Police commissioner Manoj Verma on Monday expressed concern over the easy availability of illegal arms in the city. He was referring to the firing inside a gym in the Charu Market area on Sunday and the recovery of a ...
23 September 2025 TelegraphMost people still sprinkle water on the face or slip in a Sorbitrate tablet under the tongue if someone collapses in front of them. Very few know how to do cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) that is more effective, doctors said ...
23 September 2025 TelegraphA 52-year-old assistant professor of physics was arrested early on Monday for allegedly kidnapping a four-year-old girl from a footpath in Dum Dum and keeping her confined in a flat in Kasba.The professor’s daughter, 20, and brother, 44, were ...
23 September 2025 TelegraphWith rain looming over the Puja festivities, organisers across Calcutta are rushing to prepare pandals, stalls, and pathways to counter the anticipated downpour.A potentially disruptive weather system in the Bay of Bengal, expected to make landfall in Odisha, could ...
23 September 2025 TelegraphSeveral hospitals and retail pharmacy chains in the city started offering medicines at lower prices following a revision in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on Monday. However, many standalone chemist shops continued to sell medicines at older prices ...
23 September 2025 TelegraphThe Supreme Court on Monday observed that the differences between the Bengal government and governor C.V. Ananda Bose over the appointment of vice-chancellors in state universities had narrowed, with 15 of the 17 proposed names cleared by both parties.A ...
23 September 2025 TelegraphThe rollout of the new Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime on Monday sparked brisk consumer activity, particularly in the automobile and consumer durables sectors. Car showrooms were buzzing, consumer durable stores received a flood of inquiries, and garment ...
23 September 2025 TelegraphA low-pressure area took shape over the northeast Bay of Bengal on Monday.Another, likely to develop later this week, may head towards the Odisha-Andhra coast, said the Met office. If that happens, Calcutta and the rest of south Bengal ...
23 September 2025 TelegraphMetro Railway Kolkata on Monday said more than 1.5 crore commuters travelled in different corridors during the period of August 22-September 21, underlining its popularity as the most comfortable and convenient mode of transport in the city.A Metro Railway ...
23 September 2025 TelegraphTwo men wearing windcheaters and helmets entered a gym in south Calcutta and opened fire while looking for the owner around 12.30pm Sunday. Police said two rounds were shot, apparently targeting the reception area floor on the first floor ...
23 September 2025 TelegraphLiver Foundation, a non-profit organisation that operates a liver disease hospital in Sonarpur, is set to establish an institute of higher education that will integrate health sciences, humanities, social sciences, climate science, and communication, moving beyond traditional academic silos.The ...
22 September 2025 TelegraphA seven-year-old child who was playing near his house was crushed to death on Sunday when a wall in the neighbourhood collapsed on him. Police said Sheikh Arman, 7, a resident of Satghara Lane in Nadial in the Port ...
22 September 2025 TelegraphTwo men who were riding a bike near Sakherbazar in Behala late on Saturday night and skidded on the road allegedly thrashed a young delivery boy who was coming from the opposite direction.The bikers blamed him for the accident. ...
22 September 2025 TelegraphThe vice-chancellor of West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences said on Sunday that the allegations against him were “false, vexatious and vindictive” and called the demand for his resignation by students “unjust”.A female faculty member had accused VC ...
22 September 2025 TelegraphThe father of the deceased student from IIT Kharagpur said on Sunday that the institute should adopt effective strategies to stop student deaths on the campus, where five students have died in the last nine months.“How can so many ...
22 September 2025 TelegraphFestive shopping reached its peak on the last Sunday before Durga Puja.The markets and malls were teeming with people throughout the day. Most stores opened early and closed late. There was a high demand for more than just clothing. ...
22 September 2025 TelegraphIndians whose H-1B visas are about to expire are worried.Indians are concerned that if the visa regulations continue to change at this rate, US companies may not be as eager to keep them as they once were.An Indian, who ...
22 September 2025 TelegraphAn officer of the Indian Army and a railway employee who have defeated their visual impairment in style were felicitated in the city on Saturday.Also celebrated was an organisation that has been instrumental in promoting sports among those who ...
22 September 2025 TelegraphStudents of the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (WBNUJS) gheraoed the vice-chancellor on Saturday, demanding his resignation over a recent Supreme Court verdict that asked the vice-chancellor to mention in his resume “incidents of alleged sexual harassment”. ...
21 September 2025 TelegraphOver the past three weeks, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has addressed more than 300 sections of roads to eliminate potholes from the city’s streets in preparation for Durga Puja.A consistent effort over the course of the year could ...
21 September 2025 TelegraphThe high court has ruled that the governing body of Rani Birla Girls’ College cannot suspend its principal. A division bench of Justices Tapabrata Chakraborty and Reetobroto Kumar Mitra passed the order on Friday, upholding an earlier judgment by ...
21 September 2025 TelegraphWith large parts of northern India ravaged by rain and uncertainty in Kashmir, many Puja holidaymakers from Calcutta are turning their gaze eastward, towards destinations perceived to be safer and closer to home.The Northeast, especially Arunachal Pradesh and Shillong, ...
21 September 2025 TelegraphThe Bengal government has ordered all motor vehicle offices to remain operational during the upcoming Puja holidays, anticipating a sharp rise in vehicle sales following recent GST cuts on automobiles and two-wheelers.A transport department notification issued on September 18 ...
21 September 2025 TelegraphFrom the devastation on the streets of Gaza to the flood-hit fields of Punjab, the chaos of wildfires in Los Angeles to the silent suffering of school bullying — children are witnessing a world plagued by unrest and uncertainty. ...
