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Tots learn of Independence Day at school show
Not just flag hoisting, the children of Sri Chaitanya Techno School, New Town 2, took part in a number of performances on August 15.This branch of the school is for primary and pre-primary classes, from nursery to Class IV, ...
23 August 2025 TelegraphOnline platform for NGO products
A n e-commerce platform was launched on August 15 whereby NGOs can sell their products and bag the entire sale proceeds without paying any commission to the site.“Usually, any concern selling through an e-commerce site has been the hefty ...
23 August 2025 TelegraphRickshaws go online to duck pay challenge as Salt Lake drivers switch to digital wallets
You’ve booked totos and e-rickshaws over app cabs, now you shall also get to pay rickshaw drivers directly through your phone’s online wallet.“We have been accepting online payments through GPay, PhonePe, and other platforms for almost seven months now,” ...
23 August 2025 TelegraphTyre burst flips Maruti Suzuki Grand Vitara car on Lansdowne, traffic disrupted
A Maruti Suzuki Grand Vitara turned turtle at Lansdowne Road on Thursday evening, disrupting evening traffic on the Minto-Park bound flank for some time. The driver of the vehicle managed to come out of the car unhurt, police said. ...
23 August 2025 TelegraphCut-off marks relief for teachers
In a relief to “untainted teachers,” the Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Bengal government to allow all such candidates to participate in the ongoing fresh selection process without requiring the newly introduced minimum 50 per cent marks in ...
23 August 2025 TelegraphMetro on track for surge in passengers, Green, Orange, and Yellow Lines for betterment
Metro Railway is bracing for a massive jump in footfall with three new corridors set to open on Friday. The Metro network’s total carrying capacity will more than double as new stretches on the Green, Orange, and Yellow Lines ...
23 August 2025 TelegraphMore concessions ruled out for ex-teachers; focuses on fresh recruitment tests in September
The sacked school teachers, who are scheduled to write the fresh recruitment tests in September to retain their jobs, have been given the maximum possible relaxations in the screening process and no further advantages would be provided to them, ...
21 August 2025 TelegraphWaterlogged Metro tunnel disrupts trains on north-south corridor for almost an hour
Metro services on the north-south corridor (Blue Line) were disrupted for almost an hour on Wednesday because of waterlogging in the tunnel between Kalighat and Jatin Das Park stations.“An overflowing drain was spotted along the tracks between Jatin Das ...
21 August 2025 TelegraphPWD lists roads crying for urgent repairs, 522 in dilapidated condition since monsoon
The state public works department (PWD) has identified 552 roads across Bengal where urgent repairs are needed, a senior official told Metro on Thursday.The department has received over 1,100 complaints from residents about poor road conditions since the onset ...
21 August 2025 TelegraphFor 30 years, a movement that restores faith in humanity, smile and cheers for all
The joy of an occasion lies not just in receiving an award, but in giving from whatever little one has — often anonymously.Over the next two Saturdays, close to 550 students will receive awards or scholarships, while an equal ...
21 August 2025 TelegraphDisplacement pain amidst transit triumph, pessimistic view over East-West Metro
The East-West Metro is ready to run its full course from Howrah Maidan to Sector V.While the city cheers, some 80 families in Bowbazar who were rendered homeless because of subsidence in the Metro tunnel six years ago do ...
21 August 2025 TelegraphMerger of STR, tiger habitats gets approval at National Board for Wildlife meeting
A proposal to merge the tiger habitats of the South 24-Parganas forest division with the Sundarban Tiger Reserve (STR) was approved at a meeting of the National Board for Wildlife on Tuesday, said sources in the Union ministry of ...
21 August 2025 TelegraphHeavy rain likely across Bengal till August 24, IMD warns of flooding and traffic disruptions
Large parts of West Bengal are set to receive heavy rainfall over the next few days due to strong moisture incursion from the Bay of Bengal and an anticipated eastward shift of the monsoon trough, the India Meteorological Department ...
