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  • News from West Bengal | 21 May, 2025 | ৭ জ্যৈষ্ঠ, ১৪৩২
  • Former ISRO chairman to be chief guest at IIT-Kharagpur convocation

    Kolkata: Former ISRO chief K Radhakrishnan will be the chief guest at the IIT-Kharagpur convocation, scheduled to be held on July 15. Under his leadership, India became the first country to reach Mars its maiden attempt.The name of the ...

    17 May 2025 Times of India
    New Town set to get 2 more smart bus stops

    12 Kolkata: The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) plans to set up two more smart bus stops at New Town on both ends of the road near the National Insurance Company building on Street No 372.The estimated project ...

    17 May 2025 Times of India
    Emami net profit rises 9% to Rs 162cr in Q4 FY25

    123 Kolkata: FMCG major Emami Ltd registered a 9% jump in consolidated net profit to Rs 162 crore in Q4 of 2024-25 from Rs 146 crore in the year-ago period. The consolidated revenue in Q4FY25 stood at Rs 963 ...

    17 May 2025 Times of India
    HC asks parents to reply to CBI report

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the parents of the RG Kar rape-murder victim to respond to the affidavit submitted by CBI. The affidavit stated that the second DNA found near the victim was due to contamination ...

    17 May 2025 Times of India
    Calcutta High Court allows 61-year-old man to have IVF baby with 49-year-old wife

    Kolkata: A 61-year-old judicial officer on Friday was given a ‘chance' by the Calcutta High Court to have a child under the Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Act, 2021, even though he surpassed the age limit of 55 years. Married ...

    17 May 2025 Times of India
    No light-&-sound show at Victoria after tech glitch

    Kolkata: The popular Son-et-Lumiere show at Victoria Memorial was suspended on Thursday due to technical issues with its sophisticated projection system.According to Victoria Memorial Hall director Anurag Kumar, a fault initially affected three of the 10 projectors during Wednesday's ...

    17 May 2025 Times of India
    Bikash Bhavan attendance dips a day after protest

    123 Kolkata: Bikash Bhavan attendance dipped a day after the protest mayhem. Sources said very few staff attended the office on Friday, and several left within one or two hours. The entire building became almost empty by 4 pm.Many ...

    17 May 2025 Times of India
    SC asks Bengal govt to deposit 25% of DA arrears

    12 Kolkata: Supreme Court on Friday asked Bengal govt to deposit with it 25% of the arrears in dearness allowance of employees and pensioners. The bench of justices Sanjay Karol and Sandeep Mehta ordered the state to comply with ...

    17 May 2025 Times of India
    9-member panel replaces Sudip, to steer TMC’s North Kolkata unit

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Friday replaced Kolkata (North) MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay as the party's North Kolkata president and tasked a nine-member core committee with decision-making. Bandyopadhyay, however, was made the party's North Kolkata chairperson.There was dissent in the party's ...

    17 May 2025 Times of India
    Bengal BJP takes out Tiranga Yatra to honour valour of armed forces

    Kolkata: Bengal BJP netas on Friday took out a ‘Tiranga Yatra' (march with tricolour) from College Street to commemorate the valour of India's armed forces in Operation Sindoor. While similar yatras would be taken out in the districts, the ...

    17 May 2025 Times of India
    Illegal ceremonial house: NKDA notice to 11 residential buildings

    Kolkata: New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has served notices to owners of 11 buildings in New Town for illegally using the buildings as ceremonial houses.Officials said the 11 residential premises were found to be operating as ceremonial houses ...

    17 May 2025 Times of India
    SSC standoff continues, cops lodge FIR for public property destruction, assault

    123 Kolkata: The standoff continued at Bikash Bhavan with jobless SSC teachers laying siege outside the education department headquarter in Salt Lake for the second day on Friday as cops slapped an FIR against the teachers without naming anyone ...

