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  • 2-year-old, mom from Kolkata die in Sikkim accident

    Darjeeling: Two tourists from Kolkata, including a two-and-a-half-year-old child, died, while four others, including the driver, were injured, after the vehicle they were travelling in met with an accident at Lamaten under Pakyong district in Sikkim on Saturday night.The ...

    30 December 2024 Times of India
    40 kmph limit for bikers on Maa, AJC Bose flyovers

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police have instructed that bikers have to maintain a 40 kmph speed limit on Maa and AJC Bose Road flyovers, including the approach roads and descent ramps. This speed limit will also be enforced across all city ...

    30 December 2024 Times of India
    City schools introduce flexi-attendance for students unable to attend physical classes

    Kolkata: To help students avoid missing classes due to various reasons, several city schools are encouraging them to continue their education with live online classrooms. They are introducing apps for submitting classwork and taking online tests as well.South City ...

    30 December 2024 Times of India
    ‘Health access hurdle, unchecked doses pose risks for trans persons’

    Kolkata: Healthcare accessibility hurdles, unregulated hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and failure to follow up on post-sexual reassignment surgery (SRS) pose serious health risks to transgender community members, many of whom end up with complications, including stroke, cardiovascular, liver and ...

    30 December 2024 Times of India
    Sandeshkhali now at peace, hope to speak to Didi, say women who protested

    123456 Sandeshkhali: Several women who had protested during the unrest in Sandeshkhali said on Sunday that they hoped to speak to Didi and welcome her in person. For many of them, CM Mamata Banerjee's visit marks a moment of ...

    30 December 2024 Times of India
    NKDA to set up four waste treatment plants

    Kolkata: The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) is developing its own waste management system so that the daily waste generated in New Town can be processed and recycled in the township itself. The authority has already identified four ...

    30 December 2024 Times of India
    2 of family run over by train at Burdwan station

    12 Burdwan: Two women, members of the same family, were run over by a train on Sunday at Burdwan railway station platform number 1 on Sunday, reports Mohammad Asif. The incident occurred around 5pm when a through train proceeded ...

    30 December 2024 Times of India
    Fake passport racket kingpin, who ran travel agency in Kolkata, held

    123 Kolkata: One of the masterminds of the fake passport racket that has been operating since the past decade, allowing multiple illegal immigrants from Bangladesh to enter India and then leave for European nations posing as Indians, was arrested ...

    30 December 2024 Times of India
    Jaldapara set to get back Hollong bungalow

    123 Jalpaiguri: The Jaldapara National Park, known for one-horned Indian rhino conservation in Bengal, is all set to get back its Hollong forest bungalow, which was gutted in June this year, at a cost of Rs 3.8 crore.According to ...

    30 December 2024 Times of India
    1 dies in hosp, 2 hurt after blast at cracker unit

    Kolkata: Early on Sunday, Subhankari Sardar (51), a housewife, succumbed to her injuries following an explosion at a firecracker factory at Haral in Champahati under Baruipur police district in South 24-Parganas district a day before. The factory owner, Pintu ...

    30 December 2024 Times of India
    More year-end nakas, stricter fines as KP intensifies drink-drive checks

    123 Kolkata: Brace for drink-driving checks from as early as 7 pm from Monday, a day before New Year's eve, even as cops plan to increase their daily nakas — now already increased to 50 per night — to ...

    30 December 2024 Times of India
    Two ‘pilgrims’ thrashed on theft doubt, probe on

    Howrah: Two men, who claimed to be pilgrims from Dehradun — Dal (52) and Gama (55) Singh — were allegdly thrashed with sticks and rods in Liluah's Chakpara around Sunday noon on suspicion of theft. They were assaulted while ...

    30 December 2024 Times of India
    22 injured after bus turns turtle

    Dantan: Twenty-two passengers were injured on Sunday morning after a bus overturnedat Khandrui area under Dantan police station in West Medinipur district. The bus was travelling from Mohanpur to Medinipur, when it lost control on a pothole-ridden road. Three ...

