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Schools 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 ...
13 August 2025 TelegraphKMC eases small plot norms; building rules tweaked to check illegal construction
The state cabinet on Monday approved proposed amendments to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation Building Rules 2009, relaxing the mandatory open space requirements for small plots. The move aims to deter owners from building illegal structures and obtain necessary permissions ...
13 August 2025 TelegraphADB-funded project for 137km of drainage lines in parts of Sarsuna, Joka and EM Bypass
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation will start building drainage lines under 137km of roads in parts of Sarsuna, Joka and along EM Bypass that lack underground drainage.It will be part of a recently sanctioned ₹2,500 crore project, a majority of ...
12 August 2025 TelegraphSenior postmaster of Burdwan post office in net for cheating depositors
A senior postmaster of a Burdwan post office was arrested on Sunday for his alleged involvement in cheating depositors. The CID arrested Bidyut Sur, the senior postmaster of Burdwan post office, from his residence at Madhabdihi in East Burdwan ...
12 August 2025 TelegraphSporadic rain likely over weekend, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha to face more shower: Met
A fresh system is imminent over the Bay of Bengal, but this time, it is likely to cause more rain in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, said Met officials.Heavy rain is likely to continue in north Bengal for now. But ...
12 August 2025 TelegraphElectrical glitch at Noapara carshed disrupts Metro services on north-south corridor
An electrical glitch at the Noapara carshed disrupted Metro services on the north-south corridor (Blue Line) between Dakshineswar and Dum Dum for over an hour on Monday morning. Trains could not roll out of the shed at Noapara and ...
12 August 2025 Telegraph5 FIRs filed by cops for violence during Nabanna march led by BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari
Police have registered five criminal cases and sought court permission to initiate two more against a political leader and several supporters in connection with the violence during Saturday’s Nabanna March, led by BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari.The charges in the ...
12 August 2025 TelegraphSeven locks of two-storey house broken by thieves for stealing while family slept
Thieves broke into a two-storey house in Salt Lake’s AH Block early on Monday morning, breaking seven locks while a family slept inside and threatening the homeowner with death when she tried to raise an alarm.The intruders entered the ...
12 August 2025 TelegraphDengue death: Painter Swaroop Mukerji passes away at 75 after brief spell of fever
Painter Swaroop Mukerji, 75, a resident of Sunny Park in Ballygunge, died of dengue on Saturday after a brief spell of fever, a family member said on Monday.Civic officials said that Mukerji’s death is the first reported dengue fatality ...
12 August 2025 TelegraphKolkata Metro to replace cooling system of 11 underground stations of Blue line
The Metro Railway Kolkata has decided to replace the cooling system of 11 underground stations of the Blue Line.A Metro spokesperson said on Sunday that out of 15 underground stations, the cooling system of 11 underground stations of the ...
12 August 2025 TelegraphBoat licence delay hits Sundarbans fishermen, a threat to progress in livelihood
Nearly 1 lakh fishermen in the Sundarbans, both within its tiger reserve and close to forest area falling within South 24-Parganas, have not been able to pursue their livelihood for more than a month as the distribution of annual boat licence certificates ...
12 August 2025 TelegraphAC local chugs out of Sealdah
An air-conditioned EMU (electric multiple unit) train ran between Sealdah and Ranaghat for the first time on Sunday. The inaugural run was ceremonial. Commercial runs will start from Monday, said the spokesperson for the Sealdah division of Eastern Railway. “The train will ...
12 August 2025 TelegraphConcrete solutions for damaged stretches; civic body uses interlocking blocks on roads
Stretches of two roads — one near Howrah bridge and another near Science City — that used to get damaged frequently despite repeated repairs are now being relaid with interlocking concrete blocks to make the work more durable, an ...
12 August 2025 TelegraphPresidency Alumni Association to meet Bratya Basu over undergraduate admission tests
A section of former Presidency students will meet education minister Bratya Basu later this month to request that the state joint entrance examination (JEE) board be asked to engage Presidency teachers while formulating question papers of its undergraduate admission ...
