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  • Tangra boy’s stoicism his defence against extreme shock: Rights body rep, doctor

    123 Kolkata: Pratip Dey, the 14-year-old who, in a matter-of-fact manner, recounted on Thursday how his father and uncle killed his mother, aunt, and cousin and attempted to take his life, is displaying symptoms of complicated grief and is ...

    1 March 2025 Times of India
    3 held for cyber ID fraud of mkt analyst

    Kolkata: Three fraudsters, including a student of BITS Pilani in Rajasthan, were arrested on charges of cyber identity fraud of a reputable stock market analyst and advisor in Salt Lake. Police said the trio had access to confidential stock ...

    1 March 2025 Times of India
    Cop shoots self with service gun

    123 Chinsurah: A police officer shot himself in the head with his service revolver at a hospital restroom in Chandernagore on Friday. He has been admitted to the ICU and is under ventilation. The police have started a probe.Police ...

    1 March 2025 Times of India
    Ensure safety of 5, HC tells Jibantala cops

    1234 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday directed South 24 Parganas' Jibantala PS to ensure that five petitioners who had moved the court seeking protection were not threatened or physically harmed as long as they stayed at any place ...

    1 March 2025 Times of India
    Temp flip-flop brings back viruses, Kolkata reels from cough & cold

    Kolkata: With the mercury in a spike-and-slide mode at the turn of the season, viruses have made a comeback, leaving thousands across the city down with cough and cold. The outbreak has coincided with the board exams. In consistency ...

    1 March 2025 Times of India
    4 more small plotsget bldg sanctions

    Kolkata: The KMC buildings department on Friday sanctioned four building plans on small plots measuring — 450 square feet to 1,500 square feet — in Garia and its neighbourhoods off EM Bypass. Earlier this month, the department had sanctioned ...

    1 March 2025 Times of India
    Ramping up AC temp, switching off air curtains may have helped mosquitoes thrive at city airport

    Kolkata: For weeks, passengers and staff at Kolkata airport were dealing with a mosquito nuisance in the terminal. Despite deploying exterminators, the pesky insects continued to thrive, leading to growing frustration and concern among airport officials. The problem may ...

    1 March 2025 Times of India
    All yellow but no Ambassador: City keeps iconic transport mode alive with new fleet

    123 Kolkata: A fleet of brand-new yellow cabs — but not Ambassadors — hit the roads on Friday, preserving the cultural identity of an iconic mode of Kolkata's transport. This comes at a time when the last set of ...

    1 March 2025 Times of India
    Runner on recovery road after marathon collapse

    123 Kolkata: During a recent marathon in the city, a 26-year-old runner collapsed at the finish line. His heart stopped, his body turned pale, and there were no signs of life. A medical team revived him, administering CPR, ventilation ...

    1 March 2025 Times of India
    IISER telescope gets 1st images of solar flare

    Kolkata: Kolkata: Scientists at the Centre of Excellence in Space Sciences India (CESSI) at IISER Kolkata are excited about the first scientific results from the Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT) on board India's solar space mission Aditya-L1. The telescope ...

    1 March 2025 Times of India
    Drivers to get training on tracking of buses

    Kolkata: Drivers of private and mini-buses on around 15 routes, along with the conductors, will be trained on how to use the application for vehicle tracking. The training is likely to start within the next two weeks as the ...

    1 March 2025 Times of India
    Bus owners want solution, services on route 46 may resume today

    Kolkata: Bus services on 46 route may resume as early as Saturday, indicated the bus owners on Friday after holding a meeting.The services on this route had remained suspended for three consecutive days due to a clash between an ...

    1 March 2025 Times of India
    Science Day event delves deep into Earth’s mysteries

    Kolkata: Professor Dirk Scherler of GFZ German Research Centre, Berlin, chaired the 5th National Science Day, which is being hosted by IISER-Kolkata, as a special guest on Friday. He delivered an illuminating lecture titled ‘Four Good Reasons to Study ...

