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  • Malda teen held for shooting friend while making reel

    Malda: An 18-year-old was arrested in Malda's Kaliachak on Friday for shooting his friend while making a reel for social media.Locals in Srirampur heard a gunshot on Thursday morning and rushed to the home of Samiul Islam (18) to ...

    23 November 2024 Times of India
    After Kolkata’s SSKM, more Bengal hospitals begin delivering IVF babies

    Kolkata: A month and a half after the first IVF delivery at SSKM Hospital, three more women gave birth at the hospital through the procedure at the govt facility. Conducted by the state-run hospital's Centre of Excellence (CEC) and ...

    23 November 2024 Times of India
    Assembly may table resolution on London flight

    Kolkata: The state assembly may table a resolution seeking resumption of direct flights between London and Kolkata, minister Chandrima Bhattacharya said on Friday. The last Air India flight from Kolkata to London took off on March 20, 2022. It ...

    23 November 2024 Times of India
    Wife ‘within age limit’, HC lets 58-yr-old become test tube dad

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday allowed a childless elderly couple, married for the last 30 years, to become parents through assisted reproductive technology, even though the husband, at 58, crossed the upper age limit of 55 specified ...

    23 November 2024 Times of India
    TMC nat’l working comm meet at CM’s house on Mon

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee has called a meeting of Trinamool Congress's national working committee at her Kalighat residence on Monday, coinciding with the start of the winter sessions in Parliament and Bengal assembly.TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee is expected ...

    23 November 2024 Times of India
    TMC nat’l working comm meet at CM’s house on Mon

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee has called a meeting of Trinamool Congress's national working committee at her Kalighat residence on Monday, coinciding with the start of the winter sessions in Parliament and Bengal assembly.TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee is expected ...

    23 November 2024 Times of India
    Criminals from outside networking in malls: CM

    Kolkata: Cyber criminals and fake currency racketeers transiting through and seeking shelter in Bengal are using shopping malls to network, chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday. She asked malls to be alert and urged for people's cooperation for ...

    22 November 2024 Times of India
    CCI unlikely to take cognizance of media reports to pursue Adani Grp case

    Kolkata: The Competition Commission of India is unlikely to take up the Adani Group case suo motu. CCI chairman Ranveet Kaur indicated that it would not take cognizance of the media reports in this regard. "We have to have ...

    22 November 2024 Times of India
    CCI unlikely to take cognizance of media reports to pursue Adani Grp case

    Kolkata: The Competition Commission of India is unlikely to take up the Adani Group case suo motu. CCI chairman Ranveet Kaur indicated that it would not take cognizance of the media reports in this regard. "We have to have ...

    22 November 2024 Times of India
    Arts fest showcases Bengal’s rural heritage

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Centre for Creativity (KCC), in collaboration with the Indian Museum and the Museum Association of Bengal, launched an exhibition celebrating the cultural wealth of rural traditions in urban settings. As part of the 5th edition of ...

    22 November 2024 Times of India
    Crackdown on parents, kids riding without helmet to start on Kolkata roads this week

    KOLKATA: In their campaign to ensure safety for two-wheeler-riders, especially kids, Kolkata Traffic Police has decided to penalise parents from this week if they or their children are repeatedly found without helmets, even after being counselled on safe riding ...

    22 November 2024 Times of India
    Mamata targets corruption, blames section of cops & govt officials

    Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday signalled an all-out attack on corruption, pointing fingers at a section of "lower-level" police and govt officials who wantonly indulged in graft because they "did not love state govt". Anyone involved in ...

    22 November 2024 Times of India
    Sandakphu receives season’s first snowfall

    Siliguri: Sandakphu, the highest point in Bengal, received its first snowfall of the season on Thursday afternoon. Much to the excitement of the tourists, up to half an inch of snowfall was reported from Sandakphu. The area usually receives ...

