A glitch in the communications-based train control system disrupted services on the East-West Metro, or the Green Line, on Thursday morning, the second such snag in two consecutive days.The duration of the disruption was shorter than that on Wednesday, ...
19 September 2025 TelegraphThe first shipment of prized hilsa fish from Bangladesh arrived in the city’s markets on Thursday and sold out by noon, despite commanding premium prices that left many buyers empty-handed.At popular markets like Maniktala and Lake Market, hilsa weighing ...
19 September 2025 TelegraphThe first-year student of South Calcutta Law College who was gang-raped on the campus on June 25 has decided to leave the college because she cannot bear the “trauma” of continuing on a campus where she was subjected to ...
19 September 2025 TelegraphA stunning image of a tiger with thick black stripes close together covering most of its golden brown hair, and eyes looking straight into the camera, has made it to the cover of National Geographic’s October 2025 edition.Prasenjeet Yadav, ...
19 September 2025 Telegraph2023: Sector V gets a pedestrian plaza on September 12. Situated between Infinity Benchmark and RDB Boulevard, the 50m stretch has tall crystal obelisks on both sides, with different kinds of lighting. The stretch is inaugurated by minister Firhad ...
19 September 2025 TelegraphYear: 57thBudget: Rs 25 lakhTheme: SrishtisukhThe artist: Purnendu DeyThe look: Recycled materials, ranging from oil cans, punctured balls, torn sacks and crumpled plastic bottles, are being used to decorate the pandal. A couple of installations have been created of ...
19 September 2025 TelegraphTruncated services were run on the Howrah Maidan-Salt Lake Sector V corridor of Metro Railway Kolkata for half an hour on Thursday during peak office hours due to a technical snag, an official said.Services along the entire stretch resumed ...
19 September 2025 TelegraphState chief secretary Manoj Pant appeared virtually before a Calcutta High Court division on Wednesday and sought a week to inform the court when the govern- ment would be able to sanction 53 files sent by the judiciary for ...
19 September 2025 TelegraphThe Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) has announced two assessment windows — October 6 to 17 and November 10 to 21 — for online evaluations for Classes III, V, and VIII as part of a pilot ...
18 September 2025 TelegraphThe CBSE has said that internal assessment is “a compulsory part” of the overall evaluation, and internal assessment is impossible if students are not regular in school.The Central Board of Secondary Education in notice on Monday said, the result ...
18 September 2025 TelegraphAn ex-army man who was travelling to work on a bike on Wednesday afternoon died after his throat was slit with a kite string on Kalyani Expressway, police said.The accident occurred on Vishwakarma Puja, when hundreds of kites are ...
18 September 2025 TelegraphPlaying games isn’t just about fun or recreation. It can be a powerful tool to combat cognitive decline and support mental well-being, especially among adults and the elderly, said mental health professionals.Crosswords, Sudoku, and board games like Monopoly and ...
18 September 2025 TelegraphThe state government declared a holiday for Vishwakarma Puja on Wednesday, but Calcutta University remained open. The decision once again highlighted the ongoing tussle between CU’s authorised vice-chancellor Santa Datta Dey and the Mamata Banerjee government.While Presidency, Jadavpur, and ...
18 September 2025 TelegraphPolice on Wednesday summoned six Jadavpur University students in connection with the death of third-year English honours student Anamika Mondal.Investigators said the six students questioned were the ones last seen with Anamika on campus and were among the first ...
18 September 2025 TelegraphWashrooms, signage, and traffic chaos in front of the terminal — Calcutta airport’s persistent trouble spots surfaced again during passenger interactions with airport authorities on Wednesday.As part of Yatri Sewa Diwas celebrations, officials greeted arriving passengers and solicited feedback ...
18 September 2025 TelegraphDisruptions have become synonymous with Metro Railway, once considered the city’s most reliable mode of public transport.On Wednesday, a technical glitch in the signalling system brought the East-West Metro corridor (Green Line) to a halt for over two hours. ...
