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  • Trinamool bags 101 of 108 seats in Contai Cooperative Bank polls

    12 Contai: The election at the Contai Cooperative Bank, which was held on Sunday following a Supreme Court order to deploy central forces for the purpose, was swept by Trinamool Congress. The party bagged 101 seats out of 108, ...

    16 December 2024 Times of India
    Please do not come, we are refunding your booking fees: Salt Lake fair to Bangla traders

    123 Kolkata: The ongoing turmoil across the border has led the organisers of one of the city's most popular winter fairs to request traders from Bangladesh — who had booked stalls on the fairground and paid an advance — ...

    16 December 2024 Times of India
    Wedding nolen gur season helps mouldings compete with flavours in sandesh world

    123 Kolkata: The wedding and nolen gur (liquid date palm molasses) season has helped moulded sandesh compete with flavoured ones in the sweets market. Cornered by flavoured and experimental sweets, the traditional ‘chhanch' (mould) sandesh like "Jol-bhora" and "Taal-saansh," ...

    16 December 2024 Times of India
    Packed markets, events to prep up for Christmas in Kolkata

    123 Kolkata: With barely 10 days to go for Christmas, markets are teeming with shoppers and vendors selling baked goodies, decorative items and other Santa-themed items often regarded as ‘must-haves' for soaking in the season's festive charm. Besides the ...

    16 December 2024 Times of India
    Roadside leaves & waste burning haunts Kolkata’s Ballygunge, raises pollution concerns

    Kolkata: Even as the civic body, prompted by the pollution control board, uses mist canons and sprays water on avenue trees to stop the spread of particulate matter that increases the pollution count, the efforts are being dampened by ...

    16 December 2024 Times of India
    Docs’ body seeks nod for Esplanade sit-in

    Kolkata: The Joint Platform of Doctors (JPD) wrote to the Kolkata Police CP on Sunday seeking permission to construct a dharna mancha at Dorina crossing in Esplanade where it wants to hold a sit-in demonstration on the RG Kar ...

    16 December 2024 Times of India
    Jaipur Fresco whitewash row rages in Art College

    Kolkata: The whitewashing of a century old ‘fresco' at the main staircase of the Government College of Art and Craft has led to a social media furore, with former students and artists accusing the college authorities of destroying the ...

    16 December 2024 Times of India
    Assaulted promoter alleges extortion, goes to cops

    Kolkata: A promoter has levelled allegations of extortion and assault against a Trinamool councillor and his men on Sunday. Kishor Halder turned up at Baguiati PS with a bandaged head and a blood-soaked t-shirt, alleging he was constructing a ...

    16 December 2024 Times of India
    Extra deployment, security audit to help cops tackle festive rush at tourist hot spots

    Kolkata: With Kolkata Traffic Police handling over 1.5 lakh additional pedestrians at traditional Christmas hot spots like Park Street, Victoria Memorial, Alipore zoo, and Science City from this weekend till the end of the year, multiple measures have been ...

    16 December 2024 Times of India
    Min plunges to 12.8°C, season’s lowest, but temp may rise today

    Kolkata: The city shivered in the early winter chill as the minimum temperature plunged to 12.8°C on Sunday, making it the season's coldest day so far. The temperature, three degrees below normal, was two notches lower than the minimum ...

    16 December 2024 Times of India
    Potato prices plummet to Rs32/kg in Bengal as new crops enter market

    123 Kolkata: Potato prices in Bengal's retail markets have crashed, with the popular Jyoti variety now selling at Rs32 per kilogram. The sudden drop is attributed to cold storage stock clearance by traders and the influx of fresh crops ...

    15 December 2024 Times of India
    Cops recover murder weapon of ‘severed head’

    Kolkata: Police on Sunday recovered the murder weapon, the only missing link in the ‘severed head' mystery, which the city police solved promptly. Police on Saturday arrested Atiqur Laskar, a house painter from Laskarpara in Diamond Harbour, in connection ...