    22 November 2024 Times of India
    TMC seeks statement from Modi on Adani charges

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress raised questions about the potential involvement of the BJP-led administration and demanded a statement from PM Narendra Modi following US authorities' charges against Gautam Adani in a bribery and fraud case.TMC Rajya Sabha MP Saket Gokhale ...

    22 November 2024 Times of India
    CFSL expert testifies on DNA evidence

    123 Kolkata: The CFSL expert from Kolkata, who carried out the DNA test of the samples in connection with the R G Kar rape and murder case, deposed before the court for nearly four hours. She was also cross-examined ...

    22 November 2024 Times of India
    Arpita granted 2-day parole for mother’s last rites

    Kolkata: Arpita Mukherjee, a prime accused in the cash-for-jobs scam and a close associate of former state education minister Partha Chatterjee, was on Thursday granted two-day parole a day after her mother passed away.Mukherjee, accompanied by police, returned to ...

    22 November 2024 Times of India
    Arpita granted 2-day parole for mother’s last rites

    Kolkata: Arpita Mukherjee, a prime accused in the cash-for-jobs scam and a close associate of former state education minister Partha Chatterjee, was on Thursday granted two-day parole a day after her mother passed away.Mukherjee, accompanied by police, returned to ...

    22 November 2024 Times of India
    S Dinajpur Kali temple stops public animal sacrifice

    Kolkata: The public mass sacrifice of animals, a tradition at the 400-year-old Bolla Kali Mata Temple in South Dinajpur, came to an end on Thursday after the puja committee informed Calcutta High Court that the sacrifice would only take ...

    22 November 2024 Times of India
    Lakshmir Bhandar to include an addl 5L women, says CM

    Kolkata: Expanding the social security cover in Bengal, CM Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said over 5 lakh more women would be included in the Lakshmir Bhandar scheme. Another 43,900 elderly widows will be entitled to old age pension and ...

    22 November 2024 Times of India
    Lakshmir Bhandar to include an addl 5L women, says CM

    Kolkata: Expanding the social security cover in Bengal, CM Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said over 5 lakh more women would be included in the Lakshmir Bhandar scheme. Another 43,900 elderly widows will be entitled to old age pension and ...

    22 November 2024 Times of India
    S Dinajpur Kali temple stops public animal sacrifice

    Kolkata: The public mass sacrifice of animals, a tradition at the 400-year-old Bolla Kali Mata Temple in South Dinajpur, came to an end on Thursday after the puja committee informed Calcutta High Court that the sacrifice would only take ...

    22 November 2024 Times of India
    Maha elections over, onion prices start to cool down

    Kolkata: The retail price of onions across city markets started to cool off, thanks to improved supply from Nashik, Maharashtra, often referred to as the onion basket of India. The high-stakes election campaign across Maharashtra had hurt onion supply ...

    22 November 2024 Times of India
    Bravery awards for 31 kids for upholding child rights

    123 Kolkata: Thirty-one children received 30 bravery awards — Birangana and Birpurush — for upholding child rights at a programme held in the city on Thursday. Tales of resilience and celebration of children's courage resounded through the programme at ...

    22 November 2024 Times of India
    State moves to secure Kanyashree portal after NIC alert

    123 Kolkata: Centre has flagged a potential security breach in the state's Kanyashree portal, prompting Bengal govt to take immediate security measures.According to a state advisory for security upkeep of the portal, National Informatics Centre (NIC) has flagged a ...

    22 November 2024 Times of India
    TMC seeks statement from Modi on Adani charges

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress raised questions about the potential involvement of the BJP-led administration and demanded a statement from PM Narendra Modi following US authorities' charges against Gautam Adani in a bribery and fraud case.TMC Rajya Sabha MP Saket Gokhale ...

    22 November 2024 Times of India
    BJP MLA among 14 detained for Kalyani protests

    12 Kalyani: Kalyani BJP MLA Ambika Roy and 13 others were detained on Thursday for leading violent protests against alleged land acquisition by the local municipality to dispose of solid waste.Kalyani municipality, aiming to develop a ground for solid ...

