The Airports Authority of India (AAI) on Thursday inaugurated an 'Art Gallery of Unsung Heroes' at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) airport here as part of the ongoing Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav and Har Ghar Tiranga celebrations.The gallery, ...
15 August 2025 TelegraphThe family of the food delivery agent, who died in a road accident in Salt Lake on Wednesday, has accused police of inaction in arresting the driver of the car that hit his motorcycle.They alleged that despite the vehicle’s ...
15 August 2025 TelegraphA woman has been arrested for allegedly forging admission documents of a school and cheating parents of a student out of ₹12.47 lakh for his admission in Class I.Shiela Swamy, alias Margaret Xavier, was arrested from her Kasba ...
15 August 2025 TelegraphA gap near the approach to a newly built steel bridge on the Science City-bound flank of EM Bypass near the Metropolitan crossing has to be adequately covered before the bridge is opened to vehicles, police have told the ...
15 August 2025 TelegraphEvery cinema screen in Bengal, including those in plexes, will have to show at least one Bengali film between 3pm and 9pm, “prime time” in entertainment parlance.The government on Wednesday issued a notification that said: “In every Cinema hall, ...
15 August 2025 TelegraphSeveral schools in Calcutta are facing a growing challenge: students are increasingly relying on artificial intelligence to complete assignments, write essays, and even handle basic communication, leaving teachers struggling to maintain academic integrity.The extent of AI dependency has surprised ...
14 August 2025 TelegraphAcross several city schools, canteen vendors are caught in a dilemma: healthy food doesn’t sell, and junk food flies off the shelves. As a result, nutritious options like poha, idli, dosa, dhokla, boiled eggs, oats paratha, and even fruits ...
14 August 2025 TelegraphA San Francisco teenager who spent her formative years in Delhi made a film for her school project that conveys a simple message for India: Celebrate differences and be together. The film by Zara Bharadwaj, 17, is a reminder ...
14 August 2025 TelegraphIIT Kharagpur has decided to rescind its earlier decision to show cause and initiate disciplinary proceedings against four office-bearers of the teachers’ association, taken last year during the tenure of the previous director, V.K. Tewari. An IIT official said ...
14 August 2025 TelegraphHindol Majumdar, a former Jadavpur University student who went to Spain to pursue higher studies, was arrested at Delhi airport on Wednesday morning while he was returning to the city for his alleged involvement in the attack on education ...
14 August 2025 TelegraphThe Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will conduct anti-encroachment drives on footpaths and public spaces three times each month. Street dwellers will be shifted to shelters.Such drives conducted earlier had little impact. Long gaps between two drives or the absence ...
14 August 2025 TelegraphA 40-year-old man from Jagaddal in North 24-Parganas was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the alleged attack on police personnel during the Nabanna march on August 9.Chandan Gupta was arrested at the Bentinck Street-BB Ganguly Street crossing for ...
14 August 2025 TelegraphA 22-year-old food delivery boy was burnt to death in Salt Lake on Wednesday evening after a car that had caught fire following a collision crashed into his two-wheeler, police said.The accident took place near a bridge connecting Salt ...
14 August 2025 TelegraphKolkata Police commissioner Manoj Verma on Wednesday instructed officers to maintain professional conduct and exercise restraint when interacting with participants in Thursday’s Reclaim the Night movement.Verma addressed officers during a preparedness meeting for Independence Day on Friday and the ...
14 August 2025 TelegraphThe problems faced by migrant labourers come under the spotlight only when they are part of mainstream politics, as seen during the Covid-induced lockdown and now, when Bengali-speaking people are being branded Bangladeshis, researchers and activists said.Their plight is ...
14 August 2025 TelegraphA delivery agent was killed in a road accident in Kolkata’s Salt Lake-Keshtopur area on Wednesday, leading to violent protests by locals alleging police negligence.The accident took place near footbridge number 8 between Keshtopur and Salt Lake. According to ...
14 August 2025 TelegraphThe state government has allowed 20 sacked school teachers to return to their former jobs which they had quit to join as assistant teachers in the government-aided schools at the secondary and higher secondary levels, said an education department ...
