Hospitals across the city are witnessing a rise in patients suffering from respiratory distress and dry cough, with doctors citing air pollution as the primary factor behind the illnesses.Several patients are on ventilation or oxygen support in ICUs. With ...
30 December 2025 TelegraphThe coldest day in 13 years left Calcuttans shivering even in the afternoon.The maximum temperature plunged to 18.2° Celsius, seven degrees below what is usual for late December. It was the lowest day temperature recorded in Alipore since December ...
30 December 2025 TelegraphJadavpur University on Monday formed a three-member committee consisting of senior academics and the chancellor's nominee to look into the controversy surrounding a hijab-wearing student during a third-year English semester exam, and asked the panel to submit its report ...
30 December 2025 TelegraphAt least 210 cameras have been installed at the Jaldapara National Park in Alipurduar district to strengthen wildlife monitoring in the sanctuary.A source stated that the cameras cover 212 square kilometre area of the park. This is the first ...
30 December 2025 TelegraphA play on the history and evolution of Calcutta’s central business district was staged at the south gallery of the General Post Office (GPO) on Saturday evening. The play — Dastaan-e-GPO — narrates the history of the post officeAbout ...
30 December 2025 TelegraphThe last Sunday of the year was chilly, bright and sunny, drawing thousands of Calcuttans and visitors outdoors to soak in the festive mood at some of the city’s favourite spots.The Alipore zoo recorded almost double the footfall on ...
30 December 2025 TelegraphThe man who arranged Lionel Messi’s tour in India was “very influential” and could easily escape if granted bail, the prosecution lawyer said about Satadru Dutta, opposing his bail petition at the Bidhannagar district court on Sunday.The bail petition of ...
29 December 2025 TelegraphThe state higher education department will hold workshops to encourage colleges to participate in the annual ranking exercise conducted by the Union education ministry, a department official said. The official said greater participation in the ranking exercise would help ...
29 December 2025 TelegraphBengal Police have issued an advisory warning the public about fraudsters circulating fake social media advertisements in the name of chief minister Mamata Banerjee, offering instant loans.The advisory clarified that the state government has not announced any such financial ...
29 December 2025 TelegraphSeven of the 12 air quality monitoring stations in Calcutta and Howrah recorded “poor” air quality on Sunday morning and afternoon, exposing thousands of people outdoors on the last weekend of the year to unhealthy air.At 10am on Sunday, ...
29 December 2025 TelegraphA man was arrested on Sunday in connection with the murder of a fruit seller at Rajabazar last week. Police said it was suspected that the assailant’s wife allegedly had an illicit relationship with the fruit seller, which prompted ...
29 December 2025 TelegraphA centre for autism has introduced a training programme for nurses to sensitise them to autism and other neurodevelopmental conditions.The programme aims to help nurses better understand the needs of individuals with disabilities when interacting with them or providing ...
29 December 2025 TelegraphMetro services on the Blue Line (Dakshineswar to Kavi Subhash) were disrupted for over an hour on Sunday afternoon after a train developed a technical glitch and got stranded on the tracks, 50 metres ahead of Tollygunge station. An ...
29 December 2025 TelegraphMany voters whose names appear on the draft electoral roll are now receiving calls from booth-level officers (BLOs) regarding discrepancies in the spelling of their parents’ or grandparents’ names compared with the 2002 electoral roll.A man from Kasba, a ...
29 December 2025 TelegraphA fresh technical glitch crippled services on the Blue Line Metro on Sunday morning, disrupting commutes across the north-south corridor.The glitch was reported around 11:30 am due to rake failure at Mahanayak Uttam Kumar station. "Normal services over the ...
29 December 2025 TelegraphCoal-fire, smoke-belching vehicles and unregulated industries are the chief contributors to Calcutta’s filthy air. But there’s another factor that is not difficult to mitigate but is rarely addressed: the burning of waste.Environment scientists say the presence of plastic in ...
