The deposition of witnesses started before a city court on Tuesday in the trial of the case related to financial irregularities at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. Former principal of RG Medical College and Hospital Sandip Ghosh is ...
31 July 2025 TelegraphTravel from Calcutta to Southeast Asia got a boost in two ways — an airline will start flights between Calcutta and Bangkok this November, and Singapore’s tourism board has partnered with an Indian airline to promote tourism to the ...
31 July 2025 TelegraphFish importers from Calcutta have written to Bangladesh’s ministry of foreign affairs in Dhaka, requesting them to allow export of “Padma-r ilish” ahead of Durga Puja.Durga Puja will be celebrated from September 28 to October 2.In a letter to ...
31 July 2025 TelegraphTiger cubs and juveniles are thriving in the Sunderbans, suggest images taken by trap cameras placed for an annual census of the big cat.Forest officials stated that a healthy young population indicates the mangrove ecosystem is in good shape.Trap ...
31 July 2025 TelegraphThe high court on Tuesday asked the state government and the state joint entrance examination (JEE) board to explain by August 7 why the JEE results could not be published. A division bench gave the order while hearing a ...
31 July 2025 TelegraphIIT Kharagpur is awaiting recommendations from an external experts committee to specifically “give a thought” to the crisis laid bare by the spate of deaths on the campus, director Suman Chakraborty said on Tuesday.The director said this a day ...
31 July 2025 TelegraphThe city’s hospitals are full and a large number of patients are suffering from chest infections, doctors and officials said.At several private hospitals on Tuesday, designated wards for pulmonary care were full, and patients with respiratory infections were spilling ...
31 July 2025 TelegraphKolkata and large parts of Bengal have been experiencing continuous rain for the past few days, and the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has now issued a forecast indicating persistent rain and thundershowers for the next seven days. This period ...
30 July 2025 TelegraphThree youths who had come to attend a birthday party at a studio apartment inside a residential complex in Rajarhat were arrested on Sunday for allegedly stealing a motorbike from the premises.Police sources said the complex is a condominium ...
30 July 2025 TelegraphIIT Kharagpur will keep the interaction window with parents open. The authorities will speak to parents every alternate month to remind them not to expose their children to parental pressure, the IIT director said last week. At the induction ...
30 July 2025 TelegraphThe Supreme Court on Monday issued a directive to the authorities in Bengal and Uttar Pradesh to accelerate the investigation into the recent suicides at IIT Kharagpur and Sharda University in Greater Noida.The court reminded the authorities of their ...
30 July 2025 TelegraphA cyclonic circulation over Bangladesh triggered a sharp spell of showers in Calcutta on Monday afternoon and was likely to cause more rain on Tuesday, said Met officials.There is a possibility of another similar spell in Calcutta before Wednesday ...
30 July 2025 TelegraphTwo Bangladeshi nationals carrying Indian passports that they had allegedly obtained fraudulently were arrested while trying to board a flight for Vietnam from the Calcutta airport on Saturday. Both the accused had entered India with valid Bangladeshi passports on ...
30 July 2025 TelegraphBehala College was formally conferred autonomous status for 10 years by Calcutta University on Monday.The university issued a letter to the college announcing the conferment — a recognition that will allow the college to independently run its course curriculum, ...
29 July 2025 TelegraphA man was allegedly robbed of his valuables after being served tea laced with sedatives during his first meeting with a prospective bride whom he met through a matrimony site. The woman was arrested on Sunday. Sudip Bose, a ...
29 July 2025 TelegraphA nature interpretation centre highlighting the uniqueness of the East Kolkata Wetlands and showcasing its rich biodiversity will be set-up by mid-next year.The interpretation centre is planned near Nalban.Despite performing several important functions that include draining out sewage and ...
29 July 2025 TelegraphA road used by thousands travelling between Calcutta and its south-western fringes, like Batanagar and Maheshtala, is in a perilous condition, with daily commuters complaining that the state of the road is getting worse with time. Around ten days ...