14 August 2025 TelegraphEight new movable compactors to transport solid waste from Salt Lake and other parts of the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) area to the Dhapa dumping yard were pressed into service on Tuesday. Garbage spilling over on roads and footpaths ...
14 August 2025 TelegraphA robot went around a table, stopped when it sensed humans and distributed sweets to them. Girls at Loreto Day School, Bowbazar, demonstrated their model as the guests took turns and picked up the sweets. On Tuesday, the school ...
14 August 2025 TelegraphNearly a month after heavy rains, several pockets of Howrah remain flooded, with stagnant water turning pitch black from weeks of accumulated filth and garbage.Residents of Pilkhana, Fakir Bagan, and Kamardanga — located about 6km from central Calcutta — ...
14 August 2025 TelegraphSeveral schools in Calcutta are facing a growing challenge: students are increasingly relying on artificial intelligence to complete assignments, write essays, and even handle basic communication, leaving teachers struggling to maintain academic integrity.The extent of AI dependency has surprised ...
14 August 2025 TelegraphThe parents of the doctor who was raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital last year alleged harassment by police on Tuesday, after they tried to lodge a complaint against cops who allegedly assaulted the mother ...
14 August 2025 TelegraphThe East-West Metro is finally ready to start services.It will maintain top standards of cleanliness and punctuality, comparable to other leading metros in India, said a railway ministry official after inspecting the Esplanade-Sealdah stretch, which is scheduled to be ...
14 August 2025 TelegraphThe Kolkata Police on Tuesday issued summons to BJP MLA and former India cricketer Ashok Dinda to appear before it for allegedly threatening policemen during protests to mark the completion of one year of the RG Kar hospital crime ...
13 August 2025 TelegraphThe executive council of Jadavpur University decided to install 70 CCTV cameras on its two campuses, located in Jadavpur and Salt Lake, during a meeting on Monday. The meeting, held following a Calcutta High Court order, resolved that while ...
13 August 2025 TelegraphIn Howrah, it’s a tale of two floods — one of water, the other of garbage. While some neighbourhoods have remained waterlogged for weeks, those spared the flooding are drowning in heaps of rotting waste.Mounds of discarded items lie ...
13 August 2025 TelegraphAt least 10 passengers of a private bus were injured when it rammed into a divider on Diamond Harbour Road in Behala on Monday.Police said the driver hit the divider to bring the bus to a halt as the ...
13 August 2025 TelegraphThe high court on Monday restrained the CBI from taking any coercive action till August 31 against Trinamool Congress MLA Paresh Paul and two party councillors in connection with the murder of BJP worker Avijit Sarkar.Justice Jay Sengupta fixed ...
13 August 2025 TelegraphThe state cabinet on Monday approved proposed amendments to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation Building Rules 2009, relaxing the mandatory open space requirements for small plots. The move aims to deter owners from building illegal structures and obtain necessary permissions ...
13 August 2025 TelegraphThe Kolkata Municipal Corporation will start building drainage lines under 137km of roads in parts of Sarsuna, Joka and along EM Bypass that lack underground drainage.It will be part of a recently sanctioned ₹2,500 crore project, a majority of ...
12 August 2025 TelegraphA senior postmaster of a Burdwan post office was arrested on Sunday for his alleged involvement in cheating depositors. The CID arrested Bidyut Sur, the senior postmaster of Burdwan post office, from his residence at Madhabdihi in East Burdwan ...
12 August 2025 TelegraphA fresh system is imminent over the Bay of Bengal, but this time, it is likely to cause more rain in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, said Met officials.Heavy rain is likely to continue in north Bengal for now. But ...
12 August 2025 TelegraphAn electrical glitch at the Noapara carshed disrupted Metro services on the north-south corridor (Blue Line) between Dakshineswar and Dum Dum for over an hour on Monday morning. Trains could not roll out of the shed at Noapara and ...
