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  • Foreign directors run into visa problems

    123 Priyanka.Dasgupta@timesofindia.comKolkata: Iranian director Nader Saeivar, whose film is co-written and edited by distinguished director Jafar Panahi, could not attend the Indian premiere of his film at Nandan on Thursday. While introducing ‘The Witness', KIFF functionary SV Raman attributed ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    Over 2,200 companies relocate from West Bengal in last 5 years

    NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: More than 2,200 companies moved their registered offices out of West Bengal in past five years, with at least 39 of them being listed entities, junior minister for corporate affairs Harsh Malhotra told Parliament.Malhotra's reply, in response ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    App biker held for snatching cash, gold from sr citizen

    123 Kolkata: An app bike rider was arrested for allegedly snatching Rs 60,000 in cash and gold jewellery worth several lakhs from a senior citizen on a desolate Salt Lake road on Wednesday afternoon. Cops, however, were prompt in ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    Two Chhattisgarh residents ‘kidnapped’, looted at Babughat

    Kolkata: Two residents of Chhattisgarh who arrived at Babughat on Thursday morning were allegedly "kidnapped" by two conmen and forced to roam around in a cab for some time before the accused let them go after forcing them to ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    Dhaka summons Kolkata, Agartala mission heads

    KOLKATA: Bangladesh summoned to Dhaka on Thursday the heads of the country's deputy high commission in Kolkata and assistant high commission in Agartala for "urgent meetings" on the "emerging situation" involving India and its neighbour.Sources said the two envoys ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    'Kolkata NO2 level more than WHO limit on 1 in 5 days, highest in Ballygunge'

    KOLKATA: Among Kolkata's seven air quality monitoring stations, Ballygunge last year recorded the highest level of nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), a toxic gas found abundantly in tailpipe emission, a report by Greenpeace has revealed. While the city's overall NO₂ level ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    Kultali conviction within 31 days of trial

    123 Kolkata: A Baruipur Pocso court on Thursday completed the trial of the Oct 5 Kutali minor's rape and murder within 31 days and pronounced the 19-year-old accused guilty under BNS provisions which can either lead to a life ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    2 cops injured in grenade blast during training

    12 Behrampore: Two police officers were injured during a non-lethal training exercise in Raghunathganj in Jangipur police district on Thursday when a hand grenade exploded.The session, which involved roughly 150 police personnel, was being held at the superintendent of ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    HDFC Ergo to launch cashless post-hospitalisation claims

    Kolkata: HDFC Ergo, one of the leading non-life insurers, is planning to introduce cashless claims for post-hospitalisation treatment. Once launched, it would be one of the pioneers in its segment to do this.While PSU non-life insurers are yet to ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    Putulnama: A biopic on India’s vanishing rod puppeteers competes at 30th KIFF

    123 Kolkata: A biopic on the last surviving artistes who practise ‘daanger putul' (rod puppet) is competing at the Asian Select (NETPAC Award) of the 30th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF). In India, this distinctive form of puppetry is ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    MLAs write to CM with complaints against Moitra

    Kolkata: Five out of six Trinamool MLAs from Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency as well as MLA from Mahua Moitra's former constituency Karimpur, have written to CM Mamata Banerjee raising several complaints against the Krishnanagar MP.Sources said the MLAs said ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    From Jan, health certificate a must for visiting Sandakphu

    123 Darjeeling: Following the back-to-back deaths, the Darjeeling district administration has decided to make mandatory health certificates from Jan 2025 to visit the 11,941 feet trekker's paradise at Sandakphu. But locals say it is the lack of basic health ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    Court slams Partha’s lawyer for ‘bid to select bench’

    Kolkata: The special PMLA court on Thursday admonished former education minister Partha Chatterjee's lawyer for "trying to select the bench and "wasting the court's time". Judge Prashanta Mukhopadhyay also said Chatterjee's bail petition and ED's plea to move the ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    NIA director meets Bengal DGP to discuss security concerns