29 July 2025 TelegraphThe Supreme Court’s stay on Calcutta High Court’s order to put on hold the implementation of the state’s new list of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) has paved the way for the publication of the state JEE results, merit lists ...
29 July 2025 TelegraphPassenger services to Kavi Subhash (New Garia) Metro station were indefinitely suspended on Monday after cracks were detected in the columns of the platform of the terminal station of the north-south corridor (Blue Line).Metro officials linked the cracks to ...
29 July 2025 TelegraphTwo panchayats in the Sunderbans have given a written undertaking to the forest department that fishermen will not breach nylon nets bordering the forest and villagers will not dump dead livestock along the riverbank.Tigers from the forests strayed near ...
29 July 2025 TelegraphThe deplorable condition of Calcutta’s roads now finds a match in its flyovers. Many elevated stretches across the city feature worn, broken, and battered surfaces riddled with multiple small potholes, offering commuters a bumpy ride.Among the worst affected are ...
29 July 2025 TelegraphMinimally invasive surgery, an approach that uses smaller incisions than traditional open surgery, is being increasingly used to treat spine problems, doctors said.A city hospital, specialising in spine and brain surgeries, last week hosted a conference on unilateral biportal ...
29 July 2025 TelegraphLanguage-based profiling would fracture the country's unity, several residents said on Sunday while taking part in rallies protesting against alleged attacks on Bengalis in other states.Many participants were not Bengali speakers themselves.Trinamool councillors of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation organised ...
29 July 2025 TelegraphA spider that does not build webs but is a robust and agile hunter nonetheless has been discovered in the Sunderbans.The finding marks the first recorded instance of the genus Piratula in India, a group of wolf spiders predominantly ...
28 July 2025 TelegraphAn upgrade of the third rail of the north-south or Blue line of Metro Rail, meant to save energy and equip itself to run trains at shorter intervals, saw its first phase completed on Saturday. The Mahanayak Uttam Kumar ...
28 July 2025 TelegraphSeveral roads across the city are riddled with numerous small potholes, making driving difficult and hazardous. The jerking movements, often very tough to control, can suddenly drag a car or a two-wheeler to the right or left. Car drivers ...
28 July 2025 TelegraphTwo women, one of them a caregiver and the other a domestic help, were arrested last week for allegedly stealing jewellery from their employers’ residences in different parts of the city. One of them was caught after analysing CCTV ...
28 July 2025 TelegraphAn annual field trip to the museum is not enough. Students need regular engagement, and teachers must pre-plan activities to make museums an integral part of the teaching and learning process.This was the key message from educators and museum ...
28 July 2025 TelegraphA man seeking to report a savings account issue was allegedly duped out of over ₹1 lakh after finding a fake customer care number online.Sandip Kumar Agarwal, 32, of Alif Nagar in Garden Reach, searched for his private bank’s ...
28 July 2025 TelegraphAn emergency academic council meeting of IIM Calcutta has decided to allow its student who was arrested for rape and is now out on bail to attend classes from Monday, campus sources said.Paramanand Mahaveer Toppannawar, 26, however, cannot stay ...
28 July 2025 TelegraphAn academic and politician based in London, returned to his alma mater, St James’ School, on Friday with a message for students: “Difference isn’t a weakness, it’s a strength.”Rohit K. Dasgupta, an associate professor of gender and sexuality at ...
28 July 2025 TelegraphThe city airport’s existing terminal will exclusively serve domestic passengers once a new terminal becomes operational, reflecting the stark disparity between domestic and international traffic at Calcutta’s main airport.The new terminal building, part of the Phase II expansion worth ...
28 July 2025 TelegraphA male preserve that opened its doors to individual women members as late as 2007 will now be led by a woman.The venerable 118-year-old Calcutta Club has elected its first woman president —businesswoman Kasturi Raha.In the club election held ...
27 July 2025 TelegraphA neutral community representative will be selected from each polling booth to engage with residents and identify local issues, the Bengal government said in a standard operating procedure (SOP) prepared to implement the Amader Para Amader Samadhan programme.Chief minister ...