    15 December 2024 Times of India
    Sampriti Flyover to stay shut at night for 3 months for repair work

    KOLKATA: Sampriti Flyover, which connects Jinjira Bazar to Batanagar on the southern fringes of the city, will remain closed every night from 10 pm to 6 am for next three months for the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority to undertake ...

    15 December 2024 Times of India
    Multiple hawkers vying for space in New Market a challenge for KMC, cops: Mayor

    KOLKATA: The hawking situation around the 150-year-old heritage New Market has become extremely challenging for both police and Town Vending Committee (TVC) members, with fights breaking out between hawker unions for control over space. Mayor Firhad Hakim made a ...

    15 December 2024 Times of India
    Sub-14°C before Dec 15 signals early onset of winter, Met predicts slight rise from tomorrow

    KOLKATA: With the mercury dipping below 14 degrees before Dec 15, winter has set in early this year. In the past 11 years, the mercury dipped below 14 degrees before Dec 15 only once - in 2014. Even as ...

    15 December 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata: 184-year-old Eden Gardens now uses human fertiliser

    If successful, the project will expand throughout the park and to others, offering a sustainable fertilization solution using readily available resources. KOLKATA: A pilot project is underway at Eden Gardens, built in 1840, to turn human urine into fertiliser ...

    15 December 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata's Trump Tower in Rs 14 crore tax tussle with civic body, faces drainage link delay

    KOLKATA: America's president-elect Donald Trump's tryst with courts in the US ended for now as a US Department of Justice policy prohibits prosecuting a President while in office. But in Kolkata, a Trump property went to court to contest ...

    15 December 2024 Times of India
    North, central & large parts of south Kolkata to go dry tomorrow

    KOLKATA: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) water supply department will suspend supply from Palta treatment plant after 9 am on Monday for repair, maintenance, and overhaul of the century-old treatment plant that caters to the water supply needs of ...

    15 December 2024 Times of India
    'Mini Bangladesh' rickshaw-pullers pay price for Bangla turmoil, seek other jobs

    KOLKATA: The strained diplomatic ties between India and Bangladesh have severely impacted the livelihood of 80-odd rickshaw-pullers, who operate in the 'Mini Bangladesh' Marquis Street area. For these rickshaw-pullers, who primarily serve Bangladeshi tourists, earnings have declined 75% over ...

    15 December 2024 Times of India
    ZSI identifies 5 new species of parasitic wasps

    123456 Kolkata: In a significant achievement for biodiversity research, Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has identified a new species of parasitic wasp — Ceraphron initium — in Nagaland. The discovery, along with the identification of four wasp species in ...

    15 December 2024 Times of India
    Earphones on, techie run over by train

    12 Howrah: An IT engineer died after being hit by a train while crossing the railway tracks with earphones on near Padmapukur Station on the Howrah-Santragachhi line of the South-Eastern Railway on Saturday morning.Shalimar Railway Police reported that the ...

    15 December 2024 Times of India
    Incense stick fire kills 78-year-old S Kol man

    Kolkata: A 78-year-old man, Bidhan Chakraborty, died of burn injuries that he sustained while trying to light an incense stick on Dec 11 in the Bisnu Pally area under Regent Park police station. The septuagenarian died of his injuries ...

    15 December 2024 Times of India
    Deucha Pachami coal project: 1,500 get govt jobs

    Suri: As many as 1,500 locals have been given govt jobs as compensation for land acquisition for the Deucha Pachami coal project in Birbhum, the district administration informed on Saturday. Most of them have been appointed as group-level employees ...

    15 December 2024 Times of India
    Birbhum civic volunteer arrested for minor’s sexual abuse

    Suri/Kolkata: In the third related incident in just over a month, a civic volunteer from Birbhum's Mohammad Bazar was arrested on Saturday for allegedly sexually abusing a minor girl. Although the incident took place in Nov, the victim's family ...

    15 December 2024 Times of India
    Comment was on edu: Hakim after BJP attack over video

    Kolkata: BJP on Saturday criticised urban development minister Firhad Hakim over a video where the Kolkata mayor is purportedly heard making a comment on minorities. Hakim had made the comment while addressing an educational conference recently.Hakim said BJP was ...