    30 December 2024 Times of India
    21-day trail for Zeenat ends as Odisha tigress tranquillised in Bengal’s Bankura after 5 failed attempts in over 24 hrs

    123 Kolkata/Purulia/Bankura/Jhargram: The 21-day trail of Similipal tigress Zeenat, during which it covered more than 200 kilometres, finally ended as it was darted around 3.56 pm on Sunday in Bankura's Gosaindihi village in Ranibandh block after five failed attempts ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    After BMC delays, KMDA to repair Salt Lake roads

    Kolkata: With Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation yet to undertake full-fledged road repair work in Salt Lake, despite funds being approved by the state, KMDA has been entrusted to prioritise repair of some of the most-damaged stretches in Salt Lake. This ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    Tigress Zeenat removed darts shot at it thrice, says man at the forefront of tranquillisation op

    123456 Kolkata: He, along with his team members from the Sundarbans, stayed put in Jangalmahal since Dec 20 — the day Odisha tigress Zeenat entered Bengal in Belpahari. On Sunday, Mrityunjay Biswas — deputy ranger from the Sundarbans — ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    Schools get students ready for 3-hr ICSE maths exam

    123 Kolkata: Several schools affiliated with the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) are implementing three-hour ICSE mathematics tests for middle school students, preparing them for the new format that will be introduced in the 2025 board ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    800-crore project to transform Tolly's Nullah

    KOLKATA: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation is set to kick off a Rs 800 crore Adi Ganga or Tolly's Nullah rejuvenation project. Funded by the World Bank, the project that involves increasing the holding capacity of Adi Ganga and a ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    2025 revamp plan: Private hospitals in Kolkata to add 1,700 beds, new units

    KOLKATA: Several private hospitals in Kolkata are ready to increase capacity in 2025 with more beds and new units, including those for cancer, gastro care, and mother-child centres. Some are also preparing to launch IVF units and enhance diagnostic ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    22 CAPF guards, mandatory frisking: Suvendu’s security cover beefed up

    Kolkata: Centre and Bengal govt have stepped up state leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari's security cover. It will be now mandatory that Adhikari always travels in bulletproof cars, does not step out of his car at unscheduled stops, ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    Extortion racket: BJP MLA, hostel super summoned by cops

    123 Kolkata: Shakespeare Sarani police has summoned BJP's Cooch Behar (South) legislator Nikhil Ranjan Dey and superintendent of Kyd Street MLA Hostel Sushanta Mondal to question them on how a hostel room booked in the name of an MLA ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    Work for inclusive society, real love is acceptance: Archbishop

    1234 Kolkata: Accept others without suspicion and work together to build an inclusive society, urged the Archbishop of Calcutta, Reverend Father Thomas D'Souza, at a Christmas get-together at the Archbishop House on Saturday. Pointing out that mere tolerance was ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    Tourist-starved ‘Mini B’desh’ hotels scale down ops even in yr-end season

    1234 Kolkata: ‘Mini Bangladesh' does not seem to have any hope for business revival even in the year-end festive season as visitors from Bangladesh continue to cancel travel plans amid unrest in their country. Hotel occupancy has plummeted, eateries ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    Poush Mela draws to a close after 6 days, stall dismantling from today

    12 Bolpur: The six-day Poush Mela at Santiniketan ended on Saturday night with shops closing the ledger at 11.30pm. At a meeting at Visva-Bharati vice chancellor's chamber, which was attended by minister Chandranath Sinha and senior district officials, it ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    Party spots line up spl menu, music for dazzling start to ’25

    Kolkata: As New Year's Eve approaches, Kolkata is buzzing with excitement, gearing up to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new one in style. Bars, pubs and eateries are pulling out all the stops with festive ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    KMC’s shield against erosion: Coconut trees along Hooghly

    123 Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) parks department has initiated a coconut tree plantation along the Hooghly as part of the beautification of major ghats and to combat soil erosion. The civic body's horticulturists planted rows of coconut ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    Blaze at Kalimpong destroys 6 shops

    12 Kalimpong: A massive fire broke out at 11th Mile, Kalimpong, at 12.30pm on Saturday, gutting six shops. No casualties were reported. The Army division of Kalimpong and a fire brigade team unit from Sikkim brought the blaze under ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    Zeenat near Mukutmanipur, remains elusive as darting bids fail

    123456 Purulia/Bankura/Jhargram/Kolkata: After tracking for over 24 hours since Friday afternoon in Purulia's Manbazar II range, the forest dept teams from Odisha and Bengal managed to fire darts twice at three-year-old Odisha tigress Zeenat in Bankura's Gosaindihi in Ranibandh ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    Drink-driving, speeding during NYE revelry in Kolkata will lead to arrest, warns CP