27 July 2025 TelegraphGoverning body members of South Calcutta Law College have asked the vice-principal why Monojit Mishra, the main accused in a gang-rape on campus on June 25, and two other contractual staffers had access to CCTV footage from the institute’s ...
27 July 2025 TelegraphCalcutta University will formally notify on Monday the autonomous status of Behala College, the university’s registrar told The Telegraph on Saturday. The autonomous status will allow the college to run its academic and administrative affairs independently.Principal Sharmila Mitra said ...
27 July 2025 TelegraphThe Bay depression that triggered a deluge in the city moved past Jharkhand and was over Chhattisgarh by Saturday morning. Calcuttans woke up to sunshine, but through the day the sky alternated between cloudy and sunny. The city received ...
27 July 2025 TelegraphPostgraduate admissions at Calcutta University will be carried out based on other backward classes (OBC) reservation rules of 2010, said an official on Friday.CU’s officiating vice-chancellor, Santa Datta De, said the university has decided to proceed with the rules ...
27 July 2025 TelegraphThe director of IIT Kharagpur issued a strong appeal to parents during the induction programme for freshers on Friday, asking them to reduce pressure on their children and prioritise their mental well-being.The event, usually meant only for new students, ...
26 July 2025 TelegraphA woman in her 20s was allegedly harassed and kicked by an app cab driver in Salt Lake after she refused to pay ₹40 extra.Police said the driver tried to drop her at a different location. He was arrested ...
26 July 2025 TelegraphManoj Verma, the commissioner of the city police, said that the standard operating procedure for guest houses and hotels was being reviewed. Last week, four men accused of shooting down gangster Chandan Mishra inside Patna’s Paras Hospital were arrested ...
26 July 2025 TelegraphPolice have initiated a probe against Trinamool Congress leaders Paresh Pal, Swapan Samaddar and Papiya Ghosh after Biswajit Sarkar, brother of slain BJP worker Avijit Sarkar, lodged a police complaint on Thursday alleging that three workers of the Kolkata ...
26 July 2025 TelegraphThe municipal commissioner of Calcutta has written to the chairperson of Calcutta Port about ten roads under its watch that need immediate repairs, mayor Firhad Hakim said on Friday. Hakim said all the roads flagged in the letter were ...
26 July 2025 TelegraphThe officiating vice-chancellor of Calcutta University, Santa Datta De, said on Friday that the varsity removed the convener of the inspection team probing alleged irregularities at South Calcutta Law College because he was impeding the investigation.Jatin Kumar Das, CU’s ...
26 July 2025 TelegraphA portion of a private market in Bowbazaar collapsed in the wee hours of Friday, in the overnight rains that lashed the city. No casualties were reported in the incident. The Trinamool councillor from ward 48, Bishwarup Dey ...
26 July 2025 TelegraphA room full of Feluda fans sat around tasty bakes and steaming brew to take a verbal tour around the city, making pit stops at the roads and neighbourhoods where the sleuth’s maker had taken him in course of ...
26 July 2025 TelegraphA doctor from Barasat who came across an advertisement of a money investment platform on social media and was inducted into a WhatsApp group on the pretext of providing investment tips lost ₹36 lakh, which he thought he had ...
26 July 2025 TelegraphThe Hidco authorities are aiming to clear the streets surrounding the multi-level parking facility that was inaugurated on July 17 by chief minister Mamata Banerjee.For starters, Street 327, the road between Hidco Bhavan and the Biswa Bangla exhibition centre, ...
26 July 2025 TelegraphAction Area II, the least populated and least developed part of New Town, got a new community space with the opening of Taranyo. The amusement park for children shares a boundary wall to the right with Eco Urban Village ...
26 July 2025 TelegraphThere’s no pain like watching your friends wolf down biriyani while you look away for fear of a sugar spike. Well, Oudh 1590 has just unveiled a solution — diabetic-friendly biriyani.“I once visited this restaurant with a diabetic friend ...
