Around 450 students from the 61st batch of the two-year MBA programme and 90 from the one-year MBAEx (Executive) programme received their degrees at IIM Calcutta’s annual convocation on Saturday.Alok Kumar Rai, the IIM Calcutta director, and M. Jagadesh ...
5 April 2026 TelegraphThe West Bengal Motion Pictures Artists’ Forum on Saturday lodged an FIR against the directors of the company producing the serial Rahul Arunoday Banerjee was shooting for at the time of his death.The FIR, filed at Regent Park police ...
5 April 2026 TelegraphThe Election Commission on Saturday suspended four senior Kolkata Police officers for their alleged failure to maintain law and order during a roadshow in Bhabanipur on Thursday, when Union home minister Amit Shah accompanied BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari to ...
5 April 2026 TelegraphSaokat Ali has spent more than ₹11,000 on repeated trips between Kerala and his home in north Bengal since the revision of electoral rolls began.He has already lost around 50 workdays, translating into wages of at least ₹40,000. Despite ...
5 April 2026 TelegraphPolitical consultancy I-PAC conducted an online workshop with Trinamool workers on Saturday, training them on drafting appeals against the exclusion of names from the electoral rolls.The appeal should not be framed as a mercy plea but should emphasise why ...
5 April 2026 TelegraphA Calcutta couple have returned to the city from their home in Dubai, unable to cope with weeks of bomb alerts, explosions and sleepless nights amid the ongoing conflict in West Asia.The couple, along with their son and daughter, ...
5 April 2026 TelegraphThe Election Commission on Saturday suspended four Kolkata Police personnel in relation to a law and order breakdown that took place on Thursday when BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari filed his nomination for the upcoming elections along with Union home ...
5 April 2026 TelegraphChaos broke out at the state-run Calcutta Medical College and Hospital on Saturday afternoon, after a patient with mental health conditions went on a rampage inside the premises, triggering panic among patients and staff. The patient, a resident of ...
5 April 2026 TelegraphKolkata Metro services on the Blue Line were disrupted on Saturday afternoon after a suicide attempt at Kalighat station triggered an emergency response and partial suspension of train operations.The incident occurred at around 1.06 pm on the Dum Dum-bound ...
5 April 2026 TelegraphThe CPM has fielded its own candidate from the Alipurduar Assembly constituency after a gap of 55 years, thereby altering the area’s electoral dynamics.On Thursday, CPM candidate Shyamal Kumar Roy filed his nomination, drawing a sizeable crowd to his ...
4 April 2026 TelegraphBJP national president Nitin Nabin has reached out for support to a sulking Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF), which the saffron party had ditched to tie up with GNLF’s rival Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) for the Assembly elections.A source ...
4 April 2026 TelegraphSanjita Oraon, a 23-year-old tribal athlete from Naxalbari in Siliguri subdivision, won gold in the 10,000 metres race at the inaugural Khelo India Tribal Games (KITG) 2026 in Chhattisgarh.“I won gold with a time of 40 minutes and 21.8 ...
4 April 2026 TelegraphMamata Banerjee on Friday said the prime accused in the gherao of the seven judicial officers at Mothabari in Malda district had been arrested by the CID, which still reported to her government.The chief minister had on Thursday blamed ...
4 April 2026 TelegraphThe lack of municipal status for the border town of Jaigaon, although it has a population of over two lakh, has emerged as a major topic in the Assembly polls. Residents and traders have been demanding since 2013 that ...
4 April 2026 TelegraphThe Election Commission has decided to retain 500 companies of central forces in Bengal even after the Assembly poll results are declared on May 4, apprehending law-and-order problems in the post-election period.“A total of 500 companies of CAPFs (central ...
4 April 2026 TelegraphThe Election Commission has asked all district magistrates in Bengal to immediately withdraw the state-provided security of people accused in criminal cases and those whose rank or threat perception assessment make them ineligible for such protection.Sources said the Bengal-specific ...