    123 Kolkata: Ahead of the New Year's Day celebrations, Kolkata Police (KP) commissioner Manoj Verma on Saturday warned motorists that anyone indulging in drink-driving, speeding or negligent driving may face arrest besides detention. He emphasized on the KP's zero ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    Touts in Bengal arranged passports for Bangla terror outfit men: Cops

    123 Kolkata: Operatives of the banned terror outfit of Bangladesh, Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), took help from touts in Bengal to cross the international border and then arrange for Indian passports and other citizenship documents, said cops on Saturday. ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    Bus crushes biker in Bengal

    Howrah: Sandeep Mal of Jagatballavpur was mowed down by a bus on Kona Expressway on Saturday. He was thrown off his bike onto the bus' path as a tree branch that was being cut for road work fell over ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    Fire at Lake Avenue bldg in Kolkata

    Kolkata: A fire broke out on the top floor of a five-storey residential building at Lake Avenue under Tollygunge PS around 7.25 am on Saturday. No one was injured in the blaze. One fire tender was pressed into service ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    Police bust fake call centre, arrest 4

    Kolkata: Four persons were arrested by the detective department from the Garden Reach area in the Port division for allegedly duping both Indian and foreign nationals, with those residing in the US being targeted the most. The accused were ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    Drugs seized from ambulance in Bengal, 5 held

    Kolkata: Sleuths of Bengal Police's Special Task Force arrested five persons from Beldanga in Murshidabad for allegedly transporting illegal drugs worth Rs 30 lakh in an ICU ambulance. The arrested persons, all residents of areas adjoining Kolkata, were bringing ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    Owners of bikes with modified silencers in Kolkata to face legal action

    Kolkata: Lalbazar has instructed all its 26 traffic guards to take legal action against owners of ‘modified' motorcycles. Sources said action would be taken against alteration of the silencers of motorcycles, often done to emit loud noise. Under section ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    No passport sans cop visit to applicant’s address: Kolkata Police SoP

    Kolkata: No new passport will be issued or renewed without cops visiting the address of the applicant to verify the credentials submitted by them, states the latest SoP of Kolkata Police (KP). According to the guidelines, cops who would ...

    29 December 2024 Times of India
    Zeenat near Mukutmanipur, remains elusive as darting bid fails

    123456 Purulia/Bankura/Jhargram/Kolkata: After tracking for over 24 hours since Friday afternoon in Purulia's Manbazar II range, the forest dept teams from Odisha and Bengal finally managed to fire a dart at three-year-old Odisha tigress Zeenat in Bankura's Gosaindihi in ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    3 kids among 20 hurt in wolf attack, canine beaten to death

    12 Budbud (East Burdwan): At least 20 people were injured in an attack on Friday by an Indian grey wolf, which was later beaten to death by locals. Among the injured in the Budbud incident were three children who ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    Woman’s burning body found in Malda orchard

    123 Malda: A woman's burning body was found by morning walkers at a mango orchard in Malatipur under Chanchal police station on Friday.Villagers crossing through the orchard behind the BDO office of Chanchal-2 noticed smoke rising from a haystack. ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    Visva-Bharati in Shantiniketan to hold special prayer meet for Manmohan Singh

    123 Santiniketan: The Visva-Bharati (VB) authority will hold a special prayer meeting on Monday to pay tribute to former PM Manmohan Singh, who was also the ex-Acharya (chancellor) of the university for three years from April 2012 during the ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    Bengal second state to have semester system in primary education

    123 Kolkata: From next year, classes I to V will have the semester system, the West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPE) announced on Friday. Bengal is the second state after Andhra Pradesh to introduce the credit-based semester system ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    Min temp slides, Met spies chilly end to year

    Kolkata: The minimum temperature dipped in Kolkata on Friday, even as the impact of a western disturbance that triggered rain earlier this week waned. The mercury slid three degrees to 16.5°C from 19.2°C on Thursday. It could rise over ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    Water delivery man molests 12-yr-old, held

    Kolkata: A 40-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly molesting and inappropriately touching a 12-year-old girl while he visited the victim's residence to deliver water. The incident was reported on Thursday evening from the Survey Park area.According to locals, ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    Newborn girl’s body abandoned near NH-16