    1 March 2025 Times of India
    KMDA, BMC joint op to heal Salt Lake’s roads

    Kolkata: After a long delay, about 30 km of road stretches across Salt Lake will get fresh layers of bitumen coating. State fire and emergency services minister and Bidhannagar MLA Sujit Bose on Friday announced that the Bidhannagar Municipal ...

    1 March 2025 Times of India
    ‘Khela hobe’ battle cry in 2026 but with more force, says CM Mamata to TMC

    KOLKATA: Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee on Thursday sought to revive the "khela hobe" spirit for the 2026 assembly polls as she unveiled her party's plans to take on BJP with a focus on "voter-list malpractices, the Election Commission's lack ...

    28 February 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata house of horror: Dey family tale more twisted than you think

    NEW DELHI: Fourteen-year-old Pratip Dey, who survived a fatal car crash on Kolkata’s EM Bypass on February 19, has alleged that his mother, Sudeshna, and aunt, Romi, were murdered after backing out of a planned family suicide. His father, ...

    28 February 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata remembers Father Détienne, Belgian Jesuit priest and Bengali literary figure

    123 Kolkata: The birth centenary of Belgian Jesuit priest and Bengali literature scholar, Father Détienne, was commemorated on Thursday at Visva-Bharati University's Bengali Department.The celebration, organised by St Xavier's College Alumni Association, drew notable academics and institutional leaders, including ...

    28 February 2025 Times of India
    2 held for attack on RPF constable

    Kolkata: Two persons were arrested for creating ruckus at a ticket counter of Bandel railway station and assaulting an on-duty RPF constable on Thursday.Eastern Railway officials said some anti-socials broke the glass barrier of the ticket booking counter over ...

    28 February 2025 Times of India
    Labourer dies

    Kolkata: A labourer was burried 30 ft under the ground while digging a well at a construction site near Rajarhat Chowmatha on Thursday. Police said two labourers, Shyam and Abhijit Mondal (40), were at work when the ground sank. ...

    28 February 2025 Times of India
    Cops bust call centre selling fake antique materials

    Kolkata: Bidhannagar Police busted a fake call centre, operating under the name, "NEXT-era Energy Solution", at Ecosuit Building, in the Eco Park police station area. The fraudsters duped people by selling them fake radioactive materials, claiming them to be ...

    28 February 2025 Times of India
    Dhakuria case: Cops get back snatched chain from goldsmith

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Police detective department, which has already arrested the three men, who had snatched a gold chain from a Dhakuria resident, Piyali De Roy (57), near her home on Saturday evening, has recovered the stolen item."The chain ...

    28 February 2025 Times of India
    Two crossing tracks at Sodepur run over by train

    Kolkata: A young woman and a 16-year-old girl were run over by the Hate Bazare Express around 9.45 pm on Wednesday when the two were crossing the railway tracks at Sodepur station. The body of the teenaged girl, Koyel ...

    28 February 2025 Times of India
    Nursing home fined 5L

    WBCERC has slapped a fine of Rs 5 lakh on Uma Medical, a nursing home in Baguiati, for lapses in the care of a young woman, who developed severe post-hernia surgery complications. The patient had to be under treatment ...

    28 February 2025 Times of India
    ‘Mom, aunt backed out of suicide pact, were killed’

    Kolkata: Fourteen-year-old Pratip Dey, who survived a car crash on the EM Bypass on Feb 19, has told a state child rights functionary that his mother Sudeshna and aunt Romi had backed out of a suicide pact at the ...

    28 February 2025 Times of India
    Panel glare on hosp for patient release delay

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission has instructed Desun Hospital to waive six days' charges from the treatment bill of a burn patient after the panel found out that the patient was not discharged, despite her family's ...

    28 February 2025 Times of India
    Digital arrest mastermind with 930 cases held in Delhi

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Police Cyber Cell has arrested Yogesh Dua, a notorious cyber crook, who has 930 ‘digital arrest' fraud cases against him. While Dua was caught in Delhi, the Bidhannagar Police rounded up another digital arrest fraud accused, ...

