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  • 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
    HQ gets tough on traffic cop presence in school zones

    Kolkata: All traffic guard OCs have been asked to ensure that there is "adequate deployment" outside all schools, both when the school convenes and disperses, depending on the number of students who study there. The most important aspect, Lalbazar ...

    19 November 2024 Times of India
    HQ gets tough on traffic cop presence in school zones

    Kolkata: All traffic guard OCs have been asked to ensure that there is "adequate deployment" outside all schools, both when the school convenes and disperses, depending on the number of students who study there. The most important aspect, Lalbazar ...

    19 November 2024 Times of India
    Defence ministry officials visit Kolkata to boost welfare for ex-servicemen in West Bengal

    Senior officials of the defence ministry, during a two-day visit, interacted with key stakeholders in Kolkata. KOLKATA: Senior officials of the defence ministry, during a two-day visit, interacted with key stakeholders in Kolkata, including officials of Eastern Command and ...

    18 November 2024 Times of India
    Amrut to bring limited edition single malt for Kolkata, eyes bigger share in Bengal market

    Kolkata: Amrut Distilleries is eyeing a bigger share of the Bengal market and is also introducing a state-specific limited edition single malt for Bengal called the ‘City of Joy Edition', which will be available in Kolkata and its surroundings ...

    18 November 2024 Times of India
    Indian navy to conduct sea vigil exercise this week

    Kolkata: The Indian Navy will conduct its fourth Coastal Defence Exercise 'Sea Vigil-24' on Wednesday and Thursday in coastal areas of Bengal, focusing on strengthening security measures for coastal assets, including ports, oil installations, single point moorings, cable landing ...

    18 November 2024 Times of India
    Scottish Church digitization project starts with philosophy collection printed in 1699

    Kolkata: Scottish Church College has inaugurated a digital archive in collaboration with Bhaktivedanta Research Centre and one of the first books to be digitised as part of the ambitious project is a volume on philosophy dating back to 1699. ...

    18 November 2024 Times of India
    Scottish Church digitization project starts with philosophy collection printed in 1699

    Kolkata: Scottish Church College has inaugurated a digital archive in collaboration with Bhaktivedanta Research Centre and one of the first books to be digitised as part of the ambitious project is a volume on philosophy dating back to 1699. ...

    18 November 2024 Times of India
    Leopard density in Dooars tea estates higher than forests in the region, major nat’l parks: Study

    Kolkata: The first-ever study in the country to decode leopard behaviour within a tea estate area — in the Dooars — has revealed that the density of the animal was higher in the estates than in the forested areas ...

    18 November 2024 Times of India
    Leopard density in Dooars tea estates higher than forests in the region, major nat’l parks: Study

    Kolkata: The first-ever study in the country to decode leopard behaviour within a tea estate area — in the Dooars — has revealed that the density of the animal was higher in the estates than in the forested areas ...

    18 November 2024 Times of India
    Adenovirus-triggered conjunctivitis makes comeback in Kolkata, affecting all age groups

    KOLKATA: A year after it struck scores in the city, adenovirus-triggered conjunctivitis has returned to haunt Kolkatans yet again. The symptoms remain the same redness in one eye or both, eye discharge, and a stinging sensation in the eyes. ...

    18 November 2024 Times of India
    Same gang from Bihar plotted attack on Sushanta twice earlier this year

    Kolkata: The Friday night murder attempt on Trinamool councillor Sushanta Ghosh wasn't the first one — it was the third time the same gang from Bihar plotted an attempt in five months, including once during Durga Puja, Md Afroz ...

    18 November 2024 Times of India
    Band, baaja, baraat: The industry anticipates Rs 65,000 crore during this big, fat wedding season in Kolkata

    KOLKATA: Band, baaja, baraat also means big bucks. The wedding season, which began on Nov 12 and extends to Dec 12 with a subsequent phase starting mid-Jan, is set to bring substantial economic activity, as Kolkata and surrounding areas ...

    18 November 2024 Times of India
    Early chill in Kolkata with consecutive sub-20°C days

    KOLKATA: The mercury dropped to 19°C in Kolkata, marking the lowest of the season so far. It gave the city an early feel of a winter chill that has been elusive in recent years. On Nov 17, 2023, for ...