    Howrah: The body of a newborn baby girl was found stuffed inside a bag in an abandoned house. The incident occured on Friday and was reported from the Jelepara area near National Highway 16 (Mumbai Road) under Uluberia police ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    Singh focused on freedom of expression at Presi’s 200th anniv, his last speech in Kol

    Kolkata: Ex-PM Manmohan Singh's cautionary words on the threat to freedom of expression and independent thinking were at the forefront of the minds of most Presidency University officials and alumni when they learned of his death.Singh's visit to the ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    Heat from slum fire melts Durgapur Bridge bearings, experts advise replacement

    Kolkata: A leading structural engineer who designs bridges says the fire that scalded the Durgapur Bridge in New Alipore on Saturday may have caused the moisture from the concrete to evaporate and left the bridge's superstructure brittle. Also, he ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    Hub-&-spoke experiments begin at city private hosp

    Kolkata: A private hospital in Kolkata will soon start mentoring small and medium healthcare organisations to help them develop their standard of care, ensure patient safety, and guide them towards accreditation with recognised bodies of hospitals. The move, aimed ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    Raj Bhavan cop’s hubby found after FB post

    123 Kolkata: Shanti Das Basak, a senior cop in charge of Raj Bhavan, was able to trace her "missing" husband, Dipanjan Basak, on Friday. This occurred hours after she took to social media seeking help from friends and acquaintances ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    Jessore Rd to stay partly shut for 48 hrs from today

    Kolkata: A portion of Jessore Road adjoining Barasat district headquarters and surrounding areas in North 24-Parganas will remain closed for 48 hours on Saturday and Sunday due to renovation work on the road adjacent to Barasat Kazipara railway gate. ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    KMC staff form WhatsApp group for info on street lights

    123 Kolkata: Engineers of Kolkata Municipal Corporation's (KMC) electrical department would form a WhatsApp group to share data and report on the prevailing situation of the street lighting system in the boroughs across all its wards, mayor Firhad Hakim ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    In 2025, jet set to get a cleaner and swankier Kolkata airport

    Kolkata: In its centenary year, authorities at Kolkata airport are planning a major overhaul of the terminal building that will be 12 years old in 2025. They hope the makeover will infuse the wow factor to replace the jaded ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    Mid-Jan date for E-W signal tests

    Kolkata: Trials for the automatic signalling system for the recently completed west-bound tunnel in the East-West Metro's Esplanade-Sealdah stretch are likely to begin in mid-Jan. Track-laying work in the Bowbazar section of the corridor is complete. The 2.5 km ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    WB state univ gets VC

    Kolkata: Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee was on Thursday appointed the vice-chancellor of West Bengal State University. Banerjee serves as the chairperson of the West Bengal Joint Entrance Board. After this appointment, Raj Bhawan has given its nod for the appointment ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    Zeenat on move after 5 days, reaches Purulia’s Manbazar; tracking teams fail to dart tigress as it escapes net fencing

    123456 Purulia/Jhargram/Kolkata: After a five-day break with minimal movement, Odisha tigress Zeenat resumed walking in the early hours of Friday.She traversed 15-20 kilometres from her previous location in a hilly forest of Purulia's Bandwan range to reach Manbazar 2 ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    Pre-Cov puja-like arrangements for year-end traffic movement

    Kolkata: Cops will revert to the 2019 Durga Puja-like traffic arrangement for Dec 31-Jan 1 traffic movement, where each hotspot will see selective barricading to ensure no pedestrian spillover on to the roads. Cops will be deployed in two ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    Protester-reveller pincer chokes heart of Kolkata

    Kolkata: Commuters faced a harrowing day on the road on Friday, especially in the late morning and early afternoon, as multiple factors — the holiday crowds heading towards Alipore zoo, breakdowns and accidents on AJC Bose Road flyover and ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    Pyne’s postcards & sketch cards to Lalu Prasad Shaw fetch 82.6L

    Kolkata: At the recent AstaGuru's ‘Hictoric Masterpieces' auction, a set of 28 postcards and two sketch cards of Ganesh Pyne to fellow-artist Lalu Prasad Shaw has been sold at double that of their estimated value of Rs 40 lakh.The ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    Arms smuggler held

    Kolkata: The Bengal STF arrested a 40-year-old man on Friday who was part of a Bihar-based gang that supplied illegal arms to the Bangladesh border. "Md Mehtab Alam was nabbed during a raid near Motir Pole in North 24 ...