    15 December 2024 Times of India
    Unlit stretch of BT Road makes commute unsafe

    Kolkata: A 3.5-km stretch of BT Road from Sodepur to Belgharia has been in darkness for months after alleged theft of cable wires. The street lights remain non-functional, reportedly due to a dispute between the PWD authorities and Panihati ...

    15 December 2024 Times of India
    CM may open Banglar Bari fund disbursal on Dec 17

    Kolkata: State govt will start disbursing funds to Banglar Bari beneficiaries from Dec 17. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee is expected to inaugurate the process. She had previously said 12 lakh people would benefit from the project.The panchayat department instructed ...

    15 December 2024 Times of India
    Molestation charges: CPM lifts suspension on Tanmoy

    Kolkata: CPM lifted the suspension on suspended neta Tanmoy Bhattacharya on Saturday after the party's internal inquiry committee said it did not find enough evidence to substantiate the charges of molestation against him.CPM's North 24 Parganas district secretary Mrinal ...

    15 December 2024 Times of India
    3 of Narendrapur family die in suicide pact

    123 Kolkata: Three members of a family in Narendrapur died in a suicide pact following alleged financial fraud, police said on Saturday.Dipak Roy, his wife Jolly and their daughter Dishani were found unconscious in Laskarpur home on Thursday after ...

    15 December 2024 Times of India
    In relationship for two years, financial analyst murders beautician in Kestopur

    Kolkata: A financial analyst has been arrested for allegedly murdering a 28-year-old beautician in Rabindrapally, Kestopur. The arrest comes within four hour of the incident being reported at Baguiati police station late on Friday evening.According to police, accused Kaushik ...

    15 December 2024 Times of India
    Cops in solidarity with released Tala former OC

    Kolkata: Former Tala police station OC Abhijit Mandal chose to walk silently to his lawyer's car after getting default bail following CBI's inability to file a charge sheet against him in 90 days due to lack of evidence. Exactly ...

    15 December 2024 Times of India
    NAAC awards A+ grade to NUJS

    Kolkata: West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences has scored an A+ grade with a CGPA of 3.32 from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). This is the first time that WBNUJS initiated the process of getting accreditation ...

    15 December 2024 Times of India
    Stay alert, fake apps give access to your phone: Cops

    Kolkata: Cyber sleuths of Kolkata Police have come across a new modus operandi adopted by cybercriminals in which they hack WhatsApp profiles and email accounts of the victims, who fall prey to fraudulent applications named after popular online grocery ...

    15 December 2024 Times of India
    One RTO, one registration code in Bengal

    123 Kolkata: The state transport department has introduced the ‘One RTO, One Registration Code' policy to simplify vehicle registration processes across Bengal with immediate effect. This system consolidates multiple codes for vehicles of different categories into a single and ...

    15 December 2024 Times of India
    Trial run starts on city’s first airport metro link

    Kolkata: Trial runs for Kolkata's first airport metro link started on Saturday. "The maiden trial run along the Noapara-Jai Hind (airport metro station) section of the Yellow Line was conducted successfully on Saturday," a Metro spokesperson said. Jai Hind ...

    15 December 2024 Times of India
    After head, cops recover remaining body parts, arrest brother-in-law

    Kolkata: A day after the recovery of a severed head of a woman from a vat in Tollygunge's Graham Road area, the nine-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the case claimed to have cracked the case with the arrest ...

    15 December 2024 Times of India
    ‘CBI failure’ to file chargesheet in 90 days brings RG Kar protesters back on streets

    Kolkata: Doctors along with people from various walks of life once again took to the streets on Saturday to protest against the alleged failure of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the RG Kar rape-murder probe. Demanding speedy ...

    15 December 2024 Times of India
    WBJEE date

    Kolkata: The WBJEE Board on Friday announced the date for the JEE 2025. The exam will be held on April 27 for engineering, technology, pharmacy, and architecture courses. Stay updated with the latest news on Times of India. Don't ...

