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  • Govt seeks course with Unicef for children with disabilities

    Kolkata: State education minister Bratya Basu proposed that Unicef plan a special course for children with disabilities. The school education department was ready to support it, he said.The state, supported by Unicef, held an event on Tuesday to mark ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    Govt seeks course with Unicef for children with disabilities

    Kolkata: State education minister Bratya Basu proposed that Unicef plan a special course for children with disabilities. The school education department was ready to support it, he said.The state, supported by Unicef, held an event on Tuesday to mark ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    IIT profs seek help from BoG chairman

    Kolkata: IIT Teachers' Association (IITTA) on Tuesday wrote to the board of governors chairman, T V Narendran, urging him to step in as the IIT director did not agree to their demands of withdrawing show-cause notice to 86 professors ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    State for urbanisation as criterion for central tax shares

    123 Kolkata: The state govt on Tuesday pushed for urbanisation as a criterion for the devolution of central tax shares among the states during discussions with the 16th Finance Commission chairman Arvind Panagariya at Nabanna. CM Mamata Banerjee raised ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    New food processing unit in north Bengal on way

    Kolkata: State govt is planning to set up a new food processing unit in north Bengal to process maize and make various products, including poultry feeds. The food processing and horticulture department will seek CM Mamata Banerjee's nod to ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    CU, RBU to hold meets without ‘state nod’

    1234 Kolkata: Calcutta University and Rabindra Bharati University will hold meetings with highest decision-making bodies—the syndicate and the EC respectively— "without permission" on Wednesday. RBU former registrar Subir Maitra, who is under suspension following an HC order, sent a ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    CU, RBU to hold meets without ‘state nod’

    1234 Kolkata: Calcutta University and Rabindra Bharati University will hold meetings with highest decision-making bodies—the syndicate and the EC respectively— "without permission" on Wednesday. RBU former registrar Subir Maitra, who is under suspension following an HC order, sent a ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    Iskcon backs CM’s peacekeeping force demand in Bangladesh

    123 Kolkata: A day after chief minister Mamata Banerjee urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Centre to request the United Nations to deploy a peacekeeping force in Bangladesh and sought the prime minister's "intervention" to bring back persecuted ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    CU-signs MoU with regional Met dept for research & academic exchange

    Kolkata: Calcutta University signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Regional Meteorological Centre, Kolkata on Tuesday. These two esteemed institutions will work together for research and development and academic exchange programmes.The interim vice-chancellor, Santa Datta, said, "The relationship ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    Daughter of Pocso accused found dead

    123 Kolkata: Locals of Dakshindari in Lake Town demonstrated with the body of a class IX student for six hours and refused to allow the police to take the body for a post-mortem examination after she was found hanging ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    Search of Salt Lake plot after Rajya Sabha claim fails to yield Rohingya settlement

    Kolkata: Neither Salt Lake residents and local councillors nor cops could independently corroborate Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya's claim in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday about Rohingya settlements in Salt Lake.On Tuesday, Bhattacharya claimed in Rajya Sabha that behind the ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    Kasba murder bid: Scooter rider held

    Kolkata: The detective department of Kolkata Police arrested the scooter-rider who carried a shooter during the Nov 15 attempt on Kasba councillor Sushanta Ghosh.Lakshman Sharma alias Chotu, who was arrested by the anti-rowdy squad after more than a fortnight, ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    First Bajjika language film with ‘Launda’ dance troupe actor competes at KIFF

    Kolkata: The first-ever feature film in the Bajjika language, inspired by the true story of the daughter of a member of the ‘Launda' dance troupe who received education against societal norms in rural Bihar, is in the Indian language ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    ED raid on pvt med cols

    1234 Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday conducted raids on 19 premises across West Bengal, including seven medical colleges in the state, in connection with alleged quota corruption in MBBS admissions at private medical colleges.While absconding Trinamool Yuva leader ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    School jobs scam: Leaps & Bounds in ED addl chargesheet

    Kolkata: Enforcement Directorate has filed a supplementary chargesheet in connection with the school jobs-for-cash scam, naming consultancy firm Leaps & Bounds Pvt Ltd in it. ED has also named a few prominent businessmen and their firms in the latest ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    Doctor dies of dengue