    18 November 2024 Times of India
    Rlys delays train departure to help wedding party

    123 Kolkata: The Railways detained a connecting train at Howrah station for a few minutes for a ‘baraat' party coming from Mumbai so that they could reach the venue in Guwahati on time, officials said.The incident took place on ...

    18 November 2024 Times of India
    Special numbers & plates to preserve Kolkata's very own vintage beauties

    KOLKATA: Vintage cars in Kolkata are set to receive new registration numbers and special recognisable plates, in a move aimed at preserving automotive heritage. Under updated guidelines by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), vintage cars will ...

    18 November 2024 Times of India
    Net shut down, prohibitory orders issued after Beldanga clashes

    Beldanga: The internet was shut down in Murshidabad and Jangipur police district, including in areas like Berhampore, Salar, Domkal, Jangipur and Samsherganj, and prohibitory orders were issued in some parts on Sunday after tension between two groups in Murshidabad's ...

    18 November 2024 Times of India
    Cooch Behar schoolteacher held in tab fraud case

    123 Malda: A teacher of a Cooch Behar primary school was arrested on Sunday by Malda police for his involvement in the tab fraud case. While total arrests have risen to 14, this is the first govt schoolteacher to ...

    18 November 2024 Times of India
    Ornaments, cash stolen from Baguiati home

    123 Kolkata: Jewellery worth several lakhs were stolen from a house at Hatiara in Baguiati when the house owners were away for almost a week. Sandeep Kumar Gupta, the owner, said he was away at his in-laws' home in ...

    18 November 2024 Times of India
    Chhatradhar returns to Lalgarh after acquittal in Rajdhani case

    12 Jhargram: Trinamool functionary Chhatradhar Mahato returned to his native village Amliya in Lalgarh on Sunday after a special NIA court in Kolkata acquitted him and four other accused in the 2009 Rajdhani Express hostage case. Mahato, formerly convener ...

    18 November 2024 Times of India
    Min’s ex-driver, 2 kids die in crash

    12 Howrah: A former driver of a junior state minister, using a personal vehicle with ‘MLA' and ‘VIP' signs, was driving at breakneck speed on Howrah's Foreshore Road when he crashed into a trailer on Sunday, killing himself and ...

    18 November 2024 Times of India
    Two killed after terrace of abandoned factory crashes

    Portions of an abandoned factory on Convent Road in Entally collapsed late on Sunday, killing two people —security guard Shahidur Rahman and his brother, Mujibur, who had been visiting him. Police said the 100-year-old old chemical factory, which manufactured ...

    18 November 2024 Times of India
    Two killed after terrace of abandoned factory crashes

    Portions of an abandoned factory on Convent Road in Entally collapsed late on Sunday, killing two people —security guard Shahidur Rahman and his brother, Mujibur, who had been visiting him. Police said the 100-year-old old chemical factory, which manufactured ...

    18 November 2024 Times of India
    Min’s ex-driver, 2 kids die in crash

    12 Howrah: A former driver of a junior state minister, using a personal vehicle with ‘MLA' and ‘VIP' signs, was driving at breakneck speed on Howrah's Foreshore Road when he crashed into a trailer on Sunday, killing himself and ...

    18 November 2024 Times of India
    Protests & candle-light vigil mark 100th day since RG Kar crime

    Kolkata: From mass gatherings and protest rallies to candle-light vigils, various activities marked the 100th day since the 31-year-old chest medicine PGT's rape-murder at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, with different organisations keeping up the demand for justice. ...

    18 November 2024 Times of India
    Protests & candle-light vigil mark 100th day since RG Kar crime

    Kolkata: From mass gatherings and protest rallies to candle-light vigils, various activities marked the 100th day since the 31-year-old chest medicine PGT's rape-murder at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, with different organisations keeping up the demand for justice. ...

    18 November 2024 Times of India
    Winter veggies’ entry cools Kolkata markets, prices likely to dip further next week

    Kolkata: In a much-needed relief to the consumers, the prices of vegetables are on the decline in Kolkata's retail markets owing to a steady supply of winter produce. Though the chill is yet to set in, the seasonal vegetables ...