    14 December 2024 Times of India
    HS syllabi

    Kolkata: The WB Council of HS Education on Friday published the revised syllabi for 19 subjects. Of the syllabi for 47 subjects that were revised, there were minor modifications in 19 subjects. Stay updated with the latest news on ...

    14 December 2024 Times of India
    HC to hear ‘harass’ plaint against Lake PS cops

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court is likely to hear a petition against Lake police station against whom it was alleged that they have been repeatedly summoning an 80-year-old cancer patient in a landlord-tenant civil dispute. The plea was filed ...

    14 December 2024 Times of India
    Row at IIT-Kharagpur over hospital shift

    123 Kolkata: An IIT-Kharagpur office order stating that the "staff and infrastructure" at the B C Roy Technology Hospital (BCRTH) will be "relocated" to Syama Prasad Mookerjee Superspeciality Hospital (SPMSH) on the outskirts of Kharagpur campus has sparked a ...

    14 December 2024 Times of India
    Kol to witness military tattoo on 53rd Vijay Diwas

    Kolkata: Indian Army personnel rehearsed the military performances they are about to showcase as part of the military tattoo to commemorate the 53rd Vijay Diwas on Monday.The event will be open to all from 2 pm to 4 pm ...

    14 December 2024 Times of India
    Nat’l Lok Adalat orders Rs 2.5 crore compensation for 2012 accident victim’s kin

    123 Asansol: The National Lok Adalat in Durgapur ordered National Insurance Company to pay compensation of Rs 2.5 crore to the family of a person killed in ab accident in 2012. The compensation must be paid within a month, ...

    14 December 2024 Times of India
    Congress workers protest in Kolkata as Abhijit Mondal, Sandip Ghosh gets bail in rape and murder case

    NEW DELHI: Hundreds of Congress workers held protests on Saturday against bail granted to former officer-in-charge of Tala Police Station, Abhijit Mondal, and ex-principal of RG Kar Medical College, Dr. Sandip Ghosh, in the rape and murder case.Earlier on ...

    14 December 2024 Times of India
    Youth stabs SI on duty

    Kolkata: A 58-year-old sub-inspector (SI) from Barasat police station in North 24 Parganas was stabbed by a youth after cops arrived at his home to investigate allegations of domestic violence by his parents early on Friday. The SI, Dudh ...

    14 December 2024 Times of India
    West Bengal minor's rapist-killer gets death, accomplice life

    KOLKATA: A Jangipur court on Friday sentenced Dinabandhu Halder, who was a day earlier convicted of raping and killing a nine-year-old girl in Farakka, to death and his accomplice, Subhajit Halder, to life imprisonment. The court ordered a compensation ...

    14 December 2024 Times of India
    Tollywood reacts to KIFF jury member’s ‘disappointing content’ comment

    123456 Kolkata: After Anurag Kashyap, Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) jury member V K Cherian raised a storm with his remark expressing disappointment over contemporary Bengali cinema. His comments at the KIFF press conference, stating that he wanted to ...

    14 December 2024 Times of India
    Work starts on temporary BC Roy Mkt on paddock ground

    Kolkata: Work has started on a single-storey steel structure on the ground of Kolkata Mounted Police Paddock and Riding School, where RVNL will temporarily shift BC Roy Market to make way for the Esplanade station of Joka-Esplanade Metro. The ...

    14 December 2024 Times of India
    BMC gets 1.5 cr for 3 govt hsg estate water line revamp

    Kolkata: The state govt on Friday sanctioned Rs 1.5 crore to the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) to lay a network of supply lines for filtered water at Falguni, Banashree and Bichitra, three govt housing complexes in Salt Lake. The ...

    14 December 2024 Times of India
    2.5L people in Tolly-Jadavpur to get Patuli plant water by ’26 summer

    123 Kolkata: The water treatment plant, being built at Dhalai Bridge near Patuli, will start operating before 2026 summer, supplying treated drinking water to around 2.5 lakh people living in 10 KMC wards in the Tollygunge-Jadavpur belt. The KMC ...