26 July 2025 TelegraphSalt Lake Senior Citizens’ Association, whose members meet for morning walks at BA-CA Park, celebrated 27 years of camaraderie with a cultural event at Rabindra Okakura Bhavan.“We may have grown old, but there is no dip in our enthusiasm,” ...
26 July 2025 TelegraphA youth collapses while enjoying a crab meal on the beach in Digha. He complains of dizziness and shortness of breath before passing out. His friends assume it’s a heart attack and rush him to a doctor, but he ...
26 July 2025 TelegraphSouth Calcutta Law College’s governing body on Thursday decided not to renew the contracts of two casual staffers appointed alongside Monojit Mishra, the prime accused in the alleged campus gang-rape on June 25.Amit Adhikari and Barun Banerjee were hired ...
26 July 2025 TelegraphCalcutta: The West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC) will conduct fresh selection tests to appoint teachers at government-aided schools on September 7 and 14, commission chairman Siddhartha Majumdar announced on Thursday.The state government approved these dates on Wednesday after ...
26 July 2025 TelegraphA woman panchayat pradhan from a district in Bengal was allegedly raped in a hotel on Park Street by a man who promised to help her husband, who is in jail in connection with a case being probed by ...
26 July 2025 TelegraphCalcutta University has decided to take steps to appoint permanent teachers across departments because vacancies are posing a problem in conducting regular classes, the university’s registrar said on Thursday.The syndicate, the university’s highest policy-making body, took the decision at ...
26 July 2025 TelegraphThe Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) on Thursday released specimen question papers for some subjects for ICSE (Class X) and ISC (Class XII) 2026 and Classes IX and XI for the current academic year.The council introduced ...
25 July 2025 TelegraphThe brother of Avijit Sarkar, the BJP worker allegedly murdered during the 2021 post-poll violence, lodged a police complaint on Thursday alleging that some workers of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) tried to murder him near his house on ...
25 July 2025 TelegraphThe Alipore zoo does not have any tiger, lion or leopard, if a central government report is anything to go by. Thousands of visitors to the 151-year-old park will claim otherwise as they see these majestic creatures with their ...
25 July 2025 TelegraphKolkata Police have turned to ‘gait analysis’, a scientific technique that studies how people walk, to verify the presence of the four accused in the June 25 Kasba gang-rape case at South Calcutta Law college.The technique will be used ...
25 July 2025 TelegraphA passenger has been caught on CCTV camera defacing a door of a Metro compartment with spray paint. The carrier released the CCTV footage on Wednesday.The 35-second clip shows a spectacled man, with a backpack in the front, walking ...
25 July 2025 TelegraphA gait pattern analysis of Monojit Mishra, prime accused in the South Calcutta Law College gang-rape, started inside the Presidency jail on Wednesday. Police said his walking pattern would be matched with the person spotted in CCTV footage from ...
25 July 2025 TelegraphTwo neurodivergent individuals recently interned at an ice cream manufacturing unit in the city — an experience that, according to those who work with them, helped them become more independent, employable, and better prepared for the real world.The two ...
25 July 2025 TelegraphThe city reeled under the twin assaults of heat and humidity on Wednesday.The Met office said heavy rain was on its way.A cyclonic circulation is expected to take shape over the north bay of Bengal by Thursday and intensify ...
25 July 2025 TelegraphA man was arrested in Bankura on Tuesday night for allegedly running a racket that enabled fraudsters to obtain personal loans from a private bank.The fraudsters impersonated a government employee and submitted fake salary statements, police said.A private bank ...
24 July 2025 TelegraphMore than a fourth of taxpayers in New Town have yet to complete the mutation of their properties. But they may now have no option but to complete the process.The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has tweaked its ...
24 July 2025 TelegraphA citizens’ forum has flagged discrepancies in the number of animals at the Alipore zoo on the last day of 2023-24 and the first day of 2024-25. More than 300 animals were found “missing overnight”, according to the annual ...
