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 TelegraphThe 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 TelegraphThe 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 TelegraphA 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 TelegraphNot 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 TelegraphCar 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 TelegraphThe 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 TelegraphMonojit 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 TelegraphA 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 TelegraphBarely 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 TelegraphA 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 TelegraphThe 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 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 TelegraphA 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 TelegraphAn 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 TelegraphThe 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 TelegraphA 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 TelegraphCalcutta 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 TelegraphSporadic 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 TelegraphA 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 TelegraphA 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 TelegraphWhen 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 TelegraphWhen 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 TelegraphThe 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 TelegraphA 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 TelegraphAround 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 TelegraphThe 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, 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 TelegraphOvarian 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 TelegraphSeveral 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 TelegraphSeveral 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 TelegraphChildren 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 TelegraphThe 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 TelegraphRoad 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 TelegraphA 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 TelegraphA 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“Father of Indian Chemistry, philanthropist, and entrepreneur who founded modern chemistry teaching and research in India,” reads a plaque installed by the Royal Society of Chemistry, London, at Presidency College (now University) in Calcutta, honouring Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray.“He ...
4 August 2025 TelegraphA portion of a two-storeyed house on Maniktala Main Road collapsed on another neighbouring house on Saturday morning, injuring five persons of a family, including two children. The family lived in the neighbouring single-storeyed home, which received significant damage, ...
4 August 2025 TelegraphCalcutta University has decided against using South Calcutta Law College as an examination centre for the fourth, sixth and eighth semester examinations of the LLB programme.It cited as reason the heavy police deployment on the campus in the wake ...
4 August 2025 TelegraphA small, fun-loving but “resilient” community, the Anglo-Indians, met on Saturday to reaffirm their position in society and spelt the importance of staying “united”.The community celebrated World Anglo-Indian Day at home and in public programmes with prayers, food, music, ...
4 August 2025 TelegraphTwo men from Bengal, who had been driving autos in Gurgaon to earn a living, returned home traumatised after being detained by police. Until a month ago, they lived with their families in a slum in Chakkarpur, Sector 28, ...
4 August 2025 TelegraphPolice have urged the civic body to immediately repair stretches of key roads to prevent accidents and ease traffic. Among the roads mentioned are EM Bypass, Prince Anwar Shah Road, Raja SC Mullick Road, and Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue. Calcuttans, ...
4 August 2025 TelegraphA baby girl, just a few months old, died after reportedly falling from a bed into stagnant water inside her waterlogged home at Birati near here, officials said on Saturday.According to locals, the infant was alone on the bed ...
4 August 2025 TelegraphThe historic Netaji Bhavan used to be the most significant landmark on Elgin Road. That iconic building is now almost difficult to spot from the road because of a clutter of banners and hoardings.The mayor of Calcutta expressed anguish ...
4 August 2025 TelegraphThe higher education department has written to Calcutta University, requesting it to reschedule the examinations on August 28, as that date coincides with the foundation day of Trinamool Congress’s student wing. A BCom fourth semester examination and a BA ...
4 August 2025 TelegraphPolice sought the remand of Monojit Mishra — the prime accused in the June 25 South Calcutta Law College gang-rape — on Friday, citing discrepancies found in his gait pattern analysis.Mishra, co-accused students Pramit Mukherjee and Zaib Ahmed, and ...
4 August 2025 TelegraphPresidency University teachers have written to the vice-chancellor voicing concern over the delay in the publication of undergraduate admission test results. The tests were conducted by the state JEE board.“Presidency, which has always attracted among the best minds in ...
4 August 2025 TelegraphA woman arrested last week for allegedly duping a man she had met on a matrimony site had sold his mobile phone to a Bangladeshi national through an online trading portal. The phone has been smuggled to Bangladesh, police ...
4 August 2025 TelegraphThe high court on Wednesday ordered that the sacked school teachers at the secondary and higher secondary levels of the government-aided schools be permitted to participate in the counselling process for the upper primary level (Classes VI to VIII) ...
