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KMC team visits Burrabazar to inspect complaints of ‘illegal’ parking eating up road space
A group of officials from the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) found multiple instances of unlawful parking in and around Burrabazar on Monday.Among these were cars parked in two lines, trucks parked on either side of a road, walkways brimming ...
3 June 2025 TelegraphCrushed by rear wheels after fall from bus in Behala, driver flees, probe underway
A woman tripped while getting off a bus and came under its rear wheels in Behala on Monday morning.The deceased worked as a domestic help at a Behala residence and was on her way to work when the accident ...
3 June 2025 TelegraphHealth dept advisory for medicine buyers: Verify contents of cash memo with medicine boxes
Calcutta: While purchasing drugs from medicine shops, customers should insist on a cash memo and check if it includes the name of the particular medicine, batch number, and expiry date, the health department said in a recent advisory for ...
3 June 2025 TelegraphMedical College Kolkata votes to elect student council, first since August 2024 protests
Medical College Kolkata held a “vote to select” a students’ council on Monday, the first in a medical college in Bengal since the junior doctors’ protests in August 2024 following the rape and murder of a 31-year-old postgraduate trainee ...
3 June 2025 TelegraphKolkata weather: Get ready to sweat it out as heat and humidity grip the city
Two halves of Bengal will experience contrasting weather over the next few days.The hills are likely to keep getting drenched though the intensity of the showers will go down from Tuesday, according to the Met forecast.The occasional shower is ...
3 June 2025 TelegraphNIA quizzes shop owner over transactions linked to CRPF personnel in espionage case
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) officers on Monday questioned the owner of a Mominpore shop from where multiple transactions were allegedly made to Moti Ram Jat, a CRPF personnel arrested for his alleged involvement in espionage activities.The NIA officers ...
3 June 2025 TelegraphFire at Sarat Bose Road hotel early on Monday, more than 50 guests, employees evacuated
A fire broke out on the fourth floor of a Sarat Bose Road hotel early on Monday, and more than 50 guests and employees had to be evacuated in a hurry.The blaze rekindled memories of the deadly fire in ...
3 June 2025 TelegraphPakistan spy case: NIA questions Kolkata travel agent over money links
Sleuths of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday questioned the owner of a Kolkata-based travel agency in connection with a Pakistan espionage case, an official said.Mohammed Masood Alam, owner of the travel agency, was questioned by the NIA ...
3 June 2025 TelegraphOnline ‘friend’ dupes Bangla woman in city; complaint filed against Dum Dum man
A Bangladeshi national who met a man from the city on social media has alleged that he drugged her and became intimate with her during her visit to Calcutta, making false promises of marriage. The man allegedly forced her ...
2 June 2025 TelegraphYouth killed in crash, kin donate organs: Kidneys, liver of 23-year-old transplanted
The family of a 23-year-old man who suffered injuries in a road accident on Thursday and was declared brain-dead on Saturday decided to donate his organs on Sunday.Puskar Pal’s kidneys and liver were retrieved at SSKM Hospital, where he ...
2 June 2025 TelegraphShabby Sunderban tiger nets to be replaced; breaches caused naturally and by humans
Tattered nylon nets bordering forests in Kultali in the Sunderbans will soon be replaced, forest officials said.Tigers from the forests strayed near villages on the other side more than 15 times between September last year and April this year. ...
2 June 2025 TelegraphConman poses as major of the Indian Army steals jewellery, woman files complaint
A woman has filed a complaint alleging a man posed as a major of the Indian Army to win her trust and fraudulently obtain her ancestral jewellery to get a gold loan, police said. The man neither returned the ...
2 June 2025 TelegraphHome management and community-based skills training for individuals with autism
A centre for autism has started training individuals with autism on home management and community-based skills.Each chore, such as peeling a cucumber, making a bed or knowing how to use a washroom, make them more confident, help them to ...
2 June 2025 Telegraph‘Fake’ ticket examiners arrested following drive to extort money from passengers
Two allegedly fake ticket examiners have been arrested from the Sealdah division of Eastern Railway, said a railway official. The arrests follow a drive to provide unique identity badges to ticket examiners to distinguish them from imposters who extort ...
2 June 2025 TelegraphEmpty boats, deserted roads: Two groups of city tourists trickle back to Valley
Two groups of tourists from the city who recently visited Srinagar found the heart of the Valley slowly returning to what it was a few months ago. They were among the first to visit Kashmir after the Pahalgam attack ...