    22 November 2024 Times of India
    ‘Inactive’ Centre not stopping cross-border smuggling, says Mamata

    Kolkata: Accusing Centre of doing little to stop cross-border smuggling along international as well as inter-state borders, CM Mamata Banerjee on Thursday asked chief secretary Manoj Pant to take up the issue with Union cabinet and home secretaries. At ...

    22 November 2024 Times of India
    Gang carries out ‘recce’ of councillor’s house

    Kolkata: Six days after a murder attempt on councillor Sushanta Ghosh in Kasba, another Trinamool Congress councillor on Thursday claimed she witnessed suspicious movement inside her Ballygunge Place residence.A group of miscreants was allegedly spotted inside the premises of ...

    22 November 2024 Times of India
    Gang carries out ‘recce’ of councillor’s house

    Kolkata: Six days after a murder attempt on councillor Sushanta Ghosh in Kasba, another Trinamool Congress councillor on Thursday claimed she witnessed suspicious movement inside her Ballygunge Place residence.A group of miscreants was allegedly spotted inside the premises of ...

    22 November 2024 Times of India
    Aspiring model found hanging at home

    Kolkata: A 22-year-old college student, who was an aspiring model and wanted to pursue a career as a social media influencer, was found dead at her residence in Bikramgarh on Thursday morning. Cops said prima facie, it appears she ...

    22 November 2024 Times of India
    Season’s first snowfall in Bengal’s Sandakphu, Darjeeling may get its share soon, says Met

    12 Siliguri: Sandakphu, the highest point in Bengal, received its first snowfall of the season on Thursday afternoon. Much to the excitement of the tourists, up to half an inch of snow was reported from Sandakphu. The area usually ...

    22 November 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata teacher, ‘miffed over hubby & son’s gaming habits’, missing since Nov 2

    Kolkata: A middle-aged school teacher, Anusthupa Das — who often had alteractions with her husband over his addiction to mobile gaming applications — had been missing since the past 19 days. Her husband, Keshab Das, who had lodged a ...

    22 November 2024 Times of India
    Nov AQI: Kolkata air better than Delhi, Mumbai

    Kolkata: Among six metro cities in India in terms of PM2.5 concentration (61 µg/m3) in the air during the first two weeks of November, Kolkata remained the fourth cleanest city and maintained ‘Moderate' air quality with an average PM2.5 ...

    22 November 2024 Times of India
    HS council plans modifications in new syllabus to reduce load

    1234 Kolkata: The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) has decided to make modifications in the changed syllabus as it aims to reduce the extra load for some subjects like history, political science, English, Bengali and science ...

    22 November 2024 Times of India
    Teacher held after thrashing student

    Kolkata: A class VII student of a reputable English-medium school in Barrackpore is at risk of losing vision in his left eye after being severely injured during a computer class. The 12-year-old boy suffered the injury when his teacher, ...

    22 November 2024 Times of India
    UK body in collab with state to transform Sec V into low-emission zone

    Kolkata: Transport for London, a UK govt body overseeing London's transport network, is collaborating with Bengal govt to transform Sector V into a low-carbon emission zone. The announcement was made by Barun Kumar Ray, additional chief secretary of the ...

    21 November 2024 Times of India
    UK body in collab with state to transform Sec V into low-emission zone

    Kolkata: Transport for London, a UK govt body overseeing London's transport network, is collaborating with Bengal govt to transform Sector V into a low-carbon emission zone. The announcement was made by Barun Kumar Ray, additional chief secretary of the ...

    21 November 2024 Times of India
    CIL to allow coal supply beyond ACQ for non-regulated sectors

    Kolkata: Tweaking its policies, Coal India Ltd (CIL) will now allow coal supplies beyond the annual contracted quantity (ACQ) to non-regulated sector (NRS) customers in long-term linkage auctions. Non-regulated sectors include sponge iron, cement and a host of other ...