    17 May 2025 Times of India
    45-year-old man from West Bengal dies on Mount Everest while descending

    Credit: TOI KOLKATA: An mountaineer from West Bengal died while descending Mount Everest shortly after reaching the summit, officials in Nepal have confirmed. Subrata Ghosh, 45, from Ranaghat, died on Thursday below the Hillary Step — a near-vertical rock ...

    16 May 2025 Times of India
    PM Narendra Modi extends greetings on Sikkim's 50th Statehood Day; Tiranga rally held in Gangtok in support of Indian Armed Forces and Operation Sindoor

    NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday extended warm greetings to the people of Sikkim on the occasion of their Statehood Day, which this year marks the 50th anniversary of the state’s formation.Taking to social media, PM Modi ...

    16 May 2025 Times of India
    Was grilled every night, says sleep-deprived BSF jawan

    Rishra: Purnam Kumar Shaw, the BSF jawan freed from Pakistan after 21 days, was deprived of sleep and interrogated regarding the deployment of BSF personnel and officers on the international border almost every night.Following his release after being held ...

    16 May 2025 Times of India
    Woman posts FB pic in stolen sari, lands in cop net

    12 Kolkata: In an example of how social media posts can backfire on the user, a woman was arrested on Thursday after posting a photo of herself on Facebook wearing a sari she allegedly stole a few months ago ...

    16 May 2025 Times of India
    Willpower helps champs overcome exam obstacles

    123456 Kolkata: In a remarkable display of resilience and determination, some students from prestigious schools in Kolkata achieved outstanding results despite facing severe health challenges.In 2023, Samanwaya Daw, a student of humanities at DPS Joka, was diagnosed with Stage ...

    16 May 2025 Times of India
    Heat lays Kolkata low before rain relief, OPD footfalls spike

    Kolkata: Scorching heat and humidity have led to an aggravation of a range of illnesses, including existing ones like COPD, asthma, and cardiac ailments, leading to a spurt in outpatient department (OPD) footfalls. COPD is on the rise ...

    16 May 2025 Times of India
    Bone marrow transplant facility for MPS at city hosp

    123 Kolkata: The Centre of Excellence (CoE) for rare diseases in eastern India, situated at IPGMER, has begun the procedure to set up a bone marrow transplant (BMT) facility for children suffering from MPS (Mucopolysaccharidoses), a group of rare ...

    16 May 2025 Times of India
    Ahead of wedding season, gold price dips by 9k/10g

    Kolkata: In the past 24 days, the price of gold in the city came down by nearly Rs 9,000 per 10 g. The dip in price, one of the highest in recent times, brought relief to the buyers ahead ...

    16 May 2025 Times of India
    500 to travel 1.5 km: Flyers’ extortion plaints prompt cop crackdown on airport rickshaws

    12 Kolkata: Bidhannagar Police have banned entry of rickshaws — both normal cycle rickshaws, as well as retrofitted and mechanised ones — on airport premises after receiving multiple complaints from flyers about being charged exorbitant amounts by operators for ...

    16 May 2025 Times of India
    Jobless SSC teachers lay siege to Bikash Bhavan for 10 hours, clash with police

    12 Kolkata: Several jobless teachers and cops were injured in a clash between protesting SSC teachers and police in front of Bikash Bhavan on Thursday. While police resorted to large-scale lathi-charge to remove the protesting teachers, the latter hit ...

    16 May 2025 Times of India
    Notun Para New Town

    123456 Just two decades ago, the northeastern fringes of Kolkata were a mosaic of marshlands, mud trails, and grazing cattle. Towering skyscrapers and six-lane roads were a distant dream.Today, those same wetlands have given rise to New Town — ...

    16 May 2025 Times of India
    No OBC quota in JU admission

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University has decided not to admit students under the OBC category this year, citing the ongoing Supreme Court case.The Calcutta High Court in May 2024 scrapped all new OBC categorisations in Bengal after 2010, saying the authorities ...