    14 December 2024 Times of India
    ‘JU mass comm papers should be re-checked by external examiner’

    Kolkata: All the journalism and mass communication PG semester and internal exam answer scripts of the 2023-25 batch at Jadavpur University, taught by assistant professor Abhishek Das and professor Santwan Chattopadhyay, should be re-evaluated by an external examiner, resolved ...

    14 December 2024 Times of India
    ONOE will erode autonomy of state legislatures: TMC

    Kolkata: Trinamool, a bitter critic of the ‘one nation one election' bills, on Friday came out with a detailed nine-point criticism of proposed legislations. Reiterating CM Mamata Banerjee's stance of ONOE being "undemocratic, anti-federal and draconian", the party said ...

    14 December 2024 Times of India
    Farakka minor’s rapist-killer gets death, accomplice life

    123 Kolkata: A Jangipur court on Friday sentenced Dinabandhu Halder, who was a day earlier convicted of raping and killing a nine-year-old girl in Farakka, to death and his accomplice, Subhajit Halder, to life imprisonment. The court ordered a ...

    14 December 2024 Times of India
    Ritabrata is RS MP unopposed

    123 Kolkata: Trinamool's Ritabrata Banerjee was elected uncontested to Rajya Sabha on Friday. The RS seat became vacant following Jawhar Sircar's resignation on Sept 19 and TMC nominated the INTTUC president. The date of RS poll was fixed to ...

    14 December 2024 Times of India
    Panel launches monitor app ahead of SET

    Kolkata: The state College Service Commission has launched a mobile app, TrackMate, to monitor the transport route of exam materials. The app is one of the several measures that the commission has taken ahead of state eligibility test (SET) ...

    14 December 2024 Times of India
    Woman found dead with scarf around neck

    Kolkata: The body of a 27-year-old woman was found lying face down on a bed, a scarf around her neck, at her Kestopur flat on Friday night. Avishikta Saha's body was found by her husband around 10 pm in ...

    14 December 2024 Times of India
    Beloved Gopal back with devotee within 12 hours after making pit stops with dog and at rickshaw puller’s home

    123 Kolkata: A team of policemen in Lake Town traced a lost 3-inch "Laddu Gopal" idol — a child form of Lord Krishna — within 12 hours last month. They scoured CCTV cameras across several neighbourhoods before finally retrieving ...

    14 December 2024 Times of India
    Ex-AG gifts 60L for Presi computer centre

    Kolkata: A new computer centre — Presidency Alumni Computer Centre — on the ground floor of the newly constructed G+4 building adjacent to the main building was inaugurated on Friday for students, faculty members, and officials of the university. ...

    14 December 2024 Times of India
    Rush for potato, onion at Sufal Bangla stalls

    Kolkata: Mobile and stationary outlets of Sufal Bangla are witnessing a heavy rush in recent days as potato (Jyoti) is selling at Rs 26/kg and onion (Nashik and others) at Rs 48/kg. The potato price in the city's retail ...

    14 December 2024 Times of India
    Cops’ new social media policy against e-crime

    Kolkata: In the backdrop of the Calcutta High Court pulling up state police regarding the manner in which cyber investigations are carried out, the Kolkata Police has begun reaching out to cybercrime victims where investigations are pending. The cops ...

    14 December 2024 Times of India
    100 yrs of Kol airport: Min unveils celebration logo

    Kolkata: Civil aviation minister K Rammohan Naidu unveiled the logo of Kolkata airport's centenary celebration at New Delhi on Friday, kicking off the programmes in Kolkata as airport officials listed the itinerary of the celebrations that will start on ...

    14 December 2024 Times of India
    School dispersal, breakdown choke traffic in S Kol belt

    Kolkata: A chain of events on Friday left a section of south Kolkata gridlocked and slowed traffic in the belt to a crawl. The effect, spread between Park Circus and Exide, was reported a little after 11.30 am and ...

