The season of misery is here for those suffering from lung diseases.Doctors this newspaper spoke to said the number of patients coming to hospitals with respiratory distress goes up exponentially during Diwali night and at least a couple of ...
19 October 2025 TelegraphA man carrying close to 600kg of banned fireworks was arrested at the Esplanade bus terminus on Saturday, police said.Mohammad Zeeshan, 23, was found with three big nylon sacks while waiting at the bus terminus near the Calcutta Referee ...
19 October 2025 TelegraphMetal in every form was in high demand on Dhanteras — from gold and silver to gadgets and cars. Whether it was traditional jewellery, sleek electronics, or four-wheelers, shoppers swarmed stores across the city, pushing demand well beyond supply ...
19 October 2025 TelegraphRajasthan Police on Saturday arrested Zuber Ahmed from Indore, two days after his three associates were caught in Calcutta in connection with the murder of businessman Ramesh Rulania in Rajasthan’s Kuchaman on October 7.The police said Ahmed had fled ...
19 October 2025 TelegraphThere’s a touch of Gobinda Pal in almost every Kali idol that will be worshipped across the city on Monday. Though not widely known, he holds a quiet monopoly over one element without which no idol is complete — ...
19 October 2025 TelegraphKolkata's air quality nosedived on Saturday, two days before Kali Puja, as the index galloped near the 250-mark in southern and northern parts of the city amid reports of bursting of firecrackers.The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB), however, ...
19 October 2025 TelegraphAnkur Bhowal, a college teacher and resident of Purbachal Cluster IV, had never imagined that keeping his back door open would invite a suspected murderer into his home.“I had never heard anyone slam the back door that hard. It ...
19 October 2025 TelegraphA traffic violation involving a scooter in Kasba on Thursday led police to its fake number plate and eventually eight persons, allegedly involved in making such number plates, were arrested.A traffic sergeant intercepted a man riding the scooter bearing ...
18 October 2025 TelegraphA woman was found dead inside her rented accommodation at Nagerbazar in Dum Dum early on Friday.Police said Beauty Basu was possibly strangled to death.Her husband, Amit Basu, is missing.A preliminary investigation revealed Amit had been married to Beauty ...
18 October 2025 TelegraphA large number of patients from Bengal conventionally head to south India for treatment. However, the trend should now gradually shift as major healthcare groups invest here and facilities improve, said a healthcare veteran from Bangalore.“It puzzled us when ...
18 October 2025 TelegraphThree men detained in Calcutta are believed to be part of the notorious “Godara gang”, allegedly involved in the murder of 40-year-old businessman Ramesh Rulania, who was shot dead while working out at a gym in Rajasthan’s Kuchaman on ...
18 October 2025 TelegraphIn recent years, Calcutta has become a hideout for some of the “most wanted” criminals from other states.At times, they have arrived posing as innocent tenants or vulnerable patients awaiting surgery, blending into the city’s residential complexes and guesthouses ...
18 October 2025 TelegraphCrackers can only be burst between 8pm and 10pm on October 20, the night of Diwali and Kali Puja, police announced in a notification issued on Friday.The order, signed by Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Verma, states: “Authorised green firecrackers ...
18 October 2025 TelegraphA gram of 22-carat gold cost around ₹4,000 in October 2019. Today, it’s nearing ₹13,000. Despite this steep rise, the pull of the yellow metal remains undiminished — but how people buy gold has changed significantly.According to jewellers, the ...
18 October 2025 TelegraphThree suspected killers who were on the run after allegedly gunning down a businessman in Rajasthan were caught in Calcutta on Thursday night after their suspicious movement near food stalls around Swabhumi, police officers said. They had been on ...
18 October 2025 TelegraphSpare the voiceAt a Sector II puja on Navami, a man asked a woman why she wasn’t on the cultural committee this year.“Are you kidding? Being on that committee means three weeks of non-stop fighting and shouting. I had ...