28 December 2025 TelegraphThe 14th edition of Kalam, the Exide Kolkata Literary Meet, will bring together a constellation of award-winning writers who have shaped contemporary literary discourse.The five-day festival will be held from January 22 to 26, with an epilogue on January ...
28 December 2025 TelegraphThe Union ministry of statistics and programme implementation has uploaded a list of frequently asked questions (FAQs) defending the proposed Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) Bill, amid mounting resistance from faculty members who fear the legislation will erode the institute’s ...
28 December 2025 TelegraphThe state primary education board will video-record interviews and aptitude tests conducted to screen candidates for primary school teacher posts to ensure transparency in the selection process, the board president said on Saturday. The board will hold the first ...
28 December 2025 TelegraphA man who allegedly stalked, molested and tried to strangle a woman near Satyajit Ray Metro station on EM Bypass close to midnight on Christmas has been arrested.Satyam Kumar Halder, 36, was near Baghajatin railway station passersby — alerted ...
28 December 2025 TelegraphChristmas on Park Street begins early and stretches well beyond December 25, lasting until the nip in the air loosens its grip. And if veteran restaurateurs on the city’s favourite food street are to be believed, this festive season ...
28 December 2025 TelegraphThe city’s sky turned grey on Saturday afternoon, but the Met office clarified that it was not due to cloud cover but a haze formed by suspended particles.Suspended particles include road dust that gets stirred up by vehicular movement ...
28 December 2025 TelegraphAt least nine flights were diverted to Calcutta on Friday from Dhaka and Guwahati because of fog at the two airports.Five flights from Dhaka were diverted to the city between 3.30am and 5.15am, said an airport official.Among those, three ...
28 December 2025 TelegraphA man was beaten and hit on the head with a brick when he tried to protect his girlfriend from a group of men allegedly teasing her inside a nightclub in Phoolbagan on Christmas night.Two men have been arrested ...
27 December 2025 TelegraphKolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Verma on Friday urged Calcuttans to stay cautious and alert against cybercrime during the festive season.Speaking at a musical event organised by Kolkata Police at Allen Park, Verma emphasised the importance of vigilance.“We should be ...
27 December 2025 TelegraphBuying a new car in the state has long involved a choice between paying road tax for five years or opting for a lifetime tax. While the lifetime option is cheaper in the long run, many buyers — already ...
27 December 2025 TelegraphThe city woke up to its coldest morning of the season on Boxing Day, with the mercury dipping to 12.9° Celsius at the break of dawn.The minimum temperature, recorded just before sunrise, was 1.6° Celsius below normal and is ...
27 December 2025 TelegraphCalcutta University has asked its postgraduate departments whether they want to admit students to their master’s programmes through admission tests or continue with the marks-based system, vice-chancellor Ashutosh Ghosh said on Friday. The decision to seek an opinion on ...
27 December 2025 TelegraphPublishers from Bangladesh looking to participate in the Kolkata International Book Fair must first obtain clearance from India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), organisers said.Several members of the Publishers and Booksellers Guild, which organises the fair, said they have ...
27 December 2025 TelegraphA Bidhannagar court on Friday issued an arrest warrant against the block development officer (BDO) of Rajganj, Prasanta Barman, as he did not surrender before the court within the deadline set earlier by Calcutta High Court. The high court ...
27 December 2025 TelegraphHeaps of garbage are being set on fire across the city almost every day, polluting the winter air with toxic fumes and violating the ban on open burning of waste. Metro authorities spotted trash being set on fire at ...
27 December 2025 TelegraphPolice prosecution figures for Christmas and Christmas Eve suggest the city experienced a less unruly festival this year.The jury is out on whether this was due to better road discipline or a lighter hand by the police.According to Kolkata ...
27 December 2025 TelegraphTwo Bangladeshis, a Muslim and a Hindu, who are in Calcutta to get their relatives treated at a hospital, are gripped by anxiety — about their family back home and their own safety here.One is scared to step out ...