    16 May 2025 Times of India
    Resto hearing: KMC addl comm to prepare SOP

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has assigned an additional commissioner to develop a strategy for conducting hearings related to three rooftop restaurants and pubs. On Tuesday, officials from the buildings department confirmed sending notices to all 83 establishments ...

    16 May 2025 Times of India
    IIT-Kgp robot to help keep your crop pest-free

    Kharagpur: IIT Kharagpur's mechanical engineering department has unveiled a robot that can identify plants with diseases and apply pesticides in farms. The team had earlier developed a railway track inspection robot. Apart from preventing crop losses, thereby enhancing yield, ...

    16 May 2025 Times of India
    Alipore court to get more fans

    Kolkata: The Alipore Sessions Court, which houses several legal, police and administrative departments, is set to get additional fans. The Kolkata Police has issued a tender inviting bids for installation of multiple fans in various buildings on its premises ...

    16 May 2025 Times of India
    Won’t ever till my land across Bangla border, says freed farmer

    12 Jalpaiguri: Released from Bangladesh's Lalmonirhat prison after 29 days, Ukil Barman, a resident of Cooch Behar's Sitalkuchi, on Thursday vowed never to cultivate his four-bigha land off the Indo-Bangla barbed wire fence.Barman, in his mid-50s, was kidnapped by ...

    16 May 2025 Times of India
    Justice Lalit to hear Bengal guv’s objections to 17 VC appts, says SC

    12 Kolkata: The Supreme Court on Thursday said Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose's objection to CM Mamata Banerjee's recommendations relating to the appointment of 17 VCs of state-run varsities, including Jadavpur and Calcutta University, will be heard by former ...

    16 May 2025 Times of India
    EC issues fresh EPICs to 615 voters in state

    123 Kolkata: The EC issued new EPICs to 615 voters in Bengal whose voter IDs were found to bear numbers identical to those of voters from other states. The issue of bogus voters and duplicate EPICs was recently highlighted ...

    16 May 2025 Times of India
    Former Union min Barla joins TMC, slams Suvendu for ‘obstruction’ bids

    Kolkata: Former junior Union minority affairs minister John Barla on Thursday quit BJP to join Trinamool Congress. The north Bengal neta attacked Bengal leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari for obstructing his work for the benefit of the region, ...

    16 May 2025 Times of India
    HC extends CAPF presence in Murshidabad’s troubled zones

    123 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the Central Armed Police Force to remain in Murshidabad, where violent protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 claimed three lives in April.A division bench of justices Soumen Sen and Raja ...

    16 May 2025 Times of India
    TMC MLA Tapas Saha passes away

    Tehatta(Nadia): Tapas Saha, Trinamool Congress MLA from Nadia's Tehatta, passed away on Thursday morning following a brief illness. He was 66. Saha, who suffered a brain haemorrhage on Tuesday, was under treatment at a private hospital in Kolkata.A two-time ...

    16 May 2025 Times of India
    TBMs for underground section of Metro’s Purple Line launched

    12 Kolkata: The lowering or launching of the tunnel boring machines (TBMs) that will construct the Purple Line's underground section began on Thursday. Despiteuncertainty over the Kidderpore Metro station, Metro Railway, which operates the city's rapid transit network, and ...

    16 May 2025 Times of India
    HC turns down principal’s bail plea

    123 Kolkata: The bail plea of a blind school principal accused of raping a minor was turned down by the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday, considering the "gravity" of the offence while stating that the survivor has "clearly implicated" ...

    16 May 2025 Times of India
    Woman uses fake digital payment at jewellery store

    Kolkata: A fraud involving an app that can reflect fake NEFT and UPI payments has come to light at a prominent jewellery store on Lee Road in south Kolkata's Bhowanipore. A woman allegedly stole a gold chain worth Rs ...

