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  • Cop among 5 hurt in Kestopur drink-drive accident

    Kolkata: At least four two-wheeler riders, along with a woman cop, had a lucky escape after an accident was reported around 8.45 am on Saturday on the Kolkata-bound flank (Dum Dum Park-Lake Town bound) of VIP Road, just metres ...

    14 September 2025 Times of India
    Simultaneous cases: Tribunal dismisses plaint against promoter

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Real Estate Appellate Tribunal dismissed a complaint filed by landowners against Ashok Dutta, the proprietor of Sreeram Enterprise, citing the inadmissibility of pursuing identical claims in multiple legal forums simultaneously. The case stemmed from a ...

    14 September 2025 Times of India
    Myanmar delegation in Kol for Armyto Army talks

    Kolkata: A five-member Mynamar army delegation, led by Lieutenant General Ko Ko Oo, Commander of BSO-1, visited the headquarters of the Army's Eastern Command at Vijay Durg on Friday. The visit was part of the 7th Army to Army ...

    13 September 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata: PIB’s Vartalap in Krishnanagar focuses on financial inclusion, cyber security in rural banking

    KOLKATA: Vartalap, an outreach programme of the Press Information Bureau (PIB), was held at Krishnanagar in Nadia district, focusing on financial inclusion and cyber security in the banking sector. The initiative aimed to engage local media and provide updates ...

    13 September 2025 Times of India
    West Bengal real Estate Appellate Tribunal dismisses complaint against promoter over simultaneous proceedings

    KOLKATA: The West Bengal Real Estate Appellate Tribunal has dismissed a complaint by landowners against Ashok Dutta, proprietor of Sreeram Enterprise, citing that identical claims cannot be pursued in multiple legal forums simultaneously.The case arose from a development agreement ...

    13 September 2025 Times of India
    Durga Puja pandals in Kolkata highlight stories of freedom struggle & partition

    KOLKATA: A Durga Puja in Hatibagan, north Kolkata, is paying tribute to real Durgas from diverse socio-economic, religious, and cultural backgrounds who participated in the Quit India Movement in 1942, a pivotal event that united people across the country. ...

    13 September 2025 Times of India
    In shock, Eng dept suspends classes and postpones exam

    Kolkata: The English department of Jadavpur University, where Anamika Mondal was a third-year student, did not hold any classes on Friday. Teachers reached out to students and told them that if anyone is distressed, they can talk to them. ...

    13 September 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: High humidity, moderate rain with AQI improves

    Kolkata is experiencing moderate rainfall on , with temperatures ranging from and humidity at .The city's air quality index stood at yesterday, falling in the moderate category, with expectations of improvement due to the ongoing rain accompanied ...

    13 September 2025 Times of India
    UK Bengali doctor couple’s film to debut at Chicago fest

    Kolkata: A UK-based Bengali doctor couple's maiden venture into film-making is set for an international premiere in Chicago.A consultant in radiology in England's National Health Service (NHS), Debasish Banerjee has made his directorial debut with ‘The Unexpected', a Bengali ...

    13 September 2025 Times of India
    Couple assaulted in road rage

    Kolkata: A routine morning drive to school turned into a nightmare for a family on Wednesday when a road-rage dispute escalated into a violent assault on a narrow stretch between Chinar Park and Joramandir.Ankita Mukherjee and her husband Chandan ...

    13 September 2025 Times of India
    Wife in protest, Nepali guide helps climber scale Manaslu

    Kolkata: Even as violence raged through Nepal, climbing guide Bikram Karki (35) trudged along rocky, snow-covered mountain tracks, helping a climber from Alipurduar summit Manaslu in the Mansiri Himal range of the Himalayas. Karki knew he had to be ...

    13 September 2025 Times of India
    Know my ‘Lakshman rekha’, exec also has a line: Outgoing HC CJ

    Kolkata: "It is a delicate balance between the judiciary and the state. Diplomacy is important on either side... I know my lakshman rekha, similarly the executive also has a line," Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court TS Sivagnanam said ...

    13 September 2025 Times of India
    Two rounds of mayhem over 5.5 hours as bullets and bombs fly in Gulshan Colony off E M Bypass

    Kolkata: Gulshan Colony in Anandapur resembled a battlefield on Thursday as a local tough, Mini Feroz, whose dominance had apparently been waning since 2022 despite enjoying political clout, assembled his gang in an all-out effort to bring the local ...