12 August 2025 TelegraphPolice have registered five criminal cases and sought court permission to initiate two more against a political leader and several supporters in connection with the violence during Saturday’s Nabanna March, led by BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari.The charges in the ...
12 August 2025 TelegraphThieves broke into a two-storey house in Salt Lake’s AH Block early on Monday morning, breaking seven locks while a family slept inside and threatening the homeowner with death when she tried to raise an alarm.The intruders entered the ...
12 August 2025 TelegraphPainter Swaroop Mukerji, 75, a resident of Sunny Park in Ballygunge, died of dengue on Saturday after a brief spell of fever, a family member said on Monday.Civic officials said that Mukerji’s death is the first reported dengue fatality ...
12 August 2025 TelegraphThe Metro Railway Kolkata has decided to replace the cooling system of 11 underground stations of the Blue Line.A Metro spokesperson said on Sunday that out of 15 underground stations, the cooling system of 11 underground stations of the ...
12 August 2025 TelegraphNearly 1 lakh fishermen in the Sundarbans, both within its tiger reserve and close to forest area falling within South 24-Parganas, have not been able to pursue their livelihood for more than a month as the distribution of annual boat licence certificates ...
12 August 2025 TelegraphAn air-conditioned EMU (electric multiple unit) train ran between Sealdah and Ranaghat for the first time on Sunday. The inaugural run was ceremonial. Commercial runs will start from Monday, said the spokesperson for the Sealdah division of Eastern Railway. “The train will ...
12 August 2025 TelegraphStretches of two roads — one near Howrah bridge and another near Science City — that used to get damaged frequently despite repeated repairs are now being relaid with interlocking concrete blocks to make the work more durable, an ...
12 August 2025 TelegraphA section of former Presidency students will meet education minister Bratya Basu later this month to request that the state joint entrance examination (JEE) board be asked to engage Presidency teachers while formulating question papers of its undergraduate admission ...
11 August 2025 TelegraphA 38-year-old man was arrested on Friday for allegedly cheating a woman whom he had befriended on a train and later managed to take her ATM card and PIN to withdraw money from her account after he fraudulently secured a loan in ...
11 August 2025 TelegraphRaising children with autism and other disabilities comes with immense challenges, and it can sometimes be traumatic for both the children and their families — not because of the disabilities themselves, but because of the lack of understanding and acceptance from broader ...
11 August 2025 TelegraphJadavpur University has decided to hold an executive council meeting on Monday to discuss the installation of CCTV cameras on campus following a clearance from the high court. Last month, a division bench of Calcutta High Court said that though the university ...
11 August 2025 TelegraphIdentifying nearest healthcare facilities for elderly tourists, cooking classes or skydiving for women, Instaworthy spots for millennials: Thailand is now focusing on particular groups like women, “active seniors” and the Gen Z, proposing tours tailor-made for their areas of interest. “We are focusing ...
11 August 2025 TelegraphThe condition of the Kolkata Police constable admitted to SSKM Hospital on Saturday after suffering injuries during Nabanna Abhijan is “stable”, a senior hospital official said on Sunday. He had injuries in his “scalp”, the official added. Four others who were ...
11 August 2025 TelegraphPhysical pain is an unpleasant sensation which can disrupt daily activities. It accounts for one of the top five reasons for medical consultation.Relief of pain maintains the quality and dignity of life. Pain physicians are medical doctors who specialise ...
11 August 2025 TelegraphCalcutta University has requested the state education department to take steps to ensure uninterrupted traffic and adequate police deployment so that examinees can reach the exam centres on time on August 28, which coincides with the foundation day of ...
11 August 2025 TelegraphPolice are probing how the mother of the raped and murdered RG Kar doctor suffered injuries during the clash between protesters and law-keepers on Saturday, police commissioner Manoj Verma said on Sunday.The father of the murdered junior doctor alleged ...
11 August 2025 TelegraphRabindranath Tagore’s death anniversary was commemorated by the department of post on Friday with a set of eight picture postcards.The postcards, released at the General Post Office (GPO) on Friday, are on the theme of ‘Rain and Tagore’.“This release ...