18 October 2025 TelegraphBy: Salt Lake AC Block Yubak Sangha Year: 47thAt: AB-AC ParkThe look: The Shyama Kali idol is being sculpted by Dulal PalFun funda: The puja will be opened on October 18. Actress Oindrila is expected to attend. Cultural events ...
18 October 2025 TelegraphOn Sashthi, GC Block kids staged a dance drama that blended the adventures of Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne with Mahishasuramardini.Goopy (Rishab Chakraborti) and Bagha (Rongeet Lahiri) visit a school where they see students in holiday mood, preparing to welcome ...
18 October 2025 TelegraphBrain, brawn, beauty, courage… ladies of DA Block celebrated them all in a stage show on Saptami featuring women from history and literature.Indira Dutta appeared as Chitrangada, the warrior princess who awed even the legendary archer Arjuna. Seema Haldar ...
18 October 2025 TelegraphThe children of CG Block performed a satirical skit Dugga Dugga on Sashthi, about the pantheon planning their visit to earth. It involved candid conversations and playful complaints among the family members just before their descent on earth.The play ...
18 October 2025 TelegraphRajarhat Friends AssociationWhere: RFA ground, Rajarhat Main Road, further up from Derozio CollegeYear: 53rdThe look: A huge pandal spanning 145ft in width is coming up on the flood-lit playground. The theme being “a piece of India”, the structure is ...
18 October 2025 TelegraphNavami morning in BK Block began with a celebrity adda session on the topic of Pujas now and then.“Adda, as a concept, has often been treated negatively. In the 70s and 80s, rok-er adda was looked down upon as ...
18 October 2025 TelegraphLadies of BD Block gathered near the pandal on Ashtami for back-to-back conchshell-blowing and candle-lighting contests.The first drew 12 participants. Srimonti Ganguly could only blow the conschshell for four seconds but jokingly blamed it on her full stomach. “I ...
18 October 2025 TelegraphWithin minutes of the BE (East) puja committee announcing a phuchka eating contest on Saptami evening, nearly 30 people came to enrol. The prospect of downing as many free phuchkas as possible in 20 seconds was too good to ...
17 October 2025 TelegraphEight little girls were worshipped at the Kumari puja at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra this year, and hundreds of devotees had gathered to seek blessings.The girls were adorned in saris, ornaments and flowers, and were worshipped as the living ...
17 October 2025 TelegraphNot just agomoni songs and plays, the puja stage was also used for serious discussions — on artificial intelligence (AI). On Ashtami evening, New Town CD Block hosted a symposium on the impact of AI on the job market.The ...
17 October 2025 TelegraphThe pull of Sholay and the promise of good fun drew a full house to the FD Block mandap, adjoining its puja pandal, on Ashtami night. The spoof of the 1975 Ramesh Sippy classic, which turns 50 this year, ...
17 October 2025 TelegraphOn Ekadashi, the women walking into AL Block community hall looked as though they had stepped out of a period drama. One resembled a tribal woman, another a warrior, and yet another wore a frilly blouse with her red ...
17 October 2025 TelegraphAt a time when movie watching is becoming a personal experience on phones, some groups tried to revive the tradition of community screenings this Puja, with overwhelming response.At BE (East), four classics were screened on various Puja days. The ...
17 October 2025 TelegraphA vacation division bench of Calcutta High Court headed by Justice Biswajit Basu on Thursday directed the state government to inform the court within the next three weeks about the steps taken to implement the court-framed 2019 guidelines on ...
17 October 2025 TelegraphThe state government has ordered all registering authorities associated with the transport department to scrutinise databases and identify vehicles that have secured the compulsory fitness certificate (CF) without paying taxes and renewing permits.A notification by the state transport secretary, ...
17 October 2025 TelegraphA resident of New Town was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly impersonating a senior official from the chief minister’s office at Nabanna, and for purportedly employing the state government's logo and emblem to extort money from people.Police said Saurav ...
17 October 2025 TelegraphThree men wanted in connection with a murder in Rajasthan, and believed to be hiding in Calcutta, sneaked into a residential complex near the Hyatt Regency hotel along EM Bypass late on Thursday night. They hid in a cornice ...
