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Shift from online carts to chaotic markets; all packed on last Sunday before Puja
Festive 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 TelegraphH-1B clarity fails to calm Indian workers, entire room filled with worry and tension
Indians 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 TelegraphBattling out odds: Visually impaired achievers from Indian Army and railway honoured
An 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 TelegraphWest Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences pupils gherao VC, demand resignation
Students 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 TelegraphKMC scrambles to fix potholes before Puja; call for comprehensive solutions to roads
Over 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 TelegraphHC backs Rani Birla Girls’ College head’s reinstatement, principal cannot be suspended
The 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 TelegraphSafety steers Puja travel plans, Northeast India & Southeast Asia emerge as top picks
With 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 TelegraphMotor vehicle offices to remain operational during Puja, orders state government
The 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 TelegraphPuja play reflects a troubled world, the little voices call for light amid strife
From 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 TelegraphRace against time to return: H-1B visa holders hurry back to US ahead of Trump deadline
Several 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 TelegraphCalcutta gets its 10th archbishop after announcement from Roman Catholic Archdiocese
Most 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 TelegraphPhD scholar found dead in IIT Kharagpur hostel; Ranchi boy 5th campus death this year
A 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 TelegraphSix arrested from Baghajatin State General Hospital after attack on police officers
A 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 TelegraphBearable-miserable condition: Mayor faces road queries after compare and contrast
A 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, fire team inspect major Puja pandals
Kolkata 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 TelegraphGuv can't stall bills: Ex-judge, ‘not agent of Centre, must act on advice of cabinet’
Former 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 TelegraphMedical cost rider in GST relief, different insurance policies to be more affordable
Individual 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 TelegraphRegent Park gangrape: Second and prime accused arrested from Deshapriya Park area
A 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 TelegraphFirst batch of Apple’s iPhone 17 stock gone within hours after launch in the city
The 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 TelegraphThree-front rainfall alert for Durga Puja, bay systems to trigger wet spells: Met
Durga 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, India’s Oscar entry picked in city; Ghaywan’s film selected from 24 entries
Homebound, 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 TelegraphPandals tackle social scars highlighting divorce pain to trauma after acid attack
In 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 TelegraphRegent Park gangrape: Kolkata Police arrest prime accused from Deshapriya Park area
Kolkata 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 TelegraphUnesco eases way to Durga for all, accessibility primer drawn up by IIT Kharagpur
The 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 TelegraphPlan for billboard overhaul, KMC’s new advertising system for the upscale roads
The 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 hall gets swanky new look with glass doors, false ceilings and more
BJ 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 TelegraphOne held over attack on jewellery unit
A 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 TelegraphJU drown death: Seven more students summoned and questioned for case development
Jadavpur: 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 TelegraphIIT Kharagpur, US-based technology enterprise join hands to set up tech hub in city
A 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 TelegraphSSC puts Group C and D staff hiring on hold, online applications halted by panel
The 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 TelegraphPower-packed Puja: State readies 24x7 electricity, helplines and safety tips
The 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 TelegraphIllegal kite strings seized, 12 arrested after biker’s death on Kalyani Expressway
The 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 TelegraphPuja vs Park: Walkers push out pandal from Smritiban
New 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 TelegraphEast-West Metro faces back-to-back disruptions due to glitch in communications system
A glitch in the communications-based train control system disrupted services on the East-West Metro, or the Green Line, on Thursday morning, the second such snag in two consecutive days.The duration of the disruption was shorter than that on Wednesday, ...