    13 September 2025 Times of India
    Why BJP netas at veterans’ rally, asks HC, urges caution

    Kolkata: Taking a dim view of the fact that despite its orders BJP office-bearers attended the ex-servicemen's rally on Mayo Road on Sept 11, Calcutta High Court on Friday cautioned all parties that it was giving a "last chance" ...

    13 September 2025 Times of India
    6 workers dead, 5 injured in Birbhum stone quarry collapse

    Kolkata: Six workers died and five others were severely injured on Friday when a portion of a stone quarry collapsed at Bahadurpur village in Birbhum's Nalhati. Eyewitnesses said the labourers got buried under heavy rocks.Officers said efforts were on ...

    13 September 2025 Times of India
    Construction industry seeks to tap returning migrants

    Kolkata: Builders Association of India (BAI), the largest trade body of construction industry, hopes to leverage the skills of construction workers from Bengal engaged in Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and other states as they trickle back following a spate ...

    13 September 2025 Times of India
    City records year’s highest dengue spike

    Kolkata: The city has recorded 74 new dengue cases in the last week, the highest weekly spike this year, taking the case tally to 509. According to mayor Firhad Hakim, the rise in dengue numbers in Sept will necessitate ...

    13 September 2025 Times of India
    No new rooftop construction atop residential bldgs: Govt

    Kolkata: The state urban development and municipal affairs department on Friday banned any new rooftop construction on residential buildings across the state. Even the existing rooftop establishments in residential buildings will have to be discontinued and the rooftop restored ...

    13 September 2025 Times of India
    Bengal team in Punjab with relief for flood victims

    Kolkata: Social workers from Bengal—hailing from different communities— have lent a helping hand to the flood-hit people in Punjab with relief materials. Indian Human Assistance (IHA) Foundation stepped forward with the initiative "Punjab Calling – Flood Relief Drive 2025", ...

    13 September 2025 Times of India
    SC asks CBI to finish municipal appts probe in 6 mths, refuses bail to Sil

    Kolkata: The Supreme Court on Friday asked CBI to complete its investigation into the Bengal municipal recruitment corruption case within six months.Accused Ayan Sil had approached the apex court seeking bail, but his plea was rejected. The court advised ...

    13 September 2025 Times of India
    Kol duo returns home after ordeal in Nepal

    Kolkata: Sibaji Basu, a professional stuck in Kathmandu from Sunday, finally returned to his Baranagar residence on Friday. He took a morning flight to Delhi before taking a connecting flight to Kolkata. "I have been to Nepal for work ...

    13 September 2025 Times of India
    ‘Save our locality, it has become a den of thugs’

    Kolkata: Residents of Gulshan Colony near Panchannagram, about 1 km from EM Bypass, remained on tenterhooks as bombs were hurled and gunshots echoed through their densely populated neighbourhood a day earlier. People remained indoors for most part of the ...

    13 September 2025 Times of India
    This Durga Puja, French connection to help showcase city ghats at N Kol crowd-puller

    Kolkata: A French artist is collaborating with an Indian theme-maker to showcase Kolkata's ghats at Hatibagan Sarbojanin, one of the most popular Durga Puja pandals in north Kolkata.Thomas Henriot, a graduate of Ecole des Beaux Arts de Besancon, is ...

    13 September 2025 Times of India
    JU student died by drowning: P-M report

    Kolkata: A third-year English honours student at Jadavpur University, who was rescued from a campus pond in an unconscious state around 10.15 pm on Thursday, was declared dead when taken to a hospital near the university.Anamika Mondal, 22, a ...

    13 September 2025 Times of India
    Student knifes classmate to death at Dakshineswar metro stn, held

    Kolkata: A Class 11 student at Bagbazar High School was stabbed to death by a classmate during a fight at a crowded Dakshineswar metro station on Friday afternoon.As Manojit Yadav, 17, lay bleeding in front of the ticket counters, ...

    13 September 2025 Times of India
    Vehicle lane trial starts at Sealdah stn

    Kolkata: Eastern Railway on Friday started trials for dedicated laning of vehicles below the canopy in front of Sealdah station.The first lane is reserved for autos, the second for pre-paid taxis, the third for private cars and app-based cabs, ...