27 December 2025 TelegraphMetro services on the Blue Line (Dakshineswar to Kavi Subhash) were disrupted on Friday evening after a 17-year-old girl jumped onto the tracks at Netaji Bhavan station, officials said.The girl was rescued from the tracks and rushed to a ...
27 December 2025 TelegraphJanurary The IIT Kharagpur Research Park in New Town inaugurated an open-to-all biophilic studio in its lobby, on January 16. Equipped to record videos and podcasts, it emphasises interviewing its alumni to share their journey and inspire other IIT ...
27 December 2025 TelegraphPark Street on Thursday evening turned into a sea of people, with revellers arriving from across the city and beyond to celebrate Christmas — not just as a religious occasion, but as a festival of love, warmth and togetherness.The ...
27 December 2025 TelegraphAdriyan Karmakar Of: Rishi Eco View, New TownAchievement: In 2025, the 20-year-old shooter had a breakthrough year, winning multiple medals. In his World Cup debut in May 2025 at the ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany, he won ...
27 December 2025 TelegraphVocalist Arman Khan, son of Ustad Rashid Khan, on Thursday cancelled his trip to Bangladesh for a classical music event that was set to take place at a club in Dhaka. Arman, 21, expressed that his planned first solo ...
26 December 2025 TelegraphA new railway bridge is being constructed over the Rupnarayan river in the Howrah-Kharagpur section.The bridge will replace the old Kolaghat bridge No. 57, which has the middle and down main lines between Deulti and Kolaghat stations.The bridge is ...
26 December 2025 TelegraphOver five lakh cases were disposed of in the year’s last National Lok Adalat held on December 13.Non-payment of loan dues, pending utility service bills, compoundable criminal cases that are considered to be of a petty nature, traffic challans ...
26 December 2025 TelegraphAs temperatures are set to drop, the Met office has issued a fog warning for Calcutta and several surrounding districts. In response, Kolkata Police released a “Fog Safety Alert” on Thursday, urging motorists to be cautious while driving in ...
26 December 2025 Telegraph“If you want to become a problem solver and an innovator, choose science — not just to clear competitive exams,” The Heritage School has told its students. Those who understand the logic and principles behind financial transactions, ...
26 December 2025 TelegraphThe city prayed for peace and a more humane world before diving into Christmas celebrations with friends, family and neighbours, reaffirming its long tradition of harmony and inclusiveness.For many Christian households, Christmas Day began with a visit to church. ...
26 December 2025 TelegraphThe refurbished Debi Ghat in Dakshindari is expected be inaugurated in the first week of January while work on the second bailey bridge connecting Salt Lake to VIP Road will be over early next month. The announcement was made ...
26 December 2025 TelegraphA season’s special carnival began on Tuesday and will continue in BA-CA Park till January 4. Bidhannagar Christmas Carnival and Fair has stalls selling miscellaneous items, a stage that hosts cultural shows and Nativity decorations that are drawing selfie-seekers.“After ...
26 December 2025 TelegraphThe holiday season doesn’t quite feel festive without turkey, does it? So Abcos Food Plaza in IB Block has laid out a hearty winter spread, with the majestic bird taking centre stage.“There is always assured demand for turkey during ...
26 December 2025 TelegraphJadavpur University has invited the IIT Kharagpur director — an alumnus — to speak on ways to scale up the university’s fundraising efforts through its alumni network, on the lines of the IITs. IIT Kharagpur director Suman Chakraborty, who ...
26 December 2025 TelegraphThe city woke up to the coldest Christmas in five years on Thursday, with the mercury dipping to 13.7° Celsius, matching the minimum temperature recorded on December 25 in 2020, the year the Covid pandemic struck.The Met office has ...
26 December 2025 TelegraphThe main organiser of Lionel Messi’s tour to India, Satadru Dutta, has told police that he would be able to refund the money of the ticket buyers only after the company handling the sale of tickets transfers the funds ...
26 December 2025 TelegraphSupporters of the CPM students’ wing at Jadavpur University requested the governor’s intervention on Wednesday to reinstate campus elections, which have been suspended in universities since 2020.The SFI supporters staged demonstrations when governor C.V. Ananda Bose, the chancellor of ...
