Aniruddha Ghosal is a principal correspondent with the Indian Express. He writes on politics, environment and security. He is an alumnus of the University of Sussex.

October 22, 2015 03:19 IST
This combination of “asangatir shakti” (disparate forces), he said, “means that society has to admit to itself the reality of living together.”
Thu, Oct 22, 2015
October 16, 2015 01:00 IST
At present, the ICG fleet has 116 surface platforms and 62 air assets.
Fri, Oct 16, 2015
October 16, 2015 00:06 IST
"Why did they not return the sammans when Nirbhaya incident had happened in Delhi and when Muzaffarnagar incident happened in UP?" said Keshari Nath Tripathi.
Fri, Oct 16, 2015
October 06, 2015 03:45 IST
The father-son duo had gone to Durganagar, a Kolkata suburb, where they were building a house.
Tue, Oct 06, 2015
October 04, 2015 02:53 IST
Voters began turning up at different booths early in the morning. But within a few hours, the tension was palpable.
Sun, Oct 04, 2015
October 02, 2015 01:09 IST
Mamata had made this statement at a time when the Opposition had been alleging that there were links between senior Trinamool leaders in Rajarhat and the syndicate.
Fri, Oct 02, 2015
October 01, 2015 00:36 IST
The West Bengal government has requested the Kolkata Police to recruit transgenders in the Civic Police Volunteer Force (CPVC) to end the “stigma” and “discrimination” against the community.
Thu, Oct 01, 2015
September 27, 2015 00:05 IST
Investigators have discovered that around 1,200 bank accounts were being used to move money.
Sun, Sep 27, 2015
September 26, 2015 22:41 IST
Mahima Varma, 17, student of Kolkata's Loreto House used her mobile phone to take around 3000 pictures and videos that later she made into a 10-minute short film.
Mon, Sep 28, 2015
September 24, 2015 02:20 IST
A senior doctor at the Alipurduar Railway Hospital said that both the baby girl and her father (32) suffered fractures in their skulls, while the woman escaped with minor injuries.
Thu, Sep 24, 2015
September 24, 2015 00:48 IST
Sourav Ganguly, former India skipper, favourite to succeed Jagmohan Dalmiya whose son Abhishek too meets Mamata Banerjee.
Thu, Sep 24, 2015
September 23, 2015 00:03 IST
Sources said the EC had mandated a number of check lists and multiple visits to sensitive areas for the three observers. They will also act as training observers to block-level officers.
Wed, Sep 23, 2015
September 23, 2015 00:00 IST
The files also contain numerous letters from his first wife Emilie Schenkl while referring repeatedly about their daughter Anit, who Netaji saw only once, when she was four years old.
Wed, Sep 23, 2015
September 22, 2015 01:10 IST
The Netaji files talkj about problems like collecting funds for INA and the eventual decline in people’s interest for the army, while reiterating that the matter was of utmost importance.
Tue, Sep 22, 2015
September 21, 2015 04:42 IST
An official, involved with the process of declassifying the documents, said, “It seems that the Indian government wasn’t convinced of Netaji’s death and was probing all conspiracy theories.”
Mon, Sep 21, 2015
September 19, 2015 06:07 IST
The files also comprise various newspaper reports — mostly in English and Bengali — on the political activities of the family.
Sat, Sep 19, 2015
September 19, 2015 01:09 IST
Bose had also left a letter addressed to his brother and asked Emilie to take photographs of the same and send copies to (Sarat Chandra Bose) if anything happened to him.
Sat, Sep 19, 2015
September 19, 2015 00:46 IST
In a letter written by Dr Lilly Abegg to Netaji's brother, Sarat Chandra Bose on December 9, 1949, intercepted at the Elgin Road Post Office, she writes, "I heard in 1946 from Japanese sources that your brother is still living."
Fri, Oct 07, 2016
September 18, 2015 00:58 IST
The party’s Cow Development Cell (CDC) claimed that they have been instrumental in “interception” and “arrests” in 5,000 cases of cow slaughter in the past 5 years.
Fri, Sep 18, 2015
September 17, 2015 00:09 IST
The letter, signed by the organisation’s secretary Debtanu Bhattacharya, also claimed that Hindus have “cooperated” with Muslims in the past during festivities.
Thu, Sep 17, 2015
September 16, 2015 04:00 IST
The documents purportedly suggest that in 1948-49, British and American intelligence agencies believed that Bose was alive and instrumental in a number of communist uprisings in Southeast Asia.
Thu, Sep 17, 2015
September 03, 2015 01:01 IST
Named Okhla road after Aurangzeb to oppose attempts to rewrite history: former Congress MLA.
Thu, Sep 03, 2015
August 24, 2015 06:35 IST
Birds fly for only 10-20 m around a sanctuary.
Mon, Aug 24, 2015
August 24, 2015 02:32 IST
In the last decade alone, construction just under 1-lakh hectares — equivalent to 1,34,000 football fields — has happened in the NCR, including in the area around the sanctuary.
Mon, Aug 24, 2015
August 19, 2015 00:58 IST
As per the new draft notification, no new commercial activity such as the establishment of hotels, resorts or any construction activity will be allowed within the eco-sensitive zone.
Wed, Aug 19, 2015