11 August 2025 TelegraphIndividuals with autism are often marginalised and become subjects of bullying because of “perceived oddities in behaviour” and “apparent naivety”, said psychiatrists. In higher education as well as among educated people, “lack of fairness and stigma is rampant”, said ...
10 August 2025 TelegraphAmid cries that justice has been denied, the parents of the junior doctor raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital last year expressed deep frustration with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)’s handling of their daughter’s ...
10 August 2025 TelegraphA Jadavpur University alumnus, now based in the US, gifted the institute laboratory equipment worth ₹30 lakh.Dipak Ghosh, who graduated from the chemical engineering department in 1987, came from New Jersey to hand over the equipment on Friday.“In the ...
10 August 2025 TelegraphPark Street’s reputation as a weekend lunch favourite survived the mayhem unfolding just a few hundred metres away on Saturday.Inside the restaurants, it was business as usual. Most popular eateries had queues outside — a familiar Saturday scene — ...
10 August 2025 TelegraphThe mother of the slain junior doctor was injured in an alleged police lathi-charge near the Park Street crossing on Saturday afternoon and taken to hospital with head injuries.Television images showed swelling on the right side of her forehead.“Many ...
10 August 2025 TelegraphKolkata’s veteran motorists, people working at petrol pumps and workshops have said that ethanol-blended petrol comes with performance compromises, especially for vehicles manufactured before 2023.Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday dismissed concerns about ethanol-blended petrol, ...
10 August 2025 TelegraphSanjay Roy, convicted of the rape and murder of a junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, has been picking fights in jail and is routinely rude to staff, jail officials said.Roy frequently quarrels over food, demanding ...
10 August 2025 TelegraphMovement of heavy and medium goods vehicles will be restricted along Vidyasagar Setu, including its ramps, Circular Garden Reach Road, Garden Reach Road and all feeder roads connecting these thoroughfares from August 10 to facilitate the construction of the ...
10 August 2025 TelegraphChemotherapy, surgery prep, intravenous channels, and the pain of cancer leave little room for anything else in the lives of children undergoing treatment.Yet, they find time — and hope.At Saroj Gupta Cancer Centre & Research Institute, children aged between ...
10 August 2025 TelegraphEngineer, innovator and founder of the Himalayan Institute of Alternatives in Ladakh, Sonam Wangchuk, was in Kolkata as the chief guest at Made in JIS Celeb Edition, hosted by JIS Group Educational Initiatives at the Dhono Dhanyo Auditorium. My ...
10 August 2025 TelegraphThe Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will file FIRs against owners of “dangerous buildings” who do not repair the structures even after they are served notices, mayor Firhad Hakim said on Friday.“Three buildings collapsed in the past few days. People ...
10 August 2025 TelegraphThe husband of the 29-year-old homemaker who was found dead at her in-laws’ home in Beleghata on Wednesday was arrested on Friday on charges of murder, mental and physical torture, and dowry demand.The family of the deceased has accused ...
10 August 2025 TelegraphThe state government has moved the Supreme Court challenging Calcutta High Court’s order halting the publication of the state JEE results, education minister Bratya Basu said on Friday.Justice Kaushik Chanda on Thursday directed the JEE board to rework the ...
10 August 2025 TelegraphA Bangladeshi national was arrested at the airport on Friday morning for allegedly posing as an Indian and trying to fly to Germany.Airport officials said Saumik Barua from Chittagong was allegedly using an Indian passport issued in the name ...
10 August 2025 TelegraphShop owners, hotels and other establishments in the city must display their names in Bengali alongside other languages of their choice, or face having their signboards removed by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), Mayor Firhad Hakim announced on Friday.Business ...
10 August 2025 TelegraphPolice on Friday said no organisation or individual has sought formal permission for the Nabanna march on Saturday, but adequate arrangements have been made to prevent any breach of security at the state secretariat.August 9 marks one year since ...