21 August 2025 TelegraphSC decision hits sacked schoolteachers; review hopes dashed, focus on fresh test
The Supreme Court’s decision to dismiss the petitions seeking a review of its April 3 order sacking teachers and staff in Bengal’s state-aided secondary and higher secondary schools has left thousands of “hopeful” teachers “shocked and disappointed”. The petitions ...
21 August 2025 TelegraphRs 70 for Metro ride from Sector V to airport once new links are operational
A ride between Salt Lake Sector V and the airport will cost ₹70, once the new Metro links are operational. The ride between New Garia (Kavi Subhash) and airport will be ₹45.A fare chart has been prepared for display ...
21 August 2025 TelegraphA home away from home: Dolna Day School founder, 'Aunty Mashi' passes away at 89
A woman who pioneered a creche, a concept that let women go out to work back in the 1970s while their children were cared for and attended to, is no more. Madhusree Dasgupta — fondly called Aunty Mashi ...
21 August 2025 TelegraphViolence over dead animals; decomposed bodies found in polythene bags at shelter
Decomposed bodies of puppies and kittens and their body parts wrapped in polythene bags were found in an animal shelter at Parnasree on Tuesday. People in the neighbourhood had been complaining about the stench from the shelter on Sagar ...
21 August 2025 TelegraphMedical joins freeze; all undergraduate entry stalled, 'in abeyance till further order'
All undergraduate admissions in Bengal have been stalled with the latest directive issued by the state health department on Monday, putting the MBBS and dental admission process “in abeyance till further order”.Admissions to general degree courses in state-aided colleges ...
21 August 2025 TelegraphTrough shifts, showers likely to pick up in coming days city to get drenched: Met
A fresh wet spell is headed to south Bengal, the Met office has said.Calcutta has been getting occasional showers in between hot spells. The intensity and spread of the rain are likely to rise in the coming days.A bulletin ...
21 August 2025 TelegraphSaradha scam: Sudipta Sen and his aide Debjani Mukherjee acquitted in three cases
Saradha group chief Sudipta Sen and his aide Debjani Mukherjee were acquitted on Tuesday in three cases of cheating and criminal breach of trust registered under Kolkata Police.The Bankshall court gave the judgment, freeing them of charges in the ...
21 August 2025 TelegraphDuo found dead in canal at Anandapur after alleged quarrel, scooter left behind
A young man and woman who were last heard having what sounded like a tiff on the banks of a canal at Nonadanga in Anandapur on Monday night disappeared minutes later, leaving the scooter they had come on by ...
21 August 2025 TelegraphSFI protest over admissions, JEE results turns tense at Bikash Bhavan; police detain leaders
Tensions flared outside Bikash Bhavan, the West Bengal education department headquarters, in Salt Lake near here on Tuesday as a Students' Federation of India (SFI) protest demanding clarity on college admissions and Joint Entrance Examination results turned chaotic, prompting ...
21 August 2025 TelegraphHeavy rain likely across Bengal till August 25, fishermen advised caution
West Bengal is set to experience heavy rainfall till August 25 due to strong moisture incursion from the Bay of Bengal and a monsoon trough shifting towards the state, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Tuesday.The system, which ...
21 August 2025 TelegraphIIT to open outreach centre in Houston with 10 million dollar donation from alumnus
IIT Kharagpur will open an outreach centre in Houston, USA, with a $10 million donation from the family of a former student. The centre will foster alumni collaboration, director Suman Chakraborty said on the occasion of the platinum jubilee ...
21 August 2025 TelegraphCouncil for Indian School Certificate Examinations to roll out pilot online test
The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) will conduct online assessments for Classes III, V and VIII in September, the council’s chief executive and secretary said on Monday.The pilot project will be held in 300 schools across ...
19 August 2025 Telegraph50 roads in 11 wards on Kolkata Municipal Corporation's malaria map after inspection
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has identified over 50 roads in 11 wards as vulnerable to malaria after surveillance teams found mosquito breeding sites along these roads. Several cases were also reported from these neighbourhoods. Some of the vulnerable ...
