A fresh weather system is likely to form over the north Bay of Bengal on October 10, the date when the monsoon usually retreats from south Bengal, indicating a delayed withdrawal this year, Met officials said."An upper air cyclonic ...
8 October 2025 TelegraphTwo defunct water conduits under EM Bypass are being converted into pedestrian underpasses — one near Science City and another near the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute.Both are expected to be ready by February 2026 or ahead of ...
8 October 2025 TelegraphA jeweller was allegedly tricked into believing he had received a payment of around ₹1 lakh for the sale of a gold wristlet that a man purchased from his store on Sunday, only to later realise that the payment ...
8 October 2025 TelegraphThe Supreme Court has cleared the appointment of vice-chancellors for six state universities in Bengal, contrary to earlier indications that eight institutions would get approval, according to the order uploaded on Tuesday.During oral arguments on Monday, the bench of ...
8 October 2025 TelegraphThree persons have been arrested in connection with the robbery and murder at a jewellery shop in Baranagar in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, a senior officer of the detective department of the Barrackpore Police Commissionerate said ...
8 October 2025 TelegraphA 15-year-old schoolgirl has died due to dengue in Salt Lake area, a health department official said on Tuesday.The deceased, identified as Rupsi Jana, was a resident of the ESI Housing Complex in Salt Lake's Ward 33 and a ...
8 October 2025 TelegraphAs Saturday ticked into Sunday, the picturesque hill town of Mirik transformed into a scene of devastation as relentless rains triggered catastrophic landslides, burying vehicles, destroying homes, and claiming at least 11 lives across the subdivision.South Calcutta resident Kanishka ...
8 October 2025 TelegraphForest department officials will begin field visits on elephant back from Tuesday to assess the extent of damage caused by Sunday’s floods in the forests of Jaldapara and Gorumara in north Bengal’s Dooars region.“The water levels are still quite ...
8 October 2025 TelegraphA businessman from New Town allegedly fell victim to an investment scam, losing ₹21.6 crore to fraudsters who impersonated representatives of a well-known foreign investment firm. According to the complaint filed by Nirmalya Saha, he was first added to ...
7 October 2025 TelegraphStudents from a regular school and a special education institution are interacting with one another, thereby paving the way for increased collaborative initiatives.Students from Class V of Calcutta International School have been visiting Manovikas Kendra for several weeks leading ...
7 October 2025 TelegraphThe assessments for Classes III, VI, and IX are centred on the application of knowledge, fostering critical thinking and communication skills, and emphasising real-world problem-solving capabilities, the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) has informed educational institutions.The ...
7 October 2025 TelegraphThe School Service Commission (SSC) will start accepting online applications for non-teaching posts in government-aided schools by the end of October, an education department official said on Monday.The process, initially scheduled to begin on September 16, was stalled as ...
7 October 2025 TelegraphAn employee at Ganguram Great Grandson sweet shop on Burrabazar’s Kali Krishna Tagore Street was found unconscious in the staff quarters early on Monday, his throat partly slit, police said.The shop is located on the ground floor of a ...
7 October 2025 TelegraphThe accessibility guidelines launched by Unesco for Durga Puja carry far-reaching global implications, Shombi Sharp, the United Nations (UN) resident coordinator for India, told Metro last week.Sharp was in the city to monitor the practical implementation of the standard ...
7 October 2025 TelegraphThe Supreme Court on Monday cleared the appointment of eight vice-chancellors to various state universities in Bengal after it was informed that both Governor C.V. Ananda Bose and the Mamata Banerjee government had no objections to these names.Attorney-General R. ...
7 October 2025 TelegraphA 66-year-old individual, who has been a chronic smoker, is suffering from end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The healthcare team has indicated that he has merely a few months remaining. Nevertheless, he wishes for all family members to ...
6 October 2025 TelegraphThe CBSE’s tentative timetable for Classes X and XII, released in September, is reportedly helping schools enhance their academic planning, said principals from various institutions.Since the two-board exams for Class X will commence in 2026, the provisional date sheet ...