4 April 2026 TelegraphAround 5,000 Bengalis out of the 2.5 lakh members of the community in faraway Surat will be travelling to their homes to cast their votes in the Assembly election scheduled for later this month.The Surat unit of the BJP ...
4 April 2026 TelegraphA police report has indicated that the attack on the seven judicial officers in Malda on April 1 was pre-meditated and not a spontaneous eruption of anger over the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls underway in Bengal.That ...
4 April 2026 TelegraphThe Election Commission (EC) on Friday said the deployment of 500 companies of central forces in the state will continue even after the counting of votes on May 4, while also initiating a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into ...
4 April 2026 TelegraphMofakkerul Islam, the lawyer who has become the face of the violent protests at Malda’s Sujapur against the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls underway in poll-bound Bengal, on Friday announced on social media about his arrest from ...
4 April 2026 TelegraphA Hanuman temple has been set up on the IIM Calcutta campus, and Hanuman Jayanti was observed with fervour on Thursday. The temple was constructed and consecrated before a puja was performed, some of the teachers said. The temple ...
4 April 2026 TelegraphCalcutta University will allow the all-India medical entrance (NEET) examinations on its campuses on May 3 because the schools and colleges where the test was supposed to be held are occupied by the central forces.The National Testing Agency (NTA), ...
4 April 2026 TelegraphTrinamool candidate from the Rashbehari Assembly constituency, Debasish Kumar, faced Enforcement Directorate (ED) interrogators for the second time this week on Friday.Kumar arrived at the ED’s CGO Complex office in Salt Lake around 11.30am and left nearly five hours ...
4 April 2026 TelegraphA chunk of concrete fell from the ceiling of the critical care unit (CCU) at NRS Medical College and Hospital, exposing the unsafe condition at one of Bengal’s premier state-run medical institutions.A senior health department official said all patients ...
4 April 2026 TelegraphPolice have registered three FIRs in connection with the disturbances during Union home minister Amit Shah’s visit on Thursday, when he accompanied BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari to file his nomination from the Bhabanipur constituency.Two officers of the rank of ...
4 April 2026 TelegraphA group advocating for voters struck off the electoral rolls urged tribunals of retired high court judges to consider any documents voters can produce, instead of only those specified by the Election Commission.The EC had listed 13 documents that ...
4 April 2026 TelegraphChurches across the city saw large gatherings on Friday as the faithful came together to attend Good Friday services.At the Church of Christ the King in Park Circus, nearly 1,000 people attended the service. Authorities had set up a ...
4 April 2026 TelegraphSecurity cameras guard homes, offices and shops. Mounted on cars, they turn into mobile surveillance tools — and they are now a visible presence on city streets.Vehicles fitted with roof-mounted cameras have begun moving across Calcutta and the state. ...
4 April 2026 TelegraphVoters on the electoral rolls by April 9 could be the only ones eligible to vote in the second phase of Bengal’s Assembly elections, according to officials working on the rolls.Some officials said they were awaiting a Supreme Court ...
4 April 2026 TelegraphFormer Kolkata Police Commissioner Supratim Sarkar, who was removed from his post by the Election Commission and reinstated as additional director-general of police, CID, has been asked to go to Tamil Nadu as an election observer.Sarkar is the only ...
4 April 2026 TelegraphTo pay tribute to Uttam Kumar in his centenary year, township-based theatre group Dekhashona staged a comedy based on Chhadmabeshi, the 1971 comedy that remains one of the superstar’s most-loved films.Before the play, the ceremonial lamp was lit by ...
4 April 2026 TelegraphA national seminar at the BE College Ex-Students’ Club brought together experts from across the country to discuss the challenges of pursuing infrastructure projects while maintaining sustainability.“For students, sustainable development may seem like a bookish concept, but once you ...
4 April 2026 TelegraphThe last building to the right of Street 296, overlooking the fenced-off DB Block playground wore a festive look last week with the garage space of the apartment block turned into a Basanti puja pandal.While Ma Durga, as Basanti, ...
