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  • Posting change of RG Kar protesters a step back: Docs

    123456 Kolkata: The progress in the medical education system, achieved by making the system transparent and clean, was being marred by the controversy over the last-minute changes in the bond posting of three senior resident doctors, felt many in ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    Break-in expert caught in 24 hrs after high-value Salt Lake theft

    Kolkata: In an instance of prompt resolution to a burglary case, Bidhannagar City Police arrested the culprit within 24 hours of a high-value theft of silverware, jewellery and cash in a college professor's house in Salt Lake's HA block.Prabir ...

    29 May 2025 Times of India
    B’desh man, who entered India over a yr ago, arrested

    Howrah: Police on Monday night arrested a Bangladeshi citizen, who reportedly crossed over into India illegally around 15 months ago. Faruk Sheikh (36), a resident of Mouli village in Narail district in Bangladesh, had paid a Bangladeshi facilitator, Sajjadul ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    1,000 need transplants, 14 organ donations: Doctors seek new policy after 2024 alarm in Bengal

    Image used is for representational purposes only KOLKATA: The gap between patients waiting for organ transplant and the number of donations taking place remains abysmally wide in Bengal despite increased awareness of deceased organ donation and transplant surgeries. Close ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    It is owner’s duty to ensure pet causes no harm to others: Calcutta HC

    Calcutta high court KOLKATA: It is a pet owner’s duty to ensure that his/her pets do not harm others, Calcutta High Court has said in a recent order, turning down a man’s plea to quash a criminal case ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    After SC axe on over 24k school jobs, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee launches biggest recruitment drive with 44,203 posts

    Mamata Banerjee KOLKATA: CM Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday rolled out the roadmap for filling up the 24,203 school positions left empty after Calcutta high court’s and Supreme Court’s SSC rulings and also announced the creation of 20,000 extra jobs ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    Bike-taxi rider molests teacher, snatches chain

    Kolkata: A central Kolkata college teacher was allegedky molested and robbed by a bike taxi driver during her morning commute. The accused has been arrested and booked for theft and outraging the modesty of a woman under BNS. The ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    Swasthya Bhavan bomb hoax for 2nd day

    123 Kolkata: Swasthya Bhavan in Sector V was embroiled in a bomb scare for the second consecutive day on Tuesday after a bomb threat was received via email, prompting a renewed security cover by Bidhannagar Police.The latest email, sent ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    ‘Liaise with jail admin, track terror suspects’ visitors’

    Kolkata: Both Kolkata Police and Bengal Police have issued directives to all police stations and specialised units to liaise with the jail administration and intensify monitoring of individuals visiting imprisoned militants. This follows the recent terrorist attack in Pahalgam ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    ‘Local guardian’ Mamata visits Tejashwi’s newborn son in hosp

    123 Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee met Tejashwi Yadav and his family at a private hospital in the city as the RJD neta and his wife Rajshree welcomed their second child, a baby boy, on Tuesday morning. With a beaming ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    Salt Lake rickshaw workshops help rig speed, put you at risk

    123 Kolkata: In the back alleys of Baguiati, Kaikhali, and Barasat, an unexpected transport revolution is quietly gaining momentum. Local mechanics are transforming cycle rickshaws into swift, battery-operated vehicles. These retrofitted rickshaws are now zipping through Salt Lake, Sector ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    TMC MPs write to Modi, demand special Parl session on Op Sindoor

    12 Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress on Tuesday said that while it supports the Centre's global outreach against terrorism, any govt's foremost responsibility is "to be accountable to its own people." Party MPs, who gathered in the central hall of ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    State has to secure our jobs, we can’t write exams again: Teachers

    12 Kolkata: State school teachers, who have lost their jobs following a Supreme Court order in April, insisted they would not appear for exams again to get their jobs back. But they did not close the door on further ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    Low pressure forms, Met expects heavy rain in S Bengal this week

