BEHRAMPORE: The two main players in Behrampore took two different stands as they took their positions on the poll pitch on Monday morning. While Trinamool candidate and former Indian cricket team member Yusuf Pathan scored "quick singles" by visiting ...
14 May 2024 Times of IndiaSANDESHKHALI: Four BJP supporters, including two local functionaries, were arrested in pre-dawn raids on Monday for allegedly being involved in the attack on two Trinamool functionaries near Sandeshkhali police station a day earlier.According to sources, a large contingent - ...
14 May 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Addressing a public meeting in Bongaon on Monday, CM Mamata Banerjee said: "(PM Narendra) Modi said even on Sunday that the BJP would implement CAA. Let me state this clearly: all of are citizens. Matua brothers and sisters ...
14 May 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Anup Majhi, a key suspect in a suspected multi-crore coal theft scam in West Bengal, turned himself in to a CBI court in Asansol on Tuesday morning, according to an official. Majhi, also known as Lala, had been ...
14 May 2024 Times of IndiaKRISHNANAGAR: Mahua Moitra personified confidence as she started off her day from the first hour of polling, breezing from one polling booth to another across the Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency. All through, she maintained her prediction-a victory by over ...
14 May 2024 Times of IndiaASANSOL: It was 36°C at noon but the political heat was up by a few more notches in Asansol where rivals BJP and Trinamool were engaged in an intense turf war. However, with their respective aims in mind - ...
14 May 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: A CBSE Class 12 student from Kolkata, who had attempted suicide during the first board paper in Feb and displayed tremendous grit to sit through the rest of the exam after overcoming mental health issues, secured a creditable ...
14 May 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: May has ushered in a welcome change to the city, painting it in shades of green. The rains rejuvenated the plants and trees, and also transformed the air quality index into a reassuring ‘dark’ green, signaling ‘good’ air ...
14 May 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation drainage department has asked the officials manning drainage pumping stations to keep a constant vigil on the functioning of these stations and keep them in perfect condition before the rainy season sets in. According ...
14 May 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Monday stayed till June 24 the single bench order directing the West Bengal State Sentence Review Board (SSRB) to consider the release of life convict Md Khalid, the bomb-maker in the 1993 Bowbazar ...
14 May 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The stalemate over the terminal Esplanade station of the Purple line is set to be resolved. If all goes well, construction of the Joka corridor’s Esplanade station may start by the end of the year.Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd ...
14 May 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: For the first time in eastern India, an 18-year-old boy is undergoing a combined heart-and-lung transplant at the state’s premier hospital – the Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research (IPGMER). This is also perhaps the first ...
14 May 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A woman from Sandeshkhali has moved the Supreme Court for a court-monitored probe into the Sandeshkhali incidents including the recent sting videos and the rape complaints filed by three women who later claimed they were “coerced” to into ...
14 May 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A student of South Point School, Pushkal Halder, scored an impressive 90.4% in the CBSE Class XII boards despite undergoing an emergency operation in the middle of the exams. “My exam was scheduled on Thursday but from Saturday ...
14 May 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: In just over a month, seven Kolkata companies have filed draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) for listing on NSE Emerge — the stock exchange’s SME platform. Together, the companies are expected to raise over Rs 200 crore. Experts ...
14 May 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Trinamool has inducted Kunal Ghosh on its list of star campaigners for the seventh phase of elections. Ghosh’s inclusion came as a surprise, given his recent disagreements with the party. Ghosh was TMC’s observer for East Midnapore, which ...
14 May 2024 Times of IndiaCHINSURAH: Local BJP functionaries in Chinsurah were surprised and emotional when they unexpectedly met Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Some were brought to tears, while others sought his blessings by kneeling before him. Modi responded to their gestures by greeting ...
13 May 2024 Times of IndiaBHATPARA: There was a controversy at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's campaign rally in Bhatpara on Sunday when the BJP's Barrackpore candidate Arjun Singh's son and Bhatpara MLA Pawan Singh gifted a portrait of Rabindranath Tagore to PM Narendra Modi. ...
13 May 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Women outnumbered men by nearly 11% overall across the four Lok Sabha constituencies in Bengal that saw elections on May 7 - Malda (North), Malda (South), Murshidabad and Jangipur - with each of the four seats individually recording ...
13 May 2024 Times of IndiaAUSGRAM: “All walls are for art’s sake” is a reality in Labandhara village — also known as ‘Alpana’ village — where political graffiti is strictly prohibited, even during the ongoing Lok Sabha polls. Nestled amid the forest of Borodoba ...