    Kolkata: A 47-year-old doctor from Chandernagore died at SSKM Hospital on Tuesday where she had been undergoing treatment for dengue. According to sources, the doctor, Swati Dey, had been suffering from fever for more than a week. Her blood ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    HC allows paternity test on child allegedly born out of rape

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court recently allowed paternity test on a child allegedly born out of rape after the accused moved the court, pleading that he is not the father of the child.The dilemma before the bench of Justice ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    HC seeks report on JU scholar’s case

    Kolkata: The Calcutta HC on Tuesday directed Jadavpur University to submit a report detailing the actions taken regarding a case filed by Fetsu ex-chairperson Aritra Majumdar, a PhD student, who was suspended for six months in connection with the ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    Body, head found near rly tracks

    Kolkata: The decomposed body of a woman was found around 20 metres from the railway tracks between Brace Bridge and Majerhat railway station on Tuesday evening. The head was found near the body.Police have not ruled out both options: ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    Onus of verifying compliance on TPA

    123 Kolkata: A Swasthya Sathi official said that the TPA would have to verify that the required images had been uploaded, and if not, why the hospital had failed to do so. Approval of the claims will depend on ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    HC allows paternity test on child allegedly born out of rape

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court recently allowed paternity test on a child allegedly born out of rape after the accused moved the court, pleading that he is not the father of the child.The dilemma before the bench of Justice ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    Accused must be rendered powerless to harass witnesses: HC

    Kolkata: Accused persons must be stripped of their power to such an extent that they do not disturb the witness, Justice Tirthankar Ghosh said while hearing a matter concerning the family of a minor girl, who was allegedly kidnapped ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    AI in schools: Experts explore options

    1234 Kolkata: It was a day marked with insights, observation and discussion at the Times NIE Teachers' Meet on Nov 22. The programme, held in association with RCC Institute of Information Technology (RCCIIT) saw the participation of over 150 ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    AI in schools: Experts explore options

    1234 Kolkata: It was a day marked with insights, observation and discussion at the Times NIE Teachers' Meet on Nov 22. The programme, held in association with RCC Institute of Information Technology (RCCIIT) saw the participation of over 150 ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    HC directs state, BSF to monitor Beldanga

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday directed both the state and BSF to keep an eye on Murshidabad's Beldanga, which witnessed clashes on Nov 16 over a Kartik Puja procession. A division bench of justices Harish Tandon and Hiranmay ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    KMC nod on way, subway to ease Chingrighata bottlenecks

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Traffic Police's proposal to ensure only motorised vehicles use the busy Chingrighata crossing, with cycles and pedestrians taking either subways or overbridges, is set to come true.While the foot overbridge at Chingrighata has been functional for ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    UN peacekeepers in Bangladesh? Dhaka dismisses Didi's call

    West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee (PTI file photo) KOLKATA: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee urged the Union govt Monday "to request the United Nations to deploy a peacekeeping force in Bangladesh" amid reports of attacks on minorities, particularly Hindus. She ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    I am still here, I am the final word, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee tells TMC

    KOLKATA: Mamata Banerjee sent out an unequivocal message on Monday about the command structure within Trinamool Congress, telling everyone that she remained the party's boss and any speculation about multiple power centres in the party was unwarranted and unnecessary."I ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    Talks with minister fail, West Bengal potato traders to go on strike today

    KOLKATA: Potato traders in Bengal will go on strike from Tuesday after their meeting with agriculture minister Becharam Manna on Monday failed to resolve the deadlock over the tuber's sale to other states. The looming strike, which the minister ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    Mamata hails Bengal’s homestay initiative for creating jobs

    Kolkata: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said on Monday that the state's homestay initiative had created a lot of rural and urban jobs in the state and had become a model for other states to replicate. The CM was speaking ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    HC directs state, BSF to monitor Beldanga

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday directed both the state and BSF to keep an eye on Murshidabad's Beldanga, which witnessed clashes on Nov 16 over a Kartik Puja procession. A division bench of justices Harish Tandon and Hiranmay ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    Intense vigil, more fencing along Bangladesh border after rise in infiltration bid: BSF