11 August 2025 TelegraphTrain ‘pal’ holidays after loan fraud, 38-year-old arrested for notorious activity
A 38-year-old man was arrested on Friday for allegedly cheating a woman whom he had befriended on a train and later managed to take her ATM card and PIN to withdraw money from her account after he fraudulently secured a loan in ...
11 August 2025 TelegraphBattles of special kids and their parents; mainstream inclusion suffers setback
Raising children with autism and other disabilities comes with immense challenges, and it can sometimes be traumatic for both the children and their families — not because of the disabilities themselves, but because of the lack of understanding and acceptance from broader ...
11 August 2025 TelegraphJadavpur University meeting on installation of CCTVs today following HC clearance
Jadavpur University has decided to hold an executive council meeting on Monday to discuss the installation of CCTV cameras on campus following a clearance from the high court. Last month, a division bench of Calcutta High Court said that though the university ...
11 August 2025 TelegraphThailand offers tailored adventures for everyone; focus on women, active seniors
Identifying nearest healthcare facilities for elderly tourists, cooking classes or skydiving for women, Instaworthy spots for millennials: Thailand is now focusing on particular groups like women, “active seniors” and the Gen Z, proposing tours tailor-made for their areas of interest. “We are focusing ...
11 August 2025 TelegraphInjured Kolkata Police constable in stable condition, says senior SSKM official
The condition of the Kolkata Police constable admitted to SSKM Hospital on Saturday after suffering injuries during Nabanna Abhijan is “stable”, a senior hospital official said on Sunday. He had injuries in his “scalp”, the official added. Four others who were ...
11 August 2025 TelegraphUnlocking a pain-free life
Physical pain is an unpleasant sensation which can disrupt daily activities. It accounts for one of the top five reasons for medical consultation.Relief of pain maintains the quality and dignity of life. Pain physicians are medical doctors who specialise ...
11 August 2025 TelegraphCalcutta University seeks help from state education department for August 28 exams
Calcutta University has requested the state education department to take steps to ensure uninterrupted traffic and adequate police deployment so that examinees can reach the exam centres on time on August 28, which coincides with the foundation day of ...
11 August 2025 TelegraphPolice to probe injury of RG Kar victim's mother, senior officials deny assault claim
Police are probing how the mother of the raped and murdered RG Kar doctor suffered injuries during the clash between protesters and law-keepers on Saturday, police commissioner Manoj Verma said on Sunday.The father of the murdered junior doctor alleged ...
11 August 2025 TelegraphRain and Tagore: Picture postcards on Rabindranath Tagore’s death anniversary
Rabindranath Tagore’s death anniversary was commemorated by the department of post on Friday with a set of eight picture postcards.The postcards, released at the General Post Office (GPO) on Friday, are on the theme of ‘Rain and Tagore’.“This release ...
11 August 2025 TelegraphIISER Kolkata scholar’s death exposes apathy, rampant stigma among educated people: Experts
Individuals with autism are often marginalised and become subjects of bullying because of “perceived oddities in behaviour” and “apparent naivety”, said psychiatrists. In higher education as well as among educated people, “lack of fairness and stigma is rampant”, said ...
10 August 2025 TelegraphRG Kar rape and murder: CBI wishes to exit probe, says slain junior doctor's father
Amid cries that justice has been denied, the parents of the junior doctor raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital last year expressed deep frustration with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)’s handling of their daughter’s ...
10 August 2025 TelegraphJU alumni gifts Rs 30-lakh lab equipment
A Jadavpur University alumnus, now based in the US, gifted the institute laboratory equipment worth ₹30 lakh.Dipak Ghosh, who graduated from the chemical engineering department in 1987, came from New Jersey to hand over the equipment on Friday.“In the ...
10 August 2025 TelegraphClash nearby between protesters and police, Park Street dines on like usual weekends
Park Street’s reputation as a weekend lunch favourite survived the mayhem unfolding just a few hundred metres away on Saturday.Inside the restaurants, it was business as usual. Most popular eateries had queues outside — a familiar Saturday scene — ...