    28 February 2025 Times of India
    ‘File affidavit on blue-white road markings’

    123 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the state to file an affidavit within three weeks from date in response to a PIL petition challenging the blue-white road markings used by the state contrary to the black-yellow-white colour ...

    28 February 2025 Times of India
    All heritage bldgs are decaying: HC

    Kolkata: Preserve the remaining nine bighas of the historical Hirajheel Palace of Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah, the HC observed while stressing the need to preserve the historical monuments in the state.Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah Smriti Surakkha Trust had filed a PIL seeking directions ...

    28 February 2025 Times of India
    GSI finds natural hydrogen reserves in Andamans

    Kolkata: In the first such find that can significantly contribute to the country's renewable energy landscape, the Geological Survey of India (GSI) has discovered natural hydrogen reserves in the rocks of Andaman and Nicobar Islands this week.GSI director general ...

    28 February 2025 Times of India
    Chief electoral officer seeks DM reports on bogus voters

    Kolkata: Bengal's chief electoral officer (CEO) Dibyendu Das on Thursday asked for reports from district magistrates after complaints that there were bogus voters on electoral rolls, reports Debashis Konar. The CEO also held a meeting with the officials on ...

    28 February 2025 Times of India
    Shivratri, Ramzan push up fruit prices & sales of fasting essentials in Kolkata

    Kolkata: Fruit prices in the city's retail markets have increased in the season of fasting due to the recently-concluded Shivratri and the upcoming Ramzan month.Bananas, which are a staple, are selling for anything between Rs 70 and Rs 80 ...

    28 February 2025 Times of India
    Students brainstorm to find Sundarbans solutions

    Kolkata: Many schools across the city took partin Spardha 5.0, an inter-school experiential learning expedition held on the premises of Mahadevi Birla World Academy. The event's theme was based on Amitav Ghosh's‘Gun Island', which highlighted the Sundarbans. The festival ...

    28 February 2025 Times of India
    Metro eyes Poila Baisakh date for full East-West operations

    Kolkata: Metro Railway is eyeing Poila Baisakh, or April 15, as the date for launching East-West Metro's full 16.6-km run. However, engineers are divided over the feasibility of the target. One section feels the deadline is attainable with the ...

    28 February 2025 Times of India
    63 buses on route 46 go off the road

    Kolkata: Thousands of commuters from the airport, Baguiati, Kestopur, Chinar Park and Kankurgachhi are having a tough time since Wednesday as all buses plying on route 46 have gone off the road due to an unrest between the worker ...

    28 February 2025 Times of India
    Body in suitcase: Accused was in property tussle with victim

    Kolkata: The mother-daughter duo, Aarti and Falguni Ghosh, was involved in a bitter tussle with the victim, Sumita Ghosh, over some property in Jorhat, Assam. The duo was caught red-handed while trying to dump Sumita's body at Kumartuli ghat ...

    28 February 2025 Times of India
    Heat is on: Max temp to continue upward march

    Kolkata: Brace for warmer days as both the day and night temperatures are expected to start rising by the weekend, when the maximum temperature is expected to breach the 30°C mark in Kolkata. The minimum temperature will also see ...

    28 February 2025 Times of India
    What women want: Focus on real estate, away from stocks

    Kolkata: Women, who have always been key decision-makers in the home-buying process in India, are now increasingly making independent, individual property purchases not just to reside there but also as an investment. And demolishing the sterotype, women overwhelmingly preferred ...

    28 February 2025 Times of India
    IIEST rejuvenates cemetery with solar lights, grave restoration

    Kolkata: The Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur, has started rejuvenating the graveyard in the heart of the sprawling campus. It is a reminder of BESU's early days when Bishop's College, a missionary educational establishment, stood ...