    21 November 2024 Times of India
    CIL to allow coal supply beyond ACQ for non-regulated sectors

    Kolkata: Tweaking its policies, Coal India Ltd (CIL) will now allow coal supplies beyond the annual contracted quantity (ACQ) to non-regulated sector (NRS) customers in long-term linkage auctions. Non-regulated sectors include sponge iron, cement and a host of other ...

    21 November 2024 Times of India
    GlobalFoundries plans to set up semicon ecosystem in Bengal

    Kolkata: Nasdaq-listed GlobalFoundries (GF) is planning to establish a whole semiconductor ecosystem in Bengal, which will include servicing and R&D.The collaborative state-of-the-art unit, to be called the GF Kolkata Power Center, was announced by White House after a meeting ...

    21 November 2024 Times of India
    Elephant from Odisha herd kills man in Jhargram

    Kolkata: An elephant of a herd that entered Bengal from Odisha killed a villager in Jhargram's Nayagram on Thursday. The deceased Badal Murmu, 38, was from Khudgar village.According to forest department and locals, early on Thursday, the herd of ...

    21 November 2024 Times of India
    Elephant from Odisha herd kills man in Jhargram

    Kolkata: An elephant of a herd that entered Bengal from Odisha killed a villager in Jhargram's Nayagram on Thursday. The deceased Badal Murmu, 38, was from Khudgar village.According to forest department and locals, early on Thursday, the herd of ...

    21 November 2024 Times of India
    Kol-based Nowpurchase aims to go public in 3-5 years

    Kolkata: Kolkata-based B2B procurement and production solutions startup NowPurchase is planning to take the company public in three to five years. The company serves the metal manufacturing industry with a specialisation in steel and has already gone through a ...

    21 November 2024 Times of India
    GlobalFoundries plans to set up semicon ecosystem in Bengal

    Kolkata: Nasdaq-listed GlobalFoundries (GF) is planning to establish a whole semiconductor ecosystem in Bengal, which will include servicing and R&D.The collaborative state-of-the-art unit, to be called the GF Kolkata Power Center, was announced by White House after a meeting ...

    21 November 2024 Times of India
    L20 bus stand to shift to Curzon Park to make way for Purple Line's Esplanade station

    Kolkata: The L20 bus stand at Esplanade is likely to be shifted to Curzon Park, next to the East-West Metro station, to make room for the Purple Line's Esplanade station. The relocation may happen in the next one or ...

    21 November 2024 Times of India
    After book fair, film fest, too, to miss Bangla presence

    Kolkata: Following the Kolkata International Book Fair, the Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) will likewise proceed without any Bangladeshi participation. One Bangladeshi film did submit an application to KIFF but wasn't selected for competition. Nevertheless, it will be screened ...

    21 November 2024 Times of India
    Cops rope in kids to raise helmet awareness, plan to talk to parents

    Kolkata: Following a spate of accidents involving school children, the Kolkata Traffic Police police are now planning to target parents of all the students who travel to school on two-wheelers.In addition, cops are setting up road boom barriers outside ...

    21 November 2024 Times of India
    CP: Use road furniture, watch U-turns to curb accidents

    123 Kolkata: The top brass of Kolkata Police asked the traffic force to come up with localised solutions — from using expert advice and clever use of road furniture to the use of manpower on spots, like schools, busy ...

    21 November 2024 Times of India
    Reassess disabled NEET candidate: HC

    Kolkata: The HC directed NEET authorities to consider reassessing functional competency of a candidate who appeared for NEET-UG 2024 within Nov 24 and who sought eligibility under PWD category. The counselling is scheduled to take place on Nov 25.The ...

    21 November 2024 Times of India
    1.7 cr sanctioned for 23 ramps at Salt Lake fairground

    Kolkata: The Central Park fairground at Salt Lake is set to have 23 accessibility ramps for the convenience of people with disabilities. The state govt on Wednesday approved a funding of Rs 1.7 crore to the Kolkata Metropolitan Development ...