    16 May 2025 Times of India
    'Our job is to bring him back from Bangladesh': CM Mamata Banerjee amid farmer's abduction row

    KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday refrained from commenting on the alleged abduction of a farmer from Cooch Behar by a group of Bangladeshi nationals, stating that the matter was diplomatic in nature and should be ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    TMC MLA Tapas Saha dies of brain haemorrhage at Kolkata hospital

    KRISHNAGAR: Tapas Saha, a Trinamool Congress MLA representing Tehatta constituency in Nadia district, passed away on Thursday morning at a Kolkata hospital. The 66-year-old legislator succumbed to a brain haemorrhage.The MLA was taken to a private healthcare facility situated ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    ‘Main bol raha hoon’: BSF jawan Purnam Kumar Shaw's first call home melts wife’s heart

    KOLKATA: A little after noon, Rajni's phone rang. "Main bol raha hun (It's me)," said a heavy, hoarse voice. Unable to recognise the caller, Rajni tentatively asked, "Aap PK Sir hain (Are you PK Sir)?""I couldn't believe it was ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata's New Town to get 25-acre entertainment hub: CM Mamata Banerjee

    CM Banerjee said the state has received 10 new investment proposals worth Rs 25,000 crore KOLKATA: The state has identified 25 acres of land in New Town to set up an entertainment, technology and creativity hub and make the ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    Nothing will stop him from serving country again: Father of BSF jawan released from Pakistani custody

    BSF Jawan Purnam Shaw returned to India after 22 days in Pakistan custody, bringing immense relief to his family in Rishra. His wife, Rajni, expressed gratitude to PM Modi and CM Mamata Banerjee for their support. RISHRA: “We ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    SMP Kolkata launches visionary plan to transform pilot launches into floating heritage & hospitality hubs

    KOLKATA: In a move to blend heritage preservation with cultural innovation, Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata (SMP Kolkata), has unveiled an ambitious initiative to convert three of its iconic pilot vessels into floating venues for tourism, hospitality, and cultural ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    Fast, silent & unregulated, Salt Lake e-rickshaws a safety hazard: Locals

    Kolkata: What was once a humble pedal-driven, three-wheeled, slow-moving vehicle offering last-mile connectivity has now transformed into a speedy, silent, and unregulated form of public transport in Salt Lake.Residents say it is fast turning into apublic safety hazard. The ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    In year’s 5th organ donation, youth gifts 2nd lease of life to 4, vision to 2

    Kolkata: The family of Jayesh Laxmishankar Jaiswal (25), who was rendered brain dead following a truck accident, has donated his organs, saving the lives of at least four patients battling organ failure and restoring vision of two.Jaiswal's vital organs ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    Chatbot to make debut on central UG admission portal this year

    12 Kolkata: A chatbot will be introduced in the centralised UG admission portalthis year to help applicants to undergraduate courses navigate through the process. The state higher education department has hinted at the launch of the AI-driven tool to ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    Buses go off roads after cop thrashes conductor

    Kolkata: In an instance of alleged police excess, a traffic sergeant was accused of assaulting a bus conductor. Videos of the incident were released on multiple social media platforms. The Joint Council of Bus Syndicate, along with bus owners ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    Man moves HC after ‘identity theft’ for two loans adding up to 36L

    Kolkata: Faced with a possibility of losing his assets for defaulting on loans taken in his name by someone else, a Kolkata resident has moved the Calcutta High Court, seeking relief from a bank for ‘identity theft'.Subhadip Mitra, according ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    Kol Pol STF constable arrested in 2.7 crore mid-day cab heist case

    12 Kolkata: Nine days after a heist of Rs 2.7 crore from a taxi in central Kolkata, the Kolkata Police detective department arrested a KP Special Task Forceconstable. Six others had been arrested in this case earlier. Mintu Sarkar ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    Train delays run by over 1 hr to carry mom who delivered at New Alipurduar station