    12 Kolkata: With the predicted low-pressure forming on time, the Met office is expecting further advancement of the southwest monsoon towards Bengal. While the monsoon's arm is expected to reach North Bengal by Friday, Met officials are keeping a ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    Kol cops order 18 new sirens for police stations

    12 Kolkata: Weeks after the Union home ministry directed the states to be war-ready by carrying out emergency drills, where sirens were to play a vital part, Kolkata Police has decided to set up sirens — similar to ones ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    Op Sindoor threat: Minor caught near Cuttack

    Kolkata: Diamond Harbour cops apprehended a minor who allegedly threatened and abused a woman online after she praised Operation Sindoor on social media. The minor was caught near Cuttack, Odisha.The suspect allegedly created a fake account to harass the ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    RVNL sets ball rolling for Chingrighata underpass

    123 Kolkata: RVNL has started preparing the detailed project report for the three-way underpass at Chingrighata after it got a nod from the KMC. Police had told RVNL traffic blocks at Chingrighata for two weekend nights to bridge the ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    Coastal areas stock up on essentials, prepare flood centres & call fishermen back from sea

    Digha & Sagar Island: Local authorities have initiated emergency preparedness measures across coastal regions of Bengal as meteorological forecasts predict heavy rainfall and possible cyclonic conditions in the coming days. In Digha, East Midnapore, the district administration issued early ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    Echoes of Tagore in Hills of Hunan: A journey through China’s new village dream

    Changsha (Hunan province, China): "I shall consider myself fortunate if, through this visit, China comes nearer to India and India to China – for no political or commercial purpose, but for disinterested human love and for nothing else," Asia's ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    CMPDI files DRHP for IPO as CIL plans to offload 10% stake

    Kolkata: Central Mine Planning and Design Institute (CMPDI) — the engineering, design, and exploration arm of Coal India — will be the first subsidiary of the Maharatna coal giant to be listed. CMPDI filed a DRHP (Draft Red Herring ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    BJP MP: Pak trying to use Bangladesh as launchpad for terror

    Kolkata: BJP's Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya, who addressed the Indian diaspora in France on Monday, alleged that Pakistan is trying to use Bangladesh "as a launchpad for terrorism." Bhattacharya, in his six-minute speech in Paris said that the ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    Fight against terror must unite us all: Abhishek in S’pore

    Kolkata: A multi-party delegation, including Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, reached Singapore on Tuesday after visits to Japan and South Korea. This is part of a diplomatic mission to convey India's views on terrorism emanating from Pakistan.Upon arrival, ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    Docs remove board pin stuck in 12-year-old boy’s lungs for 5 days

    123 Kolkata: Doctors at Medical College Hospital Kolkata (MCHK) removed a board pin from the bronchus, or lungs, of a 12-year-old boy. Since the foreign object was stuck for about five days, it also caused a wound inside. The ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    TMC names late MLA’s daughter candidate for Kaliganj bypolls

    123 Kaliganj (Nadia): Trinamool on Tuesday named 38-year-old Alifa Ahmed its candidate for the Kaliganj bypolls scheduled on June 19. Alifa is the daughter of Nasiruddin Ahamed, the Kaliganj MLA whose death necessitated the bypolls.Alifa used to work as ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    State BJP gears up for Modi rally, awaits Shah visit confirmation

    123 Kolkata: While PM Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit north Bengal on Thursday, Union home minister Amit Shah's visit to the state two days later is yet to be confirmed. State BJP leaders expect the two visits to ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    Restos fumble for rooftop proof, KMC asks to return with papers

    123 Kolkata: Hearings for three rooftop restaurants at the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) remained inconclusive as none of them could present the documents demanded by the civic authorities to support their claims of running businesses with 'licenses'. The KMC-constituted ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    4 more Covid patients in state hosps takes tally to 14

    123 Kolkata: The number of Covid-19 positive patients getting admitted to the hospital is gradually picking up. With fresh reports of four patients being treated for Covid surfacing on Tuesday, the number of admitted Covid-19 patients in Bengal now ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    Faces of RG Kar protest get bond postings away from city

    123456 Kolkata: The posting of three senior resident (SR) doctors, who were prominent faces of RG Kar movement, has triggered a controversy, with a large section of the medical community terming it a ‘witch-hunt'. The three SRs also said ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    Summer releases vacation more fun for kids

    123456 Kolkata: This May, children's cinema has become a talking point in Bengal. The latest instalment in the ‘Eken' franchise — Joydeep Mukherjee's ‘The Eken: Benaras e Bibhishika' — has seen back-to-back houseful shows at both single screens and ...