2 June 2025 TelegraphHurdles for Metro minus Kidderpore station, complete jeopardisation of urban commute
The viability of the much-anticipated Joka-BBD Bag Metro corridor will be jeopardised if Kidderpore station does not come up, said railway officials.Residents of Kidderpore and surrounding areas like Garden Reach and Metiabruz — the slice of Calcutta has thriving ...
2 June 2025 TelegraphTouts rule parking zones: Charged up to five times the fixed rate, say car owners
Illegal parking and fleecing by a section of parking attendants are growing across the city, several opposition councillors of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) alleged at the monthly meeting of councillors last week.At the meeting, BJP councillors Sajal Ghosh ...
2 June 2025 TelegraphKolkata police say Sharmishtha Panoli arrested for hate speech, not political reasons
The Kolkata police on Sunday issued a detailed defence of its decision to arrest 22-year-old law student and influencer Sharmishtha Panoli, who has been accused of stoking communal hatred through a social media video. Facing flak from several quarters ...
2 June 2025 TelegraphSukhoi fighter jet tyres for Lord Jagannath's chariot in Kolkata
Kolkata is set to witness a smoother and stronger Rath Yatra this year, thanks to a unique upgrade to Lord Jagannath’s iconic chariot.After two decades of searching, Iskcon Kolkata has finally replaced the old wheels, once sourced from a ...
2 June 2025 TelegraphDenied entry into theatre for wearing lungi, Kolkata man calls out 'cultural supremacy'
A Kolkata-based thespian was on Thursday denied entry into the GD Birla Sabhagar during the screening of Koushik Sen's ‘Marx in Kolkata'. His only mistake was that he wore a lungi.Joyraj Bhattacharjee shared his experience on Facebook, describing how ...
2 June 2025 Telegraph51-year-old man allegedly abducted from Bhowanipore rescued in Jadavpur after two days
A 51-year-old man, allegedly abducted from a spot near Netaji Bhavan Metro station in Bhowanipore on Wednesday, was rescued from an apartment in Jadavpur on Friday.Timir Kanti Majumder, a resident of Kulpi in South 24-Parganas, was waiting to meet ...
2 June 2025 TelegraphMan allegedly kidnapped from home in Thakurpukur, rescued, police arrest five
A man who was allegedly dragged out of his home and kidnapped in an autorickshaw in Thakurpukur was rescued on Friday. Five people have been arrested in this connection.According to officers, the kidnappers had demanded ₹10 lakh for the ...
2 June 2025 TelegraphNIA raids 15 spots in Kolkata in CRPF officer ‘espionage’ case linked to Pakistan
Teams from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted search operations here to find alleged links to Moti Ram Jat, a Central Reserve Police Force assistant sub-inspector, with Pakistan intelligence officers.Jat was arrested last week in Delhi for allegedly sharing ...
1 June 2025 TelegraphOrgan pledge at IIM-B alumni meet honors late 12-year-old boy, urges donors to save lives
The parents of a 12-year-old boy who passed away earlier this month following a kidney transplant for which he had to wait for a year, organised a cadaveric organ donation pledge on Saturday evening.About 50 participants of IIM Bangalore ...
1 June 2025 Telegraph10-mark advantage in teacher recruitment ‘legal, open to all’: Education dept official
The provision to award up to 10 marks for “prior teaching experience” in the screening process for teachers at the secondary and higher secondary levels has been framed in a way that does not conflict with what the Supreme ...
1 June 2025 TelegraphCloud over Kidderpore Metro as state’s land refusal may force railways to drop station
The proposed Kidderpore station of the upcoming Joka-BBD Bag Metro corridor has been all but nixed.The state government’s alleged refusal to allow construction inside the Kolkata Armed Police compound at Alipore’s Bodyguard Lines had long stalled the construction of ...
1 June 2025 TelegraphUS visa halt spurs dash for backup plans, students anxious as academic plans unclear
Students aspiring to study in the United States and many who have already received offers from American universities are growing anxious as new restrictions threaten their academic plans.The US has halted new student visa interviews while it develops social ...
1 June 2025 TelegraphHead start with up to 20 extra marks based on period of service for sacked schoolteachers
Calcutta: Sacked schoolteachers have to compete with fresh aspirants to continue their jobs beyond December 31, but they will be given up to 20 additional marks based on their period of service and classroom demonstration.The school service commission issued ...