    14 December 2024 Times of India
    NIA detains JeM suspect in Hooghly

    Kolkata: A day after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested a Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) operative from Assam, the agency on Friday detained a suspected operative of the group during an early morning raid in the Sanapara area of Arambagh, Hooghly.The ...

    14 December 2024 Times of India
    Scottish seeks response from PE teacher

    Kolkata: The Internal Complaint Committee (ICC) of Scottish Church College has sent a letter to the physical education teacher, requesting his reply before next Wednesday in connection with the sexual harassment case. A second-year student had filed a plaint ...

    14 December 2024 Times of India
    Gukesh sows hopes of more kids making next move to 64 squares

    Kolkata: Like the rest of India, the city of joy, too, is celebrating D Gukesh's crowning glory as he edged past defending champion Ding Liren to emerge the world chess champion. Even though there weren't celebratory fireworks that normally ...

    14 December 2024 Times of India
    Sniffer dog at doorstep, Tolly locals rue lack of neighbourhood safety

    Kolkata: The recovery of a severed head of a woman at Tollygunge's Graham Road on Friday morning reminded the senior citizens of the locality of the turbulent 70s when the area witnessed a number of murders. Among the younger ...

    14 December 2024 Times of India
    Howrah’s 37-year-old factory worker looks to rejoin work with reattached hand

    123 Kolkata: A 37-year-old factory worker, Arpan Samanta, is all set to embrace life with a rekindled hope and his replanted hand that got severed about a few months ago in a freak accident while handling a moulding machine ...

    14 December 2024 Times of India
    Out on walk, got shock of my life

    I was out for a walk and was planning a tea break when something unusual caught my eye near the vat and I got the shock of my life. At first, I couldn't make sense of what I was ...

    14 December 2024 Times of India
    Have the Indo-Bangla entertainment ties been impacted by the crisis?

    Despite recent tensions between India and Bangladesh, Bangladeshi actor Ziaul Faruq Apurba's film 'Chaalchitro: The Frame Fatale' is set for Indian release. KOLKATA: ‘Chaalchitro: The Frame Fatale’, a film by Pratim D. Gupta and produced by Firdausul Hasan, is ...

    13 December 2024 Times of India
    Poor AQI at Ballygunge and Salt Lake, others moderate

    123 Kolkata: The air quality index of two zones in the city turned poor, while the rest of the five zones covered by continuous ambient air quality monitoring stations (CAAQMS) showed moderate air quality on Thursday.Two stations – Ballygunge ...

    13 December 2024 Times of India
    Severed human head found in garbage dump in Kolkata's Tollygunge

    KOLKATA: A severed human head, believed to be of a woman, was discovered at a waste disposal site in Kolkata's Tollygunge locality on Friday morning, police said.Residents in the area found a plastic bag with the body part at ...

    13 December 2024 Times of India
    After talks, Bangladesh's Muktijoddhas may grace Vijay Diwas in Kolkata

    Representative Image KOLKATA: After weeks of speculation over the participation of Muktijoddhas (freedom fighters) from Bangladesh at the annual Vijay Diwas in Kolkata this month, the Indian Army on Thursday said a Bangladesh delegation was likely to attend the ...

    13 December 2024 Times of India
    Exploring the theme of infertility through cinema at 30th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF)

    . KOLKATA: At least two films in the Indian competition at the 30th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) explored the theme of infertility. Incidents of 'phantom pregnancy', a peculiar condition documented twice by Queen Mary I when she exhibited ...

    13 December 2024 Times of India
    Cal HC panel submits report on child visitation guidelines

    Kolkata: A Calcutta High Court committee on Thursday submitted a report on specific guidelines for child visitation and custody to insulate kids from the bitterness of a protracted legal battle.In 2021, a PIL was filed by Ratul Roy, seeking ...

    13 December 2024 Times of India
    One nation, one election unconstitutional, anti-federal: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee opposes the 'one nation, one election' bill. She calls it undemocratic and dictatorial. Banerjee believes it undermines India's federal structure. KOLKATA: CM Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said the proposed 'one nation, one ...