    28 May 2025 Times of India
    Covid cases rise in Kolkata as 2 more test positive across age groups

    Representative image KOLKATA: Two more people tested positive for Covid in Kolkata on Monday - a 65-year-old woman and a 9-month-old child - indicating a spread across age groups. A 15-year-old boy tested positive at a private hospital on ...

    27 May 2025 Times of India
    B’desh actor Badhon latest to be branded RAW agent, falls foul of anti-India squad

    Kolkata: Bangladeshi actor Azmeri Haque Badhon is the latest celebrity to be accused of being a RAW agent in her country. Badhon's Sunday Facebook post, which offered a scathing commentary on how quickly public perception, and sometimes diplomatic scrutiny, ...

    27 May 2025 Times of India
    Snake you keep won’t bite only your neighbour: Abhishek warns Pakistan

    123 Kolkata: Warning Pakistan about harbouring terrorism within its borders, TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday said, "Breeding a snake in your backyard and expecting it to bite only your neighbour is the last thing one should ...

    27 May 2025 Times of India
    Mixed bag, say protesting teachers after edu dept meet

    12 Kolkata: The SSC teachers' protest saw its first signs of resolution on Monday as the principal secretary of the education department, Binod Kumar, met six representatives of the state school teachers, who had lost their jobs following a ...

    27 May 2025 Times of India
    Route 39 buses hit the road, run into double parking hurdle

    123 Kolkata: After a two-day complete suspension of services, buses on routes 39 and 39A/2 resumed operations on Monday following a meeting between local politicians, councillors, and the bus and auto operators of the affected areas. The decision comes ...

    27 May 2025 Times of India
    CAB chief, wife survive boat capsize in Puri

    123 Bhubaneswar: A leisurely boat ride nearly turned into a death trap for Cricket Association of Bengal president Snehasish Ganguly and his wife Arpita, when the vessel capsized in the rough sea near Puri's Light House beach.The couple, along ...

    27 May 2025 Times of India
    Grandparents say yes, Tangra boy won’t have to live in shelter

    12 Kolkata: The 14-year-old boy from Tangra, whose uncle and father murdered their wives and the boy's cousin in Feb, will now live with his cousin's grandparents.Parents-in-law of Prasun Dey, the younger of the two brothers who confessed to ...

    27 May 2025 Times of India
    Demolition of old domestic terminal only after Haj

    123 Kolkata: The dismantling of Kolkata airport's former domestic terminal, inactive since 2013 following the launch of the new integrated terminal, will commence after Haj flights conclude this July. The demolition, including the air traffic surveillance building, is essential ...

    27 May 2025 Times of India
    Heavy shower, day-long drizzle, clouds bring max down to 31.3°C

    123 Kolkata: The city was drenched by a spell of heavy rain for almost two hours on Monday morning as the southwest monsoon advanced towards north Bengal and the north Bay of Bengal. While the Met office issued a ...

    27 May 2025 Times of India
    ‘Was thrashed while stealing’: Patuli cops register thief’s FIR

    12 Kolkata: A thief, Tapas Mondal (38), who was caught stealing in a Patuli home around 6:30 am on Sunday, and thrashed by the house owner, locals before he was arrested, has now lodged a counter-complaint against unidentified people. ...

    27 May 2025 Times of India
    Civic bodies get ready to tackle waterlogging

    12 Kolkata: Civic bodies in Kolkata, Salt Lake and New Town are bracing for heavy rain and keeping teams ready to flush out excess storm water to prevent waterlogging.KMC has instructed engineers at major drainage pumping stations, including Palmerbazar, ...

