Topic: Calcutta

Doctors held over hospital fire

Police in the Indian city of Calcutta have arrested two top doctors of a private hospital which caught fire last month, killing 90 people.. . Dr...

Artful Patina

In a building that once housed the city's premier department store, a creative family have established a home that celebrates several generations...
Several Sources Shelters Founder, Kathy DiFiore remembers Ronald Reagan and Mother Teresa of Calcutta's support at their 30th Anniversary. On...
Clark Blaise is a border-crosser.. . In life, Blaise moved between Fargo, N.D., where he was born to Canadian parents, Montreal, Iowa City...
There's an episode in Mary Johnson's An Unquenchable Thirst that seems to epitomize the painful years she spent in Mother Teresa's religious...
Photo by Josh Aggars. Travel India . It's a well-worn statement but there really is nothing that can prepare you for your first encounter with...
One frequently comes across the term "fundamentalist" to describe someone who believes in the strict maintenance of religious doctrines, according...

Ambulance blown up in India, 5 die

An ambulance was blown up by insurgents who apparently mistook it for a police vehicle, killing five people, authorities said. The (Calcutta) Telegraph reported the ambulance hit a powerful landmine laid down by Maoists who unnamed sources said intended to kill Kandhamal ...

UPWARDLY MOBILE IN CALCUTTA

It was once the second city of the Empire and the centre of British India long before Delhi. As well as slums, Calcutta has tourist attractions like St Pauls Cathedral, the Victoria Memorial, the Writer's Building and Government House and now ...

Mother Teresa

Roman Catholic nun Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, in Macedonia, in 1910 . Her work continued and Mother Teresa won the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize for her humanitarian work in Calcutta , India . On May 24, 1931, she took her religious vows ...