    21 November 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata hospital introduces injectable pacemaker for cardiac patients

    Kolkata: In a significant and transformative improvement in procedural technology, a private hospital in Kolkata implanted an injectable pacemaker in a cardiac patient, marking a first in eastern India. An injectable pacemaker is a leadless device implanted through a ...

    21 November 2024 Times of India
    16-year-old Bangla girl crosses hurdles, border to return home

    1234 Kolkata: A 16-year-old girl from Chittagong in Bangladesh, who was rescued from traffickers near Belur, Howrah, and sent to a shelter home in Liluah in Dec last year, could finally return home across the international border on Wednesday. ...

    21 November 2024 Times of India
    Cops suspect Chopra man is tab fraud ‘mastermind’

    Kolkata: Multiple police units have now identified the "possible mastermind" of the tab fraud, where more than Rs 1.9 crore of govt money meant for students was siphoned off.Top sources at Bhawani Bhawan and Lalbazar said they believed Babar, ...

    21 November 2024 Times of India
    Traffic tweak on VIP Road helps airport commuters

    Kolkata: Prodded by repeated complaints of traffic snarls on the road to the airport, Bidhannagar City Police have made multiple changes in the traffic management system on VIP Road from this week. The changes have reduced congestion at multiple ...

    21 November 2024 Times of India
    Robotic-assisted spine surgery launched in Salt Lake hosp

    123 Kolkata: A hospital in Salt Lake has introduced state-of-the-art robotic-assisted spine surgery. This is the first time that a robot-assisted surgery was done in eastern India, according to HP Ghosh Hospital where the procedure was done. This cutting-edge ...

    21 November 2024 Times of India
    Kol woman wins sixth gold at int’l kettlebell championship

    Kolkata: A practising chartered accountant, the mother to a nine-year-old son and a champion athlete, Kolkata's Shivani Agarwalla has now become the first Indian woman to win a gold medal in the prestigious international kettlebell sports world championship held ...

    21 November 2024 Times of India
    CU missing papers: Almost all opt for highest-marks bonanza

    Kolkata: The majority of MA Bengali students whose answer scripts went missing have opted for the highest marks as an alternative offered by Calcutta University as the score of the missing paper. Of the 120 missing answer scripts, 65 ...

    21 November 2024 Times of India
    CU missing papers: Almost all opt for highest-marks bonanza

    Kolkata: The majority of MA Bengali students whose answer scripts went missing have opted for the highest marks as an alternative offered by Calcutta University as the score of the missing paper. Of the 120 missing answer scripts, 65 ...

    21 November 2024 Times of India
    ‘3 yrs of unpaid dues, 9 suicides’: MGNREGA vendors call for action

    123 Kolkata: The state MGNREGA Vendors' Association has appealed to the panchayat secretary and rural development department to clear their outstanding dues, which, they claim have remained unsettled for the past three years.According to the association, there are approximately ...

    21 November 2024 Times of India
    Kol film producer elected FFI president

    123 Kolkata: City-based film producer Firdausul Hasan, who has been elected as the president of the Film Federation of India (FFI) for the third time after 2019 and 2020, is planning to vigorously promote untapped shooting destinations of India ...

    21 November 2024 Times of India
    Viral infections lay kids low ahead of exam season

    Kolkata: The nip in the air has come as a pleasant change for many but the season change has also brought with it the trouble of respiratory viral infections. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), adenovirus, para influenza and even coronavirus ...

    20 November 2024 Times of India
    Password route to tab irregularities

    Kolkata: Easy-to-guess default passwords and editable software to upload bank accounts are among the primary reasons for the Rs 1.9 crore tab fraud scam statewide, investigators have learnt. The schools never changed the passwords, the default software did not ...