    27 May 2025 Times of India
    PM 2.5 in 2024-25 winter Kolkata’s best since 2019

    Kolkata: This winter brought a breath of relatively cleaner air to Kolkata, with the city recording its best particulate pollution levels since 2019. Data from a six-year analysis by West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) painted a picture of ...

    27 May 2025 Times of India
    Drainage quick-fix for inundated road that leads to Kolkata airport

    Kolkata: Passengers headed to Kolkata airport faced challenges navigating waterlogged stretches on VIP Road near Kaikhali, Chinar Park, Haldirams, and outside the airport terminal during a spell of heavy rain on Sunday morning. However, unlike previous years, the water ...

    27 May 2025 Times of India
    5 arrested in Bankura for ‘unauthorised’ data collection

    Bankura: Five people were arrested in Bankura on Monday over allegations of "unauthorised" data collection. The arrests came hours after Trinamool alerted its party workers, in a circular, about a "conspiracy" involving door-to-door collection of personal information.Arati Modak, Shikha ...

    27 May 2025 Times of India
    Khagragarh case: NIA summonses to Cong functionary & e-rickshaw driver

    12 Behrampore: More than a decade after its probe into the 2014 Khagragarh blast case, NIA on Monday sent summonses to a Congress functionary and a toto driver, both from Murshidabad, asking them to appear before the central investigating ...

    27 May 2025 Times of India
    Private hosps step up screening, isolation measures amid concerns over new variants

    Kolkata: Private hospitals across Kolkata have started stepping up Covid screening and preventive measures as two new Covid variants were traced in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. Doctors in Kolkata have advised caution following an alert from WHO, as ...

    27 May 2025 Times of India
    ‘No leniency on fire norms at KMC rooftop hearings today’

    12 Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) committee, established to review three rooftop restaurants, is expected to maintain a strict stand during Tuesday's hearings at the KMC headquarters, aligning with Nabanna's stance against providing unwarranted concessions.A KMC representative emphasised ...

    27 May 2025 Times of India
    Biker killed in pile-up, 2 others die in N Kol, Chowbaga accidents

    12 Kolkata: Three were killed and several others injured in three accidents between Sunday evening and Monday afternoon.A multi-vehicle pile-up near the Tea Board of India office in central Kolkata around 1am on Monday led to the death of ...

    27 May 2025 Times of India
    Youth held at Kolkata's Esplanade bus stand with 120 cartridges

    The accused, Ramakrishna Majhi, hails from Ketugram KOLKATA: A youth carrying 120 cartridges in a rucksack was arrested by the Kolkata Police Special Task Force (STF) at Esplanade crossing on Sunday. Police said Ramkrishna Majhi, a resident of Ketugram, ...

    26 May 2025 Times of India
    Fire audit at 250 Sec V bldgs soon, lens on parking, encroachment hurdles

    1234 Kolkata: After New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) started inspecting all commercial establishments in New Town, Nabadiganta Industrial Township Authority (NDITA) has also decided to conduct an intensive fire safety audit of all buildings located in Sector V.Officials ...

    26 May 2025 Times of India
    Durand Cup to champion North-East football with five-state host plan

    Asia’s oldest football tournament, the Durand Cup, will be back with its 134th Edition and for the first time in its storied history, be hosted in as many as five states with Manipur’s capital Imphal, making a comeback after ...

    26 May 2025 Times of India
    Bengal’s Goyna bori finds a place in NY, thanks to chef Vikas Khanna

    @vikaskhannagroup Indian chef and author Vikas Khanna turned the spotlight on Bengal this week, showcasing the intricate art of Goyna bori at his multi-award winning New York restaurant. In a recent reel shared on social media, Khanna paid tribute ...