    28 February 2025 Times of India
    Green success: Victoria’s replanted tree bears leaves

    Kolkata: The 30-year-old Radhachura tree that was successfully transplanted at the Victoria Memorial complex on Nov 10 has sprouted fresh leaves. City-based botanists believe the development is encouraging, particularly since the transplantation was done during the post-monsoon period. Usually, ...

    28 February 2025 Times of India
    RG Kar victim’s parents meet CBI director

    Kolkata: The parents of the RG Kar doctor, who was raped and murdered on the hospital campus on Aug 9, on Thursday met CBI director Praveen Sood in New Delhi to seek justice for their daughter. They have also ...

    28 February 2025 Times of India
    NKDA assigns areas, tasks to officials in bid to address New Town civic issues

    123 Kolkata: The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has assigned officials the responsibility of looking after several civic amenities, including street lights, parks, community markets and health centres, across New Town to provide better amenities to the residents. ...

    27 February 2025 Times of India
    Ghoramara barge waits for bore tide for journey back to B’desh

    Kolkata: Bangladeshi barge Sea World that had capsized while transporting fly ash from Budge Budge has been emptied of its cargo. Two vessels, including MV Gorai, have also arrived from Bangladesh to retrieve the vessel whose hull had split. ...

    27 February 2025 Times of India
    White House, Green House yield 1.2 cr, 100 g diamonds, 400 g gold

    Kolkata: The detective department has busted a well-organised call centre fraud that operated from multiple flats located in two buildings of Garden Reach's Iron Gate area — The White House and The Green House. Four persons have been arrested ...

    27 February 2025 Times of India
    Body in suitcase: Accused took 25k from victim’s a/c

    Kolkata: The mother-daughter duo caught trying to dispose of the body of a relative at Kumartuli ghat on Tuesday had murdered the woman, 34-year-old Susmita Ghosh, between 4 pm and 5 pm on Sunday. They had also withdrawn Rs ...

    27 February 2025 Times of India
    CP wants CCTV cams to be crime-centric as well

    Kolkata: The city police wants to set up hundreds of cameras on Kolkata's roads to check crime, not merely monitor and penalise traffic violations. The shift in stance was indicated by police commissioner Manoj Verma. Cameras for this purpose ...

    27 February 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata Dey family deaths: ‘No relative willing to take responsibility of teen survivor'

    KOLKATA: World has turned upside down for 14-year-old Pratip Dey, who, till Feb 17, was busy preparing for his final exams. Losing his mother and two family members, he lies at NRS Hospital, his future uncertain over a week ...

    27 February 2025 Times of India
    West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee warns of indefinite dharna before EC office over 'fake voter' allegations against BJP

    West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee (PTI) NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged that the BJP, with the "help of the Election Commission" (EC), was adding fake voters from other states to the electoral rolls. ...

    27 February 2025 Times of India
    Mamata Banerjee sets target of winning over 215 seats in 2026 West Bengal assembly polls

    NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday set an ambitious goal for the 2026 assembly elections, aiming to secure over 215 seats in the 294-member house. She asserted that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) would significantly cut ...

    27 February 2025 Times of India
    HS numbers drop by 1/3rd from last year

    Kolkata: This year's Higher Secondary exams, scheduled from March 3 to March 18, will have 5.1 lakh-odd candidates, around 2.8 lakh examinees fewer than last year's 7.9 lakh. "We knew this year's figure would be lower than that in ...

    27 February 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata Municipal Corporation drops Vishwakarma Puja, extends Eid break, issues revised order after BJP cries 'appeasement'

    A notice modifying holidays for Hindi-medium KMCP schools by Kolkata Municipal Corporation sparked political controversy, with BJP accusing the TMC government of appeasement. NEW DELHI: A notice issued by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) regarding holiday changes for ...

    27 February 2025 Times of India
    A maiden 3 in a row for East Bengal

    Kolkata: Raphael Messi Bouli got his first goal in East Bengal FC jersey as Oscar Bruzon's side got past a dogged Hyderabad FC 2-0 at the Salt Lake Stadium on Wednesday, scripting their maiden hat-trick of victories in the ...