    Kolkata: NIA director Sadanand Date on Thursday met Bengal DGP Rajeev Kumarto discuss recent developments in Bangladesh and other security-related issues.According to sources, they discussed internal security issues concerning Bengal and other states. They talked about the incidents in ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    Potato prices inch below 40/kg mark in Bengal amid supply deficit

    Kolkata: Potato prices in Kolkata saw a slight dip on Thursday, with the Jyoti variety selling at Rs 38 per kg and Chandramukhi at Rs 43 per kg. But supply chain issues continue to disrupt the market. Only 4 ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    100 yrs of lyricist Gauriprasanna Mazumder who wrote ‘Coffee House er addata...’

    Kolkata: People from various walks of life came together at Uttam Mancha to pay tribute to the legendary lyricist Gauriprasanna Mazumder (1925-1986), whose birth centenary celebrations kicked off on Thursday. Mazumder penned masterpieces for nearly four decades, including Amar ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    Rashtrapati awardee Indologist Suniti Kumar Pathakpasses away at 101

    123 Kolkata: Suniti Kumar Pathak, an Indologist and former reader in the Indo-Tibetan studies department at Visva Bharati Universitypassed awayon Thursday morning. He was 101. The 2007 Rashtrapati Award recipient had specialised in Pali, Sanskrit, and Tibetan sources of ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata AQI plunges to ‘poor’, GRAP starts issuing alerts

    123 Kolkata: The air quality of Kolkata on Thursday plunged to the ‘poor' level, with wind speed dipping below 2 metres per second. This absolute calm in the air movement robs the wind of its biggest healing ability — ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    Antibiotics struggle to contain respiratory disease surge in Kolkata: Docs

    Kolkata: Antibiotic resistance plagues the recovery of scores of patients, including those suffering from respiratory diseases like pneumonia and severe chest infections, across Kolkata hospitals. This comes at a time when the numbers of patients with respiratory diseases have ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    HC holiday on Ram Navami, May Day leave scrapped

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court will remain closed on Ram Navami next year. However, there is no mention of May Day. The holiday roster for 2025 stated: "Public holidays on account of Republic Day (Jan 26) and Ram Navami ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    Scottish suspends PE instructor after molest charge by 2nd-yr student

    123 Kolkata: A Scottish Church College physical education instructor was suspended on Thursday after molestation charge from a second-year student. The instructor, Samir Roy, has allegedly been texting abusive messages to the second-year student since her admission in 2023.The ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    KIFF screens Kolkata Police OC’s short films

    Kolkata: Debasis Datta, a Kolkata Police OC who came under attack during the vandalism at RG Kar Hospital on Aug 14 night, has turned a new chapter in his life. A history buff who had earlier turned the Burtolla ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    Unsure about travel amid turmoil, Bangladeshi patients ‘stuck’ in Kol

    Kolkata: Several Bangladeshi patients who arrived in Kolkata for treatment until last week are now stuck in and around the city, where they have settled along with family members. While some are staying in hotels, others have been camping ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    Airport battles mosquito menace amid footfall surge

    123 Kolkata: As the passenger count at Kolkata airport began to inch towards pre-pandemic levels, the airport's age-old tryst with mosquitoes returned to sting both the passengers and the airport's reputation.Passengers transiting through the airport complained of mosquito infestations ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    28-year-old Kolkata tourist dies during holiday in Darj Hills

    DARJEELING/KOLKATA: A 28-year-old tourist from Kolkata, with no known major health issues, died on Wednesday in Tumling, a hamlet around 10,000ft above sea level on the India-Nepal border 50km from Darjeeling.The death of Ankita Ghosh, who stayed on Mukunda ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    Japan carriers woo flyers with extra bag allowance

    Kolkata: Japanese carriers Japan Airlines (JAL) and All Nippon Airways (ANA) plan to leverage their code-share agreements with Indian carriers to attract more tourists from Kolkata to the land of the rising sun.While ANA entered into a code-share agreement ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    Himalayan orange tourism festival returns to Kolkata