19 August 2025 TelegraphUnesco-IIT push for accessible Durga Puja to senior citizens and the challenged
Unesco wants to make Durga puja of Calcutta, which it has inscribed in 2021 on its representative list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity, accessible to senior citizens and the challenged. In response to an appeal from the NGO ...
19 August 2025 TelegraphDrunk driver in Mercedes-Benz hits Park Street pedestrian
A pedestrian was injured after being hit by a Mercedes-Benz on Park Street on Sunday night, police said.The pedestrian has been admitted to a hospital with multiple blood clots in his brain, police said. The person at the wheel ...
19 August 2025 TelegraphSecurity boost for Calcutta University's hostel at MG Road, instillation of more CCTVs
Calcutta University will install more CCTV cameras in the ladies’ hostel on Mahatma Gandhi Road, where an outsider entered the room of a girl student and stole her mobile phone, said a CU official.The university’s registrar will write to ...
19 August 2025 TelegraphFlyovers turn safety risks and cry for grooming; hazardous moments for commuters
Rain or shine, the surfaces of the city’s busiest flyovers remain in a perpetually “distressed” condition. Undulated and bumpy, with worn-off bitumen layers and uneven repair patches, these critical transport arteries have become hazardous for commuters.The AJC Bose Road ...
19 August 2025 TelegraphSundarbans crocodile count up; indicator of the mangrove ecosystem’s good health
The estimated population of the saltwater crocodile in the Sundarbans is between 220 and 242, according to the 2025 census.This is an assessment of the population trend, not the exact number, a forest department official said.The 2024 count had ...
19 August 2025 TelegraphMan dies as electronic device in a bag explodes near Madhyamgram railway station
A 25-year-old man died after an explosion near Madhyamgram railway station early on Monday in what police describe as a low-intensity blast possibly caused by the mishandling of an electronic device.Sachchindra Mishra, who was from Uttar Pradesh and worked ...
19 August 2025 TelegraphBratya Basu attack: Former Jadavpur University student, Hindol Mazumdar gets bail
Former Jadavpur University student Hindol Mazumdar, who was earlier identified by police as the main conspirator in the March attack on education minister Bratya Basu on campus, was granted bail on Monday.Mazumdar, who currently lives in Spain, was arrested ...
19 August 2025 TelegraphJU alumnus granted bail in Bengal minister attack case; students, teachers demand release
Jadavpur University (JU) alumnus Hindol Majumdar, accused of conspiring to attack West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu’s convoy on the varsity campus in March this year, was granted bail by a Kolkata court on Monday, five days after his ...
19 August 2025 TelegraphInvite to chief minister Mamata Banerjee for PM Modi's Metro flag-off on August 22
Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has formally invited chief minister Mamata Banerjee to attend the August 22 inauguration of three Metro corridors in the city by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The August 14 letter invites Mamata to “grace the occasion at ...
19 August 2025 TelegraphDerby fever: Sea of colour & chants, more than 80,000 fans visited Salt Lake Stadium
A family ritual going back three decades. A father-son first. Die-hard fans from across Bengal.The Calcutta derby lived up to its legend on Sunday evening, as more than 80,000 fans turned Salt Lake Stadium into a sea of chants, ...
19 August 2025 TelegraphFrom Gulmarg to glory: Kolkata man Subrata Boral conquers Umling La Pass on a 100cc moped
Kolkata biker Subrata Boral has once again pushed the limits. He has conquered Umling La Pass at over 19,000 feet altitude — this time aboard a humble 100cc, 4-horsepower moped. Starting from Gulmarg’s Khyber Himalayan Resort on July 15, the ...
18 August 2025 TelegraphAt 516-year-old Manasa Puja at Jalpaiguri Rajbari, it’s boal, ilish, pabda, chitol and katla as bhog
Boal, ilish, pabda, chitol and katla — these five fish are what Goddess Manasa receives as bhog at the Baikunthapur Rajbari in Jalpaiguri. The offering is a tradition that has been observed, without interruption, for the past 516 years. The ...