    Jalpaiguri: The Indian Railwayson Wednesday demonstrated compassion by deliberately delaying a train's departure to accommodate a woman giving birth, resulting in a delay of 1 hour 21 minutes at New Alipurduar railway station.The expectant mother, Neha Devi from Bihar's ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    Kol, B’luru cops nab 4 cybercrime accused from Bypass apartment

    Kolkata: In a joint operation on Wednesday, Bengaluru Police, along with Kolkata East Division Police, arrested four inter-state cyber criminalshiding in an Anandapur apartment. The suspects were involved in multiple cyber crimes, including ATM fraud and digital arrest scam, ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    Lansdowne Mkt revamp: Traders agree to relocate

    12 Kolkata: An on-the-spot inspection and a subsequent meeting with the traders resolved the crisis on Wednesday that stood in the way of the redevelopment of Lansdowne Market. A KMC delegation met nine traders, who refused to part with ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    Cabinet nod for scheme to aid sacked Group C & D staffers

    Kolkata: The state cabinet on Wednesday gave its nod to the West Bengal Livelihood and Social Security Interim Scheme, which seeks to give sacked group C and group D employees monthly grants, CM Mamata Banerjeeannounced.Through this, Group C and ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    Rlys delays train as woman gives birth

    Jalpaiguri: Indian Railways on Wednesday deliberately delayed a train's departure to accommodate a woman giving birth. The train left 1 hour and 21 minutes later than scheduled.The 13142 DN Teesta Torsa Express, bound for Sealdah, was positioned at Platform ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    TMC on min’s Col Qureshi remark: Is this BJP’s definition of patriotism?

    12 Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Wednesday asked the BJP whether Madhya Pradesh minister Vijay Shah's slur at Colonel Sofia Qureshiwas its "definition of nationalism". The party had earlier demanded Shah's ouster from the MP govt.The party, calling out Shah's ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    Drug control scanner on 51 below-quality meds, list sent to retailers & wholesalers

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Drug Controlhas found 51 medicines, manufactured by various pharma companies, which failed quality tests. A list for the same has been sent to the wholesalers and retailers of medicines in the state.In the notification dated ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    Services hit as Sealdah-bound train derails at Dum Dum station

    12 Kolkata: A Sealdah-bound Bongaon local train derailed at Dum Dum Junction on Wednesday afternoon, disrupting suburban train services for over an hour. Eastern Railwayauthorities confirmed that no one was injured. Normal services resumed around 1.40 pm.No casualties were ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    Heightened airport security may ease next wk

    123 Kolkata: The checks on vehicles entering the airport, random scans of passenger luggage at the terminal entrance, and secondary inspections of cabin luggage at the boarding point, which left flyers harried and led to the arrest of one ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    Safety impact: ATC restrooms raise a stink

    1234 Kolkata: Even as restrooms in the Kolkata airport terminal are being revamped and maintenance is being improved, controllers, technical experts, weathermen, and other staff who ensure safe navigation of flights in the sky and on the ground have ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    STF arrests illegal arms dealer in Burdwan

    12 Kolkata: The Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata police arrested Chand Ali Sheikh, a major illegal arms dealer, at his hideout in Burdwan on Tuesday night. Sheikh's arrest follows the detention of eight criminals in Anandapur area two ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    Russia, Germany, S’pore replace Turkiye, Azerbaijan in int’l itinerary

    123456 Kolkata: Hostilities between India and Pakistan may have subsided, but outrage over support from Turkiye and Azerbaijan for the ‘enemy' has led to the cancellation of bookings to these countries from Kolkata.Travel agents and tour operators who have ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    Flare-up in Barasat after ‘pro-Pakistan’ social media post

    123456 Kolkata: At least three police personnel were injured — one of them seriously — after violent clashes broke out at Barasat in North24 Parganas on Tuesday night following a viral social media post allegedly expressing support for Pakistan ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    Woman gets online threats after Operation Sindoor post