6 October 2025 TelegraphThe decomposed body of an IT professional was found inside a guest house at New Town on Saturday night. Police said multiple strips of sleeping pills were found near the body. Thirty-four-year-old Chandranath Mukherjee, who was from North 24-Parganas, ...
6 October 2025 TelegraphPolice probing the murder of jeweller Sankar Jana at his store in Baranagar on Saturday said CCTV footage had been found that showed at least one person standing outside with his face covered with a mask, while a group ...
6 October 2025 TelegraphRobotic and conventional knee replacement surgeries lead to a similar degree of recovery and functionality in patients after a year or more, doctors said.However, the corrections in robotic surgery are more precise, and it is also better for patients ...
6 October 2025 TelegraphAround 6,000 students from 72 schools across Bengal took part in an English language competition that tested their knowledge of vocabulary and its usage. Students from Kindergarten to Class XII participated in the Spell-A-Thon Olympiads held under the mentorship ...
6 October 2025 TelegraphThe school service commission (SSC) is likely to publish the results of the selection tests (State-Level-Selection-Test) held to shortlist candidates for the appointment of teachers in the first week of November, said the commission’s chairperson. The commission may upload ...
6 October 2025 TelegraphTemporary hoardings that were installed before Puja, including the overhead gates across roads, continue to dominate many of the key thoroughfares in Calcutta.A drive through the city on Sunday revealed a multitude of hoardings situated along Central Avenue, APC ...
6 October 2025 TelegraphHeavy rain, accompanied by incessant bolts of lightning, lashed Calcutta between Saturday night and the early hours of Sunday.The streaks, one after another, jolted many Calcuttans out of bed. Almost every bolt seemed to strike at a touching distance. ...
6 October 2025 TelegraphA bird hailing from Eastern Europe, with just a single recorded sighting in Bengal, was spotted at Baruipur, situated in the southern periphery of the city, last week.Two juvenile ortolan buntings were found in a grassland near the new ...
6 October 2025 TelegraphMetro Railway Kolkata will operate 236 (118 UP and DN each) services on the Blue Line on Laxmi Puja (Monday) instead of the normal 272, officials said.Laxmi Puja, celebrated on a full moon night, is a major festival in ...
6 October 2025 TelegraphA little more than 100 tonnes of hilsa have reached Calcutta from Bangladesh in the last fortnight, hilsa importers said. Last year, more than 570 tonnes of hilsa were imported from Bangladesh, they said.The first consignment arrived in Bengal ...
6 October 2025 TelegraphMore than 80 accredited social health activists (ASHA) in the Sundarbans were part of a training session to mitigate snakebite deaths in the mangrove delta.The session — held recently at the Kultali BDO office in Jamtala, South 24-Parganas — ...
5 October 2025 TelegraphA 32-year-old man who was found dead at his Puddapukur home on Thursday night died “due to the effects of ante mortem hanging”, police said on Saturday, quoting preliminary post-mortem findings. Forensic experts explained that ante-mortem hanging refers to ...
5 October 2025 TelegraphDurga Puja made its return to a village in the Sundarbans after a hiatus of over 15 years, following the erosion of the local bazaar by the nearby river, which led to the relocation of the traders who previously ...
5 October 2025 TelegraphOver 100 Durga idols will roll down Red Road on Sunday evening as part of the Puja carnival, featuring tableaux, processions, and cultural performances.The carnival, first held in 2016, is scheduled to begin around 4pm on Sunday and continue ...
5 October 2025 TelegraphWith schools across the city set to reopen next week after the Puja vacation, several institutions are racing against time to restore campuses battered by the torrential rainfall on September 23.From deep-cleaning classrooms and sanitising campuses to replacing damaged ...
5 October 2025 TelegraphA jeweller was found dead with his hands and feet tied, and visible injury marks on his body, inside his store in Baranagar on Saturday afternoon.The victim, Sankar Jana, owned the shop on Shambhu Nath Das Lane, less than ...
5 October 2025 TelegraphThe city’s grand celebration of Durga Puja, renowned for its artistic display and creativity, also leaves behind piles of waste — a stark reminder of poor civic sense.During the Puja days, Calcutta generates around 1,000 tonnes of additional solid ...