18 September 2025 TelegraphChief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday inaugurated a 131-bed paid treatment facility at SSKM Hospital that promises better access to healthcare services at costs significantly lower than private hospitals, though the facility will be open to all patients.The new ...
18 September 2025 TelegraphThe school service commission (SSC) late on Monday uploaded model answer keys of the selection test that was held on September 7 to shortlist candidates for the post of assistant teachers at the secondary level of the government aided ...
17 September 2025 TelegraphJustice Bibhas Pattanayak of Calcutta High Court on Tuesday issued an interim stay on the removal of the principal of Rani Birla Girls’ College.The college governing body’s decision has been stalled for five weeks. The court decided to hear ...
17 September 2025 TelegraphA fire at Santoshpur station damaged stalls and disrupted suburban train services on the Sealdah-Budge Budge section on Tuesday morning.The blaze, reported shortly after 7am, is suspected to have started from a cooking gas cylinder or a stove at ...
17 September 2025 TelegraphThe family of a 65-year-old man, who was declared brain dead at Manipal Hospital EM Bypass on Sunday, donated his kidneys and liver on Monday for organ transplant. One of his kidneys went to a 43-year-old man at RN ...
17 September 2025 TelegraphA Kolkata Police team inspected around 12 Durga Puja pandals, which were at different stages of preparation on Tuesday. They advised the organisers to prioritise contingency plans in the event of rain and to ensure a seamless flow of ...
17 September 2025 TelegraphApprehension that AI will replace the role of secretaries is fallacious, said many associated with the profession for decades. Technology can aid but cannot replace human touch and, hence, it is not a dying profession but something that requires ...
17 September 2025 TelegraphThe violence in Nepal has significantly affected the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra arrangements for numerous residents of Calcutta who had made tour reservations but are now compelled to cancel.The Kailash Mansarovar Yatra resumed in June 2025 after a five-year hiatus ...
17 September 2025 TelegraphA woman was found dead outside a 45-storey tower at the Urbana housing complex in Anandapur, southeastern Calcutta, early on Tuesday morning.She was later identified as Sanchita Agarwal, 44, a resident of the seventh floor of Tower 4. Police ...
17 September 2025 TelegraphIn the 125th birth anniversary year of Saradindu Bandyopadhyay, east Calcutta’s Dum Dum Park Tarun Sangha presents Bengal’s beloved dhuti-clad detective, Byomkesh Bakshi, in an immersive Puja experience.Titled “Ek Pandel Byomkesh”, the theme crafted by Anirban Das transforms the ...
17 September 2025 TelegraphThe vice-principal of South Calcutta Law College, where a student was allegedly gang-raped by a former student on June 25, resigned on Tuesday.Students and guardians had accused vice-principal Nayna Chatterji, who headed the college in the absence of a ...
17 September 2025 TelegraphPolice are trying to reconstruct the final hours of Jadavpur University student Anamika Mondal, who was found dead in a water body on the campus last week.A murder case was registered on Monday after her family filed a complaint.A ...
17 September 2025 TelegraphOver 150 of the 1,308 BTech seats at Jadavpur University remain vacant after the centralised counselling conducted by the state Joint Entrance Examinations (JEE) Board. Streams such as computer science and engineering, electrical engineering and electronics — in which ...
17 September 2025 TelegraphMany train time display boards went blank at Metro stations along the north-south corridor, or the Blue Line, for much of Monday. The train time information boards (TTIB) usually display the destination and expected arrival timings of trains at ...
17 September 2025 TelegraphJustice Rajarshi Bharadwaj of Calcutta High Court on Monday barred the district primary school council of East Midnapore from transferring a school teacher. A lawyer for Nilanjana Maity, the primary teacher, said the court disallowed the transfer because the ...
17 September 2025 TelegraphThe high court on Monday asked the parents of the slain RG Kar hospital junior doctor to explain why they wanted to visit the crime scene — a request for which they had moved court.The division bench of Justice ...
17 September 2025 TelegraphA CBI court at Alipore on Monday began framing charges against former education minister Partha Chatterjee for alleged corruption in the recruitment of teachers for Classes IX and X and staff for government-aided schools.The same day, Calcutta High Court ...