4 April 2026 TelegraphIf Sujit Bose is voted back to power, he has promised residents of Bangur Avenue a car parking plaza.“People in Bangur Avenue will be gifted with a multi-storeyed parking facility if they vote for me. I have already zeroed ...
4 April 2026 TelegraphThe West Bengal Police on Friday arrested the alleged mastermind of the gherao of seven judicial officers in Malda district from Siliguri's Bagdogra airport, a senior officer said.The accused, identified as advocate Mofakkarul Islam, was arrested while he was ...
3 April 2026 TelegraphThe BJP, if voted to power in Bengal, will invalidate the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) on the very first day of the government, Raju Bista, the Darjeeling BJP MP, asserted on Thursday.Bista was addressing supporters at the Kurseong Motor ...
3 April 2026 TelegraphProtests by people with names missing from the electoral rolls continued across various parts of Malda district on Thursday, with one instance of violence in Englishbazar where the driver of a police vehicle was injured in stone-pelting.Additional central forces ...
3 April 2026 TelegraphMamata Banerjee on Thursday held the Election Commission squarely responsible for the captivity of seven judicial officers in Malda district on the previous day and demanded the resignation of Union home minister Amit Shah, whom she accused of hatching ...
3 April 2026 TelegraphA Hanuman Jayanti procession organised by Trinamool Congress on Thursday appeared to bring the factions of the party in Jalpaiguri district closer ahead of the polls.Although the differences between Krishna Das, Trinamool's Jalpaiguri constituency candidate, and Saikat Chatterjee, the ...
3 April 2026 TelegraphThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday carried out fresh raids on multiple premises linked to I-PAC, the election consultant of the Trinamul Congress, in connection with alleged coal smuggling in Bengal.Sources in the EC said the raids started in ...
3 April 2026 TelegraphUnion home minister Amit Shah on Thursday announced that he would stay in Bengal for 15 days during the election period, indicating that the No 2 in the Narendra Modi government was likely to adopt a strategy similar to ...
3 April 2026 TelegraphA young doctor couple from Sodepur in North 24-Parganas drowned in the sea at Tajpur, East Midnapore, on Wednesday evening, triggering fresh concerns over safety lapses along the coastal stretch.Kuntal Chakraborty, 35, a general surgeon, and his wife Shailaja ...
3 April 2026 TelegraphPolice had by Thursday evening arrested 18 people including the Indian Secular Front’s Mothabari candidate, Moulana Shahjahan Ali, for Wednesday’s nine-hour gherao and violence against judicial officials on SIR duty.Chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar pulled up the Malda superintendent ...
3 April 2026 TelegraphProdded by the Supreme Court, the Election Commission on Thursday ordered a National Investigation Agency probe into Wednesday’s nine-hour mob gherao of seven judicial officers in Malda, which was followed by alleged attacks on their vehicles.At a special hearing ...
3 April 2026 TelegraphThe Election Commission on Thursday released the eighth supplementary voter list in West Bengal, saying it has disposed of around 52 lakh cases under adjudication. Officials hope the process will finish within the next four days, following directions from ...
3 April 2026 TelegraphThe Election Commission has handed over the investigation into the gherao of seven judicial officers involved in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Malda to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). The incident has intensified political confrontations, with the ...
3 April 2026 TelegraphNearly 24 hours after seven court-appointed judicial officers, including three women, were gheraoed and held hostage in Malda, Bengal Police arrested Maulana Shahjahan Ali, the Indian Secular Front’s candidate for the Mothabari Assembly constituency, along with 17 others.The accused ...
3 April 2026 TelegraphSeveral policemen, including the Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Suri police station, were injured after miscreants hurled stones and bricks at a police team in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, prompting arrests and a heavy deployment of forces to restore order.The incident ...
3 April 2026 TelegraphThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday carried out fresh searches at premises linked to executives of political consultancy firm I-PAC and others across multiple cities in connection with an alleged coal smuggling and pilferage case in West Bengal, officials ...
3 April 2026 TelegraphWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday stepped up her attack on the BJP and the Election Commission over the Malda judicial officers gherao, accusing Union Home Minister Amit Shah of scripting a "blueprint of conspiracy" to foment ...