5 October 2025 TelegraphIIT Kharagpur is set to take its first formal step into medical education by introducing a postgraduate MD (Doctor of Medicine) programme, shelving for now its earlier plan to launch an MBBS course due to inadequate infrastructure.The institute will ...
5 October 2025 TelegraphThe Bengal health department has begun a search to determine whether a brand of cough syrup allegedly linked to multiple child deaths in Madhya Pradesh is being sold or used in the state.A senior official from the department said ...
5 October 2025 TelegraphTwo reports from two national bodies monitoring crimes against women have come up with two opposite ratings for Kolkata. The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report published in October 2025 has for the fourth straight year announced Kolkata as ...
5 October 2025 TelegraphThe resumption of direct flight services between Calcutta and Guangzhou in China would ease travelling for a large number of businessmen from the city, said traders and tour operators. IndiGo has announced the resumption of Calcutta-Guangzhou daily services ...
5 October 2025 TelegraphThe authorities of IIT Kharagpur have reopened the Prembazar gate for two-wheelers, which will help parents to ferry their children to the schools inside the campus.There are four schools on the campus, and the gate will remain open during ...
5 October 2025 TelegraphTwo-wheeler traffic violations in the city during Puja were fewer this year compared to the festival days in 2024.According to the records of Kolkata Police, the number of two-wheeler riders prosecuted for helmet-less riding and riding with more than ...
4 October 2025 TelegraphA 32-year-old man was found dead at his Puddapukur home in Ballygunge on Thursday night (Dashami).The family of Viki Mullick, a resident of 44/D Puddapukur Road, lodged a murder complaint at Ballygunge police station, alleging that his wife and ...
4 October 2025 TelegraphA powerful weather system over the Bay of Bengal that made landfall in Odisha on Dashami (Thursday) evening has stalled the withdrawal of the southwest monsoon from mainland India, the Met office said.Calcutta received widespread rainfall on Dashami but ...
4 October 2025 TelegraphAn early start to celebrations and a late rain spell marked Durga Puja this year. Despite fears of a washout, pandal hoppers, traffic cops, and civic workers ensured the city’s biggest festival went largely uninterrupted. Metro takes stock of ...
4 October 2025 TelegraphStudents from a city school made a pre-Durga Puja trip to a Sundarbans village to share festive gifts with local children.The visit turned into a lesson in empathy and gratitude for Class XI and XII students of Birla Bharati, ...
4 October 2025 TelegraphBy Friday evening, over 2,500 Durga idols had been immersed in Calcutta, with around 2,200 going into the Hooghly and the remainder at ponds in Tollygunge, Jadavpur, and Behala.Environment activists who visited several immersion ghats along the Hooghly praised ...
4 October 2025 TelegraphA 32-year-old man died after his head struck an overhead height bar while sitting atop a truck during a Durga idol immersion procession at Zeerut Bridge, Alipore, on Thursday night.Utsav Chatterjee, a drummer and member of the Behala Senhati ...
4 October 2025 TelegraphAn occasional rain and rumble of thunder marked Dashami, the Durga Puja finale, but most Calcuttans did not mind. The spells of rain were brief and not very sharp. Last-day plans remained in place for most.Calcutta has been spared ...
4 October 2025 TelegraphSome government and government-aided colleges have decided to hold classes during the Puja break for students who will write their first-semester examinations in January.On September 26, the higher education department instructed colleges to independently fill vacant undergraduate seats by ...
3 October 2025 TelegraphNon-resident Bengalis partake in the celebration of Durga Puja with equal fervor as their counterparts at home, but it is rare for one among them to sculpt the idol intended for worship.Warwickshire Sarbojonin is a new puja that started ...
3 October 2025 TelegraphSome of the Puja pandals across the city set up women-only entrances to the pandal for the safety and security of visitors, as many tend to avoid visiting pandals due to overcrowding. The initiative named “Shurokkha Dwar” was introduced ...