17 September 2025 TelegraphThe Sealdah division of Eastern Railway has announced a series of steps for crowd control during the festive season.Rajeev Saxena, the Sealdah divisional railway manager, held a recent meeting in this regard. Some of the steps that the division ...
17 September 2025 TelegraphSeveral roads across the city remain riddled with potholes as the September 15 deadline set by the mayor for completing repairs expired on Monday.Civic officials said spells of rain had slowed down the repair work, leading to the missed ...
17 September 2025 TelegraphThe assertion of Bengali identity and language forms the backdrop of several Durga Puja pandals this year, drawing from Bengal’s legacy, Partition, and recent crackdowns on Bengali-speaking people.From Barnaparichay, the foundational Bengali text that standardised the alphabet, to the ...
17 September 2025 TelegraphWith Durga Puja around the corner, a fresh spell of rain looms over south Bengal, triggering worry among organisers.A new weather system is likely to form over the Bay of Bengal around September 20, just a day before Mahalaya ...
17 September 2025 TelegraphPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday unveiled an “Indian Armed Forces Vision 2047” document, aimed at transforming the military into an all-domain force equipped to handle future challenges.Modi was in Calcutta to inaugurate the 16th edition of the Combined ...
17 September 2025 TelegraphThe parents of Anamika Mondal, the third-year English honours student found dead on the Jadavpur University campus, lodged a formal complaint on Monday accusing unknown persons of murder. They told police they suspect someone from her friend circle.Anamika’s parents ...
17 September 2025 TelegraphJadavpur University on Monday announced stricter security measures on campus, following the death of third-year English honours student Anamika Mondal.From now on, production of identity cards will be mandatory at all gates between 7pm and 7am and all water ...
17 September 2025 TelegraphMetro Railway Kolkata on Monday said the September 12 stabbing of a teenaged student at Dakshineswar station in the Blue Line (Dakshineswar-Sahid Khudiram) is a "one-off incident" and the movement of commuters is being closely monitored through CCTV system ...
16 September 2025 TelegraphInterviews of the shortlisted candidates for the position of assistant teachers at the secondary (Classes IX and X) and higher secondary (Classes XI and XII) levels of the government-aided schools will start in November, education minister Bratya Basu said ...
16 September 2025 TelegraphThe Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry held a workshop on employee well-being on Friday. The workshop — held on the chamber’s premises — had talks and discussions where the speakers highlighted the need for employees’ well-being, and how ...
15 September 2025 TelegraphThe directorate of revenue intelligence (DRI) seized around 33kg of cannabis, 22kg of hydroponic weed and 345gm of cocaine worth crores from two locations in the city on Friday.Ten persons have been arrested in two separate raids. The first ...
15 September 2025 TelegraphA man chased two motorcycle-borne snatchers who allegedly took his phone and tried to speed away — his screams alerting police and leading to their arrest. The incident was reported at Tangra on Saturday evening when two youths on ...
15 September 2025 TelegraphSeveral schools have noticed an uptick in the number of students opting for maths in Class XI after the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) introduced applied maths as an option alongside pure mathematics for the ISC ...
15 September 2025 TelegraphThose who took the teacher-selection examination for Classes XI and XII on Sunday afternoon hoped that the selection process would be just.Some took the test because their jobs as school teachers at the primary level (Classes I to V) ...
15 September 2025 TelegraphSeven students of Jadavpur University were summoned on Sunday by the Kolkata Police in connection with the unnatural death of third-year English honours student Anamika Mondal. Three of them appeared on Sunday for interrogation, sources said. According to ...
15 September 2025 TelegraphThe 75-year-old man who was found lifeless at the foot of a staircase in his Golf Green residence on Saturday was allegedly rolled down the first-floor staircase by his son-in-law twice on Friday evening, leading to fatal injuries, police ...