17 October 2025 TelegraphAt a moment when their conflict with humans has escalated in a certain area of Uttar Pradesh, foresters and researchers are observing the population, habitat, and behaviour of wolves in south Bengal.Protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection ...
17 October 2025 TelegraphAcademic performance may still matter, but for a growing number of parents, it is no longer the only factor when choosing a school for their child. A strong shift towards holistic education is changing how schools are being assessed, ...
17 October 2025 TelegraphA white WagonR parked at Nimtala Ghat rolled backwards into the Hooghly on Thursday morning, injuring three people who were sleeping on the ghat.The vehicle’s owner, Amit Agarwal, a resident of 188B Maniktala Main Road, had taken his mother ...
17 October 2025 TelegraphCity police commissioner Manoj Verma visited the Bazi Bazar at Shahid Minar on Thursday and formally inaugurated the fair, though stalls had been set up by Tuesday. During his visit, he instructed all stall owners to sell only green ...
17 October 2025 TelegraphA direct flight to Guangzhou, China, from Calcutta has generated very encouraging demand in advance of its relaunch on October 26.Despite return fares reaching as high as ₹56,000 on some days, travellers have eagerly booked seats, signalling strong interest. ...
17 October 2025 TelegraphTo crack down on drink driving ahead of the festive season, Kolkata Police will deploy 50 advanced breath analyzers across the city, a senior officer said on Thursday.These upgraded devices are aimed at making roadside checks more effective and ...
17 October 2025 TelegraphA 49-year-old man who allegedly posed as a senior official attached to the West Bengal Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) and extorted money from multiple people was arrested by the Cyber Police Station late on Wednesday night.The accused, identified as ...
17 October 2025 TelegraphA 28-year-old man riding a motorcycle died after an autorickshaw hit the two-wheeler on Karl Marx Sarani in Watgunge early on Wednesday, police said.After hitting the motorbike, the autorickshaw rammed into a trailer parked by the road. According ...
16 October 2025 TelegraphThe Sealdah division of Eastern Railway has announced several measures to manage the festive rush during Diwali and Chhath Puja, Rajeev Saxena, the Sealdah divisional railway manager, said on Wednesday. Entry and exitEntry and exit routes at Sealdah will ...
16 October 2025 TelegraphMonsoon gone, the signs of the onset of winter are visible in Calcutta. A significant dip in the Celsius is, however, still some time away, said Met officials. Clear skies and bright sunshine greeted Calcuttans for the fifth consecutive ...
16 October 2025 TelegraphWork on a water reservoir and pumping station at Marcus Square, which is being planned as a substitute for the reservoir under Mohammad Ali Park that needs immediate shutdown and repairs, could not be started because of “political trouble,” ...
16 October 2025 TelegraphA man and 16 women were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly operating a fake call centre at Minto Park, through which they reportedly cheated Indian and Bangladeshi nationals with false promises of marriage.Police said they had received information that ...
16 October 2025 TelegraphThe state government has instructed transport department officials to work from home during the Diwali holidays from October 18 to 28 to facilitate registration of vehicles purchased during this period.The GST rate cuts that came into effect on September ...
16 October 2025 TelegraphKolkata Police commissioner Manoj Verma on Wednesday alerted Calcuttans about online frauds through social media that appear to be Diwali offers or promise a chance to offer Kali Puja online. The top cop was speaking at a Kali Puja ...
16 October 2025 TelegraphIndia Post on Wednesday resumed postal services to the US, ending a 54-day suspension triggered by a change in American import policy.All categories of international mail — including EMS, air parcels, registered letters/packets, and tracked packets — can now ...
16 October 2025 TelegraphMetro services on the Blue Line came to a halt for over an hour on Wednesday afternoon, marking yet another disruption on the often snag-ridden corridor.The timing could not have been worse. The outage coincided with a BJP rally ...