    27 February 2025 Times of India
    ‘Dual CBSE X tests may affect learning process’

    Kolkata: The CBSE's proposal to conduct the Class X board exams twice a session from 2026 is aimed at offering candidates the chance of improving their scores in the second round but educators in the city have raised concerns ...

    27 February 2025 Times of India
    White SUV never entered fuel stn on crash night: Pump owner

    1234 Burdwan/Panagarh: Police investigating the death of dancer-event manager Sutandra Chatterjee (27), who died in a crash during a high-speed chase on NH-19 early on Monday, are piecing together the final 20 minutes leading to the accident that may ...

    27 February 2025 Times of India
    Global focus on med college transgender health study

    Kolkata: A study conducted among students at KPC Medical College regarding their knowledge about transgender health issues and their attitudes revealed a glaring gap in their familiarity with transgender health issues and comfort in treating them for gender-related medical ...

    27 February 2025 Times of India
    132-year-old Minerva Theatre gets blue plaque heritage tag

    123 Kolkata: The 132-year-old Minerva Theatre at Beadon Street in north Kolkata, an iconic structure in the city's cultural map since the inception of modern Bengali theatre in the 19th century, has received Kolkata Municipal Corporation's blue plaque recognising ...

    27 February 2025 Times of India
    KMC retracts order to cancel Viswakarma holiday after row

    123 Kolkata: A holiday list for the Kolkata Municipal Corporation-run Hindi medium schools, which cancelled the Viswakarma Puja holiday on Sept 17 to extend Eid-ul-Fitr holidays for two days from March 31 to April 1, was retracted within three ...

    27 February 2025 Times of India
    Trust none, want fair probe, says car-chase victim’s mom

    Chandernagore: "I am confused now. Someone is hiding something from me," a distraught Tanushree Chatterjee said on Wednesday, two days after her only daughter, 27-year-old Sutandra, died when the car in which she was travelling with three colleagues overturned ...

    27 February 2025 Times of India
    Coco’s gift of life to Leo gives city 1st canine blood transfusion of yr

    Kolkata: They say it's a dog-eat-dog world. Not if you go by the story of Leo and Coco. The latter, a golden retriever, on Tuesday donated blood to the former, an acutely unwell Dobermann — marking not only the ...

    27 February 2025 Times of India
    SSC: CBI refers to ‘Abhishek Banerjee’ in charge sheet, TMC neta’s lawyer hits back

    Kolkata: After CBI referred to one Abhishek Banerjee in its 16-page Feb 24 charge sheet in the recruitment scam case, the Trinamool national general secretary's legal team attacked the agency on Wednesday, calling the reference a "politically motivated narrative" ...

    27 February 2025 Times of India
    Bengal startup gets Rs 4cr seed funding

    123 Kolkata: A startup incubated by the Bengal Chamber of Commerce received seed funding of Rs 4 crore from Artha Ventures, at a valuation of Rs 28 crore. The company — Hornet Decentratech — is a crypto forensics and ...

    27 February 2025 Times of India
    Comic Con and horror film fest: Mega pop events make Kol debut

    123 Kolkata: The city is witnessing a new surge in inaugural editions of events that were previously held across the country but had consistently bypassed this metropolis. Despite substantial interest, the city has never experienced a film festival exclusively ...

    27 February 2025 Times of India
    13th in India: Bengal scores better in SDG ranking

    123 Nimli, Alwar (Rajasthan): West Bengal showed a marginal improvement in its Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) ranking, achieving an overall score of 72.1 in 2023-24, compared to 70 in 2022-23 and 62 in 2021-22. According to the latest State ...

    27 February 2025 Times of India
    GTA appt corruption case redirected in Cal HC

    Kolkata: A Calcutta High Court judge on Wednesday released a case on alleged corruption in appointments within the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) after the advocate general pointed out that the matter did not fall under his court's jurisdiction.Justice Biswajit ...

