”Calcutta” News

60 injured as mob clashes with police in 'Indian Idol' riots

CALCUTTA, India - More than 60 people were injured and dozens of vehicles set ablaze in eastern India when an angry mob demonstrated after a radio host made derogatory comments about the winner of the popular television show "Indian Idol," officials said Saturday.
09 30 2007 5:22PM (...more)

Fire in Calcutta market still burning

CALCUTTA, India - Hundreds of residents were evacuated Monday as a towering fire in a central Calcutta market burned for the third straight day, fire officials said. Some 2,500 shops have been destroyed in the blaze, although there have been no serious injuries or deaths reported.
01 14 2008 11:36PM (...more)

Fire guts Calcutta market

CALCUTTA, India - A huge fire raged through a central market in the east Indian city of Calcutta Saturday, destroying more than 1,000 shops and homes and leaving hundreds homeless but causing no casualties, police and fire officials said.
01 12 2008 9:26PM (...more)

Troops deployed to quell Calcutta riots

CALCUTTA, India - Dozens of soldiers marched through the city and police imposed a curfew Wednesday to try to quell riots that erupted after protesters alleged government brutality, officials and witnesses said.
11 22 2007 1:12AM (...more)

England unhappy with India itinerary

LONDON (AFP) - English cricket chiefs reacted with "disappointment" on Monday after receiving the proposed itinerary for England's tour of India later this year, warning they'd yet to accept it fully.
07 15 2008 3:32AM (...more)

India Without the Taj

CALCUTTA, India - No doubt the Taj Mahal steals the breath away. But as a repeat visitor to India , I have often arrived at its gates too exhausted to have much breath left to steal.
04 8 2008 10:20PM (...more)

Last Jews of Calcutta have one last guardian

CALCUTTA, India - The stooped man in the yarmulke fights his way through this chaotic city, the weight of generations heavy upon his shoulders.
09 22 2008 7:22PM (...more)

Scrabulous RIP?

Fans of Scrabulous were furious when the highly addictive but obviously pirated online version of Scrabble suddenly disappeared last week. Hasbro, Scrabble's copyright owner, sued the creators of Scrabulous and forced it off the popular Facebook social networking website , where the game had more than a half-million daily users.
08 6 2008 5:59PM (...more)

Former British India capital eyes graveyard tourism

KOLKATA, India (Reuters Life!) - The dead are an unlikely tourist attraction, but authorities in Kolkata are promoting the graveyards of India 's former colonial capital to woo foreigners trying to trace their roots.
07 25 2008 8:18PM (...more)

Pregnant tigress rescued in India

CALCUTTA, India - Forest guards tranquilized and then rescued a pregnant tigress from a date palm tree after it strayed into a village near the Sunderbans Tiger Reserve in eastern India, an official said Tuesday.
02 20 2008 3:24AM (...more)