10 August 2025 TelegraphSlain junior doctor’s mother injured in ‘lathi-charge’ near Park Street crossing
The mother of the slain junior doctor was injured in an alleged police lathi-charge near the Park Street crossing on Saturday afternoon and taken to hospital with head injuries.Television images showed swelling on the right side of her forehead.“Many ...
10 August 2025 TelegraphKolkata motorists flag E20 petrol issues after Gadkari says ‘show a single instance’ of damage
Kolkata’s veteran motorists, people working at petrol pumps and workshops have said that ethanol-blended petrol comes with performance compromises, especially for vehicles manufactured before 2023.Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday dismissed concerns about ethanol-blended petrol, ...
10 August 2025 TelegraphRG Kar rape and murder case: Sanjay Roy, jail troublemaker- rude and bad behaviour
Sanjay Roy, convicted of the rape and murder of a junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, has been picking fights in jail and is routinely rude to staff, jail officials said.Roy frequently quarrels over food, demanding ...
10 August 2025 TelegraphTraffic tweak for Kona Expressway
Movement of heavy and medium goods vehicles will be restricted along Vidyasagar Setu, including its ramps, Circular Garden Reach Road, Garden Reach Road and all feeder roads connecting these thoroughfares from August 10 to facilitate the construction of the ...
10 August 2025 TelegraphTying rakhis and positive hope at cancer hospital, zeal to step out of the crab web
Chemotherapy, surgery prep, intravenous channels, and the pain of cancer leave little room for anything else in the lives of children undergoing treatment.Yet, they find time — and hope.At Saroj Gupta Cancer Centre & Research Institute, children aged between ...
10 August 2025 Telegraph‘If you don’t invest in teachers, generations will be destroyed’: Sonam Wangchuk in Kolkata
Engineer, innovator and founder of the Himalayan Institute of Alternatives in Ladakh, Sonam Wangchuk, was in Kolkata as the chief guest at Made in JIS Celeb Edition, hosted by JIS Group Educational Initiatives at the Dhono Dhanyo Auditorium. My ...
10 August 2025 TelegraphFIR against owners if KMC notice to repair old building ignored, says Firhad Hakim
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will file FIRs against owners of “dangerous buildings” who do not repair the structures even after they are served notices, mayor Firhad Hakim said on Friday.“Three buildings collapsed in the past few days. People ...
10 August 2025 TelegraphHusband arrested for ‘murder and torture’ of 29-year-old homemaker in Beleghata
The husband of the 29-year-old homemaker who was found dead at her in-laws’ home in Beleghata on Wednesday was arrested on Friday on charges of murder, mental and physical torture, and dowry demand.The family of the deceased has accused ...
10 August 2025 TelegraphState govt moves Supreme Court against order of halting JEE results publication
The state government has moved the Supreme Court challenging Calcutta High Court’s order halting the publication of the state JEE results, education minister Bratya Basu said on Friday.Justice Kaushik Chanda on Thursday directed the JEE board to rework the ...
10 August 2025 TelegraphBangladeshi national posing as an Indian arrested from airport with fake passport
A Bangladeshi national was arrested at the airport on Friday morning for allegedly posing as an Indian and trying to fly to Germany.Airport officials said Saumik Barua from Chittagong was allegedly using an Indian passport issued in the name ...
10 August 2025 TelegraphBengali must on signboards alongside other languages by September: Firhad Hakim
Shop owners, hotels and other establishments in the city must display their names in Bengali alongside other languages of their choice, or face having their signboards removed by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), Mayor Firhad Hakim announced on Friday.Business ...
10 August 2025 TelegraphPolice brace for Nabanna march today, arrangements done to avoid uninvited scuffle
Police on Friday said no organisation or individual has sought formal permission for the Nabanna march on Saturday, but adequate arrangements have been made to prevent any breach of security at the state secretariat.August 9 marks one year since ...
10 August 2025 TelegraphBhulini Bhulbona: Rally returns a year on, ‘It’s 2025 — and we’re still not safe’
Rage, grief, hope and a steely resolve echoed through a rally on Friday night marking a year since the rape and murder of a junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9, 2024.Metro spoke to ...