    Kolkata: A homemaker from Falta filed a police complaint after receiving ‘threat' comments on her social media post about Operation Sindoor, Diamond Harbour police district officers said on Wednesday.The woman, whose identity is being withheld for safety reasons, posted ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    Bengal cabinet passes resolution to pay homage to armed forces

    123 Kolkata: The Bengal cabinet, chaired by CM Mamata Banerjee, passed a resolution on Wednesday to pay homage to the martyrs and show solidarity with the Indian armed forces during Operation Sindoor. The CM also announced that her party ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    SIT to use gait pattern analysis in Shamsherganj double murder case

    Kolkata: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) plans to use state-of-the-art techniques to build evidence in the Shamsherganj double murder case. Special prosecutor Bivas Chatterjee has been appointed for the case involving the murder of Haragobindo Das, 70, and his ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    Class 12 results better in humanities than science

    12 Kolkata: A total of 44,631 students appeared for the CBSE Class 12 exam from Bengal, of whom 39,792 cleared it. The pass percentage of 89.2% was higher than both the all-India average (88.4%) and that for the Bhubaneswar ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Two weeks after fire, fruit trucks, illegal eateries block Rituraj lane

    12 Kolkata: Two weeks after the blaze at Rituraj Hotel, which killed 14 people, little seems to have changed in the fire-prone neighbourhoods of Mechhua and Burrabazar. Despite promises of crackdowns and a flurry of inspections, the ground reality ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Cancer, disability, illness no hurdle for these boards bravehearts

    123456 Kolkata: On Tuesday, several students from Kolkata reaped the results of true perseverance. Some of these students — both from CBSE class 10 and 12 — battled cancer, chronic illness, disability, and trauma, to pass the boards with ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Temperatures to reach 39.1°C with high humidity on May 14

    Kolkata is set to experience intense heat on May 14, 2025, with temperatures reaching 39.1°C under clear skies and 61% humidity. The weather forecast indicates a full day of sunshine with no rain, moderate wind speeds up to 29.5 ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    West Bengal students overcome challenges to achieve success in board examinations

    Despite battling serious health issues and personal hardships, students across Kolkata and surrounding districts have achieved remarkable success in their ISC, ICSE, and Madhyamik examinations. KOLKATA: Students from Kolkata and surrounding districts have shown remarkable strength by succeeding in ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    'He brought back my suhag': Wife of BSF jawan held by Pakistan praises PM Narendra Modi

    NEW DELHI: Rajani, the wife of BSF jawan Purnam Kumar Shaw, expressed deep gratitude to the government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi after her husband was handed over to Indian authorities by the Pakistan Rangers on Wednesday. Shaw inadvertently ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata feels the heat as bananas vanish from markets amid climate crisis

    KOLKATA: A Christian Aid report warns of deepening threats to the world’s favourite fruit. Banana prices in Kolkata more than doubled in the first quarter of this year, with vendors and consumers alike grappling with a notable shortage of ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Who is Purnam Kumar Shaw? BSF jawan released by Pakistan Rangers after crossing international border

    NEW DELHI: BSF jawan Purnam Kumar Shaw was released by Pakistan Rangers and returned to India on Wednesday morning after being held for around three weeks.The handover occurred at the Joint Check Post in Attari, Amritsar, and proceeded smoothly ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    2 in 2 days: Snatchers target delivery execs in Bhowanipore

    Kolkata: Two cases of snatching, each targeting a delivery agent or an app-bike rider, were reported from the Bhowanipore area in the early morning hours last weekend. In both incidents, scooterettes were used to block the victim's path before ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Teen with cerebral palsy undergoes rare epilepsy op

    Kolkata: A boy with cerebral palsy, Minhaz Hussain (15), who suffered recurrent bouts of seizures for years, underwent a rare surgery at CMRI, the third such procedure in the eastern region. Earlier anti-epilepsy therapy failed to better his state, ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    West Bengal’s larger 90 percent pool gives Higher Secondary students an edge in UG admissions