    13 September 2025 Times of India
    Vigil, introspection on prof-student lips as JU reissues notice to check 7pm-7am unregulated campus entry

    Kolkata: The drowning of Jadavpur University third-year English department student Anamika Mandal in a water body on the campus opposite the UG Arts building on Thursday night has brought several issues into focus including lack of adequate vigil on ...

    13 September 2025 Times of India
    Security, mental health, sexual harassment dominate student-task force discussions

    Kolkata: During an interaction with the Supreme Court-appointed National Task Force (NTF), 52 Jadavpur University students flagged several issues, including security concerns, mental health issues, inadequate support systems, sexual harassment, and caste discrimination. The interaction took place from 10 ...

    13 September 2025 Times of India
    Neurosurgeon from Kolkata scales Mount Kilimanjaro and returns to surgery

    Kolkata: While neurosurgery is his first love, Ajay Agarwal escapes to his other love, too, the mountains. The 61-year-old doctor is back in Kolkata after scaling Mount Kilimanjaro recently, back on his toes again in the OT, conducting a ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    Ready for polls, awaiting govt nod: JU pro-VC

    Kolkata: JU pro-VC Amitava Datta on Thursday said the university is ready to conduct students' union polls and is waiting for the nod from the state govt. Datta said, "We have written to the govt multiple times, expressing our ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    Cops arrest man 14 years after court warrant, Calcutta HC bins case against him

    KOLKATA: Calcutta High Court on Wednesday quashed a narcotics-related case against a person who was arrested 14 years after a warrant was issued against him by a local court in 2010. The HC sarcastically told Bengal Police there was ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    Jadavpur University student found unconscious in campus pond; declared dead

    KOLKATA: A Jadavpur University third-year undergraduate student of English department was rushed to KPC hospital on Thursday night after she was rescued in an unconscious state from the pond opposite UG arts building by other students and security guards, ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    Durga Puja celebrates India's Lunar triumph & unmasking superstitions

    KOLKATA: A Durga Puja in the city will highlight a theme that blends India’s scientific achievements with a call to dispel age-old superstitions.The Purvachal Udayan Sangha, in its 29th year, will showcase a theme inspired by India’s recent strides ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: High humidity with rain expected today; AQI remains moderate

    Kolkata's weather forecast for , indicates with temperatures ranging between and , accompanied by and an . The day will see reduced visibility of due to , while gentle winds at are expected to ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    SC panel visits IIT campus, meets students & faculty

    Kolkata: The Supreme Court-appointed National Task Force (NTF), tasked with examining the mental well-being issues of students in India, interacted with students, wardens, hall management officials, and deans at IIT Kharagpur on Thursday.The NTF on the mental health of ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    Sunali case: HC seeks Centre’s clarification

    Kolkata: The state govt on Thursday informed the Calcutta High Court that although had been notified of a Bengal Police enquiry report stating that pregnant migrant labourer Sunali Khatun, her husband, and their minor child had been residing ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    Calcutta HC upset over court infra problems

    Kolkata: The state govt on Thursday faced criticism from the Calcutta High Court after the chief secretary, appearing virtually before a division bench, failed to explain why certain essential aspects of court infrastructure had remained unattended since Dec 2024.The ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    Over 200 Bankura bell metal artisans stranded

    Kolkata: More than 200 bell-metal artisans from Jangalmahal are not sure if they can return to their villages in Bankura before puja this year. These men from Lalbazar, Pukhuria, Magra and Lakhisagar villages, expert artisans of hand-hammered bell metal ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    CBI opposes Partha, Sujay’s bail pleas

    Kolkata: CBI on Thursday opposed bail pleas of former education minister Partha Chatterjee and Sujay Krishna Bhadra, both accused in the cash-for-jobs case, citing their ability to influence witnesses and tamper with evidence.Senior CBI counsel Dhiraj Trivedi submitted before ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    What ails Kolkata’s underground lifeline?

