Sultana Begum, the great-granddaughter-in-law of the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, lives in a Kolkata slum in stark ...

The Bank of Hindostan, General Bank of Bengal and Bengal Bank became the first banks in India to issue paper currency in the ...

Two British diplomats expelled in a spying row. A blistering statement from Russia's foreign intelligence service calling ...

A special investigative team in Andhra Pradesh has uncovered a ₹4,000 crore kickback scheme involving at least two ...

Look closely at the cultural tapestry of the UK, and you’ll clearly see Bengal, the region spread between India and what is now Bangladesh, woven into it.  It’s a shared relationship that stretches ...

Deli Boys’ takes a familiar premise—hapless inheritors of a crime empire—and injects it with a spicy, subcontinental spin ...

Ever since its revolution in 1979, Iran has cultivated a network of proxies and friends throughout the Middle East. For years ...

The Tamil Nadu government’s decision to replace the Rupee symbol (₹) with the Tamil letter "ரூ" in its budget logo has ...

While they are one of “The Big Three” players in international cricket, England's status is not widely reflected in the ...

1609 – The Bermuda Islands became an English colony. 1664 – New Jersey became a British colony. King Charles II granted land in the New World to his brother James (The Duke of York). 1755 – In North ...

India, with its vast and diverse history spanning centuries, is home to some of the most magnificent forts that stand as ...

Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African ...