16 October 2025 TelegraphAirfares to Calcutta have more than doubled from some cities this weekend, as many Calcuttans are flying home for a long Diwali break.On Wednesday afternoon, a one-way economy class ticket from Mumbai to Calcutta for a Thursday evening flight ...
16 October 2025 TelegraphA last-minute attempt by Kolkata Police to conduct noise-level checks on Diwali firecrackers to be sold at official Bazi Bazars had to be called off on Wednesday after none of the invited pollution-monitoring agencies turned up for the tests.The ...
16 October 2025 TelegraphKolkata Metro services on the Blue Line returned to normal around 2.25 pm on Wednesday, nearly two hours after a crack was detected on the track near MG Road station, bringing a brief period of chaos and inconvenience for ...
16 October 2025 TelegraphA second-year student of a private engineering college in Kolkata was allegedly raped by her classmate, and the accused was arrested from the Anandapur area in the southern part of the city, police said.The woman, who came to West ...
16 October 2025 TelegraphMetro services on the Blue Line were partially disrupted on Wednesday afternoon after a crack was detected on the track near MG Road station.The glitch was reported around 12:45 pm. Maidan to Dumdum services remain cancelled.Around 12.40 pm, a ...
16 October 2025 TelegraphAn engineering student who was wanted in connection with the alleged rape of a classmate was arrested on Tuesday.Police said Rajdeep Roy was arrested from his relative’s home at Sarsuna, on the south-western fringes of the city. “He had ...
15 October 2025 TelegraphSeveral CBSE schools are telling Class X students and their parents to focus on their first board exam instead of banking on the cushion of the second to improve their scores. Starting 2026, students appearing for the CBSE Class ...
15 October 2025 TelegraphClear sky and bright sunshine greeted Calcuttans for the fourth straight day on Tuesday with a drop in the moisture level.On Monday, southwest monsoon retreated from Bengal. The minimum relative humidity — a measure of the humidity in the ...
15 October 2025 TelegraphMore international flights from Calcutta and Bengal’s projection as one of the best tourist destinations are on the wish list of the first woman to lead a 125-year-old business chamber.“A lot of infrastructure development is taking place in the ...
15 October 2025 TelegraphA legal case has been initiated against an undertrial prisoner lodged in Presidency jail for allegedly smuggling in and retaining a mobile phone in his possession, which was said to have been used by another undertrial prisoner who successfully ...
15 October 2025 TelegraphOne of the 14 stay cables marked for replacement in the first phase of Vidyasagar Setu’s overhaul was replaced during last weekend’s nine-hour traffic closure. The full overhaul of the country’s longest cable-stayed bridge, which connects Calcutta and Howrah, ...
15 October 2025 TelegraphDoing away with the annual sound test for firecrackers will take the city back to a time when there were no restrictions on the noise limit for sound crackers, environment activists have warned.Metro reported on Tuesday that the sound ...
15 October 2025 TelegraphAs part of its centenary celebrations, Maulana Azad College is setting up an archival gallery and museum to showcase a collection of old manuscripts, journals, scientific instruments, and historic documents — many of which have never been on public ...
15 October 2025 TelegraphThe Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) plans to introduce a new school assessment framework aimed at fostering continuous improvement in education quality, inclusivity, leadership, and parent engagement.The pilot phase of the initiative, named Rise (Review for ...
15 October 2025 TelegraphStudents, parents, and teachers from the Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy (IICP) blocked Taratala Road on Tuesday morning in a bid to draw the administration’s attention to its crumbling condition. The protest highlighted a stretch riddled with potholes, craters ...
15 October 2025 TelegraphA city court on Monday granted bail to Pinaki Banerjee, the 55-year-old security guard of South Calcutta Law College and a co-accused in the gang rape of a 24-year-old student inside the college premises in June.Banerjee is the first ...
15 October 2025 TelegraphThe civic body will level the undulated portions of EM Bypass between the Ruby crossing and Dhalai bridge this winter. However, experts have warned that this will only be a stopgap measure, not a long-term solution.The stretch, which suffers ...