    27 February 2025 Times of India
    HC poser to state on custodial death probe

    123 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Wednesday asked the state to apprise the court on whether an investigation in a custodial death case could be given to state authorities when a CBI probe was directed in a subsequent case ...

    27 February 2025 Times of India
    Law clerk’s body found near Technician Studio

    123 Kolkata: The body of a 31-year-old law clerk was found opposite the Technician Studio on Uttam Kumar Sarani around 3 am on Wednesday. Police said the victim, identified as Anup Mondal, was a resident of Mondapara, close to ...

    27 February 2025 Times of India
    Former Kamarhati councillor found dead

    Kolkata: Amit Paul, the 58-year-old former CPM councillor of Kamarhati Municipality, was found dead beside the railway tracks near Belgharia railway station on Wednesday. Paul, popularly known as Gora, was a resident of Jatin Das Nagar in Belgharia and ...

    27 February 2025 Times of India
    Your KYC may have been used for SIM fraud

    Kolkata: The Cyber Crime Branch of Kolkata Police has arrested four more individuals, including a husband-wife duo, for providing pre-activated SIM cards to cyber fraudsters residing in Thailand, Cambodia, and Myanmar by using the biometric details of Kolkatans without ...

    27 February 2025 Times of India
    Biz bodies warn members against ‘digital arrests’

    Kolkata: The recent surge in cyber scams, including digital arrests, has prompted several market committees in Kolkata to issue alerts to their members. The market committees have cautioned against engaging with the scammers and have requested the members to ...

    27 February 2025 Times of India
    HC bats for W African footballer stuck for 5 yrs

    Kolkata: After nearly five years of being stuck in India, a west African footballer was granted relief on ‘humanitarian grounds' by the Jalpaiguri circuit bench of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday. The court quashed a criminal case alleging ...

    27 February 2025 Times of India
    White SUV never entered fuel stn on crash night: Pump owner

    12 Burdwan/Panagarh: Police investigating the death of dancer-event manager Sutandra Chatterjee (27), who died in a crash during a high-speed chase on NH-19 early on Monday, are piecing together the final 20 minutes leading to the accident that may ...

    27 February 2025 Times of India
    'Blood-stained suitcase, locked padlock': How post-quake crowd caught mother-daughter duo dumping body in Kolkata ghat

    Two women, a mother and daughter, were caught red-handed at Kumartuli ghat in north Kolkata while trying to dispose of a body inside a trolley bag. KOLKATA: Two women - a mother and daughter - were caught at ...

    26 February 2025 Times of India
    TC Royal Bengal, ITC Sonar receive Special Jury Award in the “Industrial Water Efficiency” category at FICCI Water Awards 2024

    KOLKATA: ITC Royal Bengal and ITC Sonar have been honoured with the Special Jury Award in the “Industrial Water Efficiency” category at the FICCI Water Awards 2024, held on February 24, 2025.This accolade recognizes ITC Royal Bengal and ITC ...

    26 February 2025 Times of India
    Indian SIM used for fraud in Thailand, Cambodia

    123 Kolkata: The Cyber Crime Branch of Kolkata Police at Lalbazar has registered a case against SIM card sellers of various companies who were providing a large number of SIM cards for use by cyber fraudsters in India and ...

    26 February 2025 Times of India
    200th birthday celebration of Sanskrit University ends with conservation hope

    Kolkata: Sanskrit College & University has sought funds from the state govt to restore its museum and digitise the collection of rare books. The university on Tuesday celebrated the closing ceremony of the year-long celebration for the 200-year birth ...

    26 February 2025 Times of India
    Youth dies on wedding night, bride detained

    Kolkata: A youth, Avik Das (27), was found dead on his wedding night on Tuesday in Sodepur. His bride, Beauty Roy, who was found seated beside his body, was detained for questioning. The cause of death was yet to ...