    26 May 2025 Times of India
    7 new Covid cases in Kolkata push Bengal's active case tally to 10

    Representational image KOLKATA: Kolkata has recorded at least seven Covid-19 cases in the past week. Six patients, admitted at a hospital off Bypass, are receiving treatment for Covid as well as other existing health conditions. On Sunday, TOI ...

    26 May 2025 Times of India
    Youth held at Esplanade bus stand with 120 cartridges

    1234 Kolkata: A youth carrying 120 cartridges in a rucksack was arrested by the Kolkata Police Special Task Force (STF) at Esplanade crossing on Sunday. Police said Ramkrishna Majhi, a resident of Ketugram, was nabbed by cops in plainclothes ...

    26 May 2025 Times of India
    CBI arrests Murshidabad medical college doctor in Rs 10 lakh bribery case

    Tapan Kumar Jana, hospital senior arrested by CBI KOLKATA: The CBI on Saturday arrested the Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital anatomy head for allegedly issuing a favourable inspection report to a private medical college in Karnataka's Belagavi against cash.Tapan ...

    26 May 2025 Times of India
    Met spies low pressure, Kolkata may receive season's first pre-monsoon showers by next week

    KOLKATA: Kolkata could get the season's first pre-monsoon showers by mid-week next. The Met office is keeping close tabs on a low-pressure area brewing over the Bay of Bengal, which may also have a bearing on the monsoon onset ...

    26 May 2025 Times of India
    NKDA set to conduct week-long clean-up drive

    123 Kolkata: After KMC, the New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has also decided to conduct a special clean-up drive in New Town for seven days fromWednesday.Residents of New Town can now send a photo of any littered place ...

    26 May 2025 Times of India
    Govt’s talks with protesting SSC teachers likely today; new protest site gets ready

    12 Kolkata: The school education department is likely to hold talks with the protesting SSC teachers on Monday, education minister Bratya Basu indicated on Sunday, even as he said the letters seeking talks with govt did not specify the ...

    26 May 2025 Times of India
    Alternative site for Howrah dumping yard identified: DM

    123 Kolkata: Two months after the Belgachhia dump yard disaster in Howrah—and 22 years after the Calcutta High Court first directed the authorities to find an alternative dumping site—the longstanding civic menace of massive garbage overflow in Howrah seems ...

    26 May 2025 Times of India
    BMC starts another round of health audit of tall trees in Salt Lake

    12 Kolkata: The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started another round of health survey of tall trees across Salt Lake. "Local councillors have been asked to identify and give a list of tall trees that are in bad shape, ...

    26 May 2025 Times of India
    Driver held for hitting cop with car is illegal B’deshi immigrant

    12 Kolkata: A Bangladeshi national living illegally in Bengal was arrested by Kolkata Police investigating an incident of rash drivingwhen he hit an on-duty cop with his car last week. Azad Sheikh (41) was arrested by Kalighat police after ...

    26 May 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata: Fire breaks out at fourth-floor Mangla Haat warehouse, 17 hurt in scramble for safety

    1234 Howrah: At least 17 people sustained injuries as they scrambled for safety and rushed downstairs, leading to a stampede-like situation, after fire broke out on the fourth floor of the modern market building at Howrah's Mangla Haat on ...

    26 May 2025 Times of India
    Couple held after scuffle at hosp

    Kolkata: A couple, relatives of a patient at Calcutta National Medical College (CNMC) Hospital, were arrested on Saturday after allegedly assaulting cops and security personnel following a tiff. Around 3.25 pm on Saturday, Rahamat Ali was found recording videos ...

    26 May 2025 Times of India
    2 accused in ’03 gang-rape case acquitted 21 yrs later

    Kolkata: A gang-rape case, reported in Amherst Street in May 2003, that came up for trial around 20 years later, in Jan 2025, led to the acquittal of two persons implicated by police.The complainant, who appeared before the Kolkata ...

    26 May 2025 Times of India
    ‘It is complainant’s duty to not cause delay after plaint is filed’

    Kolkata: Once a complaint has been filed in court, its also the complainant's duty not to skip hearings and cause delay, an Alipore district and sessions court said on Friday, dismissing a complaint filed against six persons by a ...

