The Latest Breaking News from Kolkata

A new mini zoo has come up in West Bengal's Kolkata. The zoo has been set up in New town Rajarhat and named as "Harinalaya". Read further on Dynamite News:

An Air Asia flight makes an emergency landing at Lucknow airport soon after take-off for Kolkata. Read further on Dynamite News:

Under the aegis of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav and on the occasion of the 126th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, a series of events were organized at EZCC Kolkata. Read full story on Dynamite News:

A 27-year-old flight attendant allegedly committed suicide on Saturday by jumping off the fourth floor of a building in Kolkata after suffering from mental illness for a long time due to "lack of regular work," police said. Read more on Dynamite News:

Recently, Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar stated that, if there is one border and one region of India which has dramatically improved in the last decade, it is eastern and northeastern India. And the reason for that is that India has vastly improved its relationship with Bangladesh.

What makes cities work? It is not the historic monuments or grand architecture but something far more prosaic. 360info speaks to Professor Brett Neilson from Western Sydney University.

Kolkata (AFP) - KL Rahul's unbeaten 64 helped India down Sri Lanka by four wickets to clinch a series victory in the second one-day international in Kolkata on Thursday.

Cities in former colonies are now among the biggest and fastest-growing in the world and need to be prepared for unpredictable futures.

Organisation and solidarity are critical to ensuring the rights of sex-workers.

Mrinal Sen’s films on Kolkata are a nuanced reading of middle-class hopes and aspirations in post-colonial India.

Cities cannot function without domestic workers in India but their employment conditions remain precarious.