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Love in the time of Corona: Mahul Brahmas new book is Quarantined

Writer and communication expert Mahul Brahma's new book "Quarantined" is an anthology of short stories of dark love in the dark times when the world is fighting its war against COVID19. IBNS-TWF catches up with the author of The Luxe Trilogy, a luxury commentator and columnist working with a Tata group company..

by Trans World Features April 15, 2020

Salem institutes migrate all classes online and even placements are facilitated digitally

Salem: Long before the Covid-19 lockdown began, the digitally savvy Sona College of Technology, Sona School of Management and Thiagarajar Polytechnic College at Salem had with great forethought migrated their classes online.

by Trans World Features April 15, 2020

COVID-19: Kolkata Police stands by elderly citizens with Pronam project

Kolkata: The Kolkata Police, which runs project Pronam for the elderly in collaboration with city-based non-governmental organization, The Bengal, has come forward to stand by the side of the elderly citizens of the city with an assurance to ensure their well being during lockdown.

by Trans World Features April 03, 2020

Sona College of Technology records yet another exceptional placement season

Salem: The Sona College of Technology, the preferred engineering college for discovering the best of engineering talent from Salem, Tamil Nadu, has reported yet another exceptional placement season.

by Trans World Features March 25, 2020

Kolkata: Born on Instagram launched to discover and grow creative Instagrammers in the State

Kolkata: Instagram has launched the Born on Instagram program in Kolkata, to discover, showcase and grow the most creative content creators in West Bengal.

by Trans World Features March 03, 2020

Club Urban Tyrowhere food is served with a touch of class!

The name is interestingClub Urban Tyro! It stands out amongst a long list of where to eat places spread across the city of Kolkata. Conveniently located on the ground floor of the Old Sikkim House, it is an interesting addition to the fascinating food landscape, more so as it has brought with a well-researched and authentic oriental and Chinese food served with a touch of class. Each item is presented aesthetically which adds to the experience of relishing them.

by Arundhati Gupta February 28, 2020

Kolkata's CK Birla Hospitals - BMB to offer 30 cardiac angiographies to deserving patients this year

Kolkata: From patients aged three years to nonagenarians were present at the 30th anniversary celebration of Kolkata's CK Birla Hospitals - BMB, recently with many of them narrating about their recovery from coronary diseases after being treated by doctors here.

by Trans World Features February 19, 2020

Krishi Bikash Shilpa Kendra, an enterprise under Ministry of MSME, launches national website

Kolkata: Krishi Bikash Shilpa Kendra, an enterprise under the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Government of India, launched here on Wednesday www.kbskenterprisemsme.in the Ministrys national website for unemployed youths of the country.

by Trans World Features February 15, 2020

Paribartan, a film about safe use of electricity, to be screened on CESC's annual Safety Day

Kolkata: Paribartan, a film on electrical safety, produced by Kolkata-based power utility CESC and made by Power Publishers & Motion Pictures, will be screened on the former's annual Safety Day on February 5 this year.

by Trans World Features January 31, 2020

Kris Gethin Gyms starts its journey in Kolkata

Kolkata: Having transformed bodies of Bollywood celebrities like Hrithik Roshan, John Abraham, Ranbir Singh, Arjun Kapoor and others, premium gym chain Kris Gethin Gyms (KGG) - part of Physique Global- formally launched its sprawling 11,600 sq feet KGG fitness centre at Salt Lake area in Kolkata on Saturday.

by Trans World Features January 27, 2020

Santoor Ashram-ICCR present Music Festival

Kolkata: Santoor Ashram, in association with ICCR, presented a Music Festival titled East West Music Fest recently.

by Trans World Features January 01, 2020

12th World Confluence of Humanity, Power and Spirituality takes off in Kolkata

Kolkata: The two-day 12th World Confluence of Humanity, Power & Spirituality took off on Friday in Kolkata with Dr Karan Singh, noted scholar, philosopher and politician, delivering the keynote address.

by Trans World Features December 28, 2019

A feast fit for winter of contentment

Come winter and the city of Kolkata gears up for festivitiesbe it cinema, theatre, music or food and, not to forget, the Christmas.

by Arundhati Gupta December 28, 2019

Mamata unveils crib set at the Portuguese Cathedral in Kolkata on Christmas

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee participated at the Christmas night services marking the birth of Lord Jesus at The Cathedral of the Most Holy Rosary, also known as the Portuguese Church, on the eve of Xmas here in Kolkata.

by Trans World Features December 25, 2019

Kolkata hosting photography exhibition celebrating 30 years of UNCRC

Kolkata: A photography exhibition celebrating 30 years of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) was inaugurated in Kolkata recently.