    Kolkata/Jalpaiguri: With a surge in infiltration attempts over the past four months as compared to the same period last year, areas along the border — which were open previously — were being fenced, said the BSF North Bengal Frontier ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    Intense vigil, more fencing along Bangladesh border after rise in infiltration bid: BSF

    Kolkata/Jalpaiguri: With a surge in infiltration attempts over the past four months as compared to the same period last year, areas along the border — which were open previously — were being fenced, said the BSF North Bengal Frontier ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    VIP Rd illegal shops to make way for trees and walkway

    Kolkata: The unauthorised encroachments in front of the car showrooms off VIP Road on the airport-bound flank from Kestopur to Narayantala have been cleared. The state PWD is taking up a beautification drive on the stretch.Officials of PWD and ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    VIP Rd illegal shops to make way for trees and walkway

    Kolkata: The unauthorised encroachments in front of the car showrooms off VIP Road on the airport-bound flank from Kestopur to Narayantala have been cleared. The state PWD is taking up a beautification drive on the stretch.Officials of PWD and ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    New Mkt hawkers play cat-&-mouse with cops

    Kolkata: Hawkers continued to swarm Bertram Street on Monday evening, occupying entire pavements and a big chunk of the carriageway, defying attempts by police to rein them in earlier in the day. The Town Vending Committee had on Thursday ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    State to impose penalty on contractors for improper JJM work: CM

    Kolkata: State govt would impose a penalty on contractors, including some empanelled by central govt, for not properly executing the work of Jal Jeevan Mission, said CM Mamata Banerjee after a meeting with DMs and senior officials on Monday. ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    Belgharia youth submits report to consulate

    123 Kolkata: Belgharia resident Sayan Ghosh, a 22-year-old from Deshapriyanagar's ‘Sonar Bangla' area who was stabbed multiple times by a group of Bangladeshi youths at Jurain in Dhaka during his week-long trip to Bangladesh, submitted a detailed report to ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    CM, guv come together at MLAs’ oath-taking

    Kolkata: Governor CV Ananda Bose administered oath to six newly elected MLAs in the assembly on Monday. The event saw the governor and CM Mamata Banerjee coming together for a programme, which has been rare in recent times. Speaker ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    HC grants bail to Ayan Sil in teacher recruitment case

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court granted bail to Ayan Sil on Monday in the Enforcement Directorate (ED) case related to teacher recruitment scam. Justice Suvra Ghosh relied on the Supreme Court judgment in the Manish Sisodia case, wherein it ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    Malda worker beaten to death in Rajasthan

    Malda: A worker from Malda was allegedly beaten to death by his co-workers in Jaipur. The news reached the family in Kaliachak on Sunday evening.Karim Sk (29) of Kadamtala village in Kaliachak went to Rajasthan for construction work about ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    Malda worker beaten to death in Rajasthan

    Malda: A worker from Malda was allegedly beaten to death by his co-workers in Jaipur. The news reached the family in Kaliachak on Sunday evening.Karim Sk (29) of Kadamtala village in Kaliachak went to Rajasthan for construction work about ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    Microplastics entering food chain, warn experts in Bengal

    Kolkata: Senior health and waste management experts on Monday raised alarms about microplastic pollution, which is triggering many health issues. Microplastics are entering our food chain, even appearing in mother's milk and placenta, the experts claimed while highlighting the ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    Microplastics entering food chain, warn experts in Bengal

    Kolkata: Senior health and waste management experts on Monday raised alarms about microplastic pollution, which is triggering many health issues. Microplastics are entering our food chain, even appearing in mother's milk and placenta, the experts claimed while highlighting the ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    Talks with min fail, Bengal potato traders to go on strike today

    Kolkata: Potato traders in Bengal will go on strike from Tuesday after their meeting with agriculture minister Becharam Manna on Monday failed to resolve the deadlock over the tuber's sale to other states. The looming strike, which the minister ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    Centre not keeping states in the loop about waqf bill: Mamata

    123 Kolkata: Centre was not keeping states in the loop about the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, CM Mamata Banerjee said in the Bengal assembly on Monday."They want to introduce it during Parliament's budget session," she said, for which "Bengal assembly ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    Bengal all set to implement GRAP to combat pollution