    Kolkata: The Darjeeling orange is making a comeback through the sixth edition of the Himalayan Orange Tourism Festival. This three-day fest will be held at City Centre 1, Salt Lake, from Dec 6 to 8, between 12 pm to ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    7-month-old infant fights for life after being raped on pavement

    Kolkata: A seven-month-old child was allegedly abducted from beside her parents, all sleeping on a pavement in Burtolla, and raped last Friday. Police have started an investigation under POCSO Act and checking CCTV footage but the culprit is yet ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    Supply starts but disruption in chain keeps potato prices high at 40/kg

    123 Kolkata: Potato traders may have withdrawn their strike but disruptions in the supply chain failed to cool down the prices on Wednesday, when the popular ‘Jyoti' variety continued to sell for Rs 40 a kg. Several markets across ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    Howrah bridge designers in town for health audit

    Kolkata: Experts from the UK-based original designers of Howrah bridge—Rendel Ltd (formerly Rendel, Palmer & Triton, UK)—are in town for the health check-up of the iconic structure. They started the inspection of the bridge on Tuesday. Senior consultant Michael ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    Kol to see sale of 17k homes this yr: Report

    123 Kolkata: More homes are set to be sold in Kolkata this year when compared with a city like Chennai. By the end of this year, the number of homes sold in Kolkata could exceed 17,000 units, with a ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    CID chief, 4 other top cops transferred

    123 Kolkata: Three weeks after CM Mamata Banerjee spoke on overhauling Bengal CID, state govt on Wednesday ordered the transfer of CID chief R Rajasekharan as ADG (Training). Rajasekharan, a 1997 batch IPS officer, had been ADG CID since ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    7-month-old abducted, raped in Kolkata; admitted to ICU

    KOLKATA: A seven-month-old girl sleeping beside her parents on a pavement was allegedly kidnapped and raped last week in Kolkata's Burtolla area. Police registered a case under Pocso Act and launched an investigation. No arrests have been made so ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    Curtains go up on 30th KIFF with Tapan Sinha film

    Kolkata: Few in the film industry were aware that director Tapan Sinha once penned a letter to chief minister Mamata Banerjee. The rest would not have known this fact had Banerjee not shared this detail at the inauguration of ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    With 11.8L Lakhpati Didis, Bengal ranks third behind Andhra, Bihar

    123 Kolkata: Over 11.8 lakh women from Bengal have registered with the Lakhpati Didi Yojana — Centre's flagship programme for women's empowerment and livelihood assistance — till Oct, said Union minister of state for rural development Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    PHE dept files 467 FIRs on illegal water usage

    123 Kolkata: In response to CM Mamata Banerjee raising issues in the state's drinking water supply, the public health engineering (PHE) department has filed 467 FIRs on illegal water usage following the receipt of over 20,000 complaints. HED minister ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    Sharpshooters of organized gang behind Kasba councillor attack

    123 Kolkata: Kolkata Police have claimed that the accused involved in the attempted murder of Kasba's Trinamool Congress councillor Sushanta Ghosh on Nov 15 were sharpshooters associated with an organised gang. In their representation at the Alipore court on ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    BITM honours women scientists with busts, unveils new science galleries

    123 Kolkata: Birla Industrial & Technological Museum (BITM) is set to unveil busts of 10 leading women scientists, ushering in gender parity at the country's first science centre, where men of science have dominated its lawns for several years ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    Misinformation, fake news prompt hosps to make stand clear

    Kolkata: The cultural affinity, language, food, and easy access make thousands of Bangladeshi patients cross over to Kolkata for medical care. From kidney transplants and cardiac surgeries to infertility treatment, hundreds of patients from across the border throng Kolkata ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    New maths courses next yr for arts, commerce students

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) is introducing basic mathematics and commercial mathematics for humanities and commerce students respectively, from the next academic session. At present, mathematics can be opted for by any student from ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    Relatives of B’desh residents spend tense days

    Kolkata: City residents with relatives, friends and acquaintances in Bangladesh are spending anxious hours as they receive distressing updates from their loved ones residing in various districts of Bangladesh. The situation has become particularly concerning with reports of indiscriminate ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    Security beefed up around B’desh dy high commission