10 August 2025 Telegraph20 and counting: A score of ways the number shapes our lives
Math and astronomyVigesimal: Several ancient civilisations, such as the Mayans and Celtics, used the vigesimal numeral system. So, instead of the modern system of using base-10 (where we group in tens), they grouped things in sets of 20. The ...
10 August 2025 TelegraphTwo townships, twenty years: The Telegraph Salt Lake’s journey with its people
Turning 20 for a community newspaper, covering the two townships, New Town and Salt Lake — the first of which got peopled over the last two decades and the second gained its unique identity —means being there for every ...
9 August 2025 TelegraphSpotlight on events and monuments, innovations and creations that were born in 2005
LocalPuja at Animikha: Durga puja at New Town’s Animikha Abasan began in 2005. The Animikha Sanjari Welfare Association, comprising about 30 families settled in the C and D high-income blocks, held their first puja in the garage of D ...
9 August 2025 TelegraphBirthday Treat
Pan-Seared SausageIngredientsBell pepper - 100gOnion - 1 smallGarlic - 3 clovesSausage - 5Chilli flakes - 1tspOregano - 1tspRosemary - 1tspButter - 1tbspMozzarella cheese - 10g Methodl Cut the bell pepper and onion into thin ...
9 August 2025 TelegraphHC allows ‘peaceful’ Nabanna march, govt free to implement prohibitory order
The high court on Thursday refused to disallow a march to the state secretariat on Saturday but said the government was free to implement a prohibitory order, already issued by police.Should the rally take place, it must be peaceful ...
9 August 2025 TelegraphCourt halts JEE results and directs board to rework merit list with reservation norms
The high court on Thursday stayed the publication of the JEE results, directing the board to rework the merit list using pre-2010 OBC reservation norms.Justice Kaushik Chanda passed the order on the day the board was to publish results ...
9 August 2025 TelegraphWoman found dead in Beleghata, parents allege domestic violence against her in-laws
A 29-year-old woman was found dead at her in-laws’ home in Beleghata on Thursday. Her parents alleged she was tortured by her husband and his family for giving birth to daughters and protesting his alleged extramarital affair.Shweta Prasad Shaw ...
9 August 2025 TelegraphCISCE releases inclusive education handbook to support children with special needs
The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) has released a handbook on inclusive education to help teachers identify and support children with special needs and address diversity in their classrooms.The handbook aims to assist schools in “strengthening ...
9 August 2025 TelegraphCops probe voter cards in fake ID racket, contact election commission for verification
The Kolkata Police have contacted the state election commission to verify the details of the 13 voter cards seized from Soumik Dutta, who was arrested for allegedly helping Bangladeshi model Shanta Paul obtain fake Indian identity documents. Dutta, 36, ...
8 August 2025 Telegraph75 percent attendance mandatory for students before board examinations, says CBSE
A minimum 75 per cent attendance is mandatory for Class X and XII students to be eligible for appearing in the board exams, the CBSE said in a circular sent to principals on Monday.The board said that it may ...
8 August 2025 Telegraph'Priority' to Bengali films amidst language row: Senior TMC leader Aroop Biswas
Bengali films will have primacy in Bengal, Aroop Biswas, minister and senior Trinamool leader, said on Thursday after a meeting between some of Calcutta’s leading actors, filmmakers, producers, distributors and exhibitors.Biswas, the MLA from Tollygunge, linked the resolution to ...
8 August 2025 TelegraphRG Kar rape and murder: She hummed while she worked, colleagues of slain recall
She was equally passionate about pulmonary medicine and music, and often hummed while working, a colleague of the junior doctor who was raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital last year said on Thursday — two ...
8 August 2025 TelegraphA year after RG Kar rape & murder, what a visit to 2 hospitals tells us
A year after the rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital sparked statewide protests by junior doctors and the public, several demands of the protesting doctors remain unfulfilled.The central referral system for ...
8 August 2025 TelegraphIIEST teachers to meet director over neglected hostels after LinkedIn outcry
The teachers of IIEST Shibpur will meet with the institute’s director to request that he take steps to complete the pending renovation work in the hostels, many of which have been in a state of disrepair for years. The ...