1 August 2025 TelegraphAn inspection team constituted by Calcutta University to probe alleged irregularities at South Calcutta Law College questioned a CU nominee on the college’s governing body regarding the appointment of Monojit Mishra, the prime accused in the alleged gang-rape on ...
1 August 2025 TelegraphChief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday urged Durga Puja organisers and the local administration to provide new clothes to migrant labourers returning to Bengal because of the alleged oppression of Bengali-speaking people in some states.“Puja shabar jonnyo bhalo hoye ...
1 August 2025 TelegraphThe director of IIEST Shibpur called Metro on Thursday and said the hostels that are in deplorable condition on campus will be repaired soon. The director also said that the repairs got delayed because the students were not on ...
1 August 2025 TelegraphA system that was over Bangladesh at the start of the week is now refusing to leave south Bengal, triggering incessant rain in and around Calcutta throughout the week since Monday.More than one spell of rain and a “generally ...
1 August 2025 TelegraphAt least 40 snakes, most of them venomous, have been rescued from a pocket of Howrah in July.The rescued reptiles include 12 monocled cobras, 20 Russell’s vipers and one common krait. The non-venomous snakes include rat snake and common ...
1 August 2025 TelegraphA toddler who was playing on the dining table of her north Calcutta home died after an accidental fall on Wednesday evening. Her mother and another relative were sitting on chairs at the table.Pranshi Saraf, a year and 10 ...
1 August 2025 TelegraphChief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced a grant of ₹1.1 lakh for every Durga Puja organiser in Bengal and reminded her audience of the jobs the festival generates.The dole was not limited to the cash grant. They included ...
1 August 2025 TelegraphA team of railway officials, including two members of the Railway Board, visited Kavi Subhash (New Garia) Metro station of the north-south corridor (Blue Line) on Thursday.Passenger services to Kavi Subhash were indefinitely suspended on Monday afternoon after cracks ...
1 August 2025 TelegraphBangladeshi national Shanta Paul, who was allegedly found in possession of fake Indian identity documents and multiple Bangladeshi passports, has two Aadhaar cards with addresses in the city and East Burdwan.Police are probing where she got the fake cards.Officers ...
1 August 2025 TelegraphWhen the call for sacred service comes, Lord Almighty has his unique way of stirring a dormant soul. Even if the person pays no heed, ultimately God will have his way to engage the person for his service, especially ...
1 August 2025 TelegraphA 73-year-old man who had been attached to a sub-post office in East Burdwan was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly duping a person out of ₹12 lakh.Surajit Pal, a resident of Jamalpur Hattala in East Burdwan, invested in a ...
1 August 2025 TelegraphA Howrah resident was allegedly duped out of ₹2 lakh by a group of men who promised to provide him with a personal loan. Sayan Adhikary, a resident of Bally, needed a loan of ₹8 lakh. The group collected ...
1 August 2025 TelegraphThe government sent a directive to the Bengal joint entrance examinations (JEE) board on the publication of the JEE results on Wednesday.The details of the directive would be known only from a news conference on Thursday, the board chief ...
1 August 2025 TelegraphThe persecution of the working class for speaking their mother tongue and the ongoing revision of electoral rolls in Bihar are among the biggest assaults on the Constitution, rights activist Harsh Mander said in the city on Tuesday."There have ...
1 August 2025 TelegraphA man who bought ornaments from a jewellery store’s outlet in Bowbazar and paid by a cheque that was later dishonoured has been arrested after being tracked through electronic surveillance.The arrested man was identified as Vijayant Kumar Singh, 29. ...
31 July 2025 TelegraphRepairs on the Science City-bound flank of Bridge No. 4 started from Monday night and will take more than a month, an official of the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA), the custodian of the bridge, said.The flank will remain ...
31 July 2025 TelegraphA bold experiment to create a newspaper for children took a leap of faith — and became a newspaper by children.That bold experiment turned 25 on July 26.When The Telegraph in Schools (TTIS) started 25 years ago, its “brand ...
