West Bengal Archives

MALDA: The Mango City

04/04/2019 Priyanka Sharma

Malda is a historically relevant city and one of the biggest cities in West Bengal. The city is positioned at the meeting line of two rivers Mahananda and Kalindi Rivers. It has two municipalities – English Bazar municipality and Old Malda municipality. The district headquarters is English Bazar, also known as Malda. This city is famous for the Folk art from called Gombhira. Almost national Channels and local media channels are operated throughout the city such as Malda Today, MCN News, CCN, High TV, Sabar Cable, Sabar Monorenjan, etc. …

WEST BENGAL, KARNATAKA ARE MOST CITY-STARVED STATES IN INDIA

03/20/201810/15/2018 Rajib Kar

Kolkata, India’s former capital and oldest operating port, is located on the east bank of the Hooghly River. The city of joy which was formerly known as Calcutta is the third most populated city, with 15.3 million people, in India. It was the most populated city in the country till 1971. Obviously, it is the largest city of West Bengal in terms of population and area covered. Do you know the second largest city in West Bengal or Karnataka? No problem if you don’t know because the fault is not…

The Expire: Kolkata is steadily turning into a city of sick and elderly

03/08/201804/13/2021 Rajib Kar

India’s fourth-most populous state, West Bengal, is known for its creativity and rich cultural heritage. Bordered with Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Sikkim, Assam, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan, this East Indian state is located on the Bay of Bengal. The capital of this Bengali-speaking state was the capital of India till 1911. Kolkata, the seventh-largest city in India, is carrying the adjectives like The City of Processions, Cultural Capital of India, The City of Palaces, and The City of Joy. The city of joy is turning into the city of poor people…