8 August 2025 Telegraph‘Old coin dealer’ turns out to be arms supplier; cops find rifles, pistols in Khardah flat
The man arrested for illegal possession of a cache of arms and ammunition in Khardah is suspected to be in touch with several criminals in Hooghly, South and North 24-Parganas, and police suspect he was supplying arms to criminals ...
8 August 2025 TelegraphTMC trade union leader caught on CCTV slapping petrol pump owner in Phoolbagan
A Trinamool Congress trade union leader was caught on CCTV slapping a petrol pump owner in Phoolbagan on Tuesday afternoon.The leader, Kabita Gupta, admitted to slapping the owner, Sumona Das Roy, 52, alleging that Das Roy had abused her ...
8 August 2025 TelegraphKolkata: Patch repairs on EM Bypass done, but monsoon may undo quick fixes, say engineers
The perilous stretch of EM Bypass between Science City and the Briji Metro station in Garia was repaired between Monday night and Wednesday afternoon. However, engineers stated that it remains to be observed how long the repairs will last ...
8 August 2025 TelegraphNew faces on South Calcutta Law College governing body appointed by Calcutta University
Calcutta University on Monday appointed two new nominees to the governing body of South Calcutta Law College, where a 24-year-old student was gang-raped on June 25.The university has appointed Tanupa Chakraborty, the head of the commerce department at CU, ...
7 August 2025 TelegraphSupreme Court hears dearness allowance contempt appeal
The Supreme Court on Tuesday began hearing the Bengal government’s appeal that challenged the initiation of contempt proceedings in Calcutta High Court by state employees challenging the delay or denial in payment of the dearness allowance (DA).A bench of ...
7 August 2025 TelegraphPolice suspect arms haul accused to be supplier of illegal ammunitions to criminals
The man arrested for illegal possession of a cache of arms and ammunition in Khardah is suspected to be in touch with several criminals in Hooghly, South and North 24-Parganas, and police suspect he was supplying arms to criminals ...
7 August 2025 TelegraphBengal: E-rickshaw driver rescues newborn girl from garbage dump in Howrah
A newborn girl was rescued by an e-rickshaw driver from a garbage dump in Howrah on Wednesday morning, officials said.Chandan Mallick, the driver, was passing through Panchanantala in Bally when he noticed something unusual near the garbage dump, located ...
7 August 2025 TelegraphKolkata Metro plans tunnel overhaul, subsidence and seepage in the 40-year-old Blue Line
Not just the cracking New Garia station — Metro Rail authorities are equally concerned about the old and decaying underground structure of the north-south corridor. Tracks have subsided in stretches, water is seeping from walls, platforms are damaged, and ...
7 August 2025 TelegraphGarages hit jackpot as cars stumble on potholes, good times for repair workshops
Car repair workshops across the city have witnessed a surge in vehicles queuing up for service, with most owners complaining that poor road conditions have taken a toll on their vehicles. Automobile engineers heading teams at repair workshops said ...
6 August 2025 TelegraphCops get bail in post-poll murder case
The investigating officer of the Kankurgachi BJP activist murder case in 2021, and a home guard of Kolkata Police who had been chargesheeted by CBI and were sent to judicial remand, were granted bail by the high court on ...
6 August 2025 TelegraphSouth Calcutta Law College gangrape: Cops get custody of prime accused Monojit Mishra
Monojit Mishra, the prime accused in the gang-rape of a student at South Calcutta Law College in Kasba, and his three co-accused were sent to police remand late on Tuesday.Mishra, along with Pramit Mukherjee and Zaib Ahmed, and security ...
6 August 2025 TelegraphSystem brews, more rain in store, south Bengal to get fresh spell of shower: Met
A fresh system is likely to trigger more rain in Calcutta from Wednesday.“An upper air cyclonic circulation lies over north Bangladesh and neighbourhood. It is likely to descend in a day or two. A fresh rainy spell is likely ...
6 August 2025 TelegraphWeeks underwater, Howrah lives on a prayer; no sign of relief for the residents
Barely 7km from the heart of Calcutta, on the western bank of the Hooghly, large parts of Howrah’s Salkia have been underwater for nearly a month.The heavy showers may have stopped — but in Salkia, that means little.Lanes and ...