18 August 2025 TelegraphRs 64 lakh lost to investment fraud, 1 held; lured by social media advertisement
A Thakurpukur resident allegedly lost ₹64.62 lakh on an investment scheme she stumbled upon on social media in the hope of earning large returns. One person was arrested early on Sunday in this connection.According to police, the complainant ...
18 August 2025 TelegraphWoman accompanied by mother assaulted over parking tiff on Independence Day evening
A woman who was trying to take her car out on the road from her garage, accompanied by her mother, was allegedly sexually assaulted by men who first blocked her way with their motorbikes and then refused to move ...
18 August 2025 TelegraphBuying used vehicle? Check dealer’s licence, Bengal government's appeal to buyers
The Bengal government has issued an appeal to buyers of used vehicles: always verify that third-party dealers have valid licences before making any purchase.The advisory follows the transport department’s receipt of multiple complaints from individuals who sold their vehicles ...
18 August 2025 TelegraphDengue alert: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation flags seven wards as vulnerable
The civic body has identified seven wards as dengue-vulnerable based on the number of cases reported since January, an official of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) said.The wards include neighbourhoods such as Sunny Park and Queens Park in Ballygunge, ...
18 August 2025 TelegraphThe Bengal Files trailer halt ignites row over permit, political blame game erupts
The trailer launch of Vivek Agnihotri’s film The Bengal Files was abruptly halted at a city hotel on Saturday after police said the director did not have the required permission to host the event.The trailer of the film, based ...
18 August 2025 TelegraphAttack on education minister Bratya Basu at JU campus plotted from Spain: Police
A former Jadavpur University student, arrested on Wednesday, orchestrated the campus attack on education minister Bratya Basu from Spain, police told the Alipore court on Friday.Hindol Majumdar, a former pharmaceutical technology student currently pursuing a PhD in biomedicine at ...
18 August 2025 TelegraphSacked schoolteacher dies while exam preparations, kin of deceased blames job anxiety
A sacked schoolteacher who was preparing for the selection exams to get back his job died in Calcutta early on Friday, and his family alleged that stress over the job caused his death.Subal Soren, who used to teach at ...
18 August 2025 TelegraphUnity in focus at 79th Independence Day parade on Red Road, diversified pageant
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee attended the parade to mark the 79th Independence Day on Red Road on Friday. Mamata hoisted the Tricolour and received a guard of honour ahead of the event, which included a parade and cultural presentations ...
18 August 2025 TelegraphScholar extraordinaire: The enduring legacy of Rajat Kanta Ray
Rajat entered Presidency College in 1963 to do his BA and on finishing his degree continued his further studies at the University of Cambridge where he did a Tripos followed by a Ph.D. He was four years my junior. ...
18 August 2025 TelegraphPuja plans area betterment, to seek KMC nod
A south Calcutta Durga puja has promised something that possibly no other has in the past: to beautify and maintain a key road in its backyard — its cleanliness, heritage and aesthetics — not just during Puja but round ...
17 August 2025 TelegraphMid-30s Trinamool Congress worker attacked with chopper in Beleghata, one arrested
A man in his mid-30s was allegedly attacked with a chopper in Beleghata on Friday night. Tapas Banerjee was admitted to NRS Medical College and Hospital with multiple injuries on his head, face and stomach. His family said that ...
17 August 2025 TelegraphKMC relaxes building rules, adds parking, small-plot relief and hospital floors
Mandatory visitor parking in large residential complexes, reduced open space requirements for small plots, and additional construction allowances in hospitals for Swasthya Sathi beds — these are among the key amendments to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) Building Rules ...
17 August 2025 TelegraphDrunk driver hits and beats mid-20s delivery partner near Salt Lake City Centre
A man in his mid-20s, who works as a delivery partner, was allegedly beaten up by the driver of a car that hit the two-wheeler near Salt Lake City Centre on Friday night.Police said the driver was drunk. Bystanders ...
