Kolkata

Performance poetry is becoming increasingly popular in the big metros in India, thanks to the efforts of Raghavendra Madhu who founded Poetry Couture in 2014.

Indian Railways has launched a mobile application for booking unreserved tickets on many suburban lines and some long distance routes. It can be utilised for buying unreserved tickets at any station in Secunderabad, Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata.

Crayons of Hope decided to set up Wall O Books to brighten up a dull school. Now it has a 100 Wall O Books across Kolkata.

Kishore Pratim Biswas, a Mumbai-based artist, is working on several paintings for a series called the 'Nostalgia of Steam Locomotives'. It is based on his childhood memories from the time when he used to watch steam locomotives near his house every day, and was awed by their beauty. Here are 10 brilliant pictures from his collection.

28-year-old SSampriti Bhattacharyya who hails from Kolkata, has designed an underwater drone that can map ocean floors at places where GPS does not work.

The sorry sight of teenagers covered in dirt while cleaning sewers will be a thing of the past. The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has decided to use machines to clean the city's sewers instead.

In a brave act, Mimi Chakraborty chased down the perpetrator's of a hit-and-run till Kolkata's Lake Town.

When a man left his bag that had Rs. 6 lakh in a taxi, he would have imagined the worst. But thanks to a very honest taxi driver, his got back all his money without much delay.

Scholars of Kolkata's Asiatic Society have discovered a 6th-century manuscript of the Ramayana that has some key differences from Valmiki's widely-known version. Among other things, it depicts Rama as more human than God.

While other gods may be placated with flowers and candles, some of ours demand liquor and noodles too. And, given that this is the 21st century, they don't say no to offerings of clocks and aeroplanes either. Or to Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg! Here are 15 of the most unusual places of worship in India.