    28 December 2024 Times of India
    Kashmiri terrorist Javed Munshi arrest: Shawl seller in Kolkata quizzed

    Kolkata: Sleuths from Canning police station and Special Task Force (STF) of Bengal Police have turned their focus on a shawl-seller, Ghulam Mohammad, and his family following the arrest of an alleged Kashmiri terrorist Javed Munshi from Canning last ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    Bangla citizen latest to be held in fake ID scam

    123 Kolkata: A 37-year-old Bangladeshi national, who reportedly stayed in Kolkata illegally for the past one year using fake documents, was arrested by Kolkata Police from Park Street around midnight on Thursday. Acting on a tip-off, cops arrested Mohammed ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    Choir, dance drama on city school’s Founder’s Day

    Kolkata: Lakshmipat Singhania Academy recently marked its 29th Founder's Day at the Kalamandir auditorium. Students Ahaana Bajoria and Aryaman Pachisia were the hosts of the event held on Dec 7. Sanjeev Sanyal, a member of the economic advisory council ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    Social media lessons for Kolkata cops: Don’t try to go ‘viral’, don’t post probe info

    KOLKATA: There cannot be a rationale for police—knowingly or unknowingly—to go viral on social media: This was one of the social media guidelines laid down by Kolkata Police, days after Bengal Police introduced strict online norms for its personnel. ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    Multiple bypass operations set to change Kolkata's beating heart as you know it forever

    A bird’s eye view of Esplanade from BC Roy market to Dorina crossing along J L Nehru Road KOLKATA: A change in the heart of the City of Joy? Well, it has already started.The Esplanade area is undergoing significant ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata's SSKM takes out surgical mop left behind in man's stomach after operation at UP hospital

    KOLKATA: A surgical mop left in the abdomen of a 64-year-old man, a Siwan resident, at a hospital in Uttar Pradesh where he underwent surgery six months ago, was detected and extracted through a surgery in Kolkata. Doctors at ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    Man heartbroken after failed bid to steal heart from ‘I love Suri’ signpost for wife

    123 Suri: Overpowered by passion, Bapan Badyakar from Serenda village in the Mohammadbazar police station area in Suri ripped away the heart-shaped sign from the ‘I love Suri' installation put up by the civic body there. All for the ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    No ‘KP’ but ‘Kolkata Police’ on cops’ bikes

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Traffic Police, along with Lalbazar, have instructed all 26 traffic guards to crack down on people, who have been pasting a misleading ‘KP'—which can be wrongly interpreted as ‘Kolkata Police'—on their two-wheelers to dodge prosecution for ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    Shopping complex to come up near zoo, house Bengal artisans: CM

    Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee said the state cabinet on Thursday decided to set up a shopping complex opposite to the zoo. "In principle, it was approved by the state cabinet to use the land of the zoo hospital ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    10 years on, KMC to restore ‘vanishing’ Bikramgarh Jheel

    Kolkata: Ten years after it was put on hold, the project to restore Bikramgarh Jheel will finally be taken up by the KMC. MMiC overseeing the KMC environment department, Swapan Samaddar, said the civic body received Rs 3.5 crore ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    HC grants 5-day extension to docs’ RG Kar protest

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted permission for extending the sit-in demonstration by the Joint Platform of Doctors near the Dorina crossing at Esplanade for another five days till Dec 31. The doctors are staging the demonstration, demanding ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    3 arrested from MLA Hostel for 5-lakh extortion bid

    Kolkata: Three youth from Hooghly were arrested from inside the MLA Hostel for reportedly threatening the Kalna Municipality chairman, Ananda Dutta, and trying to extort Rs 5 lakh from him, using the name of Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    Docs’ front demands ‘Abhaya Crossing’

    Kolkata: An organisation of a section of senior doctors has written to chief minister Mamata Banerjee, urging her to rename Dorina crossing as ‘Abhaya Crossing', as the S N Banerjee Road-J N Road intersection in Esplanade became synonymous with ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    4 held for looting 10 lakh cash, valuables from Convent Rd flat

    Kolkata: Cops from the Entally police station arrested four persons on Wednesday night for barging into a Convent Road flat and making away with valuables, including Rs 10 lakh in cash, ornaments and crucial documents. Anita Nankani, who lives ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    Social media lessons for cops: Don’t try to go ‘viral’, don’t post probe info