    KOLKATA: At 89.2%, Bengal’s pass percentage was higher than the all-India figure of 88.4% in CBSE Class 12 exams, the results for which were declared on Tuesday. Though more boys than girls appeared for the exam from 339 schools ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Ex-bank manager loses 4.5L to cyber fraud

    Kolkata: A former bank manager lost Rs 4.5 lakh to cyber fraudsters in a credit card scam, leading to the arrest of an app-based bike rider in south Kolkata. It has been revealed that he had rented out his ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Dilip’s stepson found dead at New Town home, cops probe reason

    12 Kolkata: Srinjoy Dasgupta, 25, the stepson of former BJP state president Dilip Ghosh, was found dead under mysterious circumstances at his home in New Town on Tuesday. He apparently died hours after partying with a group of friends ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Change in question pattern pulls up CBSE Class 10 grades

    123 Kolkata: For students who had appeared for their CBSE Class 10 exams, half the questions were competency-based and higher-order-thinking. Principals at several institutes in the city pointed out that the change in the question pattern and the gradual ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Traders’ rehab on cards, Lansdowne Mkt revamp may take off

    12 Kolkata: The modernisation of Lansdowne Market, which has been stuck for nearly two decades, may finally see the light of the day with the KMC preparing to offer rehabilitation to a section of traders and proceed with the ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Worker dies in knife shop explosion

    Kolkata: A 40-year-old worker of a knife manufacturing unit died on Tuesday afternoon, when a grinding wheel on which he was working, exploded at the workshop in Taltala, police officials said.Shailendra Sharma was working at the shop on 1 ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Assault, harass cuffs on two in Bowbazar

    Kolkata: Three men assaulted and robbed a resident of Bowbazar on Sunday after his wife threatened to lodge a molestation complaint against them for harrassing her. The incident occurred around 11 pm on May 11 outside the victim's residence ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Three port vessels to house floating restos

    Kolkata: Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, formerly known as KoPT, will repurpose three of its vessels — PL Rupsa, PL Hooghly, and PL Gopal — to operate them as floating heritage restaurants. The initiative aims to foster river-based tourism alongside ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Exide eyes Rs 20k cr revenue from lead-acid battery biz in 2 yrs

    123 Kolkata: Exide Industries is planning to increase its revenue from lead-acid battery businessto around Rs 20,000 crore over the next couple of years from the current Rs 16,500 crore, with the outlook remaining strong."We are aiming to raise ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    20-yr-old legacy issue of duplicate EPICs resolved, says EC

    Kolkata: The Election Commission, in a statement on Tuesday, said it had resolved a legacy issue since 2005 of multiple people based in different states having the same EPIC number.Those with such cards were issued fresh ones with new ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    BJP’s Tiranga Yatra to honour armed forces begins on Friday

    Kolkata: Bengal BJP will on Friday hold a ‘Tiranga Yatra' in Kolkata, while the party's women's wing will take "the spirit of Operation Sindoor" to the streets, emphasising the prominence of "women power" in the armed forces."We will start ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Sr citizen, dog die after being hit by e-rickshaw in Salt Lake

    123456 Kolkata: A 72-year-old Salt Lake resident, Sikha Dutta, who was hit by an e-rickshaw while walking her dog outside her home at BL Block on May 1, succumbed to her injuries on Sunday night.The dog, a spitz, also ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Himadri Chem partners with Sicona for India’s first silicon carbon plant

    Kolkata: Himadri Speciality Chemical is planning to set up India's first silicon carbon plant soon, following its technology licensing partnership with Sicona, an Australian next-gen battery materials company.Per the agreement, Himadri would have the right to access, localise and ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Passenger arrested at kolkata airport after bomb remark delays flight