3 October 2025 TelegraphRiding two-wheelers without helmets turned out to be the biggest traffic menace this Durga Puja. Out of over 8,000 traffic violation cases reported in the jurisdiction of Kolkata Police from Chaturthi (Friday) to Navami (Wednesday), over half were related ...
3 October 2025 TelegraphThe Supreme Court has sought an explanation from a judicial magistrate in Alipore, Calcutta, after the judge refused to proceed with a property dispute case on the grounds that he had “lost jurisdiction” once he failed to comply with ...
3 October 2025 TelegraphA Durga Puja in south Calcutta has stitched together stories of harmony that took shape as people — Hindus and Muslims — displaced by the 1946 Calcutta riots found refuge on the road that hosts it. Samaj Sebi Sangha ...
2 October 2025 TelegraphEighteen ghats along the Hooghly have been earmarked for the immersion of the idols between October 2 and 5. The immersion of idols will start on Thursday (Dashami) and end on Sunday.Kolkata Municipal Corporation officials said as many as ...
2 October 2025 TelegraphThe Deshapriya Park puja pandal gates had to be closed temporarily on Ashtami (Tuesday) night as the crowd had surged beyond its capacity and became a cause of concern for police. No one was reported hurt or injured at ...
2 October 2025 TelegraphThe Kolkata Municipal Corporation has requested Durga Puja organisers and power utility CESC to switch off electricity in waterlogged pandals and neighbourhoods in the wake of the forecast of heavy rain in Calcutta on Thursday, mayor Firhad Hakim said ...
2 October 2025 TelegraphA forecast for heavy rain looms over Calcutta on Dashami with a system over the Bay of Bengal turning into a depression on Wednesday and threatening to intensify into a deep depression by Thursday.In Met parlance, heavy rain means ...
2 October 2025 TelegraphA group of people blocked the crossing in front of Jadavpur Police station early on Tuesday demanding release of some motorists booked for drunk driving, police said.The blockade was withdrawn around 4am on Tuesday after a police team intervened.The ...
2 October 2025 TelegraphThe fading world of the circus has inspired one of the popular Durga Pujas of Calcutta this year. The immortal words of the Raj Kapoor-starrer Mera Naam Joker — Jeena yahan marna yahan, Iske siva jaana kahan — ...
1 October 2025 TelegraphA puja that began on a dry note is likely to end with heavy rain, the Met office said.Ashtami was marked by a sharp spell of rain in the afternoon. The Met office has predicted a rise in the ...
1 October 2025 TelegraphUdita Housing Complex, off EM Bypass in Survey Park, has successfully addressed the waterlogging issues that arose following the rainfall on September 23, which left the area submerged and without power for nearly 56 hours. They are now celebrating ...
1 October 2025 TelegraphA residential campus of the Space Application Centre in Ahmedabad transformed into a cultural hub as it hosted a Durga Puja on its grounds.This is not a space-themed puja replicated by organisers in Calcutta, but rather an initiative led ...
1 October 2025 TelegraphAfternoon showers marred pandal-hopping on Ashtami but only for a short while. By late afternoon, long queues were back at puja pandals across the town, with several carrying umbrellas. During the morning hours, long lines of individuals adorned in ...
1 October 2025 TelegraphA woman died allegedly after falling ill at a Durga Puja pandal in south Kolkata's Behala area, police said.The incident took place after the woman, identified as Sangita Rana, a resident of Haridevpur area, visited Nutan Dal puja pandal ...
1 October 2025 TelegraphThe Santosh Mitra Square puja, led by BJP leader Sajal Ghosh, remained a key focus for Kolkata Police on Saptami due to a surge in visitors headed to the pandal, themed on Operation Sindoor.Ghosh alleged that police were creating ...
1 October 2025 TelegraphA slice of Calcutta’s Raj Bhavan has come up in Kandivali East, in the western suburbs of Mumbai. The pandal of the Thakur Village Bengali Association Durga Puja is modelled on the Governor’s House in Calcutta — the former ...
30 September 2025 TelegraphThere is office to attend to, there is school to go to, and amidst all this, there is Durga Puja. A Bengali community in Berlin is juggling work, their children’s schools, and a Puja celebration in the middle of ...