1 June 2025 TelegraphSunderbans to get new museum dedicated to untold stories of world’s largest mangrove forest
The lush, mysterious terrain of the Sunderbans is set to get a new museum nestled in the heart of the world’s largest mangrove delta. The Sunderban Museum, to be inaugurated in the next three months, will be a cultural and ...
31 May 2025 TelegraphSayantan Ghosal’s ‘Sonar Kellay Jawker Dhan’ leans more on nostalgia than logic
For generations, Sonar Kella has evoked nostalgia in Bengalis through its desert adventure featuring Feluda, Topshe, and Jatayu. The latest offering from the Jawker Dhan franchise, Sayantan Ghosal’s Sonar Kellay Jawker Dhan, released on May 31, leans into this ...
31 May 2025 TelegraphKolkata Police rescue trader abducted for ransom, arrest five Bijoygarh residents
Kolkata: An online transaction for paying ransom helped the Kolkata Police trace a trader two days after he was abducted.Timir Kanti Mazumdar (50), a resident of South-24 Parganas was rescued from a flat on the 11th floor of a ...
1 June 2025 TelegraphNGOs appeal to chief minister Mamata Banerjee for stricter norms for bars
City-based NGOs Concern for Calcutta and Calcutta Citizens’ Initiative have jointly appealed to chief minister Mamata Banerjee, requesting stricter enforcement and regulation of operating hours for bars and restaurants serving alcohol in Calcutta.The NGOs have urged that no bar, ...
1 June 2025 TelegraphRains on radar, KMDA issues alert for Rabindra Sarobar clubs to ensure safety of rowers
The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA), custodian of Rabindra Sarobar, has instructed clubs that use the lake for rowing activities to adhere to the standard operating procedure (SOP) to ensure the safety of rowers during this monsoon. The ...
31 May 2025 TelegraphGuwahati rain and waterlogging hits flights to and from Calcutta, diversions reported
Several flights between Calcutta and Guwahati were cancelled on Friday because of heavy rain and waterlogging in the Assam capital.Some flights to Guwahati were diverted to Calcutta because of the weather, said airport officials.Four flights from Calcutta to Guwahati ...
31 May 2025 TelegraphAxed staff protest fresh exam notice, clash with police during rallies across Kolkata
Many schoolteachers alleged on Friday that they were being forced to write a fresh selection test to retain their jobs even though, individually, they have not been found guilty of any malpractice.A cat-and-mouse game between police and the protesters ...
31 May 2025 TelegraphHC orders emergency inspection of La Martiniere schools after big chunk of ceiling falls
The high court has ordered an emergency inspection of the La Martiniere schools after a large chunk of ceiling in a building with heritage status crashed to the floor from a 40-foot height, raising serious safety concerns for the ...
31 May 2025 TelegraphDoctors move high court against alleged vindictive postings by state government
Two of the three junior doctors who have alleged vindictive postings by the state government for their leading role in the RG Kar protests last year, approached the high court on Friday, challenging the decision.Asfakulla Naiya, who was a ...
31 May 2025 TelegraphDance divine, in silence
The fifth All Bengal Cultural Festival for Deaf Children was held at Bidyut Bhavan auditorium recently, with students competing in a number of events. Organised by the Society for the Deaf, it featured six special schools from across the ...
31 May 2025 TelegraphCops start case against 60-year-old man for allegedly chopping Mahua tree at Patuli
Police have started a case against a man who was allegedly found chopping a Mahua tree at Patuli’s Birji Purba Para on Wednesday afternoon. Police identified the man as Subal Sardar, 60. “The man was found chopping the tree ...
31 May 2025 TelegraphRenting property in New Town, Salt lake? Get police clearance first or face action, say cops
Bidhannagar cops have started a crackdown in New Town and Salt Lake and have issued a notification saying that without a police clearance, no flats can be rented in their jurisdiction. The notification, issued by the Commissioner of ...
31 May 2025 TelegraphAround the world in song and dance
In a world growing more connected each day, unity among nations is not just a hope, but a necessity. With this thought, St Joan’s School presented its annual concert Myriad 2025.“True peace begins with understanding, and harmony thrives where ...
31 May 2025 TelegraphBack on campus for Tagore tribute
Students and teachers returned to Sri Aurobindo Institute of Education in the middle of their vacation, to celebrate Rabindrajayanti this year. The junior section performed the song Aaye tobe shohochori, with more than 15 students dressed in white singing ...