15 September 2025 TelegraphOf the 83 rooftop bars, lounges, and restaurants that were closed in May, merely 20 have applied to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) for permission to reopen till Sunday, even though they were granted the go-ahead to commence operations ...
15 September 2025 TelegraphA cyclonic circulation over Bangladesh has triggered the latest wet spell in Bengal.The system is causing more rain in north Bengal than in the state’s south.In Calcutta, the sky was consistently cloudy on Sunday. The showers were more like ...
15 September 2025 TelegraphDurga Puja is barely a fortnight away, and Calcutta’s shopping hubs were crowded with buyers on Sunday.Sashthi is on September 28 this year. Retailers said they expected the demand to peak in the two weeks ahead.The sky was consistently ...
15 September 2025 TelegraphThe school service commission (SSC) will hold a selection test on Sunday to shortlist candidates for 12,514 assistant teacher posts at the higher secondary level (Classes XI and XII) of government-aided schools. Over 2.46 lakh candidates have applied ...
15 September 2025 TelegraphGoods vehicles will be restricted across several city roads due to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit on Sunday and Monday, police said.The restrictions will be enforced between 3.30pm and 8pm on Sunday, and 7.30am and 4pm on Monday, in ...
15 September 2025 TelegraphAny fresh construction in an apartment building or complex with multiple flats requires the consent of all co-owners, mayor Firhad Hakim said on Friday.Hakim was responding to a complaint from a resident of Satkari Mitra Lane in Bagmari, north ...
15 September 2025 TelegraphThe violence that shook Gulshan Colony on the city’s southeastern fringes on Thursday evening and into the early hours of Friday was allegedly rooted in a bitter power struggle. Police said a gang sought to assert control over the ...
15 September 2025 TelegraphJadavpur University, on Saturday, was back to doing what it does best after each death on campus. The security guards at the gate were seen asking students to produce their identity cards. Those who were driving in were being ...
15 September 2025 TelegraphThe fatal stabbing at Dakshineswar Metro station on Friday was the bloody culmination of a simmering rivalry between two groups of schoolboys — led by the accused and the victim — that had seen public clashes over the past ...
15 September 2025 TelegraphA 75-year-old retired state government employee, Samik Kishore Gupta, was found dead in the courtyard of his two-storey house on Kalabagan Lane in Golf Green early on Saturday.Police said there were multiple injury marks on his body. Gupta possibly ...
15 September 2025 TelegraphA resident of Gobra in Topsia has alleged that he and his wife were assaulted by members of a local club after he refused to pay ₹10,000 as a puja subscription. Purported CCTV footage shows a group brutally assaulting ...
14 September 2025 TelegraphSeven ghats along the Hooghly will be restored and beautified as part of a joint initiative involving Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), Kolkata Police, and several private corporations.The ghats identified for redevelopment are: Mayer Ghat, Surinam ...
14 September 2025 TelegraphNepal may be in the throes of unrest but Calcutta is set to resume its direct connection with the Himalayan capital next month.Come October 2 and Buddha Air, which has the biggest domestic passenger share in Nepal, will take ...
14 September 2025 TelegraphEastern India’s marquee road race will be held on December 21.The Tata Steel World 25K Kolkata, partnered by The Telegraph, turns 10 this year.From around 5,500 in the inaugural edition in 2014, the number of participants surged to over ...
13 September 2025 TelegraphShops, businesses, and institutions that do not display their names in Bengali may lose their trade licenses, mayor Firhad Hakim said on Friday.The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) had issued a directive on August 30 mandating that all establishments display ...
13 September 2025 TelegraphThe Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has planned to build a barrage across the Adi Ganga near its confluence with the Hooghly.The barrage will prevent the inflow of water from the river into the Adi Ganga during instances when heavy ...
13 September 2025 TelegraphA 37-year-old taxi driver who protested against some of his acquaintances consuming alcohol and shouting filthy language outside his home at Ekbalpore Lane early on Tuesday was attacked with a chopper resulting in his death on Friday. Police said ...