31 July 2025 TelegraphA major fire broke out on Wednesday afternoon at a plastic warehouse near the EM Bypass in the city’s Metropolitan area, close to a five-star hotel. The fire was reportedly triggered by highly flammable materials stored inside the godown, ...
31 July 2025 TelegraphThe first day of the indefinite closure of Kavi Subhash (New Garia) Metro station of the north-south corridor (Blue Line) led to a torrid time for many passengers.Unaware of the closure, many of them turned up at the station ...
31 July 2025 TelegraphThe deposition of witnesses started before a city court on Tuesday in the trial of the case related to financial irregularities at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. Former principal of RG Medical College and Hospital Sandip Ghosh is ...
31 July 2025 TelegraphTravel from Calcutta to Southeast Asia got a boost in two ways — an airline will start flights between Calcutta and Bangkok this November, and Singapore’s tourism board has partnered with an Indian airline to promote tourism to the ...
31 July 2025 TelegraphFish importers from Calcutta have written to Bangladesh’s ministry of foreign affairs in Dhaka, requesting them to allow export of “Padma-r ilish” ahead of Durga Puja.Durga Puja will be celebrated from September 28 to October 2.In a letter to ...
31 July 2025 TelegraphTiger cubs and juveniles are thriving in the Sunderbans, suggest images taken by trap cameras placed for an annual census of the big cat.Forest officials stated that a healthy young population indicates the mangrove ecosystem is in good shape.Trap ...
31 July 2025 TelegraphThe high court on Tuesday asked the state government and the state joint entrance examination (JEE) board to explain by August 7 why the JEE results could not be published. A division bench gave the order while hearing a ...
31 July 2025 TelegraphIIT Kharagpur is awaiting recommendations from an external experts committee to specifically “give a thought” to the crisis laid bare by the spate of deaths on the campus, director Suman Chakraborty said on Tuesday.The director said this a day ...
31 July 2025 TelegraphThe city’s hospitals are full and a large number of patients are suffering from chest infections, doctors and officials said.At several private hospitals on Tuesday, designated wards for pulmonary care were full, and patients with respiratory infections were spilling ...
31 July 2025 TelegraphKolkata and large parts of Bengal have been experiencing continuous rain for the past few days, and the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has now issued a forecast indicating persistent rain and thundershowers for the next seven days. This period ...
30 July 2025 TelegraphThree youths who had come to attend a birthday party at a studio apartment inside a residential complex in Rajarhat were arrested on Sunday for allegedly stealing a motorbike from the premises.Police sources said the complex is a condominium ...
30 July 2025 TelegraphIIT Kharagpur will keep the interaction window with parents open. The authorities will speak to parents every alternate month to remind them not to expose their children to parental pressure, the IIT director said last week. At the induction ...
30 July 2025 TelegraphThe Supreme Court on Monday issued a directive to the authorities in Bengal and Uttar Pradesh to accelerate the investigation into the recent suicides at IIT Kharagpur and Sharda University in Greater Noida.The court reminded the authorities of their ...
30 July 2025 TelegraphA cyclonic circulation over Bangladesh triggered a sharp spell of showers in Calcutta on Monday afternoon and was likely to cause more rain on Tuesday, said Met officials.There is a possibility of another similar spell in Calcutta before Wednesday ...
30 July 2025 TelegraphTwo Bangladeshi nationals carrying Indian passports that they had allegedly obtained fraudulently were arrested while trying to board a flight for Vietnam from the Calcutta airport on Saturday. Both the accused had entered India with valid Bangladeshi passports on ...
30 July 2025 TelegraphBehala College was formally conferred autonomous status for 10 years by Calcutta University on Monday.The university issued a letter to the college announcing the conferment — a recognition that will allow the college to independently run its course curriculum, ...
29 July 2025 TelegraphA man was allegedly robbed of his valuables after being served tea laced with sedatives during his first meeting with a prospective bride whom he met through a matrimony site. The woman was arrested on Sunday. Sudip Bose, a ...