31 May 2025 TelegraphApp for hospitality industry launched
Teach me about the types of cheese and what it can be paired with,” was the query that was typed in. And within a moment, came the answer on the screen — fresh, hard, blue and soft, with the ...
31 May 2025 TelegraphAK Park jives to Iman’s tunes, ISC toppers of Ward 29 feted by mayor
BJ Block’s loss turned out to be AK Block’s gain as Iman Chakraborty rocked AK Park on Saturday night. The singer, who was supposed to perform at Banglar Sanskriti o Prakriti Utsab 2025 but could not, came back to ...
31 May 2025 TelegraphWhen in trouble think smart, kids taught
Corporate games may be popular in business circles, but at Busy Bee, the AB Block-based multi-activity centre, it was teenagers who got to try their hand at some.“The new National Education Policy (NEP) wants to move away from rote ...
31 May 2025 TelegraphMonsoon enters parts of north Bengal, exact date of showering city remains unclear
The southwest monsoon has entered parts of north Bengal, the Met office said on Thursday. An official of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the monsoon is likely to enter deeper into Bengal in the next one or two ...
31 May 2025 TelegraphKMDA told to widen culvert on Bypass: Police find solution to Sector V exit jam
Police have asked the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) to extend a concrete culvert on the eastern flank of EM Bypass near the Chingrighata crossing so that Science City-bound vehicles get extra road space.Vehicles from Sector V move slowly ...
31 May 2025 TelegraphJob racket busted, two held
Two men were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly cheating several people with false promises of getting them jobs either in the state health department or in private hospitals. Officers of Sonarpur police station, who made the arrests, said they ...
31 May 2025 TelegraphUnified portal launched by police and transport department to clear traffic fines
The city and the state police, along with the transport department, have recently launched a unified e-challan portal to facilitate the collection of fines from vehicles violating traffic rules.Developed jointly by the departments of transport and information technology and ...
31 May 2025 Telegraph‘Videographed, abused’ while exercising, morning routine turns traumatic for a woman
A woman, who was doing her morning workout at a public ground in Haltu early on Sunday morning, was allegedly verbally abused and videographed by some men.Police said the woman, a resident of Jogendra Gardens at Haltu in Kasba, ...
31 May 2025 TelegraphDistricts on flood alert, shelters ready, disaster management control room to work 24/7
The district administrations have been asked to be alert and evacuate residents to safer places if needed, chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday afternoon.The chief minister added that there was a forecast for heavy rain in 48 hours, ...
31 May 2025 TelegraphCity spared deluge, light rain ahead; system turns into depression, heads to Bangladesh
A sombre grey sky hung heavy on the city through Thursday, but the rain was light.The Met office on Wednesday predicted heavy to very heavy rain from Thursday afternoon. But as a low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal ...
31 May 2025 TelegraphKMC’s waste drive launched, 91 complaints logged on first day of clean-up campaign
Ninety-one complaints were received on Wednesday, the first day of the week-long campaign by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to spot vulnerable garbage accumulation points across the city.Sources said civic teams worked till 8pm on Wednesday to resolve as ...
30 May 2025 TelegraphHC bins plea to stay fresh school recruitment process initiated by state government
The high court on Wednesday refused to hear a petition seeking a stay on the fresh school recruitment process initiated by the state government.Some of the teachers who lost their jobs for OMR manipulation and rank jumping had petitioned ...
30 May 2025 TelegraphCalcutta University advises affiliated colleges to hold classes during summer recess
Calcutta University has advised its affiliated colleges to hold classes during the summer recess — online or in-person.A notice was issued as the university felt that adequate number of classes could not be held following a delayed start to ...
30 May 2025 TelegraphTCG launches centre for science research and education at highest level in Salt Lake
One of Bengal’s leading entrepreneurs is starting a centre for science research and education at the highest level in Salt Lake’s Sector V.Technocrat-turned-entrepreneur Purnendu Chatterjee has come up with TCG CREST (The Chatterjee Group Centres for Research and Education ...
30 May 2025 TelegraphPanel to draft fire policy and submit it to state cabinet within 30 days, says Firhad Hakim
A committee set up to review the effectiveness of existing fire safety systems in restaurants, hotels, factories and buildings will prepare a draft policy and submit it to the state cabinet within 30 days, urban development minister Firhad Hakim ...