    13 December 2024 Times of India
    Tech helps hosps slash time to start critical treatment

    Kolkata: The time taken to attend to critically ill patients and the initiation of treatment has reduced considerably in Kolkata, thanks to bolstered emergency care, including the use of high-end equipment and on-the-spot tests, followed by a quick transfer ...

    13 December 2024 Times of India
    At 51%, Joka sees sharpest rise in home rates in Kolkata since 2019

    Joka and Madhyamgram lead Kolkata's residential real estate price surge, boasting 51% and 43% increases respectively since 2019, fueled by metro connectivity and rising demand. KOLKATA: Two areas in opposite ends of the city, Joka in south and ...

    13 December 2024 Times of India
    From local charm to global glamour, Kol couples take pre-wedding shoots to new heights

    Kolkata: From aerial shots to action cameras, from foreign locales to historic backdrops, pre-wedding shoots have transformed into an industry with Kolkata couples splurging to capture their "candid moments" before they tie the knot.Until a few years ago, a ...

    13 December 2024 Times of India
    Body found in gunny bag near IIM

    123 Kolkata: Kolkata Police recovered the body of a male, in a semi-mutilated form, near a metro pillar at Thakurpukur on Wednesday night. The recovery from near IIM Joka and on an important road that acts as a link ...

    13 December 2024 Times of India
    GTA proposes primary health centre in Sandakphu amid tourist safety concerns

    123 Tumling: The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) has submitted a proposal to the state govt to establish a primary health centre in Sandakphu, This is in response to the long-standing demand for a proper healthcare centre in the region ...

    13 December 2024 Times of India
    Bengal to verify a/c details of beneficiaries for DBT

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt has decided to verify the account details of beneficiaries before any transaction in case of direct bank transfers (DBTs).Additional chief secretary in the finance department, Prabhat Kumar Mishra, issued the directive and also cautioned against ...

    13 December 2024 Times of India
    Elephants kill 3 women, injure another in Jaldapara

    Jalpaiguri: Wild elephants killed three women and injured another at Chilapata in Jaldapara National Park on Thursday. The forest department had already issued warning about 23 elephants in the area.The incident occurred at Bania in the Chilapata range where ...

    13 December 2024 Times of India
    Jagannath Temple in Digha will be an icon of the world, says Mamata

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee has said the Jagannath Temple in Digha, which will be inaugurated on the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya on April 30 next year, will become an icon of not just Bengal but the entire world.This entailed ...

    13 December 2024 Times of India
    Kol to get direct Prayagraj flights for Maha Kumbh

    Kolkata: The city will get direct air connectivity to Prayagraj, formerly Allahabad, ahead of the Maha Kumbh Mela scheduled from Jan 13 to Feb 26. This is the first time that devotees and visitors will be able to fly ...

    13 December 2024 Times of India
    Accident deaths rise on city roads after six years

    Kolkata: For the first time since 2017, deaths from accidents has increased in 2024 after six years of downward slide. Till now, 165 people have died in road accidents this year, up from 159 reported in 2023. With 18 ...

    13 December 2024 Times of India
    Airport-metro link trials likely from Monday

    123 Kolkata: Trial runs for Kolkata's first airport-metro link may begin on Monday, Dec 16, sources said. Metro Railway, which is implementing the city's Yellow line, including the first 7 km phase between Noapara and Jai Hind (airport) stations, ...

    13 December 2024 Times of India
    Cons call women for auditions, loot valuables

    123 Kolkata: For the past 25 days, a gang of at least six persons, including women, targeted three young women, all dancers, in a unique modus operandi that left cops surprised."We began receiving complaints from south Kolkata, Jessore Road, ...

    13 December 2024 Times of India
    Can’t recover excess salary paid erroneously to retd officer: HC to govt

    123 Kolkata: The state is not entitled to recover the excess amount paid to a retired officer due to its mistake, the Calcutta High Court held recently. The case pertains to a retired Indian Air Force officer who was ...

