Calcutta

An Anglo-Indian school in central Calcutta has offered a 30 per cent “interim” discount on tuition fee in two of its schools if parents can establish financial crunch arising from business setback...

The 26-year-old man who allegedly shot a 20-year-old college student and then stabbed her to death on Saturday had assembled the single-shot himself after seeing video clips on an online platform, he ...

Jadavpur University plans to review the evaluation criteria for undergraduate final-semester students of humanities following criticism from education minister Partha Chatterjee for fixing the criteri...

Scientists and staff at the Birla Industrial and Technological Museum had a different story to tell. The Covid-19 curbs had forced shut the museum for students and astronomy enthusiasts. The BITM admi...

The percentage of Covid-19 patients turning critical after being admitted to hospital has gone down over the past month, conversa-tions with doctors at some of Calcutta’s private hospitals suggest.O...

A teenager riding pillion on a motorcycle was hit by a vehicle after being flung on the road when an app cab driver opened his door and the two-wheeler banged against it, police said.The accident occu...

The block markets in Salt Lake will have only single entry and exit points for the next several weeks, an official of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation said.A civic team visited the markets in sector ...

Students of IIM Calcutta have sought a fee waiver citing an economy that “looks very grim” and said they were uncertain about job prospects.In a letter addressed to director Anju Seth, the preside...

A market in Mission Bazaar, Kestopur, around 1.5km away from VIP Road was sealed on Saturday.Two traders of the market have tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday, an official of the Bidhannagar Mun...

Subhas Dhandhania, the 70-year-old who saw his wife Lalita being shot dead by son-in-law Amit Agarwal, had a close shave after Amit had pulled the trigger targeting the gun at him at least twice on Mo...