30 May 2025 TelegraphPosts, rules for teacher hiring in gazette notification to be issued by state govt today
The state government is expected to issue a gazette notification on Thursday announcing the rules, vacancy positions and reservations for the recruitment of school staff at the secondary and higher secondary levels.Once the gazette notification is issued, the school ...
30 May 2025 TelegraphKolkata weather: Depression looms along Bengal’s coast, brace for ‘very heavy’ rain: Met
A depression along Bengal’s coast is expected to bring “heavy to very heavy rain” in the city and its neighbourhoods on Thursday and Friday, the Alipore Met office warned on Wednesday.Winds clocking up to 50km an hour will likely ...
30 May 2025 Telegraph‘Don’t want to lose a year’: Uncertainty plagues students amid US visa interview halt
A 27-year-old graduate applicant from Kolkata stares at the loss of an academic year amid an indefinite halt in student visa interviews by the US government. Now, her dream to pursue MBA at UVA Darden School of Business hangs ...
29 May 2025 TelegraphFire safety panel meet to review 'effectiveness' of existing safety systems at eateries
A committee headed by the city’s mayor to review the “effectiveness” of existing fire safety systems in restaurants, hotels, factories and buildings will hold its first meeting on Wednesday.The meeting will be held at the headquarters of the Kolkata ...
29 May 2025 TelegraphAcid attack survivors get lessons in first-aid: Kids, parents also attend session
What do we do with a severe burn injury? If anyone is electrocuted, what should others around the person do? Acid attack survivors posed these questions at a session on handling medical emergencies for ...
29 May 2025 Telegraph77-year-old falls to death from seventh floor
An elderly man, who introduced himself as an advocate at the gate of the Sales Tax Building in Beleghata, fell from the seventh floor a few minutes later on Tuesday morning. Police suspect that the man jumped through an ...
29 May 2025 TelegraphThree rooftop joints' owners attend KMC hearing; get two weeks for written plea
Owners of three rooftop bars and restaurants who attended a hearing at the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) headquarters on Tuesday have to submit their written submissions by June 11, civic body officials said.Owners of at least two of the ...
29 May 2025 TelegraphPrioritise legal recourse, government urged; focus on review, not test: Teachers
Teachers protesting outside Bikash Bhavan, who were advised by chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday to participate in a fresh recruitment exercise so they could retain their jobs beyond December, are still firm in their opposition to writing the ...
29 May 2025 TelegraphCalcutta HC judgment on a matrimonial suit trial court for divorce screams 'impugned'
A division bench of Calcutta High Court came down heavily on a trial court judge for ex parte dismissal of a suit for divorce on the grounds of cruelty and desertion sought by the appellant-husband.The bench comprising Justice Sabyasachi ...
29 May 2025 TelegraphThunderstorms, rain likely as Kolkata and south Bengal face inclement weather
The cloud cover isn’t leaving Kolkata anytime soon.The city is expected to face light to moderate rain and thundershowers over the next 24 hours.According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Kolkata has received 35.1mm of rain over the past ...
29 May 2025 TelegraphThree persons killed, eight injured in three different accidents across the city
Three persons were killed and eight injured in three different accidents across the city between Sunday and Monday.Early on Monday, an accident involving three vehicles happened in front of the Tea Board in central Calcutta.Police said a car hit ...
29 May 2025 TelegraphProtester duo quizzed in connection with the violence at Bikash Bhavan on May 15
The joint convener of the Deserving Teachers’ Rights Forum, Chinmoy Mondal, and another protesting teacher on Monday responded to Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate’s summons in connection with the violence at Bikash Bhavan on May 15.The duo was interrogated at the ...
29 May 2025 TelegraphKolkata police ask KMC to clear pits to avoid traffic congestion during monsoon
Police have asked the Kolkata Municipal Corporation to clear the sewer channels underneath several key thoroughfares in the city to ensure that traffic is not affected by waterlogging during the monsoon.The police have listed roads that witness waterlogging with ...
29 May 2025 TelegraphCalcutta University to put on hold its admission process for in-house UG courses
Calcutta University has decided to put on hold its admission process for in-house undergraduate courses as it is awaiting an order from the state government, which has yet to receive legal opinion on OBC reservations, CU’s registrar said.On May ...