    Kolkata: Guard rails have been placed at every entry point, with no fewer than 30 cops at the venue under the leadership of an ACP and two inspectors, and another 200 to cover any rally in the vicinity of ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    IIT-Kgp teachers’ silent protest march

    Kolkata: Over 100 teachers of IIT-Kharagpur took out a silent march inside the campus premise at 5.30 pm protesting against the disciplinary actions initiated against the office bearers of the IIT Teachers' Association (IITTA) and show cause notices issued ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    BJP's membership drive enters Coffee House

    Kolkata: The Bengal BJP's membership drive on Wednesday reached the iconic Coffee House on College Street. BJP's youth leaders debated policies over cups of coffee with those who visited the Coffee House on Wednesday afternoon.The idea to visit the ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    1st pvt university to come up in KMC area

    123 Kolkata: The state govt is set to approve three new universities. The education department has also decided to grant university status to a private college at the heart of the city.Among the three new universities, one is planned ...

    5 December 2024 Times of India
    Five from West Bengal in line for Oscar 2025 Best Original Song & Best Score honours

    KOLKATA: Five people from Bengal - three vocalists and two music directors - are in the running for Oscar 2025 honours, for being part of two songs that are eligible for the Oscar ballots for Best Original Song and ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    Kol Pol to get robot to detect explosives from 200m away

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Police bomb disposal squad is set to acquire real-time viewing system (RTVS) used by the National Security Guard (NSG) and other specialised units. Pegged at Rs 70 lakh, it is designed to take an X-ray image ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    Will miss jail, says 104-year-old as he walks free after 3 decades

    MALD: Following an SC order last week, 104-year-old Rasik Chandra Mandal on Tuesday stepped out of Malda prison where he has spent close to three decades.Years ago, Rasik, who owned a sizeable chunk of fertile land, had developed differences ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    GRAP software starts monitoring city air

    Kolkata: The Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP), introduced during a multi-stakeholder meeting at the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) on Monday, became operational on Tuesday. The implementation involved a newly developed software system designed to monitor air quality and generate ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    Focus on central Kol fires after CM prod

    Kolkata: The central business district and other areas of the city cannot be made "fire-free" without the active involvement of the business community, who must adhere to fire safety norms while conducting their operations, said state fire minister Sujit ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    Bose Institute to host global meet on particle research

    1234 Kolkata: Bose Institute will on Tuesday and Wednesday host an international science congregation, where 25 scientists and science bureaucrats from nine countries—India, Finland, France, Germany, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovenia and Sweden—along with officials from the Union department of ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    Govt seeks course with Unicef for children with disabilities

    Kolkata: State education minister Bratya Basu proposed that Unicef plan a special course for children with disabilities. The school education department was ready to support it, he said.The state, supported by Unicef, held an event on Tuesday to mark ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    Govt seeks course with Unicef for children with disabilities

    Kolkata: State education minister Bratya Basu proposed that Unicef plan a special course for children with disabilities. The school education department was ready to support it, he said.The state, supported by Unicef, held an event on Tuesday to mark ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    IIT profs seek help from BoG chairman

    Kolkata: IIT Teachers' Association (IITTA) on Tuesday wrote to the board of governors chairman, T V Narendran, urging him to step in as the IIT director did not agree to their demands of withdrawing show-cause notice to 86 professors ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    State for urbanisation as criterion for central tax shares

    123 Kolkata: The state govt on Tuesday pushed for urbanisation as a criterion for the devolution of central tax shares among the states during discussions with the 16th Finance Commission chairman Arvind Panagariya at Nabanna. CM Mamata Banerjee raised ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    New food processing unit in north Bengal on way

    Kolkata: State govt is planning to set up a new food processing unit in north Bengal to process maize and make various products, including poultry feeds. The food processing and horticulture department will seek CM Mamata Banerjee's nod to ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    CU, RBU to hold meets without ‘state nod’