17 August 2025 TelegraphIndiGo starts ‘stretch’ comfort from Sept 12; seats will be available on Delhi route
Deep recline seats, six-way adjustable headrest, more luggage, priority check-in — passengers flying from Calcutta to Delhi will soon experience business class comfort in a low-cost airline flight.IndiGo is set to introduce IndiGoStretch, the airline’s business cabin from Calcutta.The ...
17 August 2025 TelegraphDry August follows wet July, city received 151.6mm of rain, deficit in volume: Met
July ended with 70 per cent surplus rainfall but August so far has recorded a 25 per cent deficit in the city.Between August 1 and 16, the city received 151.6mm of rain, according to the Met office. The usual ...
17 August 2025 TelegraphSC's OBC hearing on September 9 sparks JEE result worry for undergraduate admissions
The Supreme Court has scheduled the hearing regarding the Bengal government’s notification of 140 new OBC sub-castes on September 9, raising alarm over delays in undergraduate admissions to government and aided institutions.The case was listed for hearing on August ...
17 August 2025 TelegraphMan found dead inside metro tunnel between Park Street and Esplanade of Blue Line
A man was found dead in the Metro tunnel between Park Street and Esplanade in the north-south corridor (Blue Line) in the early hours of Friday.The man was declared “brought dead” at Medical College Kolkata, police said. Metro sources ...
17 August 2025 TelegraphLoud voice: Fight for safe spaces continues; movement evolves from outrage to resolve
At the stroke of midnight, as the country prepared to celebrate its 79th Independence Day, a unified voice raised a cry for justice in several pockets of Calcutta.Outside the Academy of Fine Arts, a theatre group performed a skit ...
17 August 2025 TelegraphCloudy sky and light rain forecast for city, Independence Day witnesses humidity
High humidity and sporadic showers marked Independence Day in Calcutta. A generally cloudy sky and light rain have been forecast for the next few days.The sun will also make its presence felt, and the discomfort index will soar when ...
17 August 2025 TelegraphNabanna Abhijaan: Third accused, resident of Khardah arrested in police assault case
A resident of Khardah was arrested early on Friday for allegedly assaulting police during the Nabanna March programme on August 9.Around 4.30am, a team traced Nitish Singh, 25, to Kalagachha in Maheshtala, South 24-Parganas, and rounded him up from ...
17 August 2025 Telegraph‘Federal’ to embellish Preamble: Historian Sugata Bose on the Independence Day eve
The addition of one word to the Preamble of the Constitution will be wiser than subtracting two, historian Sugata Bose said on the eve of Independence Day.The words “secular” and “socialist” have long been anathema to the Hindutva ecosystem. ...
17 August 2025 TelegraphUnidentified body found in Kolkata Metro tunnel between Park Street, Esplanade; probe on
The body of a man was found in the tunnel of Kolkata Metro's Blue Line in the early hours of Friday, officials said.The body was found between the Park Street and Esplanade stations during the inspection of the line ...
16 August 2025 TelegraphSeveral students fall ill during Independence Day parade in Kolkata, CM visits hospital
Several students participating in chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s Independence Day event at Red Road on Thursday afternoon fell sick while the parade was on.The students were rushed to the SSKM Hospital for treatment.Mamata, known for going out of the ...
16 August 2025 TelegraphFree Clive House: Calcutta’s oldest structure strangled by encroachment
Less than 10 km away from Salt Lake stadium, in Dum Dum, stands Calcutta’s oldest structure. It is called Clive House, by virtue of having been the country house of Robert Clive, the first British Governor of the Bengal ...
16 August 2025 TelegraphReclaim the Night movement: Holding on to hope on the long road to justice for Abhaya
Thousands joined the Reclaim the Night movement on the eve of Independence Day last year. A year later, many say they have failed to reclaim justice. They are disillusioned but not discouraged in the long wait for change.One participant, ...
