It was an act of hubris on Hicky’s part, but also his quest for justice. Andrew Otis, in his book Hicky’s Bengal Gazette, quotes one of Hicky’s pieces on why he chose journalism: “I was not bred to a ...

A bold voice took to the streets of Calcutta, 245 years ago. On January 29, 1780, the very first issue of Hickey's Bengal Gazette, was published. India's first newspaper, which took birth in the ...

Hicky did not lag behind and went into debt to start his own trading company, which even took him to jail. In his book Hicky's Bengal Gazette: The Untold Story of India's First Newspaper, author ...

The day marks the first publication of "The Bengal Gazette" in 1780 by James Augustus Hicky ... Thought for the Day: "The role of a student doesn't end with books, but extends to learning from the ...

The Aadhaar Act disallows an individual access to the biometric information that forms the core of her unique ID (Aadhaar).

On this day, the newspaper Calcutta Gazette announced that the governor-general and the Supreme Council of Bengal had expressed their disapproval of some matter published on September 30, 1784.

He was 97. Thondup died at his home in Kalimpong, a hill town in the Himalayan foothills of eastern West Bengal state, on Saturday evening, media reports said. No other details were immediately ...

On this day, an Irishman introduced Hicky's Bengal Gazette, India's first printed newspaper. Also known as the Original Calcutta General Advertiser, it was published in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta ...

Over the years, though, I’ve picked up a number of tricks and strategies to save money without compromising the care or ...

to carefully preserve a copy of this issue of the Gazette for reference in future years." It is believed the editor was referring to the "costly" Scott and Graham books. The editor continued ...