6 August 2025 TelegraphTest cricket wins young fans with fresh interest after epic series, coaches note shift
A riveting series that saved its best for the final hour has sparked fresh interest in Test cricket among a generation obsessed with the slam-bang thrill of the Indian Premier League.The rubber, shared 2-2 by England and India, has ...
6 August 2025 TelegraphHandbook for inclusive education released by the CISCE for diversity in classrooms
The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) has released a handbook on inclusive education to help teachers identify and support children with special needs and address diversity in their classrooms.The handbook aims to assist schools in “strengthening ...
6 August 2025 TelegraphTwo arrested for Bangladeshi model Shanta Paul’s ID fraud
Two men who allegedly helped Bangladeshi national Shanta Paul — a model and actress — obtain forged Indian documents have been arrested.Soumik Dutta, 36, was arrested from his home in Naihati, North 24-Parganas, on Monday. Sheikh Momtajuddin, 38, was ...
6 August 2025 TelegraphArms haul in Khardah apartment, cash, gold and silver recovered; owner arrested
A cache of arms and ammunition was seized from an apartment in a residential neighbourhood of Khardah in North 24-Parganas on Monday. A 66-year-old man who stayed alone in the flat, and told neighbours that he was a supplier ...
6 August 2025 TelegraphRetired man loses Rs 1 crore from his retirement funds to 'digital arrest', say police
An elderly Calcuttan was kept under “digital arrest” for more than a week and forced to transfer ₹1.09 crore from his retirement funds, police said. Two teenagers and a youth were arrested from Odisha by Bidhannagar police on Sunday ...
6 August 2025 TelegraphSupreme Court to hear the plea of dismissed teachers over a petition filed by them
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to list for urgent hearing a petition filed by a section of dismissed teachers seeking a review of the court’s April 3 judgment that sacked around 25,000 teaching and non-teaching employees of Bengal’s ...
6 August 2025 TelegraphYunam Peak expedition to be embarked by mountaineers post Independence Day celebration
A team of mountaineers from the city will embark on an expedition to the Yunam Peak after celebrating the 78th Independence Day at the base camp of the 6,111m summit in Himachal Pradesh. A team of 25, comprising 12 ...
5 August 2025 TelegraphNo change in exam schedule, CU rejects the request of higher education department
Calcutta University has rejected the higher education department’s request to reschedule the undergraduate examinations on August 28. The department appealed to the university as that date coincides with the foundation day of the Trinamool Congress’s student wing.BCom fourth-semester as ...
5 August 2025 TelegraphHumidity, rain to take turns for next couple of days across the city, predicts Met
Sporadic rain with hot and humid conditions in between — that is the forecast for Calcutta for the next couple of days.The monsoon trough, which had been passing through south Bengal for a long time, moved north on Monday. ...
5 August 2025 TelegraphSpike in gastrointestinal infections and flu cases across the city, say doctors
A four-year-old girl from Behala was diagnosed with cholera, as doctors across the city reported a sharp rise in gastrointestinal infections. Hundreds of patients were turning up at clinics and hospital OPDs with symptoms like vomiting, diarrhoea, fever, and ...
5 August 2025 TelegraphBallygunge Circular Road caves in after pipe leak forming crater about 7 feet deep
A portion of Ballygunge Circular Road, near the army’s Maidan Camp, caved in on Monday evening, forming a large crater about 7 feet deep and 2.5 feet wide.Police cordoned off the area, and civic officials began repair work late ...
5 August 2025 TelegraphOval thriller up close on last-minute tickets, Indian fans keep faith despite England's lead
When Mohammed Siraj stepped on the boundary cushion while catching a Harry Brook shot at deep fine leg on Sunday, Abhishek Gon was seated right above, in the stands.“Our seats were under the Indian dressing room. The guy had ...
5 August 2025 TelegraphKolkata engineer powers Nisar mission, part of Nasa-Isro satellite launch team
When the Nasa-Isro space collaboration went aloft from Sriharikota on Wednesday evening, echoes of celebration were heard in Calcutta as well.Calcutta-based chemical engineer Subhradip Ghosh, 30, played a key role in the launch of the earth observation satellite, Nasa-Isro ...