26 December 2025 TelegraphEleven people have been arrested for allegedly running an investment racket and duping a Salt Lake businessman out of ₹3.8 crore. The businessman was trapped into the racket through social media, police said.A woman allegedly sent the complainant a ...
25 December 2025 TelegraphFor it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a Child Himself — Charles DickensEvery year, Christmas is celebrated by all sections of society. Many celebrate this sacred occasion, ...
25 December 2025 TelegraphThe 19 people who were arrested on Tuesday for their alleged role in the violent demonstration outside the Bangladesh deputy high commission were produced in court on Wednesday. They were protesting the gruesome murder of a Hindu man in ...
25 December 2025 TelegraphChristmas is set to be chilly, the Met office said on Christmas Eve.The Met office recorded a minimum temperature of 14.9° Celsius at Alipore on Wednesday. On Thursday, the minimum temperature is likely to drop to around 14°. The ...
25 December 2025 TelegraphCalcutta has always known how to celebrate festivals.A visitor from France summed it up neatly as he walked through a glittering Park Street on Christmas Eve. “I have witnessed Christmas in many places around the world, but none so ...
25 December 2025 TelegraphA family from south Calcutta, set to travel to Varanasi for a holiday on a 10am IndiGo flight on Wednesday, was informed at 9pm the previous night that their flight had been cancelled because of “bad weather”.The only alternative ...
25 December 2025 TelegraphWhile protesters carrying saffron flags were engaged in a pitched battle with police in a busy commercial pocket on Tuesday afternoon, traders in the area feared that the clash could spiral into a larger melee and hurt business during ...
24 December 2025 TelegraphRefusing to be silenced by violence, Dhaka-based cultural organisation Bangladesh Udichi Shilpigoshthi has resumed work from the pavement outside its torched office, not waiting for repairs and reconstruction.The cultural group’s office on the first floor of a building on ...
24 December 2025 TelegraphErection of concrete blocks between piers for Metro work at the Chingrighata crossing has to be completed before February 15, a division bench of the high court directed the state on Tuesday.The bench, comprising Justice Sujoy Paul, the acting ...
24 December 2025 TelegraphPeace and acceptance will be the message on Christmas in times of conflict and anxiety, said priests across city churches. Churches are preparing for the midnight prayer on Wednesday. On Thursday, services in most churches will be both in ...
24 December 2025 TelegraphThe high court on Tuesday directed the state nursing council to probe the alleged misappropriation of funds by nursing schools and colleges. It has directed the council to file FIRs against the offenders.Justice Biswajit Basu also asked the trustee ...
24 December 2025 TelegraphVehicles will not be allowed on Park Street “as and when required” on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, police said in a traffic advisory issued on Tuesday.On Christmas Eve (Wednesday), several curbs will be in place, and two-way traffic ...
24 December 2025 TelegraphThe suspension of visa and consular services by Bangladesh at its high commission in New Delhi and its mission in Agartala has raised concerns among exporters and importers in Calcutta about the viability of their business with the neighbouring ...
24 December 2025 TelegraphWhat was meant to be a once-in-a-lifetime musical tribute to football legend Lionel Messi turned into a harrowing ordeal for London-based Indian singer Charles Antony, who had flown to Kolkata specifically to perform at the event at Salt Lake ...
24 December 2025 TelegraphIt’s that time of year when you can have your cake and eat it too… and then grab a cookie on the way out. This festive season, flavours that are flying off shelves include chocolate streusel popsicles, rose cookies, ...
23 December 2025 TelegraphYet, the flavour of the season did not elude these young cancer warriors, and many others battling the disease.A Christmas carnival with games, dance, song, a photo booth and a candy corner was organised for them on Monday. Adding ...
23 December 2025 TelegraphOrganisers of 24 pujas from across the globe and 10 from the city shared the stage on Monday to discuss ways to globalise Durga puja and their own initiatives to popularise Durga puja in their respective areas. The programme ...