    26 February 2025 Times of India
    KMC to take up plastic paving of major roads across city

    Kolkata: KMC has decided to repair the city's major roads and relay the surface with recycled plastic hot mix, which is expected to be better-resistant to wear and tear, especially to the impact of rain, and ensure durability. The ...

    26 February 2025 Times of India
    Borders blur as director’s death unites film fraternity

    Kolkata: The demise of Bangladesh's award-winning film-maker Zahidur Rahim Anjan in Bengaluru on Monday united the film communities of India and Bangladesh, with personal recollections from his batchmates and colleagues pouring in from across the border. The 61-year-old director, ...

    26 February 2025 Times of India
    Set up in-house skilling centres, govt urges corporates

    Kolkata: Govt has urged corporates to establish in-house skilling centres to boost youth employability under a new internship scheme. These centres, govt feels, would improve the employability of graduating youth, boosting the overall employment scene.Deepti Gaur Mukherjee, secretary in ...

    26 February 2025 Times of India
    Car chase: SUV driver booked, cop lens on occupants of both vehicles

    12 Panagarh/Kolkata: Acting on a complaint filed by a colleague of Sutandra Chatterjee, the 27-year-old dancer-event manager who lost her life following a car chase near Panagarh on Monday, police have charged the driver of the other vehicle involved ...

    26 February 2025 Times of India
    Mom & daughter caught at Kumartuli ghat, trying to dump suitcase stuffed with body

    Kolkata: Two women — a mother and daughter — were caught at Kumartuli ghat, north Kolkata, early Tuesday while trying to throw a body into the Hooghly, stuffed inside a trolley bag.Cops said Falguni Ghosh (34) and her mother ...

    26 February 2025 Times of India
    Power dept prepares for seamless supply for HS

    Kolkata: The state power department had started preparations for a seamless supply of electricity during the Higher Secondary exams, scheduled to start on March 3, said state power minister Aroop Biswas at a meeting on Tuesday. There will be ...

    26 February 2025 Times of India
    Digha Jagannath temple to have trustee board headed by CS

    Kolkata: The state cabinet decided to set up a trustee board for the Jagannath Temple at Digha, headed by chief secretary Manoj Pant, on Monday. There will be 27 trustees including representatives from ISKCON, Ramakrishna Mission, and other religious ...

    26 February 2025 Times of India
    Ex-prof found dead in Hwh

    123 Howrah: A former professor's body was found in a pool of blood in the driveway of a premium residential building at Mandirtala, in Howrah Shibpur, on Monday night. The victim was identified as 92-year-old Baidyanath Pal. The death ...

    26 February 2025 Times of India
    Municipal appts: Sil collected Rs 40cr from candidates, says ED

    Kolkata: Enforcement Directorate, in a supplementary charge sheet filed in the municipality recruitment case, alleged that prime suspect Ayan Sil had collected Rs 40 crore from ineligible candidates and distributed Rs 30 crore to chairpersons of several municipalities, municipal ...

    26 February 2025 Times of India
    Bengal increases land share for non-tea activities in estates

    12 Kolkata/Siliguri: Bengal govt will allow another 15% of unused tea garden land for commercial activities but only to operational gardens that have already successfully utilised 15% of such unused land in non-tea business, CM Mamata Banerjee said on ...

    26 February 2025 Times of India
    80-member committee to lead CPM’s Bengal poll charge

    Kolkata: An 80-member CPM Bengal committee, led by its re-elected secretary Md Salim, will lead the party in the 2026 Bengal assembly polls."We will start working for the 2026 assembly polls from tomorrow, Feb 26," Salim said at the ...

    26 February 2025 Times of India
    Not questioning personal choices but admin lapses: Mamata on Kumbh

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday that she never questioned people's personal choices but she could always question "administrative lapses" that led to the death of Maha Kumbh devotees. Reacting to Yogi Adityanath's criticism of her "Mrityu Kumbh" ...