19 September 2025 TelegraphBangladesh hilsa flies off markets despite premium cost; sellers say 'prices will stabilise'
The 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 TelegraphSouth Calcutta Law College gang rape: Victim discontinues course, leaves institution
The 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 TelegraphSimilipal black tiger makes it to cover of National Geographic’s October 2025 edition
A 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 TelegraphThis month, that year: From Sector V’s plaza to a royal crash
2023: 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 TelegraphTop pujas in the East: From recycled wonders to social revolutions
Year: 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 TelegraphTechnical snag forces truncated Kolkata metro services on Green Line for half an hour
Truncated 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 TelegraphCalcutta HC grills chief secretary Manoj Pant on delayed court funds
State 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 TelegraphICSE council announces pilot test windows in October and November
The 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 TelegraphCBSE makes 75% attendance, internal assessment mandatory for board results
The 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 TelegraphThroat slit by kite string, biker dies: Focus back on banned Chinese manjha
An 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 is more than just child’s play: Psychologists’ tips to boost brain health across ages
Playing 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 TelegraphCU skips state holiday, stays open amid ongoing rift with government
The 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 Telegraph6 students quizzed in JU death case as campus safety comes under scanner
Police 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 TelegraphAirport shows mixed progress: Washrooms improve, but signage and traffic still a mess
Washrooms, 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 TelegraphDaily snags bare Metro fault lines: East-West line stalled for 2 hours in latest glitch
Disruptions 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 TelegraphSSKM gets 131-bed new facility, services to cost less than at private hospitals
Chief 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 TelegraphSSC uploads model answer keys of the selection test held for assistant teachers post
The 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 TelegraphCalcutta High Court stays removal of Rani Birla Girls College's principal
Justice 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 TelegraphBlaze at Santoshpur station disrupts suburban train services and damage stalls
A 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 TelegraphA lifetime blessing: Two donors’ organs save five lives, rebirth by kidneys and liver
The 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 TelegraphCops focus on rain and crowd plan, team goes for inspection ahead of the big rush
A 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 TelegraphHuman over AI stressed at meet, technological advancement to branch out everywhere
Apprehension 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 TelegraphNepal violence halts Kailash Yatra for Calcuttans forcing them to cancel reservations
The 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 TelegraphUrbana housing complex resident ‘falls’ to death from 45-storey tower
A 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 TelegraphDetective Byomkesh in Puja pandal, Dum Dum Park’s Graphic Novel Tribute to Saradindu
In 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 TelegraphVice-principal of South Calcutta Law College quits from post after several accusations
The 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 to reconstruct Anamika’s final hours at Jadavpur University before death
Police 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 TelegraphStudents cold to JU engineering seats, university to start independent counselling
Over 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 TelegraphKolkata: Display board glitch in several stations adds to Metro chaos among the commuters
Many 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 TelegraphPrimary school teacher’s transfer barred by Calcutta High Court
Justice 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 TelegraphHigh Court's query on parents' plea to visit the crime scene at RG Kar hospital
The 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 TelegraphPartha's bail plea order reserved; CBI court frames charges in another hiring case
A 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 TelegraphCrowd control steps during festive season by Sealdah division of Eastern Railway
The 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 TelegraphRepair deadline expires but craters remain, civic body races against weather and time
Several 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 TelegraphPandals speak for Bengali identity through language, partition and cultural memory
The 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 TelegraphRain cloud over south Bengal in run-up to Puja, organisers worried with fresh spell
With 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 unveils 'Indian Armed Forces Vision 2047' document
Prime 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 TelegraphStudent’s kin file murder complaint, father questions ‘missing safeguards’ on campus
The 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 TelegraphJU student death: ID checks, pond fencing planned and stricter security measures
Jadavpur 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 TelegraphDakshineswar stabbing ‘stray incident’, passenger safety under close CCTV watch: Kolkata Metro
Metro 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 TelegraphSSC interviews of shortlisted candidates to begin in November, says Bratya Basu
Interviews 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 TelegraphWorkshop on employee well-being held by Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry
The 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 TelegraphDirectorate of revenue intelligence seizes drugs in two separate raids, 10 arrested
The 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 TelegraphTwo motorcycle-borne snatchers arrested after 'chor chor' screams alert the police
A 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 TelegraphApplied maths option boosts enrollment among class XI students in CISCE schools
Several 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 TelegraphTeaching aspirants hope for fair selection as a fruitful result of their hard work
Those 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 TelegraphJU death probe: Kolkata Police summon 7 students, 'girls unsafe on Bengal campuses'
Seven 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 Telegraph75-year-old Golf Green man thrown down the stairs twice by his son-in-law: Police
The 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 Telegraph20 of 83 closed rooftop eateries apply for reopening to Kolkata Municipal Corporation
Of 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 TelegraphWet spell triggered by system over Bangladesh, a few more rainy days ahead: Met
A 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 TelegraphSuper Sunday sales bring smiles to traders, city is full fledged into Puja shopping
Durga Puja is barely a fortnight away, and Calcutta’s shopping hubs were crowded with buyers on Sunday.Sashthi is on September 28 this year. Retailers said they expected the demand to peak in the two weeks ahead.The sky was consistently ...
15 September 2025 TelegraphPhase two of the school service commission's selection test today at 478 centres
The school service commission (SSC) will hold a selection test on Sunday to shortlist candidates for 12,514 assistant teacher posts at the higher secondary level (Classes XI and XII) of government-aided schools. Over 2.46 lakh candidates have applied ...