23 December 2025 TelegraphThe IndiGo fiasco earlier this month, coupled with other factors, has contributed to reduced demand for domestic travel this holiday season, tour operators and airline officials said.Ticket prices for December 24 across various sectors, which typically experience high demand, ...
23 December 2025 TelegraphThe state fire and emergency services minister, Sujit Bose, announced on Monday that on December 24, 25, 30 and 31, fire tenders will be kept on stand-by mode at nine strategic sites across the city to facilitate a swift ...
23 December 2025 TelegraphA spectre of fear and uncertainty looms over the trickle of Bangladeshis who have come to India. Most of them are on medical visas. Some of them don't know when to return. Dabir Hussain, 45, a supplier of ...
23 December 2025 TelegraphThe unrest in Bangladesh has left several hundred in Bongaon, a small town in North 24-Parganas, more than 100km north of Calcutta, wondering about their survival.Money changers, hoteliers, godown owners, car rental agencies, transporters, drivers and labourers — almost ...
23 December 2025 TelegraphA 48-year-old man was found dead inside his apartment in Howrah’s Salkia on Monday morning, with police detaining two minors who were found inside the flat for questioning.The deceased, Debabrata Pal, lived in an apartment on Kaibartapara Lane. Police ...
23 December 2025 TelegraphA fruit seller was hacked to death at a crowded marketplace in Rajabazar on Monday morning. Police said Mehboob Alam, 41, was selling fruits along the road like any other day when suddenly a man came riding a motorcycle ...
23 December 2025 TelegraphA division bench of Calcutta High Court on Monday refused to intervene — at this stage — into a police probe related to the December 13 Lionel Messi fiasco at the Salt Lake Stadium.The order by a bench of ...
23 December 2025 TelegraphRahul Gandhi told a delegation from the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Calcutta, that “RSS is capturing the organisation” through the revised ISI bill.On Monday, those present at the meeting said that the students of the institute met the leader ...
23 December 2025 TelegraphMany voters who are alive have been mistakenly marked as deceased in the draft rolls. Ongoing problems with spelling inconsistencies and faulty ancestry mapping persist, despite numerous checks and balances.Glaring mistakes in the draft rolls have multiplied the trauma ...
23 December 2025 TelegraphThe Calcutta High Court on Monday raised questions over the legality of Lionel Messi’s statue installed in Lake Town, as it continued to hear matters linked to the Salt Lake stadium chaos during the Argentine football star’s visit.Hearing the ...
23 December 2025 TelegraphThe Tata Steel World 25K, partnered by The Telegraph, delivered a riveting spectacle as international champions asserted their dominance and Indian distance running announced another leap forward.While Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei underlined his mastery of the distance in the international ...
23 December 2025 TelegraphThe right to dignity, livelihood, and the need to create a more empathetic society brought many people with disability onto the running track. Neither a wheelchair nor a crutch could pose a hurdle. Some ran for themselves, and some ...
23 December 2025 TelegraphHundreds of passengers flying out of the city on Saturday and Sunday did not receive their checked-in luggage at their destinations owing to glitches in the conveyor belts at the domestic terminal of the airport, sources said.The problem was ...
23 December 2025 TelegraphOral Rehydration Solution or Salts (ORS) has revolutionised the treatment of dehydration and electrolyte imbalance caused by diarrhoea.It is considered the most important medical advance of the 20th century. ORS has been approved by the WHO and UNICEF.According to ...
23 December 2025 TelegraphA man was found dead in his rented apartment in Salt Lake a month ago.On Saturday, his father lodged a murder complaint against a woman and her alleged boyfriend.However, police said they earlier found it to be a case ...
23 December 2025 TelegraphThree senior officials of the online ticket reselling company through which the tickets for the December 13 event hosting Lionel Messi at the Salt Lake Stadium were sold were examined at Salt Lake on Sunday. The officials of the ...