    Kolkata: What ails the city's underground, its transportation lifeline, you might wonder. There are too many issues, really, starting with the fact that Kolkata's rapid transit network is the only one to be run by the railways and is ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    ‘Hope to return to Bengal after curfew is lifted today’

    Kolkata: Sibaji Basu from Baranagar and Atanu Ghosh from Behala will be among several dozen men and women from Bengal who will try to return home on Friday after being stranded in Nepal amid the GenZ protests. While Basu ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    Metro to terminate 32 services at Tolly amid repeated disruptions

    Kolkata: Metro Railway has decided to terminate 32 out of 272 services in the Blue Line at Tollygunge (Mahanayak Uttam Kumar station) instead of travelling to Shahid Khudiram due to repeated disruptions over the past month and a half. ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    Hills schools allow Nepali kids more calls back home, counsel them to keep distress at bay

    Kalimpong/Darjeeling: Morning prayers dedicated to Nepal, relaxed norms for social media access and telephone calls back home, counselling for students: teachers at Kalimpong and Darjeeling schools, where many students are from Nepal, are doing their best to lessen, if ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    420 Indians return, 560 Nepalis go home as border opens after 3 days

    Siliguri: More than 420 Indians, who were stuck in protest-hit Nepal, could finally return home on Thursday as the India-Nepal border in Panitanki opened after being shut since Monday. Around 560 Nepali nationals, who were in India, could cross ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    1.4k pujas get cop nod so far

    Kolkata: The city police saw 2,652 Durga Puja committees apply on the online single-click permission system, Aasaan. Of them, 1,428 were granted permission by Wednesday night. Last year, 2,936 organisers applied for permission. Lalbazar sources said with more than ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    State gears up for Red Rd carnival, opens Sharad Samman portal

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt is gearing up for its Red Road carnival on Oct 5, with MoS, I&CA and tourism departments, Indranil Sen, launching the Biswa Bangla Sharad Samman portal for the 2025 award ceremony, allowing puja organisers to ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    TMC & BJP spar over ‘Tagore, Bankim at Sukanta feet’ photo

    Kolkata: Trinamool on Thursday lashed at junior Union minister Sukanta Majumdar for speaking at an event with the pictures of Rabindranath Tagore and Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay allegedly placed near his feet. Majumdar, however, rubbished the allegations.Attacking Majumdar, TMC spokesperson ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    Samik faces mill workers’ ire on way to BJP’s football event

    Howrah: Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Thursday faced protests from workers of the Centre-owned Arati Cotton Mill in Howrah's Dasnagar, when he went at a ground adjacent to the factory to inaugurate state BJP's football tournament — Narendra ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    EC turns down Bengal request to use Swasthya Sathi for SIR

    Kolkata: The (EC) on Thursday turned down the Bengal govt's proposal to include Swasthya Sathi and ration cards as proofs of identity for the special intensive revision (SIR) of the state's voter roll.An EC official said the poll ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    Cal Tel eyes Rs 22 crore revenue from prop leases

    Kolkata: BSNL's Calcutta Telephones (Cal Tel) division will lease out its properties across to earn at least 4% of its revenue from leases this fiscal, according to a company official. It earns around Rs 17 crore as rent now ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    Cops all set for Chingrighata traffic trial

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Police said it was "well on track" to conduct the traffic trial at Chingrighata this Saturday midnight, a crucial step that will help them provide the much-required two weekend night traffic blocks at Chingrighata (Nov 14-16 ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    Arjun faces 14 FIRs for Nepal comment, BJP distances itself

    Kolkata: At least 14 FIRs were lodged against former Barrackpore MP and neta across several police stations on Thursday following his controversial remarks invoking Nepal and calling for a "mass uprising" in Bengal to oust what he ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    CBI frames charges against Partha, 20 others in school jobs case

    Kolkata: The CBI on Thursday framed charges against former education minister Partha Chatterjee and 20 others in the school jobs case. Additionally, charges were framed against former Bengal minister of state in charge of school education Paresh Chandra Adhikari ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    Cong doesn’t rule out TMC alliance for 2026 elections

    Kolkata: Congress on Thursday did not rule out a possible tie-up with Trinamool for the 2026 Bengal assembly polls.While the Congress high command left the question of an "alliance" to the opinion of state netas and "ground realities", it ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    Biker thrashed by car driver in Baguiati road rage

    Kolkata: A biker was severely beaten up by a car driver in a road rage incident at Baguiati on Wednesday. Sandipan Kar, in his complaint, stated that he was riding to the office around 8 am along Keshtopur-Ghoshpara towards ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    1st in Bengal: Arctic Tundra bird clicked in Frasergunj

    Kolkata: In a first for Bengal, a pectoral sandpiper, one of the longest-distance migratory birds, has been sighted at Kargil Beach, Frasergunj, on Wednesday by birders Agniva Dasgupta, Shantanu Ghosh, Patrali Pal and Soumyojit Talukder. From the Arctic Tundra ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    Mum woman reaches Kol, found dead on tracks