    18 November 2024 Times of India
    Net shut down, prohibitory orders issued after Beldanga clashes

    Beldanga: The internet was shut down in Murshidabad and Jangipur police district, including in areas like Berhampore, Salar, Domkal, Jangipur and Samsherganj, and prohibitory orders were issued in some parts on Sunday after tension between two groups in Murshidabad's ...

    18 November 2024 Times of India
    Early switch to full sleeves in Kolkata schools

    123 Kolkata: Several city schools have advised students to wear full-sleeve shirts and long pants a little early this time due to the dip in mercury and the spread of viral infections. This year, the temperature started dipping a ...

    18 November 2024 Times of India
    Murder bid: 2k sqft godown emerges central to dispute

    Kolkata: A 2,000 square feet godown emerged as central to the dispute that may unravel the mystery behind the attack on Trinamool councillor and borough chairman Sushanta Ghosh, who survived a murder bid on Friday evening.Md Afroz, alias Gulzar, ...

    18 November 2024 Times of India
    Chikungunya impact on kidney, brain & other vital organs frequent, say Kolkata docs

    Kolkata: Chikungunya has been affecting vital organs like the kidney and the brain, which is unusual, say doctors in Kolkata. Complications like kidney injury and chikungunya encephalitis have been observed in many patients suffering from the mosquito-borne disease over ...

    18 November 2024 Times of India
    Chikungunya impact on kidney, brain & other vital organs frequent, say Kolkata docs

    Kolkata: Chikungunya has been affecting vital organs like the kidney and the brain, which is unusual, say doctors in Kolkata. Complications like kidney injury and chikungunya encephalitis have been observed in many patients suffering from the mosquito-borne disease over ...

    18 November 2024 Times of India
    31 prisoners get 10-hour parole for their last show of Tagore’s Balmiki Pratibha

    1234 Kolkata: Freedom for 10 hours. Thirty-one inmates of Presidency and Midnapore correctional homes were busy making the most of their parole inside the green room of the heavily guarded Rabindra Sadan on Sunday. Some were saying their lines, ...

    18 November 2024 Times of India
    After a four month halt, DHR resumes full-fledged services between NJP & Darj

    Siliguri: Darjeeling Himalayan Railways (DHR), resumed full-fledged services between New Jalpaiguri Station and Darjeeling after four months from Sunday.Services were disrupted from July 5, after the tracks were damaged by multiple landslides and cave-ins between Sukhna and Kurseong. The ...

    18 November 2024 Times of India
    After a four month halt, DHR resumes full-fledged services between NJP & Darj

    Siliguri: Darjeeling Himalayan Railways (DHR), resumed full-fledged services between New Jalpaiguri Station and Darjeeling after four months from Sunday.Services were disrupted from July 5, after the tracks were damaged by multiple landslides and cave-ins between Sukhna and Kurseong. The ...

    18 November 2024 Times of India
    World edu conference honours city school

    Kolkata: In the three-day Education World Conference and felicitation ceremony organized at a hotel in Delhi, Shri Shikshayatan School received the award for one of the best day girls' schools. Shikshayatan Foundation general secretary Vinod Aggarwal and principal Sangeeta ...

    18 November 2024 Times of India
    Howrah bridge’s health audit, 1st time in 4 decades, starts

    Kolkata: An overnight traffic block was implemented on Saturday for Howrah bridge's first health audit since the Eighties. The study will continue for the next three or four months, but no further traffic block will be required, officials said.Railways ...

    18 November 2024 Times of India
    Howrah bridge’s health audit, 1st time in 4 decades, starts

    Kolkata: An overnight traffic block was implemented on Saturday for Howrah bridge's first health audit since the Eighties. The study will continue for the next three or four months, but no further traffic block will be required, officials said.Railways ...

    18 November 2024 Times of India
    Debt-ridden nurse attempts jewellery heist

    Kolkata: A jewellery shop owner in Mukundapur had his throat slashed while thwarting a robbery attempt by a nursing staff member of a nearby private hospital who came to the shop posing as a customer. The shop owner, however, ...

    17 November 2024 Times of India
    Indian Railways saves the Day: Delays train to help Mumbai's 'baraat' party reach Guwahati on time

    KOLKATA: The Indian Railways made a special accommodation by briefly holding a connecting train at Howrah station to assist a 'baraat' party travelling from Mumbai, ensuring their timely arrival at their destination in Guwahati, officials said.The situation unfolded on ...