13 September 2025 TelegraphA group of armed men, carrying revolvers, sharp blades and iron rods, allegedly stormed a crowded market in Gulshan Colony, Anandapur, on the city’s south-eastern fringes on Thursday evening, firing in the air and brandishing weapons.The same group reportedly ...
13 September 2025 TelegraphThe number of dengue cases under the Calcutta municipal area rose by 129 in the last two weeks, records released by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has shown. An official of the civic body said 509 dengue cases were ...
13 September 2025 TelegraphThe investigating officer (IO) of Jadavpur police station on Friday submitted the laptop of the former JU student Hindol Mazumdar before the additional chief judicial magistrate court in Alipore.The ACJM’s order said the IO is directed to release the ...
13 September 2025 TelegraphRestrictions on the movement of goods vehicles in Calcutta will come into effect from Tritiya that falls on September 25, Kolkata Police said in a notification.It is a departure from the police’s earlier practice of setting Puja traffic curbs ...
13 September 2025 TelegraphA 17-year-old boy was stabbed to death, allegedly by a schoolmate, near the ticket counters at Dakshineswar Metro station around 2.30 on Friday afternoon.Victim Monojit Yadav was a Class XI student at Bagbazar High School, police said, and was ...
13 September 2025 TelegraphAnamika Mondal, a third-year English honours student at Jadavpur University who was found dead in a campus pond on Thursday night, died by drowning, according to the preliminary post-mortem report.Police confirmed there were no internal or external injuries. Water ...
13 September 2025 TelegraphThe death of a third-year English honours student by drowning on the Jadavpur University campus late on Thursday has again exposed the institution’s poor track record in ensuring student safety.In spite of repeated promises following previous incidents, the university ...
13 September 2025 TelegraphThe deaths of two tigresses at the Alipore zoo within 24 hours were due to natural causes, a senior forest official said on Friday.“One was 17, the other was 20. Both died of natural causes,” said the official. The ...
13 September 2025 TelegraphA section of Jadavpur University students on Friday narrated complaints of caste discrimination and lack of mental health support to the Supreme Court-appointed National Task Force, saying such issues cause trauma and distress among the student community.The students alleged ...
13 September 2025 TelegraphJadavpur University authorities on Friday issued a fresh circular tightening entry and security rules on campus.The notification, asked all concerned to strictly follow guidelines earlier circulated in March. It stated that only vehicles with JU parking stickers would be ...
13 September 2025 TelegraphA 17-year-old student was stabbed to death during a clash between two groups of teenagers at Dakshineswar Metro Station on Friday afternoon.Eyewitnesses said the quarrel began near the ticket counter and quickly escalated into a scuffle, during which one ...
13 September 2025 TelegraphA decade of footballing brilliance with a tinge of nostalgia unfolded at CK-CL Park when the alumni association of Sri Aurobindo Institute of Education hosted the 10th edition of its Auro Premiere League (APL).“APL began as a modest football ...
13 September 2025 TelegraphOffer Kitkat some rice, and while he might not eat it, he’ll definitely take it. He’ll then dash up to the terrace with his parcel for a little business transaction. “He gives the rice to the crows, and in ...
13 September 2025 TelegraphA group of youths braved heavy rains one recent Sunday to vaccinate nearly 60 dogs in New Town and Kestopur. The group had come from Naihati and while they work all over the state, had chosen this area for ...
13 September 2025 TelegraphThe self-confidence of young people about their health is proving to be their bane. Doctors at the Stroke Summer School, organised by the Indian Stroke Association over a recent weekend at Taj Taal Kutir, on the edge of Eco ...
13 September 2025 TelegraphParking woes, congested junctions, footpath encroachment…residents have a long list of grievances. But at a seminar held at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan last week, experts from various fields came together to propose practical solutions to bypass these and head towards ...
13 September 2025 TelegraphTheft, tracing of clues, search for culprit, crackdown and retrieval of stolen property. An incident last week had all the ingredients of a whodunit, except that the item stolen was a pot of a leafy palm tree.Smita Piplai of ...