15 September 2025 TelegraphTraffic curbs for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit today
Goods vehicles will be restricted across several city roads due to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit on Sunday and Monday, police said.The restrictions will be enforced between 3.30pm and 8pm on Sunday, and 7.30am and 4pm on Monday, in ...
15 September 2025 TelegraphCo-owners’ nod must for flat tweaks; mayor clarifies rules for any new construction
Any fresh construction in an apartment building or complex with multiple flats requires the consent of all co-owners, mayor Firhad Hakim said on Friday.Hakim was responding to a complaint from a resident of Satkari Mitra Lane in Bagmari, north ...
15 September 2025 TelegraphGang wars to cement syndicate control, struggles in power upliftment boiled up ego
The violence that shook Gulshan Colony on the city’s southeastern fringes on Thursday evening and into the early hours of Friday was allegedly rooted in a bitter power struggle. Police said a gang sought to assert control over the ...
15 September 2025 TelegraphKnee-jerk measures at JU after student’s death; long-term campus reform still missing
Jadavpur University, on Saturday, was back to doing what it does best after each death on campus. The security guards at the gate were seen asking students to produce their identity cards. Those who were driving in were being ...
15 September 2025 TelegraphDakshineswar Metro stabbing: The public inhuman activity followed 'weeks of teen feud'
The fatal stabbing at Dakshineswar Metro station on Friday was the bloody culmination of a simmering rivalry between two groups of schoolboys — led by the accused and the victim — that had seen public clashes over the past ...
15 September 2025 Telegraph75-year-old retired state government staffer dead in Golf Green, cops quiz son-in-law
A 75-year-old retired state government employee, Samik Kishore Gupta, was found dead in the courtyard of his two-storey house on Kalabagan Lane in Golf Green early on Saturday.Police said there were multiple injury marks on his body. Gupta possibly ...
15 September 2025 TelegraphDurga Puja chanda brawl: Couple assaulted for denying to pay an exuberant amount
A resident of Gobra in Topsia has alleged that he and his wife were assaulted by members of a local club after he refused to pay ₹10,000 as a puja subscription. Purported CCTV footage shows a group brutally assaulting ...
14 September 2025 Telegraph7 ghats set for makeover in port-led riverfront revival; all set for heritage project
Seven ghats along the Hooghly will be restored and beautified as part of a joint initiative involving Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), Kolkata Police, and several private corporations.The ghats identified for redevelopment are: Mayer Ghat, Surinam ...
14 September 2025 TelegraphKolkata set to resume direct flight to Kathmandu from October amid Nepal unrest
Nepal may be in the throes of unrest but Calcutta is set to resume its direct connection with the Himalayan capital next month.Come October 2 and Buddha Air, which has the biggest domestic passenger share in Nepal, will take ...
14 September 2025 TelegraphTata Steel World 25K Kolkata turns 10, registration opens for Dec 21 participation
Eastern India’s marquee road race will be held on December 21.The Tata Steel World 25K Kolkata, partnered by The Telegraph, turns 10 this year.From around 5,500 in the inaugural edition in 2014, the number of participants surged to over ...
13 September 2025 TelegraphNo Bengali sign? Shops, businesses, and institutions could lose trade licenses: Mayor
Shops, businesses, and institutions that do not display their names in Bengali may lose their trade licenses, mayor Firhad Hakim said on Friday.The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) had issued a directive on August 30 mandating that all establishments display ...
13 September 2025 TelegraphKMC plans to build Rs 132-crore barrage; project on Adi Ganga to prevent flooding
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has planned to build a barrage across the Adi Ganga near its confluence with the Hooghly.The barrage will prevent the inflow of water from the river into the Adi Ganga during instances when heavy ...
13 September 2025 Telegraph37-year-old taxi driver attacked by acquaintances for protesting against drinking
A 37-year-old taxi driver who protested against some of his acquaintances consuming alcohol and shouting filthy language outside his home at Ekbalpore Lane early on Tuesday was attacked with a chopper resulting in his death on Friday. Police said ...
13 September 2025 TelegraphGunfire and bombs in turf war; shop ransacked, residents attacked, three arrested
A group of armed men, carrying revolvers, sharp blades and iron rods, allegedly stormed a crowded market in Gulshan Colony, Anandapur, on the city’s south-eastern fringes on Thursday evening, firing in the air and brandishing weapons.The same group reportedly ...
13 September 2025 Telegraph