    17 November 2024 Times of India
    Boston Institute of Analytics expands in India

    Boston Institute of Analytics (BIA) has opened a campus in Kolkata, marking its 107th location in India. Located on Park Street, this campus aims to meet demand for in-person training in data science, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity.The Kolkata campus ...

    17 November 2024 Times of India
    West Bengal: Body found with genitals cut, stuffed in mouth

    JALPAIGURI: The body of a teacher was found in Jaigaon in Alipurduar on Saturday, with his genitals severed and inserted in his mouth. The deceased was identified as Santabir Lama, who ran a private school.Originally from Dalsingpara, Lama shifted ...

    17 November 2024 Times of India
    For first time this season, min temp slides below 20°C; mercury’s downward trend set to continue

    Kolkata: The mercury dipped below 20°C for the first time this season on a nippy Saturday morning in Kolkata, bringing a whiff of early winter chill. Even as the minimum temperature slid to 19.3°C, a notch below normal, the ...

    17 November 2024 Times of India
    305 dengue cases in BMC area this year, 2nd lowest since 2017

    123 Kolkata: The dengue count this year in the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) area of Salt Lake and Rajarhat-Gopalpur is the second lowest in seven years. So far, 305 persons have been affected by dengue this year.The lowest cases ...

    17 November 2024 Times of India
    Housing complexes adopt green living amid concrete jungle

    123456 Kolkata: Sherwood Estate, one of the leafiest residential complexes in Narendrapur, earned the distinction of being exceptionally tree-friendly with its residents achieving the almost-impossible in this concrete jungle—combating the ‘heat island effect' during peak summer. Residents of another ...

    17 November 2024 Times of India
    Housing complexes adopt green living amid concrete jungle

    123456 Kolkata: Sherwood Estate, one of the leafiest residential complexes in Narendrapur, earned the distinction of being exceptionally tree-friendly with its residents achieving the almost-impossible in this concrete jungle—combating the ‘heat island effect' during peak summer. Residents of another ...

    17 November 2024 Times of India
    Kestopur canal fenced off to curb dumping of waste

    Kolkata: A fence has been erected between Ultadanga and Dum Dum Park along the southern bank of Kestopur canal in Salt Lake to prevent people from dumping waste into it.The decision to fence the canal bank was earlier taken ...

    17 November 2024 Times of India
    Bengal tablet scam: Cyber crooks edited data of students on govt portal

    123 Kolkata: The preliminary multi-agency investigations into funds irregularities under Taruner Swapno scheme indicate that cyber criminals managed to edit bank details uploaded by various state-run school authorities on the central portal — managed by the school education department ...

    17 November 2024 Times of India
    Kasba caught in realty-politics crossfire

    Kolkata: Kasba has been a hotbed of intra-party clashes, but not a single Trinamool Congress functionary, including Sushanta Ghosh, is willing to believe that this audacious and amateurish attack on a serving councillor and borough chairman is the fallout ...

    17 November 2024 Times of India
    Massive fire engulfs Jorabagan timber godown, 20 fire engines battle blaze

    123 Zeeshan Jawed & Biplab Bhattacharjee | TNNKolkata: A fire broke out in a timber godown on Maharshi Debendra Road near Nimtala Ghat late on Friday night and raged until early Saturday morning, when 20 fire engines brought the ...

    17 November 2024 Times of India
    Entertainment street springs back to life a day after attack but ‘what could have been’ fears linger

    123 Kolkata: The entertainment and hangout zone on Rajdanga Main Road returned to normal almost 24 hours after the attack on Trinamool councillor Sushanta Ghosh outside his house on Friday evening. However, a sense of fear and panic remained ...

    17 November 2024 Times of India
    Firhad: Attack on a councillor outside home exposes cop intelligence failure

    Kolkata: Reacting to the assault on borough chairman Sushanta Ghosh, mayor and senior Trinamool leader Firhad Hakim questioned the role of the constabulary, citing an intelligence failure that could have imperilled Ghosh. "We need to question how a councillor ...