    Kolkata: A woman who hailed from Golf Green but was settled in Mumbai was found murdered along the railway tracks between Brace Bridge and Akra Santoshpur the very day she had taken a train from Mumbai to reach Kolkata. ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    Howrah top cop submits Nabanna rally SOP in HC

    Kolkata: Acting on a PIL by green activist Subhas Datta, highlighting how repeated protest rallies to Nabanna are choking the heart of the twin cities and paralysing civic life, the commissioner of Howrah City Police submitted a detailed SOP ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    Alipore zoo loses 2 of its oldest tigers in 24 hours, state forms probe panel

    Kolkata: Two back-to-back tiger deaths, including that of the oldest tiger, have been reported from the Alipore Zoological Gardens, prompting the state forest department to form a committee to probe the deaths and the circumstances leading to the deaths. ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    Job crooks dupe engineer 6.7 lakh

    Kolkata: A software engineer from Salt Lake employed with an Indian multinational company was duped of Rs 6.7 lakh by a fake placement agency that offered him a job as a team lead at a Dublin-based MNC.Riju Saha of ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    Salt Lake bizman loses 4 crore to crypto fraud after honey trap on social media

    Kolkata: A 44-year-old businessman from Salt Lake was duped of Rs 3.8 crore after being lured into investing in a fake cryptocurrency platform by a woman he met on Facebook earlier this year.According to the complaint lodged by Vikash ...

    12 September 2025 Times of India
    Be patient, we will reach out, says CM

    Kolkata/Jalpaiguri: CM Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday urged tourists from Bengal stranded in Nepal "not to do anything in haste, and avoid danger", assuring that the Bengal govt was working with the Centre to bring them back. The Bengal police ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    Innovative stage format, music, effects light up ‘Sanyasir Tarbari’

    Kolkata: Audio dramas have been part of cultural scenario for a long time but what makes Meghmuluk and Srinivas Music's joint production of Utpal Dutta's ‘Sanyasir Tarbari' unique was its innovative stage format, light, set, costume and sound effects ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    Durga Puja in Kolkata honors women heroes of Quit India movement

    KOLKATA: A Durga Puja in Hatigaban, north Kolkata, is honouring the real Durgas from diverse socio-economic, religious and cultural backgrounds who participated in the Quit India Movement in 1942, a pivotal event that united people across the country.Women played ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    Lake Town’s Durga Puja showcases evolution of city life and lifestyle

    KOLKATA: Lake Town Shripally Welfare Association is all set to captivate the hearts and minds of its visitors with a theme that resonates deeply with the urban populace: the evolution of city life and lifestyle. Celebrating its 58th year, ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    Orange Line eyes Sector V run by Sept 2026 if all goes well

    Kolkata: The Orange Line may get extended from Beleghata to Salt Lake Sector V by next Sept, sources said on Wednesday, a day after the Chingrighata impasse was resolved at a stakeholder meeting at the behest of the Calcutta ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather forecast: Warm day with patchy rain and moderate air quality on September 11, 2025

    The data referenced in this report comes from , providing reliable measurements for both weather and air quality parameters.Kolkata residents will experience a warm day with patchy rain on September 11, 2025, with temperatures ranging from to ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    Pre-Durga Puja shopping hits a speed breaker as buyers wait for GST rate cuts to kick in

    KOLKATA: Bengal's biggest festival is about a fortnight away but the familiar buy-buy binge still eludes most retailers as shoppers wait for a price drop once the GST bonanza hits the market on Sept 22. Retailers across sectors such ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    Tega joins hands with Apollo to buy 77% stake in Molycop for Rs 10k cr

    Kolkata: Joining hands with funds managed by Apollo, city-based Tega Industries will acquire US company Molycop for over Rs 10,000 crore, making this the largest global acquisition by a Bengal company. The consortium has acquired a 77% stake in ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    Yellow Line to start weekend runs from Sat

    Kolkata: Weekend services would be introduced to the Noapara-airport section of the Yellow Line Metro from this Saturday, Metro Railway said on Wednesday.PM Narendra Modi flagged off three new Metro lines on Aug 22. That day, the city got ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    Apply for Aadhaar in Duare Sarkar camps: Mamata