    26 May 2025 Times of India
    Youth held for using fake birth cert in passport application

    Kolkata: A 21-year-old from Kidderpore, Badal Sahani, who applied for a passport, was arrested on Saturday for allegedly submitting a forged birth certificate. He was produced before an Alipore court on Sunday and was taken into police custody.Cops believe ...

    26 May 2025 Times of India
    CBI arrests hosp senior in Rs 10L bribery case

    123 Kolkata: The CBI on Saturday arrested the Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital anatomy head for allegedly issuing a favourable inspection report to a private medical college in Karna-taka's Belagavi against cash.Tapan Kumar Jana, an assessor with the National ...

    26 May 2025 Times of India
    Undergraduate admissions through centralised portal to start next wk

    12 Kolkata: Undergraduate admissions through the centralized admission portal (CAP) are set to start next week. State education minister Bratya Basu clarified on Sunday that the legal issue over reservations for OBC candidates would not impact the overall admission ...

    26 May 2025 Times of India
    Pension not charity, it’s a legal right: Civic body draws HC ire

    12345 Kolkata: Pension is not "an act of charity" but a legal right of employees, said Calcutta HC recently, while reprimanding Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality for blaming technological lapses for a delay in releasing the pension of 148 former Group ...

    26 May 2025 Times of India
    Man held after threat to post woman’s pics

    Kolkata: An amateur photographer was arrested by Narendrapur police on Sunday for blackmailing a woman by threatening to make their intimate photos viral on social media. The accused, identified as Partha Das from the Haltu area, met the woman ...

    26 May 2025 Times of India
    Plaint against shopkeeper who scolded 13-year-old

    Panskura: Days after 13-year-old Krishnendu Das died by suicide after he was accused of stealing chips, the boy's family lodged a police complaint against the shopowner, Shubhankar Dikshit, who is also a civic volunteer, on Sunday.Police said a case ...

    26 May 2025 Times of India
    Now, an EV dashboard to help motorists locate charging stations across city

    123 Kolkata: In a significant step towards transforming Kolkata's urban transport into a greener, cleaner system, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) unveiled a comprehensive electric vehicle (EV) dashboard and interactive map to help city motorists easily locate charging ...

    26 May 2025 Times of India
    12-yr-old boy gets entangled in swing ropes while playing, dies

    Kolkata: A class VII boy playing with his brother on a makeshift swing made with ropes inside their apartment was choked to death after the rope accidentally got entangled around his neck.His parents were not at home and police ...

    26 May 2025 Times of India
    Bypolls for Kaliaganj, 4 other assembly seats on June 19

    12 Kolkata/Krishnanagar: In a notification on Sunday, EC announced bypolls for Kaliaganj and four other assembly seats on June 19. Nominations will be accepted until June 2, scrutiny will be held on June 3, and the last date for ...

    26 May 2025 Times of India
    Protect Bengal’s cultural identity, Bratya urges educators

    12 Kolkata: Bengal education minister Bratya Basu on Sunday stressed the need to preserve Bengal's cultural identity amid growing religious polarisation in India. Addressing the 33rd annual general meeting of All Bengal Principals' Council, he emphasised the crucial role ...

    26 May 2025 Times of India
    7 more Covid infections in Kol, state active case tally 10

    123 Kolkata: Kolkata has recorded at least seven Covid-19 cases in the past week. Six patients, admitted at a hospital off Bypass, are receiving treatment for Covid as well as other existing health conditions. On Sunday, TOI reported about ...

    26 May 2025 Times of India
    Bay system likely to trigger heavy rain in city on Thurs, predicts Met

    123 Kolkata: The Met office on Sunday issued heavy rain alert for Kolkata on Thursday.According to a special bulletin from IMD, the low-pressure area may form over west-central and adjoining north Bay of Bengal around Tuesday. It has the ...