27 May 2025 TelegraphShower alert, team inspects city canals for plastic, silt ahead of monsoon rains
Plastic, solid waste and other discarded objects that float to the drainage pumping stations at the end of canals are a cause of concern with the monsoon just around the corner, officials of the state irrigation department and the ...
27 May 2025 TelegraphCommittee to hear three rooftop joints today, following HC order, KMC crackdown continues
Owners of three rooftop bars and restaurants who had petitioned Calcutta High Court against the Kolkata Municipal Corporation’s decision asking them to stop operations will go to the civic body’s headquarters for a hearing on Tuesday afternoon.“The hearing will ...
27 May 2025 TelegraphRetest impasse at govt-teacher talks, protesters hold ground on job reinstatement
The protesting schoolteachers are still firm on not participating in a fresh recruitment exercise, but the Bengal government told them on Monday that there was no other way than to comply with the direction of the Supreme Court.At a ...
27 May 2025 TelegraphRs 15,000: What it took Bangla national to become ‘Indian’ and work as driver in Calcutta
It just took ₹15,000 for a Bangladeshi national who had infiltrated Indian territory to pass for a genuine Indian citizen and work as a driver in Calcutta.According to police, it costs anything between ₹500 and ₹15,000 to generate a ...
27 May 2025 TelegraphPassport applicant arrested for submitting alleged ‘fake’ birth certificate
A passport applicant from Ekbalpore was caught submitting an alleged fake birth certificate with the application. He was arrested on Saturday. According to police, Badal Sahani had applied for a passport and submitted his identity documents for police verification. ...
27 May 2025 TelegraphSmoke scare at Esplanade Metro sparks panic during rush hour
A sudden burst of smoke at Kolkata’s busy Esplanade Metro station sent office-goers and daily commuters into panic mode on Monday afternoon. The incident occurred around 3.30pm, causing alarm among passengers on the down line platform.According to reports in ...
27 May 2025 TelegraphOfficial will get in touch, govt sympathetic to all three factions of teachers: Bratya
Education minister Bratya Basu has said an official of the education department will “get in touch” with the protesting school teachers who have been found “not specifically tainted” and allowed to return to schools temporarily. The official will contact ...
27 May 2025 TelegraphLibrary sheds silence for story-telling, British Council organises session for kids
The British Council Library was a little noisy and vibrant this Saturday. Reason: There were children who listened to stories of Baloo striking a friendship with Mowgli from Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book and of the elephant from David ...
27 May 2025 TelegraphCrash lifts veil off ‘illegal Bangladeshi’, real identity pops up during investigation
A man who was at the wheel of a car that hit an on-duty policeman riding a motorcycle near Kalighat last week is a Bangladeshi staying in India without valid documents, police said.On May 18, Azad Sheikh, 41, was ...
27 May 2025 TelegraphDirective from the Supreme Court ignored, full-term vice-chancellors' crisis lingers
Education minister Bratya Basu on Sunday said full-term vice-chancellors have not been appointed in many state-aided universities despite a directive from the Supreme Court. The minister was speaking at a programme of the All Bengal Principals’ Council where he ...
26 May 2025 TelegraphHealing potion: Breast cancer can also affect males
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among females worldwide. However, this disease does not discriminate between genders.At least one per cent of breast cancers occur in males. Male breasts have less tissue and do not have the functions ...
26 May 2025 TelegraphSummer camp to foster inclusion for children struggling in household adjustments
Children whose struggles encompass finding a quiet corner in their house to study or having a proper roof that doesn’t leak when it rains will get to attend a three-day summer camp from Monday.The camp, for a few hours, ...
26 May 2025 TelegraphCops issue advisory to warn people against increasing insurance scam in recent times
The city police issued an advisory regarding insurance scams recently, warning people that scammers may call or send messages posing as employees or representatives from reputed insurance companies in a bid to steal data. The advisory comprises three sections — stop, drop, ...
26 May 2025 TelegraphHeld with 100 rounds of live cartridges
A man was arrested after 100 rounds of live cartridges were seized from him at the Esplanade bus terminus on Sunday, police said. Ramakrishna Maji, a resident of Ketugran in Burdwan, was caught with the cartridges by the Special ...
26 May 2025 TelegraphBrace for a week of rain, expectation of soothing temperature with cool showers
The sky remained overcast for most of Sunday with drizzles in some parts of the city, turning the weather pleasant and bringing down the maximum temperature to less than three degrees below normal. The Alipore Met Office forecast “generally ...