3 April 2026 TelegraphPobitro Ohiyaar finished another day’s work at a brick kiln in Harirampur, a small village in Bengal’s South Dinajpur district around 389 km north of Kolkata, and returned home with a question he cannot shake off: When did he ...
3 April 2026 TelegraphThe Sikkim Cricket Association (SICA) will host an inter-state under-23 women’s T20 cricket tournament from April 6 on the cricket ground in Rangpo. The tournament is being organised under the aegis of the North East Cricket Development Council (NECDC).According ...
3 April 2026 TelegraphThe Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) on Tuesday highlighted a series of achievements for the financial year 2025–26, underscoring expansion, modernisation and improved connectivity across the region at a time when Bengal heads into high-stakes Assembly polls.In a statement, the ...
3 April 2026 TelegraphAn initiative is underway to rid parts of Salt Lake of the tangled overhead cables that hang from lamp posts and droop precariously over roads and dividers. Ward 39 councillor and mayoral council member Rajesh Chirimar wants the ...
3 April 2026 TelegraphAn urge to feed the unfed, that was born at the height of Covid and bloomed in the boot of a Maruti Zen Estilo turned into a food van, has now manifested in a much larger dream.Joyraj Dey, who ...
3 April 2026 TelegraphQ: How many voters before the last elections?A: In 2024, before the last date of filing nominations for the Lok Sabha polls, Bengal had 7.6 crore voters. The elections were held in seven phases from April 19 to June ...
3 April 2026 TelegraphCats are not small dogs. They have different personalities and physiological needs, and responsible pet parents need to know—or learn—how to fulfil them,” said Saquib Pathan, president of the Feline Club of India.The Mumbai-based feline expert and enthusiast was ...
3 April 2026 TelegraphA Ram Navami procession that was set to start from Street 296 in New Town on March 26 was disrupted by a sudden hailstorm that sent the devotees gathered in DB Block helter-skelter.Most rushed to the ground floors of ...
3 April 2026 TelegraphLittle Mrinmoyee Gayen was a picture of poise as she sat still in the chair placed sidewise in front of the Annapurna idol. Kumari puja was taking place in the residence of Aritra Sen in AK Block.The pandal was ...
3 April 2026 TelegraphBC Block residents had wanted to celebrate Basanti puja but since it is an elaborate affair stretching three days, they decided to perform Annapurna puja instead. “We had thought this would be a day-long puja but we get such ...
3 April 2026 TelegraphA family that recently moved from one part of Behala to a new home in nearby Parnasree has reported a theft of valuables they had secured in a cupboard locker before a packer and mover — booked through social ...
3 April 2026 TelegraphThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) has claimed that it had seized around ₹2 crore from an Alipore businessman and around 300 pages of land deeds and an unlicensed gun from the Fern Road house of Biswajit Poddar, the alleged mastermind ...
3 April 2026 TelegraphThe state primary education board has postponed the scheduled interviews, viva-voce, and aptitude tests for selecting candidates for primary school teacher appointments. This decision comes after the Election Commission sought a “factual report” regarding the screening process, as reported ...
3 April 2026 TelegraphCalcutta University has deferred its undergraduate first-semester theory exams scheduled for April 23, as the date coincides with the first phase of the Assembly elections in the state.“The examination scheduled for April 23 cannot be held. The revised dates ...
3 April 2026 TelegraphWhile awareness of autism has grown, there remains a notable absence of mainstreaming and sensitivity, according to professionals working with individuals with autism.Familiarity with the term autism alone is insufficient; teachers must be trained to support children with autism ...
3 April 2026 TelegraphThe bridging of the missing link in the upcoming New Garia-Airport Metro corridor at Chingrighata is scheduled to be completed over three nights between May 17 and 19, senior officers of Kolkata Police said.Sources at Lalbazar said the police ...
3 April 2026 TelegraphA band of men, all with a touch of saffron in their clothes or accessories, stood savouring ice cream near the approach to Kalighat Bridge on Thursday afternoon, moments after a high-voltage BJP roadshow wound down.A convoy of cars ...