    20 November 2024 Times of India
    15-ft tunnel found during house construction work in West Bengal

    1234 MIDNAPORE: Workers stumbled upon an underground tunnel with a closed chamber during foundation excavation work at a house in West Midnapore's Pingla on Tuesday. The incident occurred in the Rajballav area in the afternoon, drawing significant attention.District administration ...

    20 November 2024 Times of India
    Sukanta stopped by cops, held en route to Beldanga

    Kolkata: Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar was arrested while on the way to Murshidabad's Beldanga on Wednesday and later released on bail.The junior Union minister was stopped near Jalangi Bridge in Krishnanagar, where police requested him not to proceed ...

    20 November 2024 Times of India
    Sukanta stopped by cops, held en route to Beldanga

    Kolkata: Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar was arrested while on the way to Murshidabad's Beldanga on Wednesday and later released on bail.The junior Union minister was stopped near Jalangi Bridge in Krishnanagar, where police requested him not to proceed ...

    20 November 2024 Times of India
    Specially-abled student becomes West Bengal Unicef chief for a day

    Kolkata: Riya Sardar, a specially-abled Class IX student, symbolically assumed the chair of the chief of Unicef in West Bengal on the occasion of World Children's Day on Wednesday as part of the Unicef's "Kids' Takeover" programme. She urged ...

    20 November 2024 Times of India
    62-year-old’s molest attempt on minor girl

    Kolkata: Tensions flared in an apartment complex in Sodepur on the northern fringes of Kolkata on Tuesday morning after a 62-year-old man allegedly attempted to molest the nine-year-old daughter of an advocate, inside the building's elevator on Monday evening. ...

    20 November 2024 Times of India
    A bicycle thief with a garage to ‘park’ spoils finally in police net

    Kolkata: He is just 24-year-old but has specialized in a particular type of crime — stealing bicycles. He started stealing them in 2022 and in two years, he stole over two dozen bicycles. He has even set up a ...

    20 November 2024 Times of India
    A bicycle thief with a garage to ‘park’ spoils finally in police net

    Kolkata: He is just 24-year-old but has specialized in a particular type of crime — stealing bicycles. He started stealing them in 2022 and in two years, he stole over two dozen bicycles. He has even set up a ...

    20 November 2024 Times of India
    Govt lens on encroached and abandoned plots

    Kolkata: The attack on councillor Sushanta Ghosh prompted the state to conduct a survey of land in large areas located off EM Bypass to reclaim encroached govt land and identify abandoned land to prevent landsharks from encroaching them. A ...

    20 November 2024 Times of India
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    123 Santiniketan: After five years, the traditional Poush Mela is set to be an eco-friendly fair at the Purba Palli fairground. Acting VC of Visva-Bharati, Binay Kumar Soren, and environmentalist Subhas Dutta discussed the NGT guidelines and how to ...

    20 November 2024 Times of India
    Poush Mela in old avatar to be a green fair

    123456 Santiniketan: After four years, the traditional Poush Mela will be back and is set to be an eco-friendly fair at Purba Palli ground. Acting VC of Visva-Bharati, Binay Kumar Soren, and environmentalist Subhas Dutta discussed NGT guidelines and ...

    20 November 2024 Times of India
    Councillor murder bid: Cops find scooter

    Kolkata: The scooter that the assailants involved in the failed murder attempt on councillor Sushanta Ghosh rode last Friday was finally traced about 1.4 km from the crime spot. The cops said a four-day search led them to an ...

    20 November 2024 Times of India
    Food deliver staff, traffic cops to be on same WA groups

    Kolkata: At least six traffic guards in the south and added areas of Kolkata have decided to form WhatsApp groups for app-based delivery agents. They will share information about traffic bottlenecks that the agents can then avoid while out ...

    20 November 2024 Times of India
    Major revamp for Kolkata airport road before monsoon to prevent waterlogging

    123 Kolkata: A slew of measures will be undertaken before the next monsoon for a permanent solution to prevent waterlogging along the road to the airport. Stakeholders attending a meeting at Kolkata airport decided on Tuesday that the measures ...