    26 May 2025 Times of India
    BJP MP insulted every woman, showed party’s true colours: TMC

    123 Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Sunday reacted sharply to BJP MP Ram Chander Jangra, who said those who had lost their husbands in the Pahalgam terror attack lacked the spirit of warrior women. At an event in Bhiwani to ...

    26 May 2025 Times of India
    TMC, Left-Cong supporters clash during Murshidabad co-op polls; 12 hurt, 8 detained

    12 Berhampore: Twelve people were injured, including Left candidate Pradip Mondal after clashes broke out between Trinamool Congress and Congress-Left supporters at Daulatabad Nishith Barani Sinha High School during a cooperative society election. The election for the Maharajpur Samabay ...

    26 May 2025 Times of India
    Meeting grandparents can never be detrimental for a child: Calcutta HC

    Calcutta HC KOLKATA: Meeting grandparents can never be detrimental for a child and should not be stopped, Calcutta High Court has observed in a dispute over visitation rights involving a teenager's estranged parents.The court directed the family court to ...

    25 May 2025 Times of India
    Mamata skips Niti meet to protest Centre’s ‘withholding of Bengal’s dues’

    123 Kolkata: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and state finance minister Chandrima Bhattacharya skipped the 10th governing council meeting of Niti Aayog in Delhi on Saturday "as a mark of protest against the deprivation of Bengal", Trinamool said.Former Bengal finance ...

    25 May 2025 Times of India
    Best homecoming for BSF jawan Purnam Shaw in 17 yrs of service

    123 Rishra: Homecoming for Border Security Force (BSF) jawan Purnam Shaw has never been this sweet. Literally so. Sweets have been pouring in from all quarters. His mother ensured her son's favourite rasgullas were there before he arrived in ...

    25 May 2025 Times of India
    Hawkers hem in places of worship across Kolkata

    Kolkata: After pavements, carriageways, and markets, hawkers have now turned their attention to the city's places of worship. In central Kolkata, several historical shrines — cutting across faiths — are almost invisible behind the dense sprawl of unauthorised stalls, ...

    25 May 2025 Times of India
    Pakistan ‘vile handler of rabid dogs’: Abhishek in Japan

    Kolkata: Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee referred to Pakistan as "vile handlers of rabid dogs" in a strongly-worded address before the Indian diaspora in Japan on Saturday. He is in Japan as part of an all-party delegation of ...

    25 May 2025 Times of India
    ‘UFO’ spotted near Indo-Bangla border

    Kolkata: An unidentified flying object (UFO) with blinking lights was sighted hovering over parts of the night sky along the India-Bangladesh border in Hasnabad, North 24-Parganas, late on Friday night, prompting serious concern from both the Border Security Force ...

    25 May 2025 Times of India
    People need compassion in moment of crisis: Didi

    Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday appreciated the efforts of TMC's five-member delegation who went to the border villages of Jammu and Kashmir to meet people affected by Pakistan shelling. "In moments of crisis, what the people need ...

    25 May 2025 Times of India
    Cops recover 25 stolen iPhones worth 25L from Patna; 3 held

    Haringhata: A police team from Nadia's Haringhata recovered 25 stolen iPhones from Patna and apprehended three people, Additional SP Siddharth Dhapola said on Saturday.The ASP said Haringhata cops had received a complaint from technology logistics company representative Tapan Halder ...

    25 May 2025 Times of India
    Modi, Shah visits likely next week

    Kolkata: Bengal BJP expects visits by PM Narendra Modi and Union home Minister Amit Shah next week to encourage the workers and lift their spirits, which have taken a hit since the Lok Sabha elections.There has been dissatisfaction growing ...

    25 May 2025 Times of India
    Panch Matha Para Shyambazar

    123456 Shyambazar in north Kolkata stands as a crucial cultural intersection where heritage remains ever-present. It exists in the tea stalls, along the ghats, and within the deteriorating mansions, while contemporary cafes and delivery services operate through these same ...