30 September 2025 TelegraphFestive revelry hit the right notes on Saptami, with a clear sky providing the perfect backdrop for pandal hopping. Fearing rain later in the day, thousands took to the streets early Monday morning, determined to make the most of ...
30 September 2025 TelegraphA 55-year-old woman died while mopping the floor near a refrigerator at her rented accommodation in Baghajatin’s Chittaranjan Colony on Sunday morning.The deceased was identified as Namita Pal, police said. According to the house owner, he was alerted by ...
30 September 2025 TelegraphResidents of three north Calcutta neighbourhoods — Banamali Chatterjee Street, Principal Khudiram Bose Road at Hatibagan, and Kashi Bose Lane near Hedua — showcased remarkable para teamwork, planning, and dedication to pull off their Durga Pujas.Their efforts impressed the ...
30 September 2025 TelegraphLast-minute shoppers thronged markets on Sashthi, and eateries — big and small — remained crowded throughout the day.Sashthi fell on a Sunday this year, fuelling the festive frenzy. Many private company employees, for whom the Puja holidays usually start ...
30 September 2025 TelegraphThe state education department has asked government and aided colleges to independently fill the undergraduate seats that have remained vacant after the centralised counselling conducted by the state-run portal. This year, the undergraduate admission process started after August 22. ...
30 September 2025 TelegraphA tree at Park Circus Maidan that fell on the boundary wall of Lady Brabourne College a day after the deluge of September 23 was transplanted on the college campus on Sunday.Organisers of the Park Circus Sarbojonin Durgotsab Uddipani ...
30 September 2025 TelegraphSashthi began bright and sunny, but the sky soon turned partly cloudy with light rain reported in some areas.According to a Met bulletin issued on Sunday, heavy rain is expected in Calcutta on Dashami (October 2). Showers are likely ...
30 September 2025 TelegraphA bright sky since Sunday morning drew Puja revellers out in large numbers, with pandals across the city teeming with visitors from early afternoon. As evening descended, the crowds only thickened, with many choosing to make the most of ...
30 September 2025 TelegraphA call against poisonous chemicals in food, a warning about technology’s grip on humanity, and a stand against superstition and blind faith — three pujas carrying these potent messages were honoured as Model Pujas on Sunday by judges from ...
30 September 2025 TelegraphA day after the organisers of a Durga puja in Kolkata, inaugurated by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, charged the police with trying to stop their light-and-sound show on Operation Sindoor, senior officers on Sunday inspected the pandal and ...
30 September 2025 TelegraphThe Santosh Mitra Square and Mohammad Ali Park Durga Puja found themselves locked in a row with the police on Panchami night. BJP leader and puja organiser Sajal Ghosh of the Santosh Mitra Square puja alleged that Kolkata Police ...
29 September 2025 TelegraphA north Calcutta lane opens into a playground transformed — not just into a pandal, but into a portal to the enchanted world of Leela Majumdar. In this dreamlike space, visitors are transported to their childhoods, immersed once more ...
29 September 2025 TelegraphThe city is decked out in Puja colours. Thousands are already out on the streets, throwing down the gauntlet at the possibility of rain, just days after a deluge had derailed everyday life.The real festival begins with Sashthi on ...
29 September 2025 TelegraphDraining out water from the streets was not the only challenge the Kolkata Municipal Corporation faced after the deluge of September 23.An equally daunting mission was to remove the tonnes of plastic waste from the drainage lines and pumping ...
28 September 2025 TelegraphAround 6 in the evening, the usually short drive through Loudon Street took almost 30 minutes, a distance of about a kilometre or less.This is one Calcutta’s most significant neighbourhoods for police. The city commissioner resides at one end, ...
28 September 2025 TelegraphThe theme of a Durga Puja in Behala revolves around the genocide unfolding in Gaza and the famine that has been deliberately created by systematically restricting access to food — highlighting one of the most significant humanitarian crises of ...