    Kolkata: There cannot be a rationale for police—knowingly or unknowingly—to go viral on social media: This was one of the social media guidelines laid down by Kolkata Police, days after Bengal Police introduced strict online norms for its personnel. ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    ‘Man in passport scam ran human trafficking racket’

    Kolkata: Moktar Alam, arrested on Wednesday from Jagulia in the fake passport scam masterminded by Samaresh Biswas, ran an immoral trafficking racket, the Kolkata Police SIT told the Alipore court on Wednesday.In exchange for money and in connivance with ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    Father Eaton of St Xavier’s College passes away at 82

    Kolkata: Father Patrick Eaton, SJ, former vice-principal of arts and science at St Xavier's College, passed away on Dec 26 at the age of 82. He suffered a severe cardiac arrest and breathed his last at a private nursing ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    B’deshi advocate may not return in time for monk’s bail hearing

    Kolkata: Bangladeshi human rights advocate Rabindra Ghosh, currently in India seeking medical treatment, might not make it back to Chittagong for former Iskcon monk Chinmoy Krishna Das' bail hearing on Jan 2 next year."A group of lawyers have decided ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    Decked up in Christmas finery, Bow Barracks draws 20,000 visitors since Sun

    Kolkata: The Anglo-Indian enclave of Bow Barracks has emerged as a major attraction this festive season, drawing nearly 20,000 visitors since Sunday, with almost half of them coming in on Dec 24 and 25. The celebrations, which will continue ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    Durgapur Bridge shut to buses and trucks after ‘structural damage’

    123 Kolkata: The Durgapur Bridge, which connects New Alipore to Alipore and Chetla, and served as the major alternative when the Majerhat Bridge collapsed, has been shut to heavy vehicles. This includes buses headed for the south and Salt ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    RVNL seeks final traffic blocks at Chingrighata in Jan

    Kolkata: RVNL has sought traffic blocks at Chingrighata for one last time to facilitate Metro construction. The overnight blocks will be implemented between 10 pm and 7 am in two phases — for five days each in Jan-end. The ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    Maidan cleaned up ahead of yr-end bash

    123 Kolkata: After lying littered with mounds of waste — both plastic and paper — for the past three days, vast stretches of Maidan were finally cleaned up on Thursday afternoon. Sources in the state public works department (PWD) ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    Framing of charges begins against 54 accused in SSC case

    Kolkata: Framing of charges against the 54 accused and companies in the SSC job-for-cash case began at the special PMLA court on Thursday. Four accused, including former education minister Partha Chatterjee, filed a discharge petition.The Enforcement Directorate said the ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    More goat kills found, hulla teams in Odisha tigress zone

    123 Purulia/Jhargram: Two more carcasses of goats have been found in the hilly forest of Purulia's Bandwan on Thursday where the Odisha tigress, Zeenat, stayed put for the fifth straight day. BNS 163 has been enforced in the area ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    RVNL seeks final traffic blocks at Chingrighata in Jan

    Kolkata: RVNL has sought traffic blocks at Chingrighata for one last time to facilitate Metro construction. The overnight blocks will be implemented between 10pm and 7am in two phases – for five days each in Jan-end. The railways PSU ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    Mamata to end year with Sandeshkhali visit

    Kolkata: Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said she would visit Sandeshkhali on Dec 30 — her first in more than a year — to attend a state govt public distribution programme, where 20,000 people are scheduled to ...

    27 December 2024 Times of India
    Eateries & bars see higher footfall than last year’s

    Kolkata: Footfall at restaurants and bars soared past last year's by at least 10%, according to Hotel and Restaurants Association of Eastern India (HRAEI), and the crowd is set to keep swelling. The current trend suggests that attendance could ...

    26 December 2024 Times of India
    Schools get students ready for 3-hour ICSE maths exam

    1234 Kolkata: Several schools affiliated with the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) are implementing three-hour ICSE mathematics tests for middle school students, preparing them for the new format that will be introduced in the 2025 board ...

    26 December 2024 Times of India
    24th-25th lessons as cops get ready for 31st-1st

    Kolkata: The massive Christmas crowd across Kolkata's hotspots and the fact that the new year will be ushered in two days after a weekend have led cops to plan traffic tweaks. But they have decided not to shut down ...