24 July 2025 TelegraphThe high court on Wednesday rejected a petition by a group demanding a CBI probe into allegations that they were cheated with false promises of employment in government-aided schools. According to the petitioners, at least 13 people in and ...
24 July 2025 TelegraphA high court judge on Wednesday expressed discontent with a government official for not adhering to an earlier order after allegations by some directors against a federation of Tollygunge technicians.In a July 8 order, Justice Amrita Sinha directed the ...
24 July 2025 TelegraphThe Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has found that only about 8,500 hawkers on Calcutta’s pavements have set up stalls adhering to street vending rules. The remaining vast majority have either gobbled up more space on the pavement than permitted ...
24 July 2025 TelegraphThe United States, United Kingdom, Australia and Canada have long dominated the pecking order for students seeking higher education abroad. However, school principals and education consultants say they are witnessing a notable shift, with many students now actively considering ...
24 July 2025 TelegraphFour men were arrested in Garden Reach on Tuesday with ATM cards from multiple banks, allegedly used to withdraw proceeds from online fraud.A police officer explained that the cards were tied to mule accounts — bank accounts used to ...
24 July 2025 TelegraphThe municipal commissioner has sought a detailed report from the civic body’s roads department on the crumbling condition of Southern Avenue, repaired just two years ago.“The commissioner of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has asked for a detailed report ...
24 July 2025 TelegraphPrivate hospital beds across the city have become critically scarce, with many patients being turned away from emergency wards as the city grapples with a perfect storm of healthcare challenges.A surge in flu cases and a pre-Puja rush for ...
24 July 2025 TelegraphA 28-year-old man was found murdered lying on the footpath in a south Calcutta neighbourhood off Sarat Bose Road early on Tuesday. Morning walkers spotted the man lying in front of Sudesh Bhavan at 162A Sarat Bose Road ...
24 July 2025 TelegraphIIT Kharagpur will introduce an induction programme for parents on July 25, to be held alongside the orientation for first-year BTech students, the institute’s director said.The move comes amid alarm over a spate of student deaths on campus, with ...
24 July 2025 TelegraphA tree audit conducted on 10 arterial roads in the city has identified nearly 150 trees that are either leaning dangerously or have exposed roots requiring immediate attention. The audit also found at least 10 dead trees whose branches ...
24 July 2025 TelegraphA jewellery store owner who was missing from his Baguiati home since Friday was found dead on the railway tracks in Birati on Monday.Police said Gagan Sonalia’s body was found on the tracks close to Birati station. Railway officials ...
24 July 2025 TelegraphTwo policemen arrested in connection with the 2021 post-poll murder of BJP worker Avijit Sarkar moved bail prayers before Calcutta High Court on Tuesday.Ratna Sarkar, an inspector who was the investigating officer of the murder case when the probe ...
23 July 2025 TelegraphBehala College will be granted autonomous status, Calcutta University decided on Tuesday, accepting a recommendation of the UGC. Calcutta University’s syndicate, the university’s highest decision-making body, which met on Tuesday, passed a resolution stating that the college will be ...
23 July 2025 TelegraphIrish nun of the Loreto Order, Sister Maeve Hughes, 96, was a scholar, author and innovative principal of Loreto College Calcutta for over 14 years. She died in the city on Saturday.She balanced sharp discipline and judgement with compassion ...
23 July 2025 TelegraphThe IIM Calcutta student arrested on rape charges was released from Presidency Correctional Home on bail on Tuesday, said his lawyer Subrata Sardar. Paramanand Mahaveer Toppannawar, 26, a second-year IIM student from Karnataka, was arrested on charges of raping ...
23 July 2025 TelegraphThe shooter who led four other gunmen into the ICU of Paras Hospital in Patna and shot dead ailing gangster Chandan Mishra on July 17 was arrested from a guesthouse in Calcutta on Saturday night. But this is not ...
23 July 2025 TelegraphA second-year student of IIT Kharagpur died on Monday night after choking on a tablet he was trying to swallow.Chandradeep Pawar, the 19-year-old electrical engineering student from Madhya Pradesh, was declared dead at the B.C. Roy Technology Hospital on ...