    25 May 2025 Times of India
    IIM-C set to launch executive PhD, infra mgmt, online MBA courses

    12 Kolkata: The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta is set to launch two innovative courses: one-year specialisation in infrastructure management, reflecting India's growing need for capable leaders in this sector and the other is an executive PhD programme, which ...

    25 May 2025 Times of India
    New Town senior citizen loses 9L after phone theft

    123 Kolkata: An elderly New Town resident, Soumitra Mandal, alleged that Rs 9.1 lakh was siphoned off from his accounts with two nationalised banks a day after he lost his mobile phone at a village market in his ancestral ...

    25 May 2025 Times of India
    Buses on Kolkata’s route 39 go off road after threat from autos

    12 Kolkata: Commuters faced severe disruption on Friday morning as the fleet of 60 buses on route 39 and 18 on 39A/2 went off the road following a clash with auto-rickshaw drivers near Lohapool on Rifle Range Road in ...

    25 May 2025 Times of India
    Presi alumnus donates 20L to School of Astrophysics for infra upgrade

    123 Kolkata: An IIT-Bombay professor, a physics alumnus of the 1993 batch of Presidency College, now Presidency University, donated Rs 20 lakh to the School of Astrophysics to support academic programmes and enhance its infrastructure.The professor, who requested anonymity, ...

    25 May 2025 Times of India
    Cov cases resurface, 15-yr-old among 2 admitted in city hosps

    123 Kolkata: Though there is no indication of any spike in Covid-19 cases in Bengal, multiple cases of the virus has surfaced after a lull. A 15-year-old boy was admitted to a hospital off EM Bypass in the latest ...

    25 May 2025 Times of India
    Can rename Beadon St if patriot kin apply: KMC

    123 Kolkata: The Bengal govt will consider a request by the family of eminent jurist Radhabinod Pal to rename Beadon Street in his name.Pal's grandson, Sudhi Binod Pal, in a social media post, mentioned that the Bengal govt has ...

    25 May 2025 Times of India
    Monsoon hope in Kolkata after Kerala onset, rain likely next wk

    123 Kolkata: The southwest monsoon set over Kerala on Saturday, eight days ahead of its normal arrival date, bringing hope for the monsoon rain to reach Kolkata. The Met officials, however, said early onset in Kerala did not guarantee ...

    25 May 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata airport sees sharp decline in bird strike incidents due to improved waste management

    123 Kolkata: The number of bird strike and near-miss incidents at Kolkata airport has dropped significantly in recent months following a coordinated cleanliness initiative, airport authorities said on Saturday.The removal of multiple open garbage dumpsites and introduction of covered ...

    25 May 2025 Times of India
    SE Asian clearwing moth recorded for first time in India at Buxa

    123 Kolkata: A clearwing moth species first spotted in Myanmar in 2004 and later sighted in South China, Vietnam, and Malaysia has now been recorded at the Buxa Tiger Reserve in north Bengal.This is the first record of the ...

    25 May 2025 Times of India
    Commandos storm coach, free ‘flyers’ in anti-hijack drill

    123 Kolkata: Commandos stormed an aircraft, overpowered two hijackers and freed 25 passengers and the crew in an hour-long operation at Kolkata airport. Although the hijacking of the flight from Raipur to Guwahati and the anti-hijacking operation was an ...

    24 May 2025 Times of India
    Docs push for HPV vax for both genders

    Kolkata: Doctors in the city stressed the importance of the HPV (Human papillomavirus) vaccine for both the genders, pointing out that the virus did not discriminate between male and female and hence, it was important to adopt this gender-neutral ...

    24 May 2025 Times of India
    Rare clearwing moth species spotted for first time in Buxa Tiger Reserve

    KOLKATA: A clearwing moth species, previously known only from Myanmar, South China, Vietnam and Malaysia, has been recorded for the first time in India’s Buxa Tiger Reserve in north Bengal. The moth belongs to the genus Scoliokona, which had ...

    24 May 2025 Times of India
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