    Kolkata: For the first time, the state govt is all set to implement the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) in all six non-attainment cities in Bengal to minimise the impact of air pollution on health. The decision was adopted ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    Woman falls to death in Jorasanko

    Kolkata: A 18-year-old woman died after falling from a second-floor balcony of a five-storey building on Saturday. The incident occurred at Mitra Lane under Jorasanko police station. A relative of the woman alleged that she was pushed from the ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    IIT-Kgp starts week-long protest against show cause

    Kolkata: The IIT Teachers' Association (IITTA) has decided on a week-long programme starting Monday, protesting against the show-cause notice issued to 86 professors. The protesting professors who signed the IITTA letter to the registrar demanded the immediate withdrawal of ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    9 IIT-Kgp students get Rs 1cr+ packages on Day I of placement

    Kolkata: Nine students from IIT-Kharagpur bagged jobs with pay packages exceeding Rs 1 crore on the first day of phase one of the 2024-25 placement process, which began on Sunday. The highest pay package received so far is Rs ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    Potato strike call keeps markets on edge in West Bengal

    KOLKATA: Retail potato prices in West Bengal witnessed wild fluctuations on Sunday as a widening demand-supply gap pushed rates higher, with traders threatening an indefinite strike from Tuesday if the state govt fails to lift restrictions on interstate potato ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    Bangladesh stops 63 Iskcon monks from crossing over to India

    KOLKATA: Sixty-three Iskcon monks, all Bangladeshis with valid travel documents, were prevented from crossing over to India on Saturday evening and Sunday morning, several Bangladeshi media outlets and Iskcon Kolkata reported on Sunday.These 63 people were stopped at the ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    Man asks for Rs 5k paid ‘to get on Awas list’ back, killed

    12 Behrampore: A 53-year-old man was assaulted by a Raghunathganj villager for asking for his Rs 5,000 back on Saturday evening and succumbed to his injuries at NRS Medical College and Hospital a day later. The victim, Atiur Seikh ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    Horror tales: Kol youth stabbed on B’desh visit

    123 Gede (Nadia)/Kolkata: Belgharia resident Sayan Ghosh, a 22-year-old from Deshapriyanagar's ‘Sonar Bangla' under Kamarhati Municipality, returned home on Saturday evening visibly shaken after a harrowing ordeal in Bangladesh. Ghosh was stabbed multiple times by a group of Bangladeshi ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    B’desh stops 63 Iskcon monks’ travel to India

    Kolkata: Sixty-three Iskcon monks, all Bangladeshis with valid travel documents, were prevented from crossing over to India on Saturday evening and Sunday morning, several Bangladeshi media outlets and Iskcon Kolkata reported on Sunday.These 63 people were stopped at the ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    Bangladeshi patients cancel surgeries at Kolkata hospistals amid turmoil

    KOLKATA: Scheduled surgeries and appointments of Bangladeshi patients started getting cancelled and deferred across Kolkata's private hospitals over the weekend. Patients either cancelled or altered travel plans due to the ongoing turmoil or did not report for admission at ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    Lens on fake ID racket after BNP man’s arrest

    123 Kolkata: Cops probing the arrest of Bangladesh Nationalist Party man Selim Mohammed, alias Selim Matabbar, who allegedly entered Bengal illegally and stayed with a fake identity for two years, found that he was a farmer in Madaripur, Bangladesh. ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    Defiant hawkers challenge New Market eviction deadline

    123 Kolkata: Hawkers continued to occupy the carriageways around Hogg Market on Sunday, the last day of the 72-hour ultimatum given to New Market Police to remove hawkers from the area. They vowed to confront any attempts of forcible ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    Snakebite to be ‘notifiable’ in Bengal after Centre’s push

    123 Kolkata: In a move that could help in shaping up policies to provide better treatment facilities and compensation to snakebite victims, the state health department is preparing to make snakebite cases and deaths notifiable. Health officials said the ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    TMC questions Centre’s ‘priorities’ on B’desh; BJP Petrapole protest today