    13 December 2024 Times of India
    2nd lawyer gives up RG Kar victim’s parents’ brief

    Kolkata: Senior Advocate Vrinda Grover on Wednesday withdrew from representing the RG Kar victim's family in the Supreme Court, Calcutta High Court, and the special CBI court. Grover was the second senior advocate representing the family after senior advocate ...

    13 December 2024 Times of India
    St Xavier’s Univ to start peace studies, offer more courses

    123 Kolkata: St Xavier's University will introduce peace studies as a value-added course in this Jan session, VC Fr Felix Raj announced on Thursday. The university is now in talks with the state, seeking an additional 10 acres to ...

    13 December 2024 Times of India
    Tabla player’s killer held in Guj brought to city

    Kolkata: Alleged serial killer Rahul, also known as Bholu Karmavir Ishwar Jat, who was arrested in Gujarat by the local cops, was brought to Kolkata by GRP in connection with the murder of a disabled tabla player. Rahul was ...

    13 December 2024 Times of India
    Kol tourist, HAM operators reunite missing boy with kin

    Kolkata: A class-IX student from New Barrackpore, who was suffering from memory loss and went missing a couple of years ago, was found in a Prayagraj asylum. He had been arrested by UP police. Abhijit Sarkar was reunited with ...

    13 December 2024 Times of India
    HC clears appt in central forces

    123 Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday cleared the decks for appointment of 46,617 candidates in central paramilitary forces all over India during the Dec 23 Rojgar Mela. A division bench of justices Tapabrata Chakraborty and Partha Sarathi ...

    13 December 2024 Times of India
    Chicken dispute leads to JU hostel row

    Kolkata: A visually impaired third-year Bengali department student of Jadavpur University lodged a complaint with the university authorities, alleging that he was physically harassed by a second-year engineering student at the New Boys' Hostel. He also wrote a letter ...

    13 December 2024 Times of India
    Most digital arrest victims senior citizens

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police has launched a crucial cybercrime awareness initiative specifically targeting senior citizens, responding to an alarming surge in digital fraud cases affecting the elderly population. TOI had reported about this in its edition dated Dec 11. The ...

    12 December 2024 Times of India
    Maha Kumbh 2025: Direct flights from Kolkata to Prayagraj announced

    Alliance Air will operate these six-days-a-week flights, excluding Mondays. Night landings and low-visibility operations will be possible thanks to a new landing system. KOLKATA: The city will get direct air connectivity to Prayagraj, formerly Allahabad, ahead of the Maha ...

    12 December 2024 Times of India
    BSF nabs Bangladeshi teen at Chopra, youth who swam to Rajganj

    Kolkata: A BSF patrol team apprehended a 15-year-old Bangladeshi girl during her attempted border crossing at Chopra in North Dinajpur district on Tuesday night.The girl, from Panchagarh, was spotted trying to enter through a Hume pipe beneath the border ...

    12 December 2024 Times of India
    It is majority's duty to protect minority: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

    KOLKATA/DIGHA: "It is the majority's responsibility to protect the minority," CM Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday in the context of recent development in Bangladesh, adding, "We demand protection for everyone."Speaking to reporters after inspecting the soon-to-be-inaugurated Jagannath Temple Complex ...

    12 December 2024 Times of India
    Rajasthan youth falls on Kolkata metro tracks, says he was pushed; cops probe overcrowding

    KOLKATA: A young man reportedly slipped and fell on the tracks at Esplanade Metro station around 4pm on Wednesday though Metro Railway claimed it was a suicide attempt. The incident disrupted the services for nearly half-an-hour.Kolkata Police said Md ...

    12 December 2024 Times of India
    A month on, Salt Lake accident spot has only 2 speed breakers

    1234 Kolkata: A month has passed since a class-II student died when his mother, taking him home on a scooter, lost control while negotiating an uneven stretch in Salt Lake. But almost nothing has changed on the ground. Despite ...

    12 December 2024 Times of India
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