Satyen Bose

Patna University has unfortunately let slip the opportunity to celebrate the centenary of the iconic Wheeler Senate House, and now it looks set to miss recognizing the 100th anniversary of Patna Science College as well.

Paschim Banga Vigyan Parishad, a forum set up by Satyendranath Bose - after whom the God Particle was named Higgs Boson - will soon make public rare photographs of the scientist and some of his unpublished articles.

Lokenath Debnath, whose books on mathematical physics, are studied across the world, including Harvard, Berkeley, and MIT, died on March 2, in Texas.

What is common among Satyendranath Bose, Jaiprakash Narayan, Debabrata Biswas and Rahul Dev Burman? These legends still don't have a street in Kolkata named after them.

They passed out of school 56 years ago.But this batch of 50 students, which left Ballygunge Government School in 1956, shares a bonding that would perhaps last till the end of their lives.

He confided that he had a sequel in mind to take Vijay, Mala and Tejaa's story forward with their children.

KOLKATA: Indian cricket skipper Sourav Ganguly's voice will grace the archives of the All India Radio for posterity, side by side those of legends like Mother Teresa, Satyajit Roy and Uday Shankar.

KOLKATA: Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Monday said that scientific studies and research will be given utmost priority to ensure advancement in the state.

Veteran comic artist Narayan Debnath — who had transcended the generation gap with his portrayal of iconic characters like Bantul The Great, Handa Bhonda and Nonte Phonte — passed away in the city on Tuesday after a prolonged illness, aged 96, leaving a void in the home-grown world of

From chief minister Mamata Banerjee to Tagore, Satyen Bose to Amartya Sen...he touched upon all the right chords.

The Howrah Municipal Corporation is setting new standards in eco-destruction. Hauled up for dumping untreated municipal sewage in the protected Indian Botanic Garden, HMC has submitted an alternative plan that is a recipe for disaster.

A 25-year-old BJP worker, Santu Ghosh, who had defected from Trinamool Congress weeks before the election, was allegedly shot outside his home in Nadia’s Chakdaha on Friday night

KOLKATA: The city that produced the likes of Satyen Bose, Prafulla Chandra Roy and Jagadish Bose is seeing a sharp decline in enthusiasm for science.

It was in 1968 that Nepal's President Dr Ram Baran Yadav first arrived in Kolkata from Dhanusha district in the southern Terai plains to enrol in the then Calcutta Medical College. But the memory of the nearly 10 years he spent in the city remains evergreen in his memory.

KOLKATA: The West Bengal College and University Teachers' Association has launched a website.

KOLKATA: When S.O Raza filled up the acceptance form, paid the admission fee and session charges and walked in through the gates of the Eden Hindu Hostel a little after 10 a.m. on Friday -he created history.

KOLKATA: Calcutta University received a pat on the back from governor Viren J. Shah for improving its report card on holding examinations and publishing results, but got red grades for its accounts management.

Their reaction follows a tweet by actor Randeep Hooda, who plays Savarkar in the biopic "Swatantrata Veer Savarkar". "The most wanted Indian by the British. The inspiration behind revolutionaries like Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Bhagat Singh and Khudiram Bose," Hooda had tweeted.

Indian physicist Satyendranath Bose introduced the world to 'Boson particles' and created the famous 'Bose-Einstein theory' with Albert Einstein. And yet, his 125th birth anniversary remained practically forgotten in West Bengal, which usually is keen on celebrating great men.

Veteran Bollywood actor Sanjay Khan is writing his autobiography, tentatively titled, "The Best Mistakes of My Life".

The 250-year-old Banyan tree at the Shibpur Botanic Garden faces a threat from an organism several millions times smaller than it: a fungus.

The strokes of fresh paint are wiping out more than the existing colour on the walls of Writers` Buildings. A 35-year-old communist legacy is quietly vanishing.

KOLKATA: Located between Bidhan Sarani in the west and APC Road to the east, Sahitya Parishad Street could well lay claim to be the cultural capital of the city.

KOLKATA: Located between Bidhan Sarani in the west and APC Road to the east, Sahitya Parishad Street could well lay claim to be the cultural capital of the city.

Dharmendra’s demise has left an irreplaceable void in Indian cinema. As the nation mourns, Rakhee Gulzar fondly recalls working with him in ‘Jeevan Mrityu’ and ‘Blackmail’, cherishing his support and the timeless charm of ‘Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas’. His final journey in Mumbai saw Bollywood’s biggest stars and the Deol family bidding an emotional farewell.

The universe is made of 12 fundamental particles and 4 fundamental forces. This is called the Standard Model of Physics. One more particle was predicted by Higgs, Brout and Englert in 1964.

On Saturday, when the chairman of the IIEST board of governors comes to the Shibpur campus for the annual meeting, he will be presented with a page from history.