21 September 2025 TelegraphSeveral H-1B visa holders from Calcutta on Saturday scurried for air tickets back to the US after the Donald Trump administration set a Saturday midnight deadline for reshaping the visa programme.Many of them said they had planned to return ...
21 September 2025 TelegraphMost Reverend Elias Frank has been appointed the new archbishop of Calcutta, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta announced on Saturday. He succeeds Most Reverend Thomas D’Souza, becoming the 10th archbishop of the city.“I am happy to announce that ...
21 September 2025 TelegraphA first-year PhD scholar was found hanging in his hostel room at IIT Kharagpur around 1.20pm on Saturday — the fifth student death on campus this year.Harsh Kumar Pandey, 26, from Ranchi, was pursuing a PhD in fluid dynamics ...
21 September 2025 TelegraphA police team that answered a distress call from a lawyer at his residence in Netaji Nagar early on Thursday was assaulted with a sharp object, resulting in injuries to two police officers. According to the police, the suspect ...
21 September 2025 TelegraphA woman asked Calcutta’s mayor on Friday afternoon why the city’s roads were bearable during the Puja and miserable for most of the year.“If the state can build good roads in Purulia or Jhargram, why can’t the Kolkata Municipal ...
20 September 2025 TelegraphKolkata Police commissioner Manoj Verma, accompanied by officials from utility services and the fire department, inspected several major Puja pandals on Friday to review safety measures.Director-general of fire and emergency services Ranveer Kumar stressed the need for organisers to ...
20 September 2025 TelegraphFormer Supreme Court judge Rohinton Fali Nariman, speaking at the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS) on Friday, emphasised that a state governor is constitutionally bound to act on the “aid and advice” of the state cabinet.Addressing ...
20 September 2025 TelegraphIndividual health and life insurance policies will become more affordable following the GST Council's decision to eliminate the 18% tax on these products, effective September 22. However, insurance industry leaders warn that controlling escalating medical expenses will be crucial ...
20 September 2025 TelegraphA 28-year-old state government official was arrested early on Friday morning in Deshapriya Park for allegedly gang-raping a 20-year-old college student at his birthday party in Regent Park earlier this month.Debangshu Biswas works as a Bhoomi Sahayak in the ...
20 September 2025 TelegraphThe first batch of Apple’s highly anticipated iPhone 17 series sold out within hours of its launch on Friday in the city.Unlike the frenzy seen in Mumbai — where a scuffle broke out at a Bandra Kurla Complex store ...
20 September 2025 TelegraphDurga Puja could be marred by rain this year if a Bay system expected to make landfall in Odisha ends up crossing Bengal. Even if it doesn’t, Calcutta is likely to see wet spells before, during, and after the ...
20 September 2025 TelegraphHomebound, a film about two childhood friends chasing a dream job but risking their bond in the process, has been selected as India’s official entry for the Best International Feature at the 98th Academy Awards.The announcement was made in ...
20 September 2025 TelegraphIn a striking departure from tradition, two Durga Puja pandals off VIP Road are tackling themes rarely discussed in festive settings — one explores the emotional fallout of divorce on children, while the other confronts the trauma of acid ...
20 September 2025 TelegraphKolkata Police has arrested Debanshu Biswas, the prime accused in the alleged gangrape of a young woman from the city’s Deshapriya Park area.“Acting on a tip-off, we spotted Biswas near Deshapriya Park area and arrested him on Thursday night. ...
20 September 2025 TelegraphThe Unesco took one more step to connect with Durga Puja of Calcutta on Thursday, four years after inscribing the autumn festival on its list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. In a bid to make Puja accessible to ...
20 September 2025 TelegraphThe Kolkata Municipal Corporation will remove all existing hoardings and billboards on Park Street, Shakespeare Sarani and Camac Street and replace them with a new advertising system.The three roads, arguably Calcutta’s most high-visibility commercial stretches, are home to ...
20 September 2025 TelegraphBJ community hall has got a facelift. Tiled walls and floors, false ceilings, glass doors... at the inauguration of the renovated ground floor on September 14, the space looked no less than a resort.The event was presided over by ...
19 September 2025 TelegraphA group of men barged into a jewellery manufacturing unit in Baranagar in the city's north on Wednesday and thrashed the owner and his employees. One of the attackers has been arrested. Purported CCTV footage of the room ...
19 September 2025 TelegraphJadavpur: Seven more Jadavpur University students were questioned on Thursday in connection with the death of third-year English honours student Anamika Mondal.That takes the number of students summoned and questioned in connection with the death to 13. Preliminary inquiry ...
19 September 2025 TelegraphA US-based technology enterprise and one of India’s premier science institutes have teamed up to support innovation in semiconductor technology.Santech Global, headquartered in New Jersey, and IIT Kharagpur on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding to “support innovation in ...
19 September 2025 TelegraphThe school service commission (SSC) has temporarily stopped accepting online applications for selection tests to shortlist candidates for non-teaching posts in government-aided schools. The commission was scheduled to receive the applications from September 16. The exercise has been put ...
19 September 2025 TelegraphThe state is prepared to provide uninterrupted electricity during the Pujas, announced power minister Aroop Biswas recently.“Power demand this year may touch 12,050 MW, while last year the festival recorded a peak demand of 9,912.71 MW on Chaturthi, the ...
19 September 2025 TelegraphThe death of a motorcyclist on Kalyani Expressway after his throat was slashed by a kite string on Wednesday prompted a police crackdown against illegal sale and possession of synthetic manja (kite strings). Barrackpore police conducted raids across pockets ...
19 September 2025 TelegraphNew Town’s Smritiban Park was in the eye of a storm last weekend, with a puja committee trying to set up its pandal there and morning walkers putting up a concerted fight till it got pushed out.It all started ...
19 September 2025 TelegraphA 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 ...
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