    123 Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Sunday questioned Centre's "priorities" on Bangladesh, asking whether it wanted to act decisively and put an end to persecution of Hindus there or "let the flames burn to reap politically by religious polarisation". The ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    Godown near Mullick Ghat flower market gutted in fire

    Kolkata: A fire that possibly started from welding work on a roadside hoarding gutted a first-floor godown and severely damaged a store on the ground floor next to Mullickghat flower market on the approach to Howrah bridge on Sunday ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    Ex-staffer, wife held for bank robbery

    Kolkata: A former group-D employee of a bank and his wife were arrested, and another individual was detained, in connection with a robbery at the Batanagar branch of the bank last Friday. Of the Rs 73 lakh stolen cash, ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    Spotlight on gender justice at Kolkata’s 2-day LGBTQ+ film & video festival

    Kolkata: As many as 13 films portraying unique perspectives on LGBTQIA+ experiences and issues were screened at one of India's oldest queer film festivals, ‘Dialogues: Calcutta International LGBTQIA+ Film & Video Festival 2024,' in the city over the weekend. ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    Winter no excuse to drink & drive: Restos to patrons

    Kolkata: Winter is round the corner, but don't drink and drive. Restaurateurs have started reaching out to patrons with this safety warning. Even as the mercury dips, leading to a surge in footfall across restaurants, they have begun counselling ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    Winter no excuse to drink & drive: Restos to patrons

    Kolkata: Winter is round the corner, but don't drink and drive. Restaurateurs have started reaching out to patrons with this safety warning. Even as the mercury dips, leading to a surge in footfall across restaurants, they have begun counselling ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    After dad’s SOS call, son slashes civic volunteer

    Kolkata: A civic volunteer, Rinku Saha, was slashed with a knife and a police ambulance was damaged after a team from Bansdroni PS responded to an SOS call from an elderly man at Brahmapur, pleading for help while being ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    After dad’s SOS call, son slashes civic volunteer

    Kolkata: A civic volunteer, Rinku Saha, was slashed with a knife and a police ambulance was damaged after a team from Bansdroni PS responded to an SOS call from an elderly man at Brahmapur, pleading for help while being ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    Snakebite cases & deaths set to be ‘notifiable’ in Bengal

    Kolkata: In a move that could help in shaping up policies to provide better treatment facilities and compensation to snakebite victims, the state health department is preparing to make snakebite cases and deaths notifiable.Health officials said the department had ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    Age no factor to disbelieve rape survivors: HC

    Kolkata: Age is no factor to disbelieve a sex-abuse victim's testimony, the Calcutta High Court said on Thursday, adding that it can only be done if the medical opinion completely contradicts it as "patently absurd". The HC also said ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    Snow, Sikkim hope for Hills tourism after puja lull

    Siliguri: Following a lull in tourism during the festive season, the early snowfall in the Hills and the reopening of North Sikkim after a year from Sunday brought a ray of hope for hoteliers and tour operators. With many ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    Hakim hits out at Bangladesh govt’s ‘inaction’ on minority attacks

    Kolkata: Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim on Saturday criticized the Bangladesh govt's inaction on minority attacks there which, he claimed, was leading to communal tensions in India."What is happening in Bangladesh is not right as minorities are being attacked. They ...

    1 December 2024 Times of India
    B’desh carriers cancel 3 daily flights as flyer count nosedives

    123 Kolkata: At least two daily flights between Kolkata and Dhaka and one between Kolkata and Chittagong have been cancelled by airlines operating between the two countries as passenger count continues to nosedive in the wake of continued unrest ...

    1 December 2024 Times of India
    Fire breaks out at Kolkata's famous Mullickghat Flower Market

    KOLKATA: A fire that possibly started from welding work on a roadside hoarding gutted a first-floor godown and severely damaged a store on the ground floor next to Mullickghat flower market on the approach to Howrah Bridge on Strand ...

    1 December 2024 Times of India
    Kol hosps start cancelling planned surgeries amid Bangla turmoil

    123 Kolkata: Scheduled surgeries and appointments of Bangladeshi patients started getting cancelled and deferred across Kolkata's private hospitals over the weekend. Patients either cancelled or altered travel plans due to the ongoing turmoil or did not report for admission ...