13 May 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA/KRISHNANAGAR: As the Matua stronghold in the border constituencies of Krishnanagar and Ranaghat go to polls in the fourth phase on Monday, the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) - touted as the X factor in the elections in these zones ...
13 May 2024 Times of IndiaAt 12.30 am on Sunday, Adhir Chowdhury drove 4 kilometres from his residence to Kishan Ghosh Lane in Behrampore with his wife, where allegation of molestation of a homemaker had surfaced. He stayed there for two hours and had ...
13 May 2024 Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: A 28-year-old man, Mohit Ridhau, has been arrested in Kolkata for his alleged involvement in a shooting incident that took place at a second-hand luxury car showroom in West Delhi last week, according to police reports on ...
13 May 2024 Times of IndiaBURDWAN/ASANSOL: When CM Mamata Banerjee had camped for 12 days in Durgapur in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections, the message was loud and clear - the party in office in the state is going all out to ...
13 May 2024 Times of IndiaBOLPUR: Ever since Trinamool came to office 13 years ago, the party brass knows that every in Birbhum is essentially about district chief Anubrata Mondal when it comes to win or loss, despite him never having sought a ...
13 May 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: A Trinamool Congress worker, Mintu Shiekh was killed in a bomb blast at Ketugram in the Purba Bardhaman district on Sunday.Sheikh was on his way back home late in the evening. According to TV reports, some miscreants threw ...
13 May 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A youth was arrested on Saturday for allegedly raping a woman whom he had asked to accompany him to a friend’s birthday party. Instead of going to a party, he and his friend took her somewhere else, spiked ...
13 May 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A team of engineers from Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) buildings department inspected a five-storied tilted residential building with 24 flat owners on James Long Sarani at Thakurpukur and put up a notice stating that the structure should be ...
13 May 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Metro Railway continues to guide passengers through the old and new Esplanade stations. The latest such effort is painting blue arrow signs on the ceilings to help commuters walk into the North-South Metro also called the Blue line, ...
13 May 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Since the financial year of 2018-19 till date, nearly Rs 5.9 crore has been disbursed by the state govt under the state’s Rupashree scheme against a total of 2,356 applications approved within Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) area.As per ...
13 May 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A day after a businessman from Gujarat and his aide from Mumbai were arrested for a severe attack on the businessman’s wife at a star hotel in the city, police found on Sunday that the three had recently ...
13 May 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Pedestrians have started using the Patuli foot over bridge (FOB) on E M Bypass though it has not been officially inaugurated since the election model code of conduct is in place. This is the second FOB on E ...
13 May 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A brother and a sister were injured on Sunday, when the bike they were riding on was hit by a taxi near E M Bypass. Both were wearing helmets. They are now undergoing treatment. Cops have arrested the ...
13 May 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A nine-year-old boy, who was spotted roaming around aimlessly near the Karunamoyee bus terminus in Salt Lake on Sunday morning, was rescued by police and handed over to the couple, who have been raising him at their CE ...
13 May 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The illegal refuelling centres for auto-rickshaws are back in business following a temporary halt of three months after an explosion from the cylinders had destroyed around 50 shanties at a slum in Anandapur near Tagore Park in February. ...
13 May 2024 Times of IndiaKRISHNANAGAR: Mahua Moitra is in a rush. Rush to start her campaign early. Rush to reach out to voters in every village of the seven assembly constituencies. Rush to finish her speech that mostly revolved around Lakshmir Bhandar and ...
12 May 2024 Times of IndiaThe Kolkata Knight Riders played a match on Saturday evening at eden Gardens against Mumbai Indians. While the rain made the audience hold their breath, the teams finally started the much-anticipated match later in the evening. Rituparna Sengupta was ...
12 May 2024 Times of IndiaASANSOL: The Election Commission of India (EC) on March 16 announced the dates the voting and result declaration dates for the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections.The polls will be held in 7 phases from April 19 to June 1, ...
12 May 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Trinamool indicated on Saturday it was considering sending a “team from Sandeshkhali” to meet Prez Droupadi Murmu and “apprise her of the true events”, reports Dwaipayan Ghosh. Bengal minister Sashi Panja pointed out that BJP had taken a ...
12 May 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: A murder attempt in a city luxury hotel involving a businessman from Gujarat, his wife - a trans woman who illegally entered India from Bangladesh - and the businessman's aide-cum-security guard from Mumbai who originally hails from Kashmir, ...
12 May 2024 Times of India