5 August 2025 TelegraphKolkata Traffic Police issues advisory for Independence Day rehearsals, key roads to be closed
The Kolkata Traffic Police has issued a detailed traffic advisory in view of rehearsals for the upcoming Independence Day Parade on Red Road. The rehearsals are scheduled to be held on August 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, and ...
5 August 2025 TelegraphTale of torment from Gurgaon, fear of deportation injects panic inside 38-year-old
A 38-year-old man who has spent the better part of his life in Gurgaon is facing fears he has never known.The man hails from a village in North Dinajpur. Panic has gripped the working-class Bengali-speaking population in the city ...
5 August 2025 TelegraphSunderban women get mango saplings
Around 50 women living on the fringes of the Sundarban Tiger Reserve (STR) were given two mango saplings each on July 29, the International Tiger Day.Each woman also received a gachher khata or a tree journal. Written in simple ...
4 August 2025 TelegraphConservation of big cats still ‘full of challenges’, experts talk about tiger protection
The steady rise in tiger numbers is one of India’s greatest global achievements, but the conservation of the apex predator is still fraught with challenges, two veteran foresters said. A balance between infrastructure development and preserving the sanctity of ...
4 August 2025 TelegraphBehala College to receive postgraduate applications from August 6, fast-track entry
Behala College, which is now autonomous, will receive postgraduate applications starting August 6, two days before the start of the admission process in colleges affiliated to state-aided universities. The form-filling exercise will continue till August 20. On Friday, the ...
4 August 2025 TelegraphEarly detection key to cancer cure, say doctors at awareness-building meet
Ovarian and endometrial cancers are still detected very late when the disease has progressed, doctors said at an awareness-building meet.Early detection is possible, which can avoid pain, suffering and financial burden, they said. “A majority of non-specific symptoms are ...
4 August 2025 TelegraphBattered roads force bus owners to cut fleet; traffic, frequent breakdowns main cause
Several private bus owners have withdrawn some of their vehicles from multiple routes because potholed roads have caused damage, and the buses now require thorough maintenance.The bus owners said many of the city’s roads, including the arterial Belgharia Expressway, ...
4 August 2025 TelegraphBlaze-hit pharma unit shut, staff wary of future; forensic test at Dey’s Medical today
Several employees of Dey’s Medical Stores (Manufacturing) Ltd expressed concerns about their future on Sunday as the pharma manufacturing unit will remain shut till it receives clearance from the fire department and police.A blaze broke out on its premises ...
4 August 2025 TelegraphExpert eye on screen-time lesson void, parents often use mobile phones as distractions
Children aged five and above are being taught about traffic signals and how to cross the road.However, they are not being taught about the harmful effects of excessive mobile phone use, said Swati Popat Vats, head of an association ...
4 August 2025 TelegraphSun to play hide & seek in coming days, intensity shifted from south to north: Met
The sky was cloudy and sunny in phases on Sunday, with more than one spell of light rain.Similar conditions are expected to play out in Calcutta over the next few days, said a Met official. The intensity of the ...
4 August 2025 TelegraphRain cloud on Durga Puja road repair drive, engineers anticipate and plan accordingly
Road repairs ahead of Puja are scheduled to start in a few weeks in Calcutta, and engineers anticipate that they may have to undertake several rounds of repairs this year because of an early Durga Puja, when rain is ...
4 August 2025 TelegraphMan dies by suicide in Kolkata fearing NRC; came from Dhaka in 1972, says family
A 63-year-old man was found hanging in his residence in Kolkata on Sunday morning, with his family claiming that he had been living in fear that he would be sent to Bangladesh if the National Register of Citizens (NRC) ...
4 August 2025 TelegraphSix-month-old baby dies after falling from the bed on flooded home floor in Birati
A six-month-old infant died after falling from a bed into stagnant water inside her waterlogged home at Debinagar in Birati on Saturday morning.Some neighbours said that the mother, Puja Ghorui, was busy cooking after putting her infant daughter, Rishika, ...
4 August 2025 Telegraph