    17 November 2024 Times of India
    Crowd pressure prompts Kolkata Metro to add more services on Hwh-Esplanade route

    Kolkata: Metro Railway will add more services along the eastbound tunnel of the East-West Metro's under-river section between Howrah Maidan and Esplanade from Monday to tackle overcrowding on trains after services were curtailed on the westbound tunnel.The gap between ...

    17 November 2024 Times of India
    Art festival showcases Tebhaga movement & agrarian resistance

    Kolkata: Inspired by acts of resistance by artists, the fourth edition of DAG's ‘The City as a Museum' project will showcase an installation on the Tebhaga movement. The annual art and heritage festival, which started on Saturday, will concurrently ...

    17 November 2024 Times of India
    After night of dilemma, political instinct wins over family plea

    Kolkata: The Friday night attack on councillor Sushanta Ghosh shook him and his family for a while. He thought of leaving politics, but words of encouragement and support from party seniors made him reconsider his decision as he decided ...

    17 November 2024 Times of India
    N Barrackpore vice-chairman found hanging

    Kolkata: Mystery shrouds the death of Satyajit Banerjee, the 67-year-old vice-chairman of North Barrackpore Municipality and one of the longest-serving councillors in West Bengal. His body was found hanging in an attic of his rented accommodation at Barrackpore in ...

    17 November 2024 Times of India
    N Barrackpore vice-chairman found hanging

    Kolkata: Mystery shrouds the death of Satyajit Banerjee, the 67-year-old vice-chairman of North Barrackpore Municipality and one of the longest-serving councillors in West Bengal. His body was found hanging in an attic of his rented accommodation at Barrackpore in ...

    17 November 2024 Times of India
    In mere 10 days, Gaganyaan astronaut completes 56-day spl mountaineering course in Darj

    12 Siliguri: Group Captain Angad Prathap, one of the four astronauts selected for the Gaganyaan mission, completed a special mountaineering course from the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute in Darjeeling on Friday. Completing the 56-day course in mere 10 days, the ...

    16 November 2024 Times of India
    In mere 10 days, Gaganyaan astronaut completes 56-day spl mountaineering course in Darj

    12 Siliguri: Group Captain Angad Prathap, one of the four astronauts selected for the Gaganyaan mission, completed a special mountaineering course from the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute in Darjeeling on Friday. Completing the 56-day course in mere 10 days, the ...

    16 November 2024 Times of India
    After 28 years, Bangladesh missing from Kolkata Book Fair list of participating nations

    KOLKATA: For the first time in 28 years, Bangladesh has not found mention as a participating country in the Kolkata International Book Fair schedule that was released on Friday.The neighbouring country has featured in every edition of the city ...

    16 November 2024 Times of India
    Plated stories and micro cuisines: Kolkata finds love in food pop-ups

    Clockwise: The guests interact with Chef Prateek; Neembu Saan served as a palate cleanser; Sunderkala (a native noodle dish from Uttarakhand); Smoked pineapple and ragi cake; Makki Tujj (chef's take on a grilled protein dish)Pics: Sourav Mukherjee Kolkata ...

    16 November 2024 Times of India
    Govt mulls road safety clubs in schools

    123 Kolkata: In a significant move to integrate road safety awareness into the school curriculum, the West Bengal govt wants formation of ‘Road Safety Clubs' in schools under the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE). The initiative, aimed ...

    16 November 2024 Times of India
    Work starts on Purple Line’s Esplanade station

    Kolkata: RVNL has started construction of the Purple Line's Esplanade Metro station on the land available with it. It will be the third underground metro station in Esplanade. Two other corridors — North-South (Blue) and East-West (Green) — also ...

    16 November 2024 Times of India
    Rly cops among 7 hurt in train blockade

    Kolkata: Protests over shortening of local train route turned violent in Ashoknagar on the Sealdah-Bongaon section, leaving at least seven people, including railway police personnel, injured in clashes between police and passengers who had blocked the tracks on Friday ...

    16 November 2024 Times of India
    Failed plot delivery, developer refunds full amount

    Kolkata: A Jodhpur Park-based real estate developer that had failed to deliver plots at a mini-township being developed at Shyamnagar beside Kalyani Expressway to a Paikpara couple refunded the entire amount paid by them along with interest on the ...