    26 February 2025 Times of India
    Farmers to get Rs321cr for crop damage

    Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday announced a Rs321 crore compensation package for farmers who have lost potatoes and rice due to unseasonal rain and damages suffered due to water release from DVC dams. Most of the affected ...

    26 February 2025 Times of India
    Money demand from NRS princi’s fake mail

    Kolkata: Some miscreants allegedly created a fake email ID of the NRS Medical College principal, Pitbaran Chakraborty, and appealed for money from several doctors of the medical college. Sources said the cybercrime cell of the Kolkata Police have initiated ...

    26 February 2025 Times of India
    Cops nab 3 from Gosaba for Dhakuria snatching

    Kolkata: Three days after a 57-year-old woman, Piyali De Roy, was left shaken and traumatised when three bike-borne miscreants snatched her gold chain near her Dhakuria residence in south Kolkata on Saturday evening, the Kolkata Police detective department claimed ...

    26 February 2025 Times of India
    Tangra murders: Bros contradict each other

    Kolkata: The statements of the Dey brothers from Tangra converged on multiple aspects — from planning the suicide pact on Feb 10 to the final plan to kill themselves by orchestrating an accident in the early hours of Feb ...

    26 February 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata wakes up to tremors as quake of 5.1 magnitude hits Bay 340 km from city

    Kolkata: The city woke up to tremors that measured 5.1 on the Richter scale on Tuesday morning. Even though the earthquake did not cause any destruction or injury, it led to momentary panic.The National Centre for Seismology confirmed the ...

    26 February 2025 Times of India
    JU interim VC rescued, forgers stick to demand

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University's interim vice-chancellor Bhaskar Gupta and pro-VC Amitava Datta were on Tuesday freed from their 24-hour confinement with the help of a section of university professors and officers. The protesting engineering students who were caught fudging marks ...

    26 February 2025 Times of India
    Couple under two-month ‘digital arrest’ in Dum Dum loses 52 lakh

    Kolkata: Cyber crooks kept a Dum Dum couple under constant video surveillance for two months and siphoned Rs 52 lakhs from them in the latest case of digital arrest.Rathindra Nath Biswas, a retired central government officer, and his wife ...

    26 February 2025 Times of India
    College girl dies in accident, sis critical

    Kolkata: Two sisters headed to a wedding ceremony in a scooter were hit by a speeding SUV on Kalyani Expressway near Khardah on Sunday night. The elder sister, Sampriti Ghosh (21), a BA third-year student, died on the spot. ...

    25 February 2025 Times of India
    Presi students submit written plaint after ‘harassment’

    Kolkata: A written complaint was submitted to the Presidency University authorities regarding the harassment complaints reported on Saturday. A UG second-year female student from the maths department, along with some other female students, wrote on social media about harassment ...

    25 February 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata shocker: Mother-daughter duo caught while trying to dump body at Kumartuli Ghat

    A mother and daughter were apprehended while trying to dump a body in a trolley bag at Kumartuli Ghat, Kolkata. The women, who initially claimed it was a pet dog's remains, had traveled from Barasat Kajipara and were caught ...

    25 February 2025 Times of India
    Call hosp admin for hearings, not docs: CM

    Kolkata: In the run-up to the doctors' convention on Monday, members of SLGRC interacted with doctors working in private hospitals to understand their grievances, and where the state could intervene. The most prominent grievance was that doctors were often ...

    25 February 2025 Times of India
    Fishing cat study exposes heavy metal presence in Sundarbans

    Kolkata: A study on impact of pollution on fishing cats — Bengal's state animal — in the Indian Sundarbans has pointed to heavy metal presence in the mangroves.As per initial findings, there's presence of heavy metals such as lead ...

    25 February 2025 Times of India
    RVNL-govt meet on Chingrighata

    Kolkata: State home secretary Nandini Chakravorty on Monday convened a meeting with senior officials of Kolkata Police, state, and RVNL to sort out the Chingrighata impasse in the New Garia-Airport corridor. But dates for granting traffic blocks for girder-launching ...

    25 February 2025 Times of India
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