10 August 2025 TelegraphRage, grief, hope and a steely resolve echoed through a rally on Friday night marking a year since the rape and murder of a junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9, 2024.Metro spoke to ...
10 August 2025 TelegraphMath and astronomyVigesimal: Several ancient civilisations, such as the Mayans and Celtics, used the vigesimal numeral system. So, instead of the modern system of using base-10 (where we group in tens), they grouped things in sets of 20. The ...
10 August 2025 TelegraphTurning 20 for a community newspaper, covering the two townships, New Town and Salt Lake — the first of which got peopled over the last two decades and the second gained its unique identity —means being there for every ...
9 August 2025 TelegraphLocalPuja at Animikha: Durga puja at New Town’s Animikha Abasan began in 2005. The Animikha Sanjari Welfare Association, comprising about 30 families settled in the C and D high-income blocks, held their first puja in the garage of D ...
9 August 2025 TelegraphPan-Seared SausageIngredientsBell pepper - 100gOnion - 1 smallGarlic - 3 clovesSausage - 5Chilli flakes - 1tspOregano - 1tspRosemary - 1tspButter - 1tbspMozzarella cheese - 10g Methodl Cut the bell pepper and onion into thin ...
9 August 2025 TelegraphThe high court on Thursday refused to disallow a march to the state secretariat on Saturday but said the government was free to implement a prohibitory order, already issued by police.Should the rally take place, it must be peaceful ...
9 August 2025 TelegraphThe high court on Thursday stayed the publication of the JEE results, directing the board to rework the merit list using pre-2010 OBC reservation norms.Justice Kaushik Chanda passed the order on the day the board was to publish results ...
9 August 2025 TelegraphA 29-year-old woman was found dead at her in-laws’ home in Beleghata on Thursday. Her parents alleged she was tortured by her husband and his family for giving birth to daughters and protesting his alleged extramarital affair.Shweta Prasad Shaw ...
9 August 2025 TelegraphThe Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) has released a handbook on inclusive education to help teachers identify and support children with special needs and address diversity in their classrooms.The handbook aims to assist schools in “strengthening ...
9 August 2025 TelegraphThe Kolkata Police have contacted the state election commission to verify the details of the 13 voter cards seized from Soumik Dutta, who was arrested for allegedly helping Bangladeshi model Shanta Paul obtain fake Indian identity documents. Dutta, 36, ...
8 August 2025 TelegraphA minimum 75 per cent attendance is mandatory for Class X and XII students to be eligible for appearing in the board exams, the CBSE said in a circular sent to principals on Monday.The board said that it may ...
8 August 2025 TelegraphBengali films will have primacy in Bengal, Aroop Biswas, minister and senior Trinamool leader, said on Thursday after a meeting between some of Calcutta’s leading actors, filmmakers, producers, distributors and exhibitors.Biswas, the MLA from Tollygunge, linked the resolution to ...
8 August 2025 TelegraphShe was equally passionate about pulmonary medicine and music, and often hummed while working, a colleague of the junior doctor who was raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital last year said on Thursday — two ...
8 August 2025 TelegraphA year after the rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital sparked statewide protests by junior doctors and the public, several demands of the protesting doctors remain unfulfilled.The central referral system for ...
8 August 2025 TelegraphThe teachers of IIEST Shibpur will meet with the institute’s director to request that he take steps to complete the pending renovation work in the hostels, many of which have been in a state of disrepair for years. The ...
8 August 2025 TelegraphThe man arrested for illegal possession of a cache of arms and ammunition in Khardah is suspected to be in touch with several criminals in Hooghly, South and North 24-Parganas, and police suspect he was supplying arms to criminals ...
8 August 2025 TelegraphA Trinamool Congress trade union leader was caught on CCTV slapping a petrol pump owner in Phoolbagan on Tuesday afternoon.The leader, Kabita Gupta, admitted to slapping the owner, Sumona Das Roy, 52, alleging that Das Roy had abused her ...
8 August 2025 TelegraphThe perilous stretch of EM Bypass between Science City and the Briji Metro station in Garia was repaired between Monday night and Wednesday afternoon. However, engineers stated that it remains to be observed how long the repairs will last ...