14 October 2025 TelegraphA nine-year-old girl who was sent to deliver embroidered garments at a zari embroidery unit was allegedly sexually harassed by the manager of the unit on Saturday evening, police said. The accused, identified as Imtiaz Alam, was arrested on ...
14 October 2025 TelegraphA sound test meant to measure the decibel levels of firecrackers has not been conducted this year, even as Bazi Bazars are set to open from Tuesday, prompting concerns that the authorities may have skipped the mandatory check.In 2023, ...
14 October 2025 TelegraphThe alleged gang rape of a medical student in Durgapur and chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s advice that women should not be allowed to leave campus at night have triggered outrage. While many working in the field of gender rights ...
14 October 2025 TelegraphThe monsoon has officially departed from Bengal on Monday, the Met office confirmed.The city got its third straight bright and sunny day on Monday, while most of Bengal was bone dry.As the dry northwesterly winds tighten their grip on ...
14 October 2025 TelegraphQR codes, previously the only way to verify green crackers, have been discontinued, even though the rule mandates using only green crackers this Diwali. Environment activists fear that reduced vigilance could worsen pollution levels. Unaware of what is legal, ...
14 October 2025 TelegraphA 19-year-old boy was arrested on Monday for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl multiple times and leaving her pregnant, police said.Officers of South Port police station received an email from the father of the girl complaining that she had ...
14 October 2025 TelegraphAn elderly retired bank official was duped out of ₹28 lakh by placing him under digital arrest, police said.Alleged fraudsters claimed that a package — booked in his name — had been found containing narcotics and it had been ...
14 October 2025 TelegraphOne school has deferred its post-Puja sports activities by a week, while another one, which was scheduled to host an inter-school sports event last month, had to postpone because of the heavy rain this year. The brunt of the ...
14 October 2025 TelegraphSeveral roads in Salt Lake continue to remain broken and battered, with residents complaining that some of them were damaged even after repairs only a few months ago. Motorists complain of frequent damage to their vehicles because of the ...
13 October 2025 TelegraphA family that went out of the city during Durga Puja, leaving their pet — a Persian cat — at a creche in their neighbourhood, discovered upon their return that the cat had allegedly been exchanged.Based on the family’s ...
13 October 2025 TelegraphMore than 250 dengue cases were reported in the city in the last 30 days, according to data shared by Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) officials.A KMC official said on Sunday that 791 cases were reported till October 5.An official ...
13 October 2025 TelegraphAn elderly woman in south Calcutta was defrauded on Saturday after she received a package from an app delivery platform. The delivery person claimed the parcel contained sunscreen lotion ordered by her daughter. The woman paid ₹1,500 for the ...
13 October 2025 TelegraphThe last weekend before Dhanteras and Diwali saw a surge in festive shopping across Calcutta.Cars, jewellery, phones, consumer durables and decorative lights — there was a robust demand across segments. Stores decorated with promotional offers were crowded throughout the ...
13 October 2025 TelegraphAn adjustment in operations to alleviate delays and interruptions on the Metro Blue Line has been effective, though only to some degree.There was a another disruption on the Blue Line on Sunday night, the latest in a series of ...
13 October 2025 TelegraphAn elderly woman who manages a book reading shop near Shakespeare Sarani was allegedly cheated out of ₹1.2 lakh by an unknown caller.The caller, who presented himself as the branch manager of a bank, convinced her to install an ...
13 October 2025 TelegraphMonsoon is set to start retreating from Bengal from Monday, the Met office has said.Calcutta, and much of south Bengal, have been dry for the past two days after a long and incessant period of rain.“Conditions are favourable for ...
13 October 2025 TelegraphA fresh technical glitch crippled services on the Blue Line Metro for three hours on Saturday, disrupting commutes across the north-south corridor.The glitch was reported around 12.50pm, when a fault was detected in the automated display panel at Dum ...
13 October 2025 TelegraphLucrative “Diwali Bonanza” offers flooding social media have become one of the biggest concerns for police this festive season, as fraudsters increasingly use such advertisements as bait to trap unsuspecting shoppers.Most of these offers that look “too good to ...