16 August 2025 Telegraph'Historic gift' before Durga Puja: PM Modi to inaugurate metro projects in Kolkata on August 22
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate three metro projects in Kolkata on August 22, Union minister Sukanta Majumdar said on Thursday.Modi will inaugurate the Sealdah-Esplanade section of the Green Line, Hemanta Mukhopadhyay (Ruby Crossing)-Beleghata section of the Orange Line, ...
16 August 2025 TelegraphSaffron, white, green — and healthy: How to follow the Tricolour diet right
You have hoisted the Tricolour, worn clothes themed around the tricolour, but have you eaten the tricolour? Nutritionists advocate including foods in your diet that match the saffron, white, green and even blue on the Indian flag, claiming that ...
15 August 2025 TelegraphHandmade treasures draw crowds at pre-Puja Hasta Shilpa Mela in Salt Lake IA Block
The pre-Puja edition of the state Hasta Shilpa Mela is back at Aiktan. Organised by the state department of micro, small and medium enterprises and textiles, it offers a variety of handicraft, jewellery, bags and more. The IA Block ...
15 August 2025 TelegraphA year later, no end to violence; crimes against women keep popping up, delayed justice
Crimes against women rage on. Structural reforms at the policy level remain a distant cry. But women’s safety — or the lack of it — has finally become part of mainstream public discourse.As the Reclaim the Night vigil in ...
15 August 2025 TelegraphAC Block celebrates young academic achievers and 56 years of the Workshop for the Blind
AC Block recently felicitated two young residents who have topped public exams. One was Meghna Chakravorty, who ranked 79th in the civil service exams, and the other was Shriya Chaudhuri, who stood third in the ISC exams with a ...
15 August 2025 TelegraphKanyashree reduced dropout rates among girl students in schools across state: CM
The introduction of “Kanyashree” scheme helped reduce the dropout rate among girl students in schools across Bengal, chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday. “I can say this proudly, the dropout rate that was 4.75 per cent in 2011-12 ...
15 August 2025 TelegraphSalt Lake crash: Driver held, accused tracked using his cellphone location, say cops
The driver of a car that rammed into a two-wheeler killing the rider waiting at a red light in Salt Lake on Wednesday, has been arrested from Malipanchghora in Howrah.Vinod Roy fled after passersby rescued him on Wednesday. A ...
15 August 2025 TelegraphNabanna March: Another arrest made for allegedly assaulting the police on August 9
A resident of Naihati was arrested early on Thursday for allegedly assaulting police during the Nabanna March programme on August 9.Manas Chandra Saha, 55, is the second person to be arrested in a case of attempt to murder registered ...
15 August 2025 TelegraphStill waiting: Reclaim vigil returns, silent streets but fight unfinished loud and bold
The city was back on the streets — in disdain, disapproval, and disillusionment with an administration and its agencies that had failed to keep their promises.On August 9, 2024, a postgraduate trainee was raped and murdered at RG Kar ...
15 August 2025 TelegraphAAI unveils ‘Art Gallery of Unsung Heroes’ at Kolkata Airport ahead of Independence Day
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) on Thursday inaugurated an 'Art Gallery of Unsung Heroes' at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) airport here as part of the ongoing Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav and Har Ghar Tiranga celebrations.The gallery, ...
15 August 2025 TelegraphSalt Lake accident victim’s family alleges police inaction in driver’s arrest
The family of the food delivery agent, who died in a road accident in Salt Lake on Wednesday, has accused police of inaction in arresting the driver of the car that hit his motorcycle.They alleged that despite the vehicle’s ...
15 August 2025 TelegraphWoman held for forging school papers, cheating parent of Rs 12.47 lakh in admission scam
A woman has been arrested for allegedly forging admission documents of a school and cheating parents of a student out of ₹12.47 lakh for his admission in Class I.Shiela Swamy, alias Margaret Xavier, was arrested from her Kasba ...
