Calcutta

A school has developed a library curriculum for students during the Covid pandemic to encourage them to read more. Garden High International School has introduced the curriculum in July, as part of w...

The IIT Kharagpur authorities have asked the 300-odd students still on the campus to move out by August 23 after a student tested positive for Covid-19, officials said. An official of the institute s...

Calcuttans stocked up on groceries and packed refrigerators with ready-to-eats ahead of two consecutive days of “complete lockdown”. Except essential service personnel and people in emerg...

CESC on Wednesday said it had revised the bills for June and would send them out with an explanation of the method of calculation printed on them. Only those consumers who  have not already paid...

A private hospital in Calcutta admitted 50 patients on Tuesday and Wednesday and asked for Rs 50,000 as advance payment from each. Only one patient could pay the amount, while 18 paid much less. The ...

IIT Kharagpur has inaugurated the Academy of Classical and Folk Arts on its campus, an institute spokesperson said on Wednesday. It will offer training on music, fine arts and other performing arts, ...

A woman who worked as domestic help of an elderly man in a highrise in Jadavpur for seven years has been arrested for allegedly stealing his ATM card after his death and handing it over to her son-in-...

A man who allegedly posed as a doctor and performed brain surgery on a man after taking more than Rs 1.75 lakh from his son has been arrested, police said. Balzur Rahman was arrested after a resident...

Two places each in Chetla and Behala’s Barisha have been included in the latest list of Covid containment zones in the city, which the Calcutta Municipal Corporation put up on its Facebook page ...

A yellow bin on Aurobindo Sarani on Tuesday. The Calcutta Municipal Corporation has started installing these yellow bins across the city where people can dump their masks and other gear that are worn ...