    20 November 2024 Times of India
    Relief for 7 N Bengal med college students

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday stayed the suspension of the seven medical students accused of perpetrating a "threat culture" at North Bengal Medical College and Hospital.Justice Jay Sengupta stayed the suspension decision by the college governing body ...

    20 November 2024 Times of India
    MA marks fiasco: JU decides to show-cause assistant prof

    123456 Kolkata: Jadavpur University will send a show cause notice to the assistant professor, whom mass communications MA students blamed for 50 "unchecked" answer scripts. The show-cause decision was taken at a meeting on Tuesday, when the teacher reportedly ...

    20 November 2024 Times of India
    Bengali scientist’s ‘magic component’ withstands 10 kg TNT blast at 1.9 ft

    Kolkata: Bengali scientist Shantanu Bhowmik has developed a "magic composition", which resists being charred by fire or destroyed by explosions. Shaheed Udham Singh Armour, a high-impact resistance hybrid composite, withstood the force of 10 kg of TNT from a ...

    20 November 2024 Times of India
    Maidan Mounted cop club to host BC Roy Market hawkers for 3 years

    Kolkata: The country's oldest Mounted Police club will house the BC Roy Market for the next three years to make way for the construction of the Purple Line's Esplanade station. Most of the 300m x 40m Esplanade station box, ...

    20 November 2024 Times of India
    RG Kar trial: Doc deposes in court

    Kolkata: The doctor who was present during the Aug 9 inquest proceedings in the RG Kar case deposed before the Sealdah court on Tuesday — on the sixth day of the trial of the rape and murder case.During a ...

    20 November 2024 Times of India
    Tab funds fraud: ‘Mastermind’ teacher, 2 aides held in Siliguri

    Kolkata/Siliguri/Malda: Kolkata Police arrested a 28-year-old teacher who taught in Chopra's Maricha Goalgacha School and was allegedly the mastermind behind the tab scam on Monday from Siliguri's Sevoke Road along with two of his aides.The accused, Dibakar Das, knew ...

    19 November 2024 Times of India
    1 held for damaging police kiosk, obstructing cops amid public dispute

    123 Kolkata: One person was arrested late on Monday evening for allegedly damaging a Kolkata traffic police kiosk and obstructing policemen after he was "upset" with police who detained a man on charges of misbehaving with a lady passenger ...

    19 November 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata: Police investigate failed murder attempt on TMC councillor Sushanta Ghosh using fake plate scooter

    CCTV grabs of the failed murder attempt on Sushanta Ghosh on Friday evening. The scooter that the criminals rode was procured only weeks before the attempt, said cops KOLKATA: The scooter that the assailants involved in the failed murder ...

    19 November 2024 Times of India
    At Jadavpur University, Mass Comm students awarded marks for ‘unchecked’ answer scripts

    KOLKATA: Around 50 Jadavpur University Mass Communication postgraduate students were awarded marks in one of their second-semester exam papers without any evaluation, a senior university official told some of the students on Monday.The students met interim JU vice-chancellor Bhaskar ...

    19 November 2024 Times of India
    Take action against any political party ransacking a govt office: HC

    Kolkata: The govt office does not belong to any political party, it is public property, the Calcutta High Court said on Monday. "Any party ransacking that must be charged under appropriate sections of law," the court said. The HC ...

    19 November 2024 Times of India
    Take action against any political party ransacking a govt office: HC

    Kolkata: The govt office does not belong to any political party, it is public property, the Calcutta High Court said on Monday. "Any party ransacking that must be charged under appropriate sections of law," the court said. The HC ...

    19 November 2024 Times of India
    KMDA to get 19.5 cr for new Topsia bridge

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) on Monday got approval to receive Rs 19.5 crore funds to set up a bridge over the Suburban Head Cut Canal between GJ Khan Road and East Topsia, to improve connectivity at ...