3 April 2026 TelegraphA Supreme Court lawyer is among thousands struck off the electoral rolls in Bengal for reasons that remain unclear.Born and raised in south Calcutta, Gaurav Ghosh, 36, has been a voter in Rashbehari since 2009. Now based in Delhi, ...
3 April 2026 TelegraphHundreds of thousands of voters in Bengal are one final adjudication away from losing their right to vote in democratic India. Yet, most have little clarity on how to navigate the process.Those whose names have been deleted from the ...
3 April 2026 TelegraphThis Easter, Calcutta will pray for peace in West Asia.Churches across the city are focusing their prayers on the region that has suffered immensely since the US-Israeli attacks on Iran began on February 28.Priests in several parishes said Holy ...
3 April 2026 TelegraphTrinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday referred to the Sitalkuchi firing on the polling day in 2021 and tried to stoke the Rajbanshi sentiments to drum up support for his party as he campaigned in this part of ...
2 April 2026 TelegraphSeven judicial officers, including three women, were gheraoed and held hostage on Wednesday by villagers in Malda’s Kaliachak to protest against the mass deletions of names as part of the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The ...
2 April 2026 TelegraphA "happy" Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday welcomed the Supreme Court-monitored breakthrough in the voter list logjam, but simultaneously sounded an alarm, warning that a "new setup" of poll officers handpicked by the Election Commission had been "entrusted" to reject ...
2 April 2026 TelegraphA former Subedar Major of the Indian Army who had served in key military engagements is gearing up for another battle — to prove his eligibility as a Bengal voter. Forty-nine-year-old Azad Ali, who was part ...
2 April 2026 TelegraphThe Trinamool on Wednesday claimed to have found five voters in Bengal who are also registered as voters in Bihar, and alleged that it was the BJP’s doing.“The pattern, the execution, the beneficiary are the same,” Derek O’Brien, the ...
2 April 2026 TelegraphSuvendu Adhikari on Wednesday faced protests from supporters of the Trinamool Congress while campaigning in Nandigram in Purba Medinipur district and later in Bhowanipore.Adhikari, the Leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly, is contesting from both Nandigram and ...
2 April 2026 TelegraphKolkata, Apr 1 (PTI) Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday alleged that officials recently appointed by the Election Commission were entrusted to reject nominations of her party's poll candidates and urged them to be cautious while filing their ...
2 April 2026 TelegraphOlympic bronze medallist Leander Paes on Tuesday joined the growing list of Bengali celebrity turncoats, switching allegiance from the Trinamool to the BJP at the party’s headquarters.Paes is the latest high-profile name in a widening trend that has seen ...
2 April 2026 TelegraphThe Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) has decided to clean the public swimming pool at Rabindra Sarobar after many swimmers complained that water hyacinth had covered large portions of it.In June 2025, 16-year-old Shivam Kumar Singh drowned after his ...
2 April 2026 TelegraphEvents organised at Jadavpur University, either by the students’ groups or any department, would henceforth need approval from a committee that has recently been set up by the university authorities. A 13-member committee on the “approval and ...
2 April 2026 TelegraphPolice probing the cyber fraud worth around ₹315 crore that led to the arrest of industrialist Pawan Ruia have now shifted focus to the alleged role of the other members of the Ruia family, whose names emerged during the ...
2 April 2026 TelegraphCalcutta University has written to the joint commissioner of Kolkata Police, requesting measures to ensure that the deployment of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) does not disrupt the university’s ongoing third-semester undergraduate examinations. The police have also been approached ...
2 April 2026 TelegraphTwo men who arrived from Bangkok and boarded a taxi in front of the Calcutta airport early on Wednesday morning were arrested during a naka check for allegedly carrying gold worth over ₹1 crore hidden in their luggage.Police said ...
2 April 2026 TelegraphKolkata Police imposed prohibitory orders around the new office of the chief electoral officer on Strand Road on Wednesday to restrict the movement and assembly of people around the premises. Ajay Nand, the city police commissioner, passed an order ...