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt will accept applications for Aadhaar cards at Duare Sarkar camps being held across the state, CM said on Wednesday.Also, the govt has written to Election Commission (EC) requesting it to accept Swasthya Sathi and ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    Social media, after triggering protest avalanche, now acts as link between Kol and home for Nepalis

    Kolkata: Gharama sabai jana thika hunuhuncha? (Is everyone at home okay?) This is the question that city-based Nepalis are trying to find answers to. The ban on social media ironically triggered a cataclysm, but social media has become a ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    Snag at Dakshineswar stn hits ops for 80 mins

    Kolkata: Services along the Blue (North-South) Line were disrupted for 80 minutes because of a technical snag at Dakshineswar station on Wednesday. Truncated services were run between Noapara and Shahid Khudiram stations. The glitch was spotted on a Dakshineswar-bound ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    IIT-Kgp revamps Gymkhana admin for gender parity

    Kolkata: In a bid to bring about balanced gender representation and transparent governance, IIT Kharagpur has restructured the administration and roles of various officials of the Technology Students' Gymkhana (TSG). It is now mandatory to have female representation in ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    All TMC MPs voted for Reddy in VP polls: Abhishek

    Kolkata: Trinamool's leader in the Lok Sabha Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday said all MPs of the party had voted for the opposition's candidate, B Sudarshan Reddy, in the vice-presidential polls. "We currently have 28 members in Lok Sabha and ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    Indians recount horror, Nepalis plead for entry at Panitanki post

    Siliguri: The Panitanki India-Nepal border post on Wednesday presented contrasting images, with Indians relieved to return home while Nepali citizens waited at the Mechi River bridge, anxious to enter India.Security along the border at Panitanki was heightened on Wednesday, ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    Keep plans ready to tackle flooding if it rains during puja: KP to clubs

    Kolkata: Durga Puja organisers in the city will have to develop their own local strategies to tackle sudden showers and consequent waterlogging during the festive days: This was the recommendation from police and civic bodies as some puja organisers ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    KMC pilot project kicks off with e-auction for 18 parking stretches

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will conduct an e-auction for the selection of agencies that will operate the city's car parking lots. The first such e-auction for 18 road stretches that can accommodate up to 482 cars will ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    KMC funds soon for new landfill

    Kolkata: Hopes have brightened for the construction of an alternative landfill adjacent to the Dhapa dumping ground to reduce the load on the existing dump site, which is burdened with excessive waste. The KMC is set to release funds ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    Five accidents across city claim five lives, teenager injured

    Kolkata: Five persons were killed and one was injured in six accidents across Kolkata in the past two days.A 75-year-old woman, Sursathiya Debi, was crossing Darga Road near Don Bosco School around Wednesday noon when a govt bus on ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    KMC focus on pavements near N Kol big pujas

    Kolkata: Mayor Firhad Hakim ordered the repair of pavements in north Kolkata, especially in Bagbazar, Shyambazar, Hatibagan, and Sovabazar, where thousands of people come for pandal-hopping during Durga Puja. In the KMC House meeting on Wednesday, Trinamool councillor Meenakshi ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    SIR process in Bengal started already: EC in HC

    Kolkata: Preparations for SIR of electoral rolls in Bengal has already started, the Election Commission said in an affidavit submitted to the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday. A formal notification with guidelines for the state's SIR would be issued ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    2 HS examinees die in accident

    Malda: Two Higher Secondary examinees died when their motorbike was hit by a pick-up van on the Samsi-Ratua State Highway near Matiganj on Wednesday. The victims, Tanmoy Pramanik (18) and Md Rehan (17), were residents of Pukhuria and students ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    Puri Shankaracharya speaks on science & religion at NIT Dgp

    Durgapur: Over 300 NIT Durgapur students gathered at the institute's activity centre on Wednesday to listen to Puri Shankaracharya Swami Nischalananda Saraswati's motivational speech that lasted 90 minutes, including a question-answer session. The discussion ranged on a wide gamut ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    Corporate borrowing to soon return to banks: SBI MD

    Kolkata: Corporate borrowing will return to the banking system as the debt market loses appeal, according to SBI managing director (international banking, global markets) Rama Mohan Rao Amra.Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the 18th Banking Colloquium organised ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    CM declares Viswakarma Puja state holiday in honour of migrant workers