    1234 Kolkata: Calcutta University and Rabindra Bharati University will hold meetings with highest decision-making bodies—the syndicate and the EC respectively— "without permission" on Wednesday. RBU former registrar Subir Maitra, who is under suspension following an HC order, sent a ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    CU, RBU to hold meets without ‘state nod’

    1234 Kolkata: Calcutta University and Rabindra Bharati University will hold meetings with highest decision-making bodies—the syndicate and the EC respectively— "without permission" on Wednesday. RBU former registrar Subir Maitra, who is under suspension following an HC order, sent a ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    Iskcon backs CM’s peacekeeping force demand in Bangladesh

    123 Kolkata: A day after chief minister Mamata Banerjee urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Centre to request the United Nations to deploy a peacekeeping force in Bangladesh and sought the prime minister's "intervention" to bring back persecuted ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    CU-signs MoU with regional Met dept for research & academic exchange

    Kolkata: Calcutta University signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Regional Meteorological Centre, Kolkata on Tuesday. These two esteemed institutions will work together for research and development and academic exchange programmes.The interim vice-chancellor, Santa Datta, said, "The relationship ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    Daughter of Pocso accused found dead

    123 Kolkata: Locals of Dakshindari in Lake Town demonstrated with the body of a class IX student for six hours and refused to allow the police to take the body for a post-mortem examination after she was found hanging ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    Search of Salt Lake plot after Rajya Sabha claim fails to yield Rohingya settlement

    Kolkata: Neither Salt Lake residents and local councillors nor cops could independently corroborate Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya's claim in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday about Rohingya settlements in Salt Lake.On Tuesday, Bhattacharya claimed in Rajya Sabha that behind the ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    Kasba murder bid: Scooter rider held

    Kolkata: The detective department of Kolkata Police arrested the scooter-rider who carried a shooter during the Nov 15 attempt on Kasba councillor Sushanta Ghosh.Lakshman Sharma alias Chotu, who was arrested by the anti-rowdy squad after more than a fortnight, ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    First Bajjika language film with ‘Launda’ dance troupe actor competes at KIFF

    Kolkata: The first-ever feature film in the Bajjika language, inspired by the true story of the daughter of a member of the ‘Launda' dance troupe who received education against societal norms in rural Bihar, is in the Indian language ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    ED raid on pvt med cols

    1234 Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday conducted raids on 19 premises across West Bengal, including seven medical colleges in the state, in connection with alleged quota corruption in MBBS admissions at private medical colleges.While absconding Trinamool Yuva leader ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    School jobs scam: Leaps & Bounds in ED addl chargesheet

    Kolkata: Enforcement Directorate has filed a supplementary chargesheet in connection with the school jobs-for-cash scam, naming consultancy firm Leaps & Bounds Pvt Ltd in it. ED has also named a few prominent businessmen and their firms in the latest ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    Doctor dies of dengue

    Kolkata: A 47-year-old doctor from Chandernagore died at SSKM Hospital on Tuesday where she had been undergoing treatment for dengue. According to sources, the doctor, Swati Dey, had been suffering from fever for more than a week. Her blood ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    HC allows paternity test on child allegedly born out of rape

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court recently allowed paternity test on a child allegedly born out of rape after the accused moved the court, pleading that he is not the father of the child.The dilemma before the bench of Justice ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    HC seeks report on JU scholar’s case

    Kolkata: The Calcutta HC on Tuesday directed Jadavpur University to submit a report detailing the actions taken regarding a case filed by Fetsu ex-chairperson Aritra Majumdar, a PhD student, who was suspended for six months in connection with the ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    Body, head found near rly tracks

    Kolkata: The decomposed body of a woman was found around 20 metres from the railway tracks between Brace Bridge and Majerhat railway station on Tuesday evening. The head was found near the body.Police have not ruled out both options: ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    Onus of verifying compliance on TPA

    123 Kolkata: A Swasthya Sathi official said that the TPA would have to verify that the required images had been uploaded, and if not, why the hospital had failed to do so. Approval of the claims will depend on ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    HC allows paternity test on child allegedly born out of rape

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court recently allowed paternity test on a child allegedly born out of rape after the accused moved the court, pleading that he is not the father of the child.The dilemma before the bench of Justice ...