13 September 2025 TelegraphThe rotary outside Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra will now officially be known as “Ramakrishna Island”, while the DD Block centre itself will be powered by newly-installed solar panels.These are among the initiatives planned as part of the golden jubilee ...
13 September 2025 TelegraphThe presence of youths in Durga puja activities has been dwindling steadily for years, but now organisers say even children are becoming hard to find.At EC Block, the Saptami evening stage is usually reserved for children’s performances, but this ...
13 September 2025 TelegraphThe high court sought a report from chief secretary Manoj Pant on Thursday regarding why the government had not disbursed the funds allocated for the development of correctional homes and courts. Pant had appeared virtually before the division bench ...
13 September 2025 TelegraphA third-year English honours student at Jadavpur University drowned in a campus water body on Thursday evening.Police identified the woman as Anamika Mondal.Sources said Anamika, a resident of North 24-Parganas, was found unconscious in a pond near the UG ...
13 September 2025 TelegraphA private hospital is set to introduce a device that promises faster and more accurate imaging, helping in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases like cancer.A digital PET CT scanner was unveiled by Ruby General Hospital on Thursday. A ...
12 September 2025 TelegraphA man posing as an IPS officer was caught after he asked for a “VVIP toilet” in the Entally area on Wednesday evening. A man identified as Sounak Chakraborty was arrested for alleged impersonation and unauthorised use of a ...
12 September 2025 TelegraphCharges were framed against 21 people, including former education minister Partha Chatterjee, on Thursday in an Alipore court in connection with alleged corruption in the recruitment of teachers and school staff. Besides Chatterjee, charges were also framed against former ...
12 September 2025 TelegraphThe mother of one of the accused in the alleged gang rape of a woman in Regent Park has alleged that an officer of Haridevpur police station assaulted her, resulting in a forearm fracture and a skull injury.According to ...
12 September 2025 TelegraphAlipore court’s additional chief judicial magistrate ordered the police on Thursday to return the devices, including a laptop, mobile phone, tab, and e-book, belonging to Hindol Mazumdar, a former Jadavpur University student, by September 12.Mazumdar was arrested on August ...
12 September 2025 TelegraphOne in nine Metro trains will switch tracks from Mahanayak Uttam Kumar (Tollygunge) station on the north-south corridor or the Blue Line, an official said on Thursday.The Blue Line has been put under tremendous pressure following the closure of ...
12 September 2025 TelegraphA housing complex on the southern fringes of the city, where several elderly residents have fallen prey to cyber fraud, is turning its Durga Puja theme into an awareness campaign.The Southwinds complex on Southern Bypass has chosen “Cyber Durga” ...
12 September 2025 TelegraphA woman from the city and her friend from Mumbai escaped strife-torn Nepal on Thursday after witnessing charred cars and burnt buildings during a tense drive through deserted Kathmandu streets to reach the airport.Park Circus resident Pritha Soni and ...
12 September 2025 TelegraphHundreds of TET-qualified primary teacher job aspirants staged a flash protest outside the state Assembly in central Calcutta on Thursday, alleging an “inordinate delay” in recruitment despite a large number of vacant posts.Around 1,500 candidates, who had cleared the ...
12 September 2025 TelegraphA Supreme Court-appointed National Task Force visited IIT Kharagpur on Thursday following the deaths of four BTech students on the campus between January and July this year.The four-member team, formed to address rising suicides on campuses, is touring higher ...
12 September 2025 TelegraphSeveral Calcuttans are flying to Dubai this weekend to watch the India-Pakistan match in the Asia Cup on Sunday, with travel demand expected to surge further if the two teams meet again in the final.Travel agents and tour operators ...
12 September 2025 TelegraphTwo tigresses of Alipore Zoo died within a day of each other, swivelling the spotlight on the century-old facility that is already mired in a controversy over serious administrative lapses.Payal, who would have turned 17 next month, died on ...
12 September 2025 TelegraphNine minors and two adults, all trafficked, were rescued by a team from the Kolkata Police’s detective department on Wednesday night.According to police sources, the detective department had received information of human trafficking victims were being kept in a ...
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