8 August 2025 TelegraphCalcutta University on Monday appointed two new nominees to the governing body of South Calcutta Law College, where a 24-year-old student was gang-raped on June 25.The university has appointed Tanupa Chakraborty, the head of the commerce department at CU, ...
7 August 2025 TelegraphThe Supreme Court on Tuesday began hearing the Bengal government’s appeal that challenged the initiation of contempt proceedings in Calcutta High Court by state employees challenging the delay or denial in payment of the dearness allowance (DA).A bench of ...
7 August 2025 TelegraphThe man arrested for illegal possession of a cache of arms and ammunition in Khardah is suspected to be in touch with several criminals in Hooghly, South and North 24-Parganas, and police suspect he was supplying arms to criminals ...
7 August 2025 TelegraphA newborn girl was rescued by an e-rickshaw driver from a garbage dump in Howrah on Wednesday morning, officials said.Chandan Mallick, the driver, was passing through Panchanantala in Bally when he noticed something unusual near the garbage dump, located ...
7 August 2025 TelegraphNot just the cracking New Garia station — Metro Rail authorities are equally concerned about the old and decaying underground structure of the north-south corridor. Tracks have subsided in stretches, water is seeping from walls, platforms are damaged, and ...
7 August 2025 TelegraphCar repair workshops across the city have witnessed a surge in vehicles queuing up for service, with most owners complaining that poor road conditions have taken a toll on their vehicles. Automobile engineers heading teams at repair workshops said ...
6 August 2025 TelegraphThe investigating officer of the Kankurgachi BJP activist murder case in 2021, and a home guard of Kolkata Police who had been chargesheeted by CBI and were sent to judicial remand, were granted bail by the high court on ...
6 August 2025 TelegraphMonojit Mishra, the prime accused in the gang-rape of a student at South Calcutta Law College in Kasba, and his three co-accused were sent to police remand late on Tuesday.Mishra, along with Pramit Mukherjee and Zaib Ahmed, and security ...
6 August 2025 TelegraphA fresh system is likely to trigger more rain in Calcutta from Wednesday.“An upper air cyclonic circulation lies over north Bangladesh and neighbourhood. It is likely to descend in a day or two. A fresh rainy spell is likely ...
6 August 2025 TelegraphBarely 7km from the heart of Calcutta, on the western bank of the Hooghly, large parts of Howrah’s Salkia have been underwater for nearly a month.The heavy showers may have stopped — but in Salkia, that means little.Lanes and ...
6 August 2025 TelegraphA riveting series that saved its best for the final hour has sparked fresh interest in Test cricket among a generation obsessed with the slam-bang thrill of the Indian Premier League.The rubber, shared 2-2 by England and India, has ...
6 August 2025 TelegraphThe Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) has released a handbook on inclusive education to help teachers identify and support children with special needs and address diversity in their classrooms.The handbook aims to assist schools in “strengthening ...
6 August 2025 TelegraphTwo men who allegedly helped Bangladeshi national Shanta Paul — a model and actress — obtain forged Indian documents have been arrested.Soumik Dutta, 36, was arrested from his home in Naihati, North 24-Parganas, on Monday. Sheikh Momtajuddin, 38, was ...
6 August 2025 TelegraphA cache of arms and ammunition was seized from an apartment in a residential neighbourhood of Khardah in North 24-Parganas on Monday. A 66-year-old man who stayed alone in the flat, and told neighbours that he was a supplier ...
6 August 2025 TelegraphAn elderly Calcuttan was kept under “digital arrest” for more than a week and forced to transfer ₹1.09 crore from his retirement funds, police said. Two teenagers and a youth were arrested from Odisha by Bidhannagar police on Sunday ...
6 August 2025 TelegraphThe Supreme Court on Monday agreed to list for urgent hearing a petition filed by a section of dismissed teachers seeking a review of the court’s April 3 judgment that sacked around 25,000 teaching and non-teaching employees of Bengal’s ...
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