23 July 2025 TelegraphRemnants of powerful tropical storm Wipha, which made landfall in northern Vietnam on Tuesday after sweeping across Southeast Asia, are expected to develop into a cyclonic circulation over the north Bay of Bengal by Wednesday.The system is tipped to ...
23 July 2025 TelegraphFormer Trinamool student leader Monojit Mishra and three others accused in the South Calcutta Law College gang-rape were on Tuesday remanded in judicial custody till August 5.Mishra, who faces 12 criminal cases under the jurisdiction of Kolkata Police, was ...
23 July 2025 TelegraphOne of the city’s few remaining boulevards was restored in 2023 but has developed cracks and potholes again by mid-2025. The condition of Southern Avenue raises serious questions about the quality of repairs carried out by the civic body.Unlike ...
23 July 2025 TelegraphUnlike many years in the past, this July 21 — a usual red-letter day in Bengal’s work calendar — was different. Many feel the 9am-11am window created by Calcutta High Court, when entry of rallyists into the city was ...
23 July 2025 TelegraphVehicles started rolling along one flank of Central Avenue a little over an hour after the Trinamool Congress event at Esplanade concluded around 2.40pm on Monday. Police and workers from the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) removed barricades that had ...
23 July 2025 TelegraphThe city will have one more flight route to Thailand from November, Calcutta airport and travel industry sources said on Monday.Thai Vietjet Air, a subsidiary of Vietnam-based low-cost airline Vietjet Air, is scheduled to launch Calcutta-Bangkok flights from the ...
23 July 2025 TelegraphThe Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a special leave petition challenging Calcutta High Court’s decision to allow Bengal’s new teacher recruitment rules, clearing the way for the state to proceed with fresh hiring under guidelines formulated in May 2025.A ...
23 July 2025 TelegraphIIM Calcutta will allow rape-accused second-year student Paramanand Mahaveer Toppannawar, 26, to resume classes, but he will not be permitted to stay in the hostel, an institute official said. Paramanand is scheduled to be released on bail on Tuesday.Director-in-charge ...
23 July 2025 TelegraphMonday was a dry July 21 in Calcutta, unlike the past couple of years, but another rainy spell is incoming, the Met office said. A low-pressure area is likely to take shape over the north Bay of Bengal mid-week. ...
23 July 2025 TelegraphCalcutta University has asked the students who allegedly locked up teachers and students of the geography department on July 8 at Ballygunge Science College under the pretext of a protest to meet the registrar next month and explain their ...
21 July 2025 TelegraphA theft of bathroom fittings and ceiling fans worth ₹35 lakh has been reported from The Oberoi Grand, Kolkata. The hotel has remained closed to guests since last August because of restoration. On June 21, around 5pm, a shift ...
21 July 2025 TelegraphIIT Kharagpur is planning to start motivational lectures to reduce mental stress of students, the institute's director said on Sunday. The move follows the death of Ritam Mondal, 21, a fourth-year mechanical engineering student, was found hanging in his ...
21 July 2025 TelegraphTauseef, the prime accused in gangster Chandan Mishra’s murder at Paras Hospital in Patna, calls himself Badshah, “king of Patna” and posts pictures with cars on social media. Tauseef, who loves to flaunt his cars on social media, was ...
21 July 2025 TelegraphIIT Kharagpur is working on teaching students how to manage academic demands alongside the growing pressure of internships — drawing lessons from a spate of student suicides on campus.A senior official acknowledged that students were becoming increasingly focused on ...
21 July 2025 TelegraphEleven of the 12 Kingfisher species found in the Indian subcontinent are also found in Bengal, a birdwatchers’ group pointed out during a conference on Saturday.At the two-day conference, a proposal was made to declare a Sunday in July ...
21 July 2025 TelegraphFriday began with a hot and sunny morning before dark clouds took over the city skyline and triggered a sharp spell of rain in the afternoon.After the clouds passed, the sky cleared again.Similar conditions are likely to play out ...
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