26 May 2025 TelegraphUG entry notice by end of May, Bratya allays fear of college heads over vacancy
Education minister Bratya Basu said on Sunday a notification on the start of undergraduate admission at the government and aided colleges through the centralised admission portal would be issued by the end of May. Although the private and autonomous ...
26 May 2025 TelegraphGangasagar bridge construction: State government starts sending notice to landowners
The state government has started sending notices to nearly 150 landowners who have agreed to part with their land for the construction of a bridge that will directly take pilgrims from Calcutta to Gangasagar, instead of having to wait ...
26 May 2025 TelegraphMultimedia art forms gain currency at NGMA’s exhibition in historical Currency Building
The merest slivers of green have sprouted on the three biggish crochet letters of the English alphabet that together form the word VOW.One has to look really hard at the letters to realise that the green speckles on the ...
26 May 2025 TelegraphTwo years since launch, KMC waste plant still struggles to get enough material to process
Two years since its inauguration, the construction-and-demolition-waste plant of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is still struggling to get enough waste to process.Inaugurated in 2023, the plant that has the capacity to process 500 tonnes of waste every day ...
26 May 2025 TelegraphHealth dept issues licence-check advisory to wholesalers, retailers to fight fake drugs
Wholesale drug sellers must check the validity of the sellers’ licence while purchasing medicine and submit it to the state drug control department for verification.The state health department has mentioned this in an advisory issued recently to drug wholesalers ...
26 May 2025 TelegraphArt future for heritage: Currency Building, Metcalfe Hall to get makeover
The National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) plans to dedicate the Currency Building in Dalhousie to exhibitions of contemporary art, and has sent a proposal to the ministry of culture to turn Metcalfe Hall on Strand Road into a ...
26 May 2025 Telegraph'Drones' flew over 'civilian areas', not military installations at Fort William: Indian Army
The drone-like objects spotted in Calcutta’s night sky on Monday had not flown over military installations at Fort William, now known as Vijay Durg, officials of the army’s Eastern Command said on Wednesday.All of them were spotted in civilian ...
23 May 2025 TelegraphUG admission meet: Principals to apprise Bratya Basu of crisis over centralised portal
Principals of government and aided colleges will apprise education minister Bratya Basu on Sunday about the crisis they are facing because of the delay in starting the state-run centralised undergraduate admission portal.Basu is scheduled to attend the annual conference ...
23 May 2025 Telegraph‘Tainted’ squat on road near Bratya Basu’s Dum Dum home, demand to work till year end
Dismissed teachers, barred from returning to school, assembled around education minister Bratya Basu’s house in Dum Dum on Thursday, demanding they be allowed to work till the end of the year.The sit-in started at 1pm and continued till 4pm.United ...
23 May 2025 TelegraphProtesters cast off duo quizzed by cops in connection with May 15 Bikash Bhavan violence
Protesting schoolteachers in a sit-in outside Bikash Bhavan distanced themselves from the two school staff who were asked by Calcutta High Court to go to Bidhannagar (North) police station on Thursday to identify those who allegedly incited violence at ...
23 May 2025 TelegraphSacked teacher, Group D staff quizzed in connection with May 15 Bikash Bhavan siege
A teacher and a sacked Group D staff member went to Bidhannagar (North) police station on Thursday, a day after the high court asked them to go to the police station and name those among the protesters who allegedly ...
23 May 2025 TelegraphArms haul: Three held with firearms in two raids, 7mm pistol, country-made gun seized
A 7mm pistol and a country-made single-barrel gun were recovered during two raids in the city early on Wednesday. Police arrested three men, including one from the approach to the AJC Bose Road flyover, for possessing firearms.Senior officers said ...
23 May 2025 TelegraphPolice officer put off duty over ‘bribe’ and civic volunteer sent on leave after video
An officer of Baranagar police station was “closed” on Wednesday and a civic volunteer of the same police station was sent on leave over allegations that the duo were extorting truck drivers on the Belgharia Expressway.In police parlance, “closing ...
23 May 2025 TelegraphNew mom & child care address on city map: Motherhood Hospitals near Acropolis Mall, Kasba
A hospital chain specialising in women’s and children’s healthcare with over 20 hospitals across India has started its first Calcutta unit near Acropolis Mall in Kasba.Hospital administrators said Calcutta’s healthcare market was still underserved and there was scope for ...
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