13 October 2025 TelegraphOnly a handful of tea gardens will achieve a positive EBIDTA (earnings before interest, depreciation, taxes, and amortisation) this year, Hemant Bangur, chairman of the India Tea Association (ITA), has warned, citing lower market price of tea on the ...
12 October 2025 TelegraphA tunnel boring machine (TBM) began digging the second tunnel from Kidderpore on Saturday evening, speeding up work on the underground section of the long-delayed Joka-BBD Bag Metro corridor (Purple Line).Two TBMs had earlier been lowered into a launching ...
12 October 2025 TelegraphCivic teams conducted an overnight operation on Friday to clear around 300 hoardings that had been erected for Durga Puja.The drive was launched after the seven-day deadline for removing the hoardings expired on Thursday.Two teams visited EM Bypass and ...
12 October 2025 TelegraphThe School Service Commission (SSC) is set to begin accepting online applications for non-teaching positions in government-aided schools starting November 3.The commission, which issued a notification on Thursday, stated that the month-long exercise will continue until December 3.Metro reported ...
12 October 2025 TelegraphA 20-year-old man was arrested on Saturday for allegedly raping a woman with a disability in Nadial, in Calcutta’s port area, in the early hours of Saturday.Mohammad Yeasin, a resident of Bagdi Para Road in Nadial’s Ayub Nagar, was ...
12 October 2025 TelegraphAn 88-year-old resident of Rashbehari Avenue was “digitally arrested” for a day and coerced into paying ₹33 lakh by fraudsters who pretended to be CBI officers, police said.The elderly man was told that unless he paid up, he would ...
12 October 2025 TelegraphStudents in Classes X and XII should be encouraged to take internships and relate classroom learning to real-life experience, the chief executive and secretary of the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) told school principals on Saturday.The ...
12 October 2025 TelegraphAfter eight long, sleepless nights inside a sunken hideout in a forest in Kenya, 60-year-old Calcutta-based wildlife photographer and businessman Rajarshi Banerji finally got the shot he had been waiting for: a pride of lionesses and their cubs drinking ...
12 October 2025 TelegraphAbout 1.5 lakh of the 2.5 lakh students studying under the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) switch to other boards after Class X, the council’s chief executive and secretary, Joseph Emmanuel, told Metro on Saturday.During a ...
12 October 2025 TelegraphMetro Railway Kolkata General Manager Subhransu Mishra on Saturday inaugurated the Purple Line tunnelling work by the second TBM (Tunnel Boring Machine), an official statement said.A launching shaft measuring 37 m in length, 22 m in width, and 17 ...
12 October 2025 TelegraphCuriosity is where learning begins, astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian to travel to the International Space Station, told 50,000 students across the country and abroad on Friday. He was in an online session connected to almost 1,000 classrooms. ...
12 October 2025 TelegraphThe state higher secondary council has said that it would protect the interests of students while evaluating the answer scripts of mathematics, following complaints that examinees struggled to answer “tough questions” within the stipulated one hour and 15 minutes. ...
12 October 2025 TelegraphRegistered Post, one of the oldest services in India’s postal history, has been discontinued.Offered as a standalone service since the British era and valued for secure and accountable delivery, Registered Post has now been merged with Speed Post, a ...
12 October 2025 TelegraphA man carrying a “gun” had sneaked close to chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s Kalighat residence on Thursday. Later, it was found to be an air gun.Police said the 51-year-old man, who had a bag in one hand and a ...
12 October 2025 TelegraphThe first pandal that students of DPS Megacity visited this year was their own. The school hosted a full-fledged Durga Puja with decorations elaborate enough to rival any neighbourhood pandal.The theme of the puja was “hands”. A huge 3D ...
12 October 2025 TelegraphPresidency University authorities have called a meeting of the review committee next month to decide on the process of screening students at the undergraduate level next year. The university, which outsourced the assignment of screening prospective students to the ...
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