    26 December 2024 Times of India
    Drone snag leads to power cut in Bow Barracks on Christmas

    Kolkata: There was anxiety at Bow Barracks on Christmas evening when a drone being used to photograph the gathering at the heritage zone malfunctioned and crash-landed on a set of electricity wires, causing a temporary power outage in the ...

    26 December 2024 Times of India
    TMC worker's body found in West Bengal's Nandigram, party blames BJP for 'murder'

    Image used for representational purposes only NEW DELHI: A Trinamool Congress (TMC) worker was found dead in Nandigram, Hooghly district, on Wednesday night. Police discovered the body of 52-year-old Mahadeb Bishoi in front of his tea stall in Brindaban ...

    26 December 2024 Times of India
    This December, Kolkata breathed its cleanest air in recent memory

    Image used for representational purpose only KOLKATA: The city is witnessing the cleanest Dec in recent years, thanks to favourable climatic conditions and proactive ground-level action to contain pollution. Significantly, this is the first Dec when Graded Response Action ...

    26 December 2024 Times of India
    Great Andamanese population doubles after 2004 tsunami

    The X profile picture of Olake captioned ‘Proud Great Andamanese’ SRI VIJAYA PURAM (PORT BLAIR): Depopulation had almost pushed them to the verge of extinction. But in the last 20 years since the tsunami, Great Andamanese tribes - among ...

    26 December 2024 Times of India
    Prioritise harmony over devotion: Churches

    Kolkata: Churches across the city came alive with vibrant decorations, special prayers, and messages of peace on Christmas, urging devotees to prioritise harmony over division. Special sermons emphasised compassion, tolerance, and the need for forgiveness, reflecting the spirit of ...

    26 December 2024 Times of India
    What’s this energy Kolkata!? Kya sur me gaa rahe hain aap sab, says Sunidhi Chauhan at Christmas eve concert

    Sunidhi Chauhan at her concert in Kolkata Known for hits like Aa Zara, Desi Girl and Kaisi Paheli Zindgani, Sunidhi Chauhan is a powerhouse performer, with an incredible vocal range and sizzling dance moves. In town for her I ...

    26 December 2024 Times of India
    Park Street turns Walk Street at 5.25 pm, other festive zones vie to pull crowds

    Kolkata: The crowd build-up at Park Street began shortly after noon, with families arriving for Christmas lunch at the restaurants that dot this party avenue. By mid-afternoon, revellers joined the crowd and thronged the pavements but traffic continued on ...

    26 December 2024 Times of India
    Christmas ’23 vs ’24: Kolkata motorists behave better, police clock fewer traffic violations

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Traffic Police claimed that city bikers and motorists were more disciplined on the roads this Christmas than last year, According to the police data,a total of 11,452 violations were reported between Dec 24 and Dec 25 ...

    26 December 2024 Times of India
    STF arrests Kashmiri militant in Kol

    Kolkata: Kashmiri militant Javed Munshi, connected with Lashkar and Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen and trained in Pakistan, was arrested by the Bengal STF in Canning last Sunday. Munshi had reached the city last Friday. Cops said Munshi travelled by bus from Jammu ...

    26 December 2024 Times of India
    City school hosts workshop on pens

    123 Kolkata: Modern High School for Girls curated a day-long event that catered to the different aspects of penmanship and the history of using pens to write letters and beyond. The event, Penorama, was organised by the school's history ...

    26 December 2024 Times of India
    BSF to boost security along 3 dist borders

    Kolkata: The BSF plans to increase its presence along the India-Bangladesh border in three south Bengal districts — North 24 Parganas, Nadia and Murshidabad — with an increased focus on the unfenced stretches, said director-general Daljit Singh Chaudhary on ...

    26 December 2024 Times of India
    Rape-accused stepdad pre-arrest bail rejected by HC

    123 Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court rejected the anticipatory bail plea of a man, accused of penetrative sexual assault on his stepdaughter. The man's counsel had argued that the screenshots of purportedly WhatsApp chats between the accused and the ...

    26 December 2024 Times of India
    Two more trap cages set to capture tigress

    12 Purulia/Jhargram: Odisha tigress Zeenat stayed put in the same forest in Purulia's Bandwan on Wednesday, the fourth day in a row.A day after it killed a few goats that had entered the forest, officials initiated the process of ...

    26 December 2024 Times of India
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