15 August 2025 TelegraphPolice stall opening of new EM Bypass bridge over safety gap
A gap near the approach to a newly built steel bridge on the Science City-bound flank of EM Bypass near the Metropolitan crossing has to be adequately covered before the bridge is opened to vehicles, police have told the ...
15 August 2025 TelegraphBengal orders every cinema screen to show one Bengali film daily in prime time
Every cinema screen in Bengal, including those in plexes, will have to show at least one Bengali film between 3pm and 9pm, “prime time” in entertainment parlance.The government on Wednesday issued a notification that said: “In every Cinema hall, ...
15 August 2025 TelegraphCalcutta schools grapple with rising AI dependency among students, rethink teaching and tests
Several schools in Calcutta are facing a growing challenge: students are increasingly relying on artificial intelligence to complete assignments, write essays, and even handle basic communication, leaving teachers struggling to maintain academic integrity.The extent of AI dependency has surprised ...
14 August 2025 TelegraphJunk food wins, healthy fare goes to waste in city school canteens
Across several city schools, canteen vendors are caught in a dilemma: healthy food doesn’t sell, and junk food flies off the shelves. As a result, nutritious options like poha, idli, dosa, dhokla, boiled eggs, oats paratha, and even fruits ...
14 August 2025 Telegraph‘Together We Rise’: Teen’s film calls on India to unite across differences
A San Francisco teenager who spent her formative years in Delhi made a film for her school project that conveys a simple message for India: Celebrate differences and be together. The film by Zara Bharadwaj, 17, is a reminder ...
14 August 2025 TelegraphIIT Kharagpur withdraws action against teachers’ leaders as part of peace initiative
IIT Kharagpur has decided to rescind its earlier decision to show cause and initiate disciplinary proceedings against four office-bearers of the teachers’ association, taken last year during the tenure of the previous director, V.K. Tewari. An IIT official said ...
14 August 2025 TelegraphFormer JU student held at Delhi airport over attack on education minister Bratya Basu
Hindol Majumdar, a former Jadavpur University student who went to Spain to pursue higher studies, was arrested at Delhi airport on Wednesday morning while he was returning to the city for his alleged involvement in the attack on education ...
14 August 2025 TelegraphKMC to hold thrice-a-month anti-encroachment drives, shift street dwellers to shelters
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will conduct anti-encroachment drives on footpaths and public spaces three times each month. Street dwellers will be shifted to shelters.Such drives conducted earlier had little impact. Long gaps between two drives or the absence ...
14 August 2025 TelegraphJagaddal resident arrested for role in assault on cops at Nabanna march in Calcutta
A 40-year-old man from Jagaddal in North 24-Parganas was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the alleged attack on police personnel during the Nabanna march on August 9.Chandan Gupta was arrested at the Bentinck Street-BB Ganguly Street crossing for ...
14 August 2025 TelegraphFood delivery man burnt alive after car crash sparks blaze in Salt Lake
A 22-year-old food delivery boy was burnt to death in Salt Lake on Wednesday evening after a car that had caught fire following a collision crashed into his two-wheeler, police said.The accident took place near a bridge connecting Salt ...
14 August 2025 TelegraphKolkata Police told to keep calm, avoid provocation at Reclaim the night protests
Kolkata Police commissioner Manoj Verma on Wednesday instructed officers to maintain professional conduct and exercise restraint when interacting with participants in Thursday’s Reclaim the Night movement.Verma addressed officers during a preparedness meeting for Independence Day on Friday and the ...
14 August 2025 TelegraphSpotlight on migrants' plight; call for reforms amid targeting of Bengali speakers
The problems faced by migrant labourers come under the spotlight only when they are part of mainstream politics, as seen during the Covid-induced lockdown and now, when Bengali-speaking people are being branded Bangladeshis, researchers and activists said.Their plight is ...
