As December arrives, India’s forests, grasslands and wetlands burst into life. Cooler temperatures, thriving wildlife and the arrival of migratory birds make this one of the most exciting months for n ...

Global Punjabi music sensation Karan Aujla has turned up the heat once again, unveiling the India leg of his blockbuster ‘P-POP CULTURE’ World Tour 2026—a six-city spectacle that will feature his ...

Kolkata: The all-India tiger estimation exercise will kick off in the Indian Sundarbans on Nov 25 with installation of camera traps across the tiger reserve and divisional forest areas spanning over 4 ...

A young same sex couple in the rural area of West Bengal’s Sundarbans has married on Wednesday (November 5, 2025), in a social ceremony as neighbours turned up in huge numbers to support their love ...

Pirate groups—mostly former bandits and prison escapees—have reemerged in the Sundarbans following the student-led mass uprising of 2024. Official reports suggest at least nine groups are now active, ...

My plan is to take the Rocket, one of four ageing paddle-steamers that travel from the Sadar ghat in Dhaka, the capital, along the arterial waterways of southern Bangladesh to the Sundarbans. The ...

The smell of salt and mangrove leaves fills the humid air as the tide retreats along the muddy banks of the Sundarbans. Fishing boats creak in the stillness, and somewhere in the distance, a spotted ...

The Sundarbans is the largest mangrove forest in the world. A maze of tidal waterways, mudflats and small islands, shaped by the ebb and flow of the Bay of Bengal, it stretches across 10,000 sq km of ...

Deepali Sardar, 32, belongs to the Munda community of Tripligheri. She earns a living by performing tribal dances at local lodges in Tripligheri and Sajnekhali. While Tripligheri is on Satjelia island ...

The bonojibis—forest-dependent communities who survive on the resources of the Sundarbans—are increasingly turning to the collection of snails and mud clams as traditional fishing grounds continue to ...

Every morning, as soon as the sun rises, the struggle for drinking water begins for 40-year-old Momotaj Begum. A resident of Chalkbara village in Gabura Union, she lives with her family of four. Her ...