    Kolkata/Jalpaiguri: CM Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday declared Viswakarma Puja a state holiday in Bengal in honour of migrant workers. Extensively celebrated in the state, Viswakarma Puja was not a holiday until now. A notification declaring Sept 17 as ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    Venugopal to meet state Cong netas during two-day Bengal visit

    Kolkata: Congress general secretary K C Venugopal will meet Bengal netas on Thursday during his two-day tour to prepare a blueprint for the forthcoming assembly polls in Bengal. The party will start organising ‘Voter Adhikar Sammelan' across districts from ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    Bengal BJP’s ‘Narendra Cup’ starts today

    Kolkata: A week before PM Narendra Modi's birthday, Bengal BJP has announced the Narendra Cup — a football tournament featuring teams from the party's mandal committees. State netas said that the tournament was a tribute to Swami Vivekananda. Bengal ...

    11 September 2025 Times of India
    Durga Puja celebrations unite Bengali diaspora in England

    KOLKATA: As trees begin to shed their leaves in autumn, the vibrant hues of Durga Puja celebrations is set to once again grace England, bringing together the Bengali diaspora in a grand display of culture, devotion, and community spirit. ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Exhibition at Ramakrishna mission institute of culture celebrates the timeless legacy of Durga

    KOLKATA: Ahead of the Durga Puja, the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture at Golpark is preparing to host a unique exhibition titled "Mahamaya" that will pay tribute to Goddess Durga. The exhibition, from September 18 to 20, will bring ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Elephant overturns vehicle in West Bengal after finding no food

    KHARAGPUR: On Wednesday morning, Ramlal — an elephant known for its pranks in extorting rice and other edibles from goods vehicles passing through the forest regions of West Midnapore — overturned a four-wheeler in the Ghagharashol forest of Ranja ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Illegal sand mining: ED seizes Rs 90 lakh in raids

    Jhargram: ED seized almost Rs 90 lakh in cash during raids across 27 spots in the state in connection with illegal sand mining, said sources. During searches at Sheikh Jahirul Ali's residence in Jhargram, ED seized cash worth Rs ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    50% US tariff blow: Bengal exporters rework strategy; explore Gulf, UK, Australia markets

    KOLKATA: Bengal's garm-ents, leather and prawn exporters, who depended on America for much of their income, have started looking for other markets after being blindsided by contradictory tariff signals from US courtrooms and office of the US president.Hit by ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Why such ‘hot haste’? Calcutta HC grills Delhi Police; pregnant woman with Birbhum links sent to Bangladesh

    KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday repeatedly questioned about the "hot haste" in pushing eight months pregnant Sunali Khatun, who has roots in Birbhum, into Bangladesh after branding her an illegal immigrant despite a 30-day inquiry allowed ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Woman sexually harassed by ‘friend’ at party, files plaint

    Kolkata: A 22-year-old woman from Baghajatin lodged a police complaint against a male friend for inappropriate conduct after inviting her to a party.The complainant said the incident occurred on Aug 25 around 7.30 pm at a rented flat in ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Illegal stalls razed, resized in Rajabazar

    Kolkata: A joint team of KMC officials and Kolkata Police on Tuesday carried out an anti-encroachment drive in Rajabazar, demolishing as well as resizing illegal stalls that blocked pavements and carriageways. Around 10 stalls were pulled down and 50 ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    J C Bose Fellowship honour for two IISER professors

    Kolkata: Professors Swadhin K Mandal and Rahul Banerjee from the department of chemical sciences at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata were honoured with the prestigious J C Bose Fellowship. This accolade recognises their groundbreaking ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    CM appeals for peace in districts along Nepal border

    Kolkata: Bengal CM on Tuesday urged people in the districts bordering Nepal, which is in the grip of a political turmoil that has resulted in at least 19 deaths and the resignation of key govt figures, to stay ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    GST cuts to have positive impact on buyer sentiment: Flipkart

    Haringhata: Announcements on reduction in GST and tax cuts for most consumer products will have a positive impact on buyer sentiment, expects Flipkart. The new GST rates will come into effect on Sept 22.Praising the Centre for the revision ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Trees in city bear brunt of pre-puja slash-&-clear drive

    Kolkata: As Durga Puja approaches, trees have once again started facing the axe — hacked mercilessly to clear space for billboards and hoardings. The unscientific lopping, often done from just one side, leaves trees dangerously unbalanced and vulnerable to ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
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