28 September 2025 TelegraphA complaint has been submitted to the police by Jadavpur University, stemming from a report by a university guard who stated that he was assaulted while attempting to prevent some students from consuming alcohol on campus late on Thursday.The ...
28 September 2025 TelegraphA 66-year-old woman was electrocuted on Saturday morning while trying to open the iron gates of her shop in waterlogged Sarsuna, on the southwestern fringes of the city.Around 7.30am, Srabanti Devi arrived at her grocery store on Talpukur Road ...
28 September 2025 TelegraphOne more person was electrocuted on the flooded streets of Kolkata on Saturday, taking the toll since the deluge to 12, officials said.Sumanti Devi, 63, died after coming in contact with live wires on the waterlogged road outside her ...
28 September 2025 TelegraphIndividuals with rare diseases and their parents visited some pandals in the city on Friday to assess their accessibility, ability to manage the crowd if an individual with a rare disease falls ill and attempt to create both awareness ...
28 September 2025 TelegraphThe state primary education board announced on Friday that it will appoint 13,421 teachers in government-aided primary schools (Classes I to V).The announcement came a day after the board published the results of the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) held ...
27 September 2025 TelegraphTalin Moitra, a Class VI student of South Point High School, is an avid pandal hopper. Every Durga Puja, he makes a wishlist but “ends up pandal hopping only one day.”This year will be different for him, as he ...
27 September 2025 TelegraphThe Chaturthi crowd hit the streets early on Friday afternoon causing huge traffic snarls across the city.The additional deployment of forces from Kolkata Police began in the afternoon from 4pm onwards.Hours before that pandal hoppers started pouring in at ...
27 September 2025 TelegraphIn 2025, Goddess Durga will be on the “cloud”.Tradition will ride on technology, and AI will power the Puja on the IIHM Global Campus in Salt Lake. In the fourth edition, IIHM is using AI and sustainability to “enrich, ...
27 September 2025 TelegraphThe high court ordered on Friday that the Jadavpur University hostels must remain closed till the end of the Durga Puja vacation.A division bench of Justice Sujoy Pal and Justice Smita Das De asked police to ensure no hostel ...
27 September 2025 TelegraphA suicide bid at Jatin Das Park station disrupted Metro services on the Blue Line for over an hour during the pre-Puja rush on Friday.A 26-year-old man jumped in front of a Tollygunge-bound train at Jatin Das Park station ...
27 September 2025 TelegraphThe Supreme Court on Friday deferred to October 6 the hearing on the ongoing row over the appointment of vice-chancellors to state universities in Bengal, amid a continuing deadlock between chief minister Mamata Banerjee and governor C.V. Ananda Bose, ...
27 September 2025 TelegraphA fundraising drive has been initiated to help the booksellers of College Street, who have lost their livelihood and resources to the floods.An initiative — the College Street Relief Fund — has been undertaken by the Kolkata Creative Publishers’ ...
27 September 2025 TelegraphThe high court on Friday granted bail to former education minister Partha Chatterjee in a case of alleged irregularities in appointments to state-aided schools, being investigated by the CBI.Chatterjee has been in custody for over three years since his ...
27 September 2025 TelegraphWater up to the floor of the car.Water just above the seats.Water above the steering wheel.Many workshops in Calcutta and insurance officials are assessing the claims for cars damaged in Tuesday’s deluge broadly on the basis of these three ...
27 September 2025 TelegraphThe countdown to Durga Puja has begun, and so has the search for celebrations that go beyond dazzling lights and grand artistry.CESC The Telegraph True Spirit Puja 2025, powered by The Bhawanipur Education Society College, and with Charnock Lohia ...
27 September 2025 TelegraphAfter two days of bright sunshine, Durga Puja celebrations are back on track at housing complexes across the city, though organisers remain anxious about more rain in the forecast.Several pujas were inaugurated on Friday, with others set to open ...
27 September 2025 TelegraphA depression lurking on the northwest Bay of Bengal is expected to make landfall somewhere between south Odisha and north Andhra Pradesh on Saturday.The Calcutta forecast for Panchami (Saturday) predicts a generally cloudy sky with light to moderate rain.The ...
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