    1 December 2024 Times of India
    Second flight from Kolkata to Phuket from Dec-end

    123 Kolkata: From Dec 27, IndiGo Airlines will start direct flight operations between Kolkata and Phuket. This is the second connection between the city and the popular Thai seaside destination. AirAsia Thailand introduced daily direct services between Kolkata and ...

    1 December 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata to host FAIR Council meeting in December 2024

    Unified campus of Bose Institute KOLKATA: Kolkata is set to host the 42nd meeting of the FAIR Council, the highest decision-making body of the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR), on December 3-4, 2024. This marks a historic ...

    1 December 2024 Times of India
    IndiGo to launch daily flights from Kolkata to Phuket from December end

    MUMBAI: IndiGo is set to launch daily direct flights connecting Kolkata and Phuket, commencing December 27. This marks the airline's second direct connection to Phuket after Delhi, expanding its international network and addressing the increasing tourist flow from India ...

    1 December 2024 Times of India
    Suffered from mental health issues: Woman sets herself ablaze in West Bengal, blames husband before truth emerges

    KOLKATA: The 27-year-old homemaker, who was seen running ablaze on a street in Belgharia on Friday evening, alleging her husband and his friends had set her on fire, turned out to have set the fire herself. A probe revealed ...

    1 December 2024 Times of India
    KMC tightens amusement tax net, sends notices to defaulters

    Kolkata: Several banquets, bars, nightclubs, and hotels are under Kolkata Municipal Corporation's scanner for not paying amusement fees. The KMC amusement department has prepared a borough-wise list of defaulters and started sending notices to them, asking them to clear ...

    1 December 2024 Times of India
    ‘Govt guidelines soon for seamless hiring in upper primary schools’

    123 Kolkata: The state school education department is set to issue comprehensive guidelines to facilitate the smooth joining of candidates in upper primary schools. This move has come following grievances lodged by applicants with the West Bengal School Service ...

    1 December 2024 Times of India
    Six die as bus crash-lands on Teesta banks near Rangpo

    Siliguri: At least six people died and 15 others were injured after a private bus travelling from Siliguri to Gangtok rolled 100 feet down a gorge and crashed on the banks of Teesta near Rangpo, around 75km from Siliguri, ...

    1 December 2024 Times of India
    Guv to administer oath to 6 TMC MLAs in assembly on Mon

    Kolkata: Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose has conveyed to speaker Biman Banerjee that he would come to the assembly on Monday for the swearing-in of the six newly elected Trinamool MLAs. Banerjee said arrangements were being made for the ...

    1 December 2024 Times of India
    JU boarders’ plaint against ‘outsider’

    123 Kolkata: Boarders of Block B of Jadavpur University's Main Hostel have written a letter to the interim VC, Bhaskar Gupta, complaining about the drunken behaviour of a non-boarder who creates trouble in the hostel and spoils the environment. ...

    1 December 2024 Times of India
    NAAC grade for Aliah University

    Kolkata: Aliah University has scored B+ grade by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). This is the first time that the NAAC peer team has come to visit the university.Registrar Parveen Ahmed Alam said, "This is the first time ...

    1 December 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata consortium buys 15 lakh sq ft New Town IT park for Rs 638 crore

    DLF Techpark 1 is home to global technology leaders like IBM, Lexmark and Concentrix. Around 15,000 people work in the IT park KOLKATA: In one of the largest commercial real estate deals in Kolkata in recent years, a consortium ...

    1 December 2024 Times of India
    IIT’s 2nd show-cause notice on 86 profs who signed letter

    Kolkata: The IIT-Kharagpur authorities on Saturday served yet another show-cause notice on the 86 professors who signed a letter by the IIT Teachers' Association (IITTA) to the registrar, demanding immediate withdrawal of the show-cause notice and the cessation of ...

    1 December 2024 Times of India
    New look for Sarobar’s ‘Maa Phire Elo’ gallery with more Durga idols

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) has started work to extend and renovate the ‘Maa Phire Elo' art gallery on Rabindra Sarobar premises, which houses and preserves several Durga idols. Once expanded, it will accommodate more idols of ...