29 July 2025 TelegraphA nature interpretation centre highlighting the uniqueness of the East Kolkata Wetlands and showcasing its rich biodiversity will be set-up by mid-next year.The interpretation centre is planned near Nalban.Despite performing several important functions that include draining out sewage and ...
29 July 2025 TelegraphA road used by thousands travelling between Calcutta and its south-western fringes, like Batanagar and Maheshtala, is in a perilous condition, with daily commuters complaining that the state of the road is getting worse with time. Around ten days ...
29 July 2025 TelegraphThe Supreme Court’s stay on Calcutta High Court’s order to put on hold the implementation of the state’s new list of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) has paved the way for the publication of the state JEE results, merit lists ...
29 July 2025 TelegraphPassenger services to Kavi Subhash (New Garia) Metro station were indefinitely suspended on Monday after cracks were detected in the columns of the platform of the terminal station of the north-south corridor (Blue Line).Metro officials linked the cracks to ...
29 July 2025 TelegraphTwo panchayats in the Sunderbans have given a written undertaking to the forest department that fishermen will not breach nylon nets bordering the forest and villagers will not dump dead livestock along the riverbank.Tigers from the forests strayed near ...
29 July 2025 TelegraphThe deplorable condition of Calcutta’s roads now finds a match in its flyovers. Many elevated stretches across the city feature worn, broken, and battered surfaces riddled with multiple small potholes, offering commuters a bumpy ride.Among the worst affected are ...
29 July 2025 TelegraphMinimally invasive surgery, an approach that uses smaller incisions than traditional open surgery, is being increasingly used to treat spine problems, doctors said.A city hospital, specialising in spine and brain surgeries, last week hosted a conference on unilateral biportal ...
29 July 2025 TelegraphLanguage-based profiling would fracture the country's unity, several residents said on Sunday while taking part in rallies protesting against alleged attacks on Bengalis in other states.Many participants were not Bengali speakers themselves.Trinamool councillors of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation organised ...
29 July 2025 TelegraphA spider that does not build webs but is a robust and agile hunter nonetheless has been discovered in the Sunderbans.The finding marks the first recorded instance of the genus Piratula in India, a group of wolf spiders predominantly ...
28 July 2025 TelegraphAn upgrade of the third rail of the north-south or Blue line of Metro Rail, meant to save energy and equip itself to run trains at shorter intervals, saw its first phase completed on Saturday. The Mahanayak Uttam Kumar ...
28 July 2025 TelegraphSeveral roads across the city are riddled with numerous small potholes, making driving difficult and hazardous. The jerking movements, often very tough to control, can suddenly drag a car or a two-wheeler to the right or left. Car drivers ...
28 July 2025 TelegraphTwo women, one of them a caregiver and the other a domestic help, were arrested last week for allegedly stealing jewellery from their employers’ residences in different parts of the city. One of them was caught after analysing CCTV ...
28 July 2025 TelegraphAn annual field trip to the museum is not enough. Students need regular engagement, and teachers must pre-plan activities to make museums an integral part of the teaching and learning process.This was the key message from educators and museum ...
28 July 2025 TelegraphA man seeking to report a savings account issue was allegedly duped out of over ₹1 lakh after finding a fake customer care number online.Sandip Kumar Agarwal, 32, of Alif Nagar in Garden Reach, searched for his private bank’s ...
28 July 2025 TelegraphAn emergency academic council meeting of IIM Calcutta has decided to allow its student who was arrested for rape and is now out on bail to attend classes from Monday, campus sources said.Paramanand Mahaveer Toppannawar, 26, however, cannot stay ...
28 July 2025 TelegraphAn academic and politician based in London, returned to his alma mater, St James’ School, on Friday with a message for students: “Difference isn’t a weakness, it’s a strength.”Rohit K. Dasgupta, an associate professor of gender and sexuality at ...
28 July 2025 TelegraphThe city airport’s existing terminal will exclusively serve domestic passengers once a new terminal becomes operational, reflecting the stark disparity between domestic and international traffic at Calcutta’s main airport.The new terminal building, part of the Phase II expansion worth ...
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