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    Accused must be rendered powerless to harass witnesses: HC

    Kolkata: Accused persons must be stripped of their power to such an extent that they do not disturb the witness, Justice Tirthankar Ghosh said while hearing a matter concerning the family of a minor girl, who was allegedly kidnapped ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    AI in schools: Experts explore options

    1234 Kolkata: It was a day marked with insights, observation and discussion at the Times NIE Teachers' Meet on Nov 22. The programme, held in association with RCC Institute of Information Technology (RCCIIT) saw the participation of over 150 ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    AI in schools: Experts explore options

    1234 Kolkata: It was a day marked with insights, observation and discussion at the Times NIE Teachers' Meet on Nov 22. The programme, held in association with RCC Institute of Information Technology (RCCIIT) saw the participation of over 150 ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    HC directs state, BSF to monitor Beldanga

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday directed both the state and BSF to keep an eye on Murshidabad's Beldanga, which witnessed clashes on Nov 16 over a Kartik Puja procession. A division bench of justices Harish Tandon and Hiranmay ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    KMC nod on way, subway to ease Chingrighata bottlenecks

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Traffic Police's proposal to ensure only motorised vehicles use the busy Chingrighata crossing, with cycles and pedestrians taking either subways or overbridges, is set to come true.While the foot overbridge at Chingrighata has been functional for ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    UN peacekeepers in Bangladesh? Dhaka dismisses Didi's call

    West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee (PTI file photo) KOLKATA: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee urged the Union govt Monday "to request the United Nations to deploy a peacekeeping force in Bangladesh" amid reports of attacks on minorities, particularly Hindus. She ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    I am still here, I am the final word, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee tells TMC

    KOLKATA: Mamata Banerjee sent out an unequivocal message on Monday about the command structure within Trinamool Congress, telling everyone that she remained the party's boss and any speculation about multiple power centres in the party was unwarranted and unnecessary."I ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    Talks with minister fail, West Bengal potato traders to go on strike today

    KOLKATA: Potato traders in Bengal will go on strike from Tuesday after their meeting with agriculture minister Becharam Manna on Monday failed to resolve the deadlock over the tuber's sale to other states. The looming strike, which the minister ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    Mamata hails Bengal’s homestay initiative for creating jobs

    Kolkata: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said on Monday that the state's homestay initiative had created a lot of rural and urban jobs in the state and had become a model for other states to replicate. The CM was speaking ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    HC directs state, BSF to monitor Beldanga

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday directed both the state and BSF to keep an eye on Murshidabad's Beldanga, which witnessed clashes on Nov 16 over a Kartik Puja procession. A division bench of justices Harish Tandon and Hiranmay ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    Intense vigil, more fencing along Bangladesh border after rise in infiltration bid: BSF

    Kolkata/Jalpaiguri: With a surge in infiltration attempts over the past four months as compared to the same period last year, areas along the border — which were open previously — were being fenced, said the BSF North Bengal Frontier ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    Intense vigil, more fencing along Bangladesh border after rise in infiltration bid: BSF

    Kolkata/Jalpaiguri: With a surge in infiltration attempts over the past four months as compared to the same period last year, areas along the border — which were open previously — were being fenced, said the BSF North Bengal Frontier ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    VIP Rd illegal shops to make way for trees and walkway

    Kolkata: The unauthorised encroachments in front of the car showrooms off VIP Road on the airport-bound flank from Kestopur to Narayantala have been cleared. The state PWD is taking up a beautification drive on the stretch.Officials of PWD and ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    VIP Rd illegal shops to make way for trees and walkway

    Kolkata: The unauthorised encroachments in front of the car showrooms off VIP Road on the airport-bound flank from Kestopur to Narayantala have been cleared. The state PWD is taking up a beautification drive on the stretch.Officials of PWD and ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    New Mkt hawkers play cat-&-mouse with cops