    1 December 2024 Times of India
    Fireman hurt while dousing bldg blaze

    Kolkata: A 32-year-old fireman, Sanjay Singh, was critically injured after a tin shed dislodged from the ceiling and fell on him while he was trying to put out a fire. The incident was reported a little after midnight on ...

    1 December 2024 Times of India
    Helmetless biker killed in Park Circus

    123 Kolkata: A helmetless biker died after being hit by an unidentified vehicle at Park Circus Connector in front of Hindu Burial Ground at Topsia on Friday night.The biker, Ronik Singh (20), a resident of Tiljala Road, suffered multiple ...

    1 December 2024 Times of India
    20-year-old helmetless biker dies in Park Circus accident

    Kolkata: A helmetless biker died after being hit by an unidentified vehicle at Park Circus Connector in front of Hindu Burial Ground at Topsia on Friday night.The biker, Ronik Singh (20), a resident of Tiljala Road, suffered multiple injuries. ...

    1 December 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata cops set up spl pedestrian channels outside schools

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Traffic Police has introduced special channels outside schools by putting up guardrails to ensure that students do not stray onto the roads as they step out of their respective school buildings. An extra cop has been ...

    1 December 2024 Times of India
    Darj cops write to DEA on seized ‘radioactive material’

    12 Siliguri: Darjeeling district police have written to the department of atomic energy (DAE) to eliminate any possibility that the radioactive material seized from a Naxalbari forest guard on Wednesday could be real. NDRF had earlier found it to ...

    30 November 2024 Times of India
    ‘BNP’ man held in Kolkata with fake passport, Aadhaar

    Kolkata: An alleged Bangladeshi citizen was arrested from a hotel located in the Park Street area on Friday night for allegedly entering Bengal illegally and residing here with a fake identity for the past two years. Cops have found ...

    30 November 2024 Times of India
    Centre releases Rs 1,400 crore for Bengal rural roads amid funds row

    Kolkata: On Friday, when Bengal assembly passed a resolution against Centre for financial deprivation, the latter decided to disburse Rs 1,400 crore under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana. This came after an embargo on funds for almost two years, ...

    30 November 2024 Times of India
    Now a diagnostic centre in Kalyani for pets

    123 Kolkata: The West Bengal Livestock Development Corporation (WBLDC) has started a diagnostic service for pets, especially dogs and cats, in the city and suburbs. The corporation, a state govt undertaking at Salt Lake, has engaged its unit, the ...

    30 November 2024 Times of India
    Waiting time to reduce at key traffic signals in south, central Kol

    Kolkata: The waiting time at several crossings is likely to decrease further by three to ten seconds, thanks to an ongoing Kolkata Traffic Police survey that relies on ground reports and not just technology to identify traffic volume for ...

    30 November 2024 Times of India
    Kabir issues unconditional apology after TMC show-cause notice

    Kolkata: Trinamool's Bharatpur MLA Humayun Kabir issued an unconditional apology on Friday in response to a show-cause notice, days after a revolt on TV channels. Kabir submitted a three-page letter containing his response to parliamentary affairs minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay ...

    30 November 2024 Times of India
    Collateral damage: Buzz gone, biz hit in Bongaon as India tightens border over Bangladesh unrest

    The usually bustling Taw Bazar in Bongaon wears a deserted look BONGAON: The buzz in Bongaon, on the India-Bangladesh border - already reduced since the students' movement started across the border four months ago and Sheikh Hasina's flight to ...

    30 November 2024 Times of India
    NDITA to reorganize Sec V vendors to free up road side space

    Kolkata: The Nabadiganta Industrial Township Authority (NDITA) has identified several streets in Sector V where hawkers currently do business on both sides of the street and plan to free up at least one side by accommodating the hawkers on ...

    30 November 2024 Times of India
    Cops’ morning pushback frees up New Mkt zone but hawkers return in evening

    Kolkata: Police on Monday hit the streets around New Market and asked hawkers to vacate the carriageway. The Town Vending Committee that is meant to regulate hawkers had set a 72-hour deadline for New Market police to push back ...

    30 November 2024 Times of India
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