    123 Kolkata: A 26-year-old air passenger from Imphal was arrested at Kolkata airport on Monday afternoon for allegedly uttering the word "bomb" while preparing to board a Mumbai-bound IndiGo flight.The incident triggered a full-scale security alert and delayed flight ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Former RS MP Nepaldeb Bhattacharya dies

    Kolkata: Former Rajya Sabha MP and senior CITU memberNepaldeb Bhattacharya(74) died in the early hours of Tuesday at a private nursing home in Kolkata. He is survived by his wife, Manjula Bhattacharya.On Tuesday morning, his body was brought to ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    BJP in HC against hiring civic volunteers for Digha temple

    Kolkata: BJP's Kaustav Bagchi on Tuesday filed a PIL at the Calcutta High Court seeking the quashing of a recruitment notice for 100 civic volunteers to manage duties at Jagannath Dham Temple Complex at Digha. He claimed that deploying ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Fraud calls from Pakistan numbers rise amid new malware threat

    Kolkata: Even cyberspace is witnessing a war, with allegations of organised Pakistani hacking groups attempting to hack leading websites. Indian intelligence agencies uncovered a Pakistan-linked cyber-attack campaign involving a dangerous malware named Dance of the Hillary.According to Punjab and ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Bengal police urge e-comm platforms to comply with guidelines on walkie talkie device sales

    Dwaipayan.GhoshKolkata: The state police wrote to all e-commerce officials and their suppliers in this state to respect the recent mandate where the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) initiated action against the listing and sale of walkie-talkie devices on e-commerce ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Max-min temp difference climbs to 12 after Monday’s squall

    123 Kolkata: The first significant showers in the city on Monday night dragged the mercury down on Tuesday. While the minimum temperature nosedived by close to six notches, the maximum saw a dip of 3.4 notches, causing a gap ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    ‘Anti-national’ post: Barasat meat-seller in police net

    Kolkata: A meat-seller, Rizwan Qureshi, in his mid-40s, was arrested by Barasat Policein North 24 Parganas on Tuesday for allegedly uploading an anti-national post on social media. Qureshi reportedly shared a distorted image on his Facebook profile, showing the ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Travel agents suggest ‘cool’ alternatives for domestic tourists

    123456 Kolkata: Coffee plantations in God's own Country; a hill station in the heart of Eastern Ghats; divine paradise in India's eastern frontier; colonial charm and nature trails with Himalayan views — travel agents are offering tourists from Kolkata ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    More ACs for Kolkata Mounted Police horses

    123 Kolkata: While it is common in summer for police horses to fall ill due to intense heat,it is not often that eight horses fall sick and dehydrated on a single day. That is exactly what happened on Monday ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    ED traces 50cr in a/cs linked to arrested Pak man

    123 Kolkata: Enforcement Directorate (ED) has tracked Rs 50 crore in accounts linked to Azad Hussain, the Pakistani national arrested by the central investigating agency from Birati on April 15 in connection with a fake passport racket. More alarmingly, ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    63kmph storm pulls temp down by 5°C in 45 mins

    12 Kolkata: After inching towards the 40-degree mark in the past two days, the mercury slightly dipped on Monday afternoon in Kolkata. But shortly after 10 pm, a thunderstorm with a wind speed of 63 kmph struck Kolkata, accompanied ...

    13 May 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata Weather Update: Hot & humid day on cards, sporadic rain likely throughout the day

    Representational Image Kolkata is set to experience a hot and rainy day on May 13, 2025, with temperatures reaching a high of 40.9°C and a low of 29.6°C. The city faces an 86% chance of precipitation, with patchy rainfall ...

    13 May 2025 Times of India
    AC use soars with humidity, heat; power cuts, voltage flip-flop make 2025 debut

    Kolkata: The soaring temperature over the past few days, which saw a spike in the use of air conditioners, has put the power network under strain in certain areas, triggering outages in these localities.Residents of Jatin Bagchi Road, Chetla, ...

    13 May 2025 Times of India
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