    16 November 2024 Times of India
    As winter approaches, rise in pollution turns air quality ‘poor’ in city pockets

    Kolkata: With the nip in the air and inversion of the atmospheric layers, the air quality in some pockets of the city plunged to ‘poor' (AQI: 201-300) from ‘moderate' (AQI: 101-200). With the progress of winter, the city's air ...

    16 November 2024 Times of India
    Smoothening of Bypass resumes for safer rides

    Kolkata: Motorists and bikers may hope for seamless travel and fewer accidents on some of the severely battered stretches of EM Bypass with the KMC resuming its road smoothening project. The civic body will also carry out similar work ...

    16 November 2024 Times of India
    Gunman targets councillor near busy Kasba mall, held

    1234 Kolkata: Trinamool Congress councillor Sushanta Ghosh survived a murder attempt in front of his Rajdanga Main Road home adjacent to Acropolis Mall at 8.30pm on Friday after a 17-year-old shooter from Bihar's Vaishali got off a bike, aimed ...

    16 November 2024 Times of India
    Gunman targets councillor near busy Kasba mall, held

    1234 Kolkata: Trinamool Congress councillor Sushanta Ghosh survived a murder attempt in front of his Rajdanga Main Road home adjacent to Acropolis Mall at 8.30pm on Friday after a 17-year-old shooter from Bihar's Vaishali got off a bike, aimed ...

    16 November 2024 Times of India
    As winter approaches, rise in pollution turns air quality ‘poor’ in city pockets

    Kolkata: With the nip in the air and inversion of the atmospheric layers, the air quality in some pockets of the city plunged to ‘poor' (AQI: 201-300) from ‘moderate' (AQI: 101-200). With the progress of winter, the city's air ...

    16 November 2024 Times of India
    Howrah bridge to be shut tonight for health audit

    123 Kolkata: Howrah bridge will be closed for five hours on Saturday night for the first comprehensive health audit after two decades. The 81-year-old iconic structure will be out of bounds to all vehicles from 11.30 pm on Saturday ...

    16 November 2024 Times of India
    Need to sensitize kids from a tender age: Experts

    Kolkata: The glut of sexual assault cases, including the rape and murder of a young R G Kar doctor, has made it imperative to sensitise and educate kids, especially boys, about private parts, good and bad touch, and how ...

    16 November 2024 Times of India
    Need to sensitize kids from a tender age: Experts

    Kolkata: The glut of sexual assault cases, including the rape and murder of a young R G Kar doctor, has made it imperative to sensitise and educate kids, especially boys, about private parts, good and bad touch, and how ...

    16 November 2024 Times of India
    15% of 15-20-yr-olds in Kol, S 24 Pgns in pre-diabetic stage: Survey

    Kolkata: A survey of 15-20-year-old students in Kolkata and South 24 Parganas, conducted by an NGO that works to prevent diabetes and released on the eve of World Diabetes Day on Thursday, revealed that 15% are obese and in ...

    16 November 2024 Times of India
    Repairs for safety of students: LMB

    Kolkata: La Martiniere Boys School is likely to cite "student safety" when it responds by next week to the KMC's heritage committee stopwork notice which stated that the Grade I heritage building cannot undergo any modification, structural changes or ...

    16 November 2024 Times of India
    Manipur natives in Kolkata hold candlelight vigil

    123 Kolkata: The renewed violence in Manipur prompted people from the northeastern state living in Kolkata to hold a candlelight vigil on Friday evening. Manipuris in Kolkata (MIK), an umbrella body of Manipur natives in Kolkata, organized a peace ...

    16 November 2024 Times of India
    TMC wiped out bloodshed in Jangalmahal, ensured social security: Mamata

    Kolkata: Trinamool govt had not only wiped out bloodshed in Jangalmahal, but also ensured social security for all, CM Mamata Banerjee said on Friday, emphasising Bengal's inclusive development model.Speaking on the occasion of the 150th birth anniversary of Birsa ...

    16 November 2024 Times of India
    TMC wiped out bloodshed in Jangalmahal, ensured social security: Mamata

    Kolkata: Trinamool govt had not only wiped out bloodshed in Jangalmahal, but also ensured social security for all, CM Mamata Banerjee said on Friday, emphasising Bengal's inclusive development model.Speaking on the occasion of the 150th birth anniversary of Birsa ...