    Kolkata: Hawkers continued to swarm Bertram Street on Monday evening, occupying entire pavements and a big chunk of the carriageway, defying attempts by police to rein them in earlier in the day. The Town Vending Committee had on Thursday ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    State to impose penalty on contractors for improper JJM work: CM

    Kolkata: State govt would impose a penalty on contractors, including some empanelled by central govt, for not properly executing the work of Jal Jeevan Mission, said CM Mamata Banerjee after a meeting with DMs and senior officials on Monday. ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    Belgharia youth submits report to consulate

    123 Kolkata: Belgharia resident Sayan Ghosh, a 22-year-old from Deshapriyanagar's ‘Sonar Bangla' area who was stabbed multiple times by a group of Bangladeshi youths at Jurain in Dhaka during his week-long trip to Bangladesh, submitted a detailed report to ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    CM, guv come together at MLAs’ oath-taking

    Kolkata: Governor CV Ananda Bose administered oath to six newly elected MLAs in the assembly on Monday. The event saw the governor and CM Mamata Banerjee coming together for a programme, which has been rare in recent times. Speaker ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    HC grants bail to Ayan Sil in teacher recruitment case

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court granted bail to Ayan Sil on Monday in the Enforcement Directorate (ED) case related to teacher recruitment scam. Justice Suvra Ghosh relied on the Supreme Court judgment in the Manish Sisodia case, wherein it ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    Malda worker beaten to death in Rajasthan

    Malda: A worker from Malda was allegedly beaten to death by his co-workers in Jaipur. The news reached the family in Kaliachak on Sunday evening.Karim Sk (29) of Kadamtala village in Kaliachak went to Rajasthan for construction work about ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    Malda worker beaten to death in Rajasthan

    Malda: A worker from Malda was allegedly beaten to death by his co-workers in Jaipur. The news reached the family in Kaliachak on Sunday evening.Karim Sk (29) of Kadamtala village in Kaliachak went to Rajasthan for construction work about ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    Microplastics entering food chain, warn experts in Bengal

    Kolkata: Senior health and waste management experts on Monday raised alarms about microplastic pollution, which is triggering many health issues. Microplastics are entering our food chain, even appearing in mother's milk and placenta, the experts claimed while highlighting the ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    Microplastics entering food chain, warn experts in Bengal

    Kolkata: Senior health and waste management experts on Monday raised alarms about microplastic pollution, which is triggering many health issues. Microplastics are entering our food chain, even appearing in mother's milk and placenta, the experts claimed while highlighting the ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    Talks with min fail, Bengal potato traders to go on strike today

    Kolkata: Potato traders in Bengal will go on strike from Tuesday after their meeting with agriculture minister Becharam Manna on Monday failed to resolve the deadlock over the tuber's sale to other states. The looming strike, which the minister ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    Centre not keeping states in the loop about waqf bill: Mamata

    123 Kolkata: Centre was not keeping states in the loop about the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, CM Mamata Banerjee said in the Bengal assembly on Monday."They want to introduce it during Parliament's budget session," she said, for which "Bengal assembly ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    Bengal all set to implement GRAP to combat pollution

    Kolkata: For the first time, the state govt is all set to implement the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) in all six non-attainment cities in Bengal to minimise the impact of air pollution on health. The decision was adopted ...

    3 December 2024 Times of India
    Woman falls to death in Jorasanko

    Kolkata: A 18-year-old woman died after falling from a second-floor balcony of a five-storey building on Saturday. The incident occurred at Mitra Lane under Jorasanko police station. A relative of the woman alleged that she was pushed from the ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
    IIT-Kgp starts week-long protest against show cause

    Kolkata: The IIT Teachers' Association (IITTA) has decided on a week-long programme starting Monday, protesting against the show-cause notice issued to 86 professors. The protesting professors who signed the IITTA letter to the registrar demanded the immediate withdrawal of ...

    2 December 2024 Times of India
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