    19 November 2024 Times of India
    Kol bus owners oppose scrapping of commission system

    Kolkata: Bus owners on Wednesday expressed their concern about the new proposed SOP and dismissal of the commission system. After learning about this new code of conduct, several transport organisation leaders contacted the transport minister Snehashish Chakraborty to express ...

    19 November 2024 Times of India
    Mayor sets Dec deadline for KEIIP drainage projects

    Kolkata: Mayor Firhad Hakim on Monday set a Dec deadline for drainage development projects that had started in several parts of Tollygunge, including Garia, Bansdroni, Kudghat and in some Behala neighbourhoods like Sakherbazar and vast areas between Shakuntala Park ...

    19 November 2024 Times of India
    Cops, locals clash in Sashan after youth’s ‘murder’

    Kolkata: Sashan in North 24 Parganas on Monday saw violent clashes between the police and an irate mob over the alleged murder of a 26-year-old youth by his live-in partner.At least six police personnel, including Sashan police station OC ...

    19 November 2024 Times of India
    JU students create Braille map for campus inclusivity

    123 Kolkata: Two post-graduate students of the Jadavpur University English department has embarked upon a project to make the campus more inclusive and disabled-friendly by creating a tactile Braille map of the university campus as a parting gift to ...

    19 November 2024 Times of India
    Medicines with new prices hit Kolkata markets

    Kolkata: Medicines with revised prices have started reaching the city market. With stocks sporting old MRP still in the market, retailers are now finding it difficult to convince buyers to go for the new ones.In Oct, prices of nearly ...

    19 November 2024 Times of India
    CCTVs help Kolkata cops nab ‘killer’ in 2 hrs

    Kolkata: Some private CCTV camera footage helped Kolkata Police to arrest one person for the murder of an unidentified person on MG Road in barely two hours from the time of crime on Sunday. However, the cops were yet ...

    19 November 2024 Times of India
    RG Kar rape-murder probe in crucial stage: CBI

    Kolkata: CBI, probing the larger conspiracy in connection to the rape and murder of the 31-year-old doctor at RG Kar Hospital, on Monday claimed that the investigation was at a crucial stage and they had come across incriminating evidence ...

    19 November 2024 Times of India
    Pather Panchali’s Durga passes away at 83

    1234 Kolkata: Uma Sen, whose poignant portrayal of Durga in Satyajit Ray's ‘Pather Panchali' still moves audiences to tears, passed away at a city nursing home on Monday aged 83. The actor, who significantly contributed to Indian cinema's global ...

    19 November 2024 Times of India
    HC reprimands CID for ‘lip service’

    123 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday reprimanded CID for submitting a report reflecting "mere table work and lip service" in a cross-border smuggling case wherein the high court had directed formation of a special task force (STF).CID senior ...

    19 November 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata civic body marks Entally factory building unsafe after collapse

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) on Monday declared the abandoned factory building on Convent Road in Entally — portions of which collapsed on Sunday night claiming lives of two brothers — as hazardous and cordoned off the area.One ...

    19 November 2024 Times of India
    Cops foil RG Kar accused’s attempt to speak outside court

    123 Kolkata: Policemen on Monday banged on the prison van and honked repeatedly to foil any attempt by Sanjay Roy, the prime accused in the rape and murder of the RG Kar doctor, to speak to those waiting outside ...

    19 November 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata rickshaw puller returns 15L lost cheques

    123 Kolkata: A 40-year-old rickshaw puller from Atghara in Rajarhat, Nur Ali, returned five signed cheques worth Rs 15 lakh to the cops. The police later returned those to their rightful owner on Monday.Ali told the police that he ...

    19 November 2024 Times of India
    Missing scripts: CU hands over option forms to colleges

    Kolkata: Of the 104 MA Bengali first-semester examinees from four colleges, whose answer scripts went missing, Calcutta University handed special option forms to the college representatives on Monday to distribute them.Marks of the other four or three papers were ...

    19 November 2024 Times of India
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