14 August 2025 TelegraphKolkata: Delivery agent killed in Salt Lake road accident, locals clash with police over 'inaction'
A delivery agent was killed in a road accident in Kolkata’s Salt Lake-Keshtopur area on Wednesday, leading to violent protests by locals alleging police negligence.The accident took place near footbridge number 8 between Keshtopur and Salt Lake. According to ...
14 August 2025 Telegraph20 sacked teachers allowed by state government to rejoin earlier jobs in schools
The state government has allowed 20 sacked school teachers to return to their former jobs which they had quit to join as assistant teachers in the government-aided schools at the secondary and higher secondary levels, said an education department ...
14 August 2025 TelegraphBidhannagar Municipal Corporation compactors promise stink-free, cleaner streets
Eight new movable compactors to transport solid waste from Salt Lake and other parts of the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) area to the Dhapa dumping yard were pressed into service on Tuesday. Garbage spilling over on roads and footpaths ...
14 August 2025 TelegraphAI and robotics training lab at Loreto Day School, compulsory hands-on training
A robot went around a table, stopped when it sensed humans and distributed sweets to them. Girls at Loreto Day School, Bowbazar, demonstrated their model as the guests took turns and picked up the sweets. On Tuesday, the school ...
14 August 2025 TelegraphHowrah’s water horrors persist; tough time for residents wading through filthy floods
Nearly a month after heavy rains, several pockets of Howrah remain flooded, with stagnant water turning pitch black from weeks of accumulated filth and garbage.Residents of Pilkhana, Fakir Bagan, and Kamardanga — located about 6km from central Calcutta — ...
14 August 2025 TelegraphSchools face students' dependency on artificial intelligence; creativity at risk
Several schools in Calcutta are facing a growing challenge: students are increasingly relying on artificial intelligence to complete assignments, write essays, and even handle basic communication, leaving teachers struggling to maintain academic integrity.The extent of AI dependency has surprised ...
14 August 2025 TelegraphHarassed while filing complaint against police: RG Kar slain junior doctors' parents
The parents of the doctor who was raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital last year alleged harassment by police on Tuesday, after they tried to lodge a complaint against cops who allegedly assaulted the mother ...
14 August 2025 TelegraphEast-West Metro set for full operations soon, PM likely to inaugurate three stretches
The East-West Metro is finally ready to start services.It will maintain top standards of cleanliness and punctuality, comparable to other leading metros in India, said a railway ministry official after inspecting the Esplanade-Sealdah stretch, which is scheduled to be ...
14 August 2025 TelegraphRG Kar crime anniversary: Kolkata Police summon BJP MLA Ashok Dinda for 'threatening' cop
The Kolkata Police on Tuesday issued summons to BJP MLA and former India cricketer Ashok Dinda to appear before it for allegedly threatening policemen during protests to mark the completion of one year of the RG Kar hospital crime ...
13 August 2025 TelegraphExecutive council of Jadavpur University decides to install 70 more CCTV cameras
The executive council of Jadavpur University decided to install 70 CCTV cameras on its two campuses, located in Jadavpur and Salt Lake, during a meeting on Monday. The meeting, held following a Calcutta High Court order, resolved that while ...
13 August 2025 TelegraphTale of two floods: Filthy and flooded, Howrah sinks in garbage, waterlogged areas
In Howrah, it’s a tale of two floods — one of water, the other of garbage. While some neighbourhoods have remained waterlogged for weeks, those spared the flooding are drowning in heaps of rotting waste.Mounds of discarded items lie ...
13 August 2025 Telegraph10 injured as bus rams into divider
At least 10 passengers of a private bus were injured when it rammed into a divider on Diamond Harbour Road in Behala on Monday.Police said the driver hit the divider to bring the bus to a halt as the ...
13 August 2025 TelegraphHigh Court breather for TMC MLA and two party councillors in post-poll murder case
The high court on Monday restrained the CBI from taking any coercive action till August 31 against Trinamool Congress MLA Paresh Paul and two party councillors in connection with the murder of BJP worker Avijit Sarkar.Justice Jay Sengupta fixed ...
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