2 April 2026 TelegraphThe state has sent a list of 12 IPS officers to the Election Commission, seeking permission to deploy them in key posts left vacant after a series of shuffles by the poll panel.An approval from the ECI was pending ...
2 April 2026 TelegraphThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) teams conducted search and seizure operations at multiple addresses, including the Fern Road house of Biswajit Poddar, the alleged mastermind behind a violent clash and firing in Kankulia, an area near Golpark, on February 1.ED ...
2 April 2026 TelegraphThe price of autorickshaw LPG rose by ₹12.28 per litre on Wednesday, marking the third increase in less than a month and intensifying pressure on auto operators across the city.Between March 1 and April 1, the fuel has become ...
2 April 2026 TelegraphA central institute less than a kilometre from IIM Joka on the city’s southwestern fringes will host all 19 tribunals tasked with deciding the fate of disenfranchised voters.The Syama Prasad Mookerjee National Institute of Water and Sanitation (SPM-NIWAS), inaugurated ...
2 April 2026 TelegraphMany voters removed from the revised electoral rolls in poll-bound Bengal turned up at the office of the South 24-Parganas district magistrate in Alipore on Wednesday.They came to file written applications to reclaim their voting rights, but hours of ...
2 April 2026 TelegraphThey are 12 brothers and sisters, and all but one have their names under adjudication in the electoral rolls.The reason: the Election Commission has raised “suspicion” over how so many siblings share the same father.Hearing notices issued by the ...
2 April 2026 TelegraphA little more than 47 lakh of the 60.06 lakh cases to be adjudicated in the special intensive revision of electoral rolls (SIR) underway in Bengal had been disposed of till Tuesday evening and the entire process would be ...
1 April 2026 TelegraphThe Enforcement Directorate launched an operation across multiple locations in Kolkata, including the residence of businessman Biswajit Poddar alias Sona Pappu in Fern Road near Kasba, early Wednesday morning over money-laundering and extortion charges.Pappu apparently holds sway over the ...
1 April 2026 TelegraphRathindra Nath Bose, the BJP candidate of the Cooch Behar South Assembly constituency, alleged that a group of Trinamool Congress supporters attacked his convoy with stones, rods and sticks on Tuesday afternoon.Trinamool leaders, however, have denied the charges.The incident ...
1 April 2026 TelegraphTrinamool Congress MP and national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday underscored the “outsider” narrative to tear into the BJP at two rallies in North and South Dinajpur while stressing the slew of social welfare schemes of the Mamata ...
1 April 2026 TelegraphSuman Kanjilal, the Trinamool Congress candidate of Alipurduar, has launched a door-to-door campaign in the Alipurduar civic area to connect with residents amid rising concerns over the deletion of names from voter lists.Over the past two days, Kanjilal, accompanied ...
1 April 2026 TelegraphThe BJP, which published its fourth list of candidates for the Assembly polls on Tuesday, fielded 13 names.With this, the BJP has to announce candidates for six more seats.Among those who received tickets are Santosh Pathak, who recently defected ...
1 April 2026 TelegraphShankar Ghosh, the BJP candidate and the sitting MLA of Siliguri, put up campaign posters outside key government establishments across the city on Tuesday, drawing both public attention and political criticism.The posters have appeared at prominent locations, including the ...
1 April 2026 TelegraphThe Election Commission on Tuesday published the fifth and sixth supplementary lists, which contained three lakh names, taking the total number of people whose names were published in the supplementary lists following adjudication by judicial officers to 29 lakh.Sources ...
1 April 2026 TelegraphAnit Thapa, the chief of the Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha (BGPM), on Tuesday said his party would not be able to use the candle as its symbol in the Assembly polls despite campaigning with it for around a month.“As ...
1 April 2026 TelegraphCalcutta High Court on Tuesday dismissed two public interest litigations (PILs) challenging the legality of the Election Commission of India (EC)’s mass transfer of bureaucrats and top police officers, and 167 OCs and ICs of several police stations across ...
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