by Trans World Features December 19, 2019

Mentaid holds Annual Inclusive Sports Meet for 2019

Kolkata: Mentaid, the first registered parents organization for the intellectually disabled in West Bengal, recently held its Annual Inclusive Sports Meet for 2019 at the St. Thomas Girls School here, with a view to promote awareness about people with intellectual disabilities and their inclusion in society.

by Trans World Features December 18, 2019

This new bakery-cum-caf is quintessentially Calcutta

Elements of Calcutta makes this bakery-cum-caf much different from its neighbourhood outlets. Drawing upon Kolkatas rich gastronomic legacy, Calcutta Bakery Caf has on offer a variety of delectable options inspired by all-time favourites such as Chicken a la Kiev, Chicken Sicilian, Eggs Rolls and much more. Just a few months old, it has already acquired a loyal customer base, all of whom relish their freshly baked breads and assorted confectionery.

by Arundhati Gupta December 18, 2019

Ohayo Gozaimasu Japan here come Indias skilled workers

Tokyo: Twenty-three-year-old S. Silambarasan is excited about working in Nagoya Japan. The engineering graduate from Tamil Nadu seems to have none of the trepidation associated with adapting to a different culture, food and language.

by Trans World Features December 12, 2019

Bengal's flautist cop enthralls audience at ICCR recital

Kolkata: It is not very often that a police officer entertains citys elite music aficionados. But Indrajit Basu, Additional Superintendent of Police (Zonal) Baruipur Police district, recently enthralled the audience with his flute recital at the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR). He was accompanied by Soumen Sarkar on tabla.

by Trans World Features December 09, 2019

West Bengal Minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay inaugurates free health camp

Kolkata: West Bengal Minister of Power and NES Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay last month inaugurated a free health camp organised by Kanak Prava Memorial Charitable Centre in association with the eminent homeopath Dr. Pratip Banerji and his team.

by Trans World Features December 02, 2019

Starmark holds The Penguin Classics Festival

Kolkata: Kolkatas bookstore chain Starmark, in association with Penguin Random House India, is hosting The Penguin Classics Festival: There is one for Everyone at its South City Mall bookstore here.

by Trans World Features November 21, 2019

Tomorrows Foundation with Salaam Bombay Foundation organises sit-n-draw competition to promote anti-tobacco campaign

Kolkata: Tomorrows Foundation, in association with the Mumbai-based NGO Salaam Bombay Foundation, organised an inter-school drawing competition on the occasion of Children's Day to promote its anti-tobacco campaign.

by Trans World Features November 21, 2019

Kolkata's International Poetry Festival- Chair Poetry Evenings poised to return for its second innings

History has shown that sometimes it takes a chance encounter and a sparkle of a thought to ignite something big and make it real. Such was the case for Tushar Dhawal Singh , an IRS professional and Sonnet Mondal, engineer by qualification, to strike a match and light their fire of poetic leanings into a revolution.

by Trans World Features November 15, 2019

Temi Autumn Carnival commences at temi tea estate

Kolkata: Its a part of revival of an annual calendar event to showcase blooming of cherry trees, autumnal teas and the winter sun and clear sky nights filled with music.

by Trans World Features November 13, 2019

Oakville Durga Puja in Toronto stands tall with thousands flocking to venue

Toronto: The Bengali diaspora in the Greater Toronto Area celebrated Durga Puja this year with unabated fun and festivities, visiting one venue to another as organisers tried to outsmart each other in a healthy rivalry.

by Trans World Features November 04, 2019

Bickram Ghosh unveils 25 new releases

Kolkata: Percussion Guru Bickram Ghosh has come up with 25 new releases of his work and collaborations with some of the greatest names in the International and Indian music scene.

by Trans World Features November 02, 2019

Abhishek Singh is the new hunk on the block in Tollywood

Abhishek Singh is the next hunk on the rise in Tollywood. Law graduate from Pune, a few years ago he left his lucrative legal career to respond to his first love and inner calling - acting. IBNS in conversation with the chiselled good-looking actor who starred in recent releases like Panther and Password besides drawing attention in the web series.

by Trans World Features October 26, 2019

South Sikkim to host Temi Autumn Festival next month

Kolkata:The Temi Autumn Festival 2019 shall be held from Nov 8 to 10 at the Temi, South Sikkim.

by Trans World Features October 26, 2019

Starmark hosts Deepawali collection Lights and More

Kolkata: An exhibition of curated Deepawali collections- Lights and More- is being hosted at all the outlets of Starmark, at South City Mall, Quest Mall, Mani Square and at City Centre 1, Salt Lake.

by Trans World Features October 23, 2019

Maestro Tarun Bhattacharyas philanthropic Santoor Ashram set to hit the shores of USA

by Trans World Features October 15, 2019