    16 November 2024 Times of India
    As winter approaches, rise in pollution turns air quality in city pockets ‘poor’

    Kolkata: With the nip in the air and inversion of the atmospheric layers, the air quality in some pockets of the city plunged to ‘poor' (AQI: 201-300) from ‘moderate' (AQI: 101-200). With the progress of winter, the city's air ...

    16 November 2024 Times of India
    As winter approaches, rise in pollution turns air quality in city pockets ‘poor’

    Kolkata: With the nip in the air and inversion of the atmospheric layers, the air quality in some pockets of the city plunged to ‘poor' (AQI: 201-300) from ‘moderate' (AQI: 101-200). With the progress of winter, the city's air ...

    16 November 2024 Times of India
    1.9k plaints in tab scheme among 16L beneficiaries

    Kolkata: Just 1,911 of the total 16,00,000 (or 0.1%) students who are eligible for a Rs 10,000 grant credited to their bank accounts for buying tablet computers under Bengal govt's ‘Taruner Swapno' scheme have complained of not receiving the ...

    16 November 2024 Times of India
    ECMO saves 71-year-old doctor from unusual presentation of ARDS in a malaria case

    KOLKATA: In an uncommon case a 71-year-old had developed severe respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) after he tested positive for malaria. The patient Dr Anjan Chatterjee had to be on ECMO support to come out of the complications at Manipal ...

    16 November 2024 Times of India
    No-tourist day in Sundarbans to shift from Tue to Fri, upset stakeholders question move

    Kolkata: Instead of Tuesdays, Sundarbans Tiger Reserve (STR) will now stay shut every Friday. The decision, as per the notice issued on Tuesday, will come into effect from Dec 1. This has taken the tourism fraternity and stakeholders by ...

    16 November 2024 Times of India
    Govt moves to reduce post-accident trauma, launches portal for data mgmt

    123 Kolkata: From now on, all information related to victims of road traffic accidents will have to be uploaded to the centralised Integrated Road Accident Database (IRAD) portal. In an order, the health department also said no hospital should ...

    16 November 2024 Times of India
    1.9k plaints in tab scheme among 16L beneficiaries

    Kolkata: Just 1,911 of the total 16,00,000 (or 0.1%) students who are eligible for a Rs 10,000 grant credited to their bank accounts for buying tablet computers under Bengal govt's ‘Taruner Swapno' scheme have complained of not receiving the ...

    16 November 2024 Times of India
    At 20°C, Kolkata records lowest min temp this season

    Kolkata: A nip in the air greeted Kolkatans on Friday morning when the city recorded its lowest minimum temperature this season, 20°C, although the maximum climbed marginally to touch 30°C from Thursday's 29.4°C. With the northwesterly wind getting stronger, ...

    15 November 2024 Times of India
    Bengal govt to do away with bus commission system

    123 Kolkata: The state govt on Thursday proposed to do away with the commissioning system in private buses to rein in racing vehicles. The move came two days after an 11-year-old boy returning from school on a scooterette fell ...

    15 November 2024 Times of India
    Tie beams to make 150-year-old heritage New Market quake-proof

    123 Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation will install tie beams or horizontal beams that connect columns to secure the 150-year-old New Market from earthquakes. A structural safety assessment by a team from Jadavpur University had flagged concerns about the ...

    15 November 2024 Times of India
    Bengal records 72.1% polling in byelections

    Kolkata: Bengal recorded a polling percentage of 72.1% in Wednesday's bypolls in six assembly seats. There was a dip of 7.1% compared to the Lok Sabha elections, when the state recorded an average polling of 79.2%.Bypolls were held in ...

    15 November 2024 Times of India
    7 injured in protest over local train route in West Bengal

    KOLKATA: Protests over the shortening of the local train route turned violent at Ashoknagar on the Sealdah-Bongaon section, leaving at least seven people, including railway police personnel, injured in clashes between police and passengers who had blocked the railway ...

    15 November 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata: ED seizes Rs 3 crore from businessman in 'lottery scam'

    NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) seized approximately Rs 3 crore in cash from a businessman's house in Kolkata today as part of their investigation into a lottery scam.The ED began searches at multiple locations in West Bengal yesterday. ...

    15 November 2024 Times of India
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