23 December 2025 TelegraphThe minimum temperature slid to 14.4° Celsius in Calcutta on Sunday, the lowest so far this season. The Met office said the slide was not because of northwesterly winds but because the day temperature was abnormally low the day ...
23 December 2025 TelegraphA 60-year-old man from Asansol, who had a leak in the heart’s mitral valve that reduced its pumping capacity, recently underwent a clip implant at a city hospital. Ramswaroop could not undergo a conventional open-heart surgery to replace the ...
23 December 2025 TelegraphVeteran runners to newbies with a baby in a pram, eastern India’s biggest road race had an eclectic mix of participants. Metro interacted with some of them:Dipanwita Bhattacharya, with husband Abhishek Banerjee and daughter Aarshia (4.5km Ananda Run) ...
23 December 2025 TelegraphThe city has found a firm footing in the running map, the 10th edition of eastern India’s marquee road race showed on Sunday.The Tata Steel World 25K Kolkata, partnered by The Telegraph, saw around 23,000 participants, the highest ever. ...
23 December 2025 TelegraphSeveral medical students from Bengal are at present keeping within the medical college campuses in Bangladesh and have received directives from the authorities to stay indoors unless there is a pressing need to venture outside.Due to the continuous violence ...
23 December 2025 TelegraphSaturday felt like the coldest day of this winter for many Calcuttans, despite the minimum temperature staying above normal.Met officials linked the feeling to the day temperature, which was way below normal, and a steady breeze. A persistent blanket ...
21 December 2025 TelegraphThe unrest in Bangladesh has left a section of exporters, truck owners and goods handlers anxious, with many fearing that the violence across the border will push them further into uncertainty.There was no movement of trucks across the Petrapole ...
21 December 2025 TelegraphBefore daybreak on Sunday, thousands are going to turn up on Red Road, the starting point of eastern India’s marquee road race, which turns 10 this year. The Tata Steel World 25K Kolkata, partnered by The Telegraph, ...
21 December 2025 TelegraphEducation minister Bratya Basu has criticised the Election Commission’s decision to keep teachers engaged as booth-level officers (BLOs) for the special intensive revision (SIR) of Bengal’s electoral rolls during Madhyamik. “This is likely to come in the way of ...
21 December 2025 TelegraphA Class XI girl has raised ₹49,872 so far, and a 20-year-old with intellectual disability has added ₹19,000 to a corpus that will create more opportunities for people with disabilities to earn a livelihood. The 10th edition of Tata ...
21 December 2025 TelegraphA meeting of the admission committee at Presidency University held on Thursday decided that each department would inform the university authorities on the methodology to screen undergraduate students next year, said an official. Each department has been asked to ...
21 December 2025 TelegraphLionel Messi left the Salt Lake Stadium after he was upset that a section of those surrounding him on the field started touching him on December 13, violating the protocol his private security guards had drawn up, Satadru Dutta ...
21 December 2025 TelegraphThe turmoil in Bangladesh has caused a sharp rise in airfares for flights from Calcutta to Dhaka, with a considerable number of people seeking to return home. According to officials at the airport and tour operators, flights between these ...
21 December 2025 TelegraphChhayanot, the cultural centre in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi, that was ransacked by a mob early on Friday, wants to resume its music and dance classes in two weeks after undertaking some repairs, the president of the centre told this newspaper. ...
21 December 2025 TelegraphPolice investigating the fire at the oxygen cylinder godown in Kankurgachi, which caused multiple blasts early on Thursday, have sought details from the Kolkata Municipal Corporation and the state fire and emergency services regarding the godown's licenses and permissions. ...
21 December 2025 TelegraphA railway man has authored two books on the Raj. The second one, titled Imperial Bureaucracy, is due to hit the stands before the end of this year.Set in the twilight of the Raj, it tells the story of ...
20 December 2025 TelegraphAt a time business usually soars, Calcutta’s mini Bangladesh is struggling to stay afloat. The streets are deserted, traders are sitting idle, and tables are half empty at restaurants. The latest flare-up in Bangladesh has piled more concern on ...
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