo: AFP
South Asia

'End of an era': Kolkata's 150-year-old tram service to be discontinued

Photo: Kathal bichi with loitta shutki
Food

Nayana Afroz: A chef winning hearts with Bangladeshi cuisine

FILE PHOTO: Members of the West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front march along a street during a protest condemning the rape and murder of a trainee medic at a government-run hospital, in Kolkata, India, August 28, 2024. REUTERS/Sahiba Chawdhary/File Photo
South Asia

India's top court orders protesting doctors to resume work by Tuesday

FILE PHOTO: A view of the medical emergency ward building inside the premises of R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, India, August 20, 2024. REUTERS/Sahiba Chawdhary/File Photo
World+Biz

Indian police fire teargas at hundreds protesting over Kolkata doctor's rape, murder

Thousands of junior doctors, senior doctors, medical students and other medical professionals take out a protest rally from CGO Complex to Swasthya Bhaban, headquarters of State Health and Family Welfare department over rape and murder of a trainee doctor of RG Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata, India, on Wednesday (21 August). Photo: HT
World+Biz

Kolkata rape-murder case: Supreme Court flags ‘14 hour delay’ in filing FIR

Many of the protests in multiple cities have been led by doctors and other healthcare workers but have also been joined by tens of thousands of ordinary Indians demanding action. Photo: AFP
South Asia

Protests widen over Indian doctor's rape and murder

Doctors and residents hold posters and shout slogans during a protest condemning the rape and murder of a trainee medic at a government-run hospital in Kolkata, at a ground in Mumbai, India, August 18, 2024. REUTERS/Hemanshi Kamani
South Asia

Protests spread over Indian doctor's rape and murder

Medical staff shout slogans while holding placards during a protest at a hospital in Mumbai, after a nationwide strike was declared by the Indian Medical Association to protest the rape and murder of a trainee medic at a government-run hospital in Kolkata, India, August 17, 2024. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
South Asia

Indian hospitals hit as doctors strike to protest rape, murder of colleague

A woman holds a placard as she attends a candlelight vigil held outside Jadavpur University campus, condemning the rape and murder of a trainee medic at a government-run hospital in Kolkata, India, 15 August. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Kolkata doctor case: Protests escalate in India over gruesome rape of doctor

Photo: AFP
World+Biz

Authorities must protect protesters demanding justice after gang-rape, murder of Kolkata doctor: Amnesty