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  • News from West Bengal | 12 May, 2025 | ২৯ বৈশাখ, ১৪৩২
  • ‘Syndicate’ men attack KMC workers, damage payloader off EM Bypass

    12 Kolkata: There was violence in the Anandapur area after an organized gang attacked KMC workers on Monday morning, damaging an earthmover. CCTV footage showed men carrying sickles and axes roaming the streets around 10 am. It took a ...

    6 May 2025 Times of India
    'Mamata Banerjee is anti-Hindu': BJP MP Pratap Sarangi slams West Bengal CM

    NEW DELHI: BJP MP Pratap Chandra Sarangi criticised West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee regarding the Murshidabad violence incident, labelling her as "anti-Hindu". He stated that Banerjee lacked the authority to discuss national unity, citing her actions that caused ...

    6 May 2025 Times of India
    Rooftop razing: KMC presses pause button with 15-day notice rider

    Kolkata: The KMC will continue its drive against rooftop cafes, lounges, and bar-cum-restaurants constructed without sanction but will not carry out demolitions without adopting adequate legal procedures, mayor Firhad Hakim said on Monday. While KMC will continue to serve ...

    6 May 2025 Times of India
    Resto body in court, tells members to ‘stick to law’

    12 Kolkata: The National Restaurants' Association of India (NRAI), which on Monday filed a writ petition in Calcutta High Court against the closure of rooftop restaurants, has issued an advisory to members asking them to do a thorough check ...

    6 May 2025 Times of India
    Road rage: Auto driver thrashes motorist

    Kolkata: A road rage incident ended in assault when an auto driver allegedly attacked a motorist in Santoshpur around 9 pm on April 30.Complainant Snehasish Debnath from Purba Putiary said the auto driver overtook him recklessly at the Jora ...

    6 May 2025 Times of India
    Monsoon waterlogging: Agencies focus on city’s flood-prone zones

    12 Kolkata: Multiple state agencies will work in close contact with the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to prevent flooding in the city's major waterlogging pockets. Mayor Firhad Hakim on Monday held a monsoon preparedness meeting with state govt agencies, ...

    6 May 2025 Times of India
    Murder case in Maa death

    Kolkata: Nearly two weeks after Uttam Haldar from Uttar Panchannagram was found dead near Maa Flyover, a murder case was registered at Anandapur PS on Sunday against three individuals. Cops initially suspected that it was an accidental but the ...

    6 May 2025 Times of India
    4th gang-rape accused held

    Kolkata: A 17-year-old boy, the fourth FIR-named youth accused of allegedly gang-raping a class VIII student in Dec last year, was apprehended by Kolkata Police and sent to a juvenile home. The teen had been on the run since ...

    6 May 2025 Times of India
    Fraudsters target senior citizen with fake digital-arrest threats

    123 Kolkata: Digital arrest fraudsters, posing as Mumbai Police officer, duped a senior citizen from Patuli-Baisnabghata. The victim said he was still calculating the exact amount of loss. He claimed that the accused took all his property- and bank-related ...

    6 May 2025 Times of India
    TMC cadre, 2 others injured in clash; 2 held

    Behrampore: Former Youth Trinamool Congress member Mithu Jain and two of his close aides were injured in a clash here on Sunday. Police arrested Ayush Saha and Suman Chowdhury and seized a firearm. Police said the duo fired several ...

    6 May 2025 Times of India
    3 held for killing deer & cooking meat at Buxa

    12 Jalpaiguri: The Buxa Tiger Reserve forest authority arrested three persons on Sunday for killing a deer and attempting to eat its meat. The trio was held from North Rydak range of BTR East Division around 8pm while they ...

    6 May 2025 Times of India
    6 Bengalis detained as ‘B’deshis’ in UP, freed later

    Behrampore: Six Bengal residents, who were detained by police in UP's Deoria on Monday noon on suspicion of being Bangladesh nationals, were later released after intervention by the Murshidabad SP and other senior district officials.Among the six, five villagers ...

    6 May 2025 Times of India
    Mahindra overtakes Hyundai & Tata, is 2nd largest desi carmaker by retail sales

    Kolkata: Home-grown sports utility vehicle major Mahindra & Mahindra has, for the first time, emerged second in retail sales of passenger vehicles with a clear 1.2% market share difference over Tata Motors, which is ranked third, and a 1.4% ...

    6 May 2025 Times of India
    Have no info on guv report to MHA: Mamata

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday said Bengal govt had no information on governor CV Ananda Bose's report to the Union home ministry recommending, among other things, President's rule in the state "if the situation deteriorated further"."Please understand, we ...

    6 May 2025 Times of India
    AI-powered imaging and advanced techniques set to transform cardiac care in kolkata

    AI-driven equipment, which provides high-resolution imaging of coronary vessels and helps to identify and treat complex cardiac blockages better, is set to make its debut in Kolkata and promises to revolutionise cardiac treatment, taking it to the next level. ...

    6 May 2025 Times of India
    Engineers flag safety concerns in old ATC system shift to new facility

    123456 Kolkata: A section of engineers in the communication, navigation and surveillance (CNS) dept as well as controllers at Kolkata airport have raised apprehensions regarding the proposed relocation of existing air safety systems from the current air traffic navigation ...

    6 May 2025 Times of India
    IIT set to tweak attendance policy to ease academic load

    123 Kolkata: IIT-Kharagpur management has taken an informed decision to go easy on the academic life of the students, including reforming the attendance policy, to strike a balance between academics and well-being of students, following the spate in the ...

    6 May 2025 Times of India
    Jafrabad victims’ widows approach HC for CBI probe

    Kolkata: The widows of Jafrabad murder victims — Haragobindo Das and his son Chandan — approached Calcutta High Court on Monday seeking an "impartial investigation" by CBI or any other central agency into their murders.Parul Das, 60, and Pinky ...

    6 May 2025 Times of India
    TMC MP: Act against trolls targeting Navy officer’s widow

    123 New Delhi/Kolkata: Trinamool MP Saket Gokhale on Monday urged Union IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to act against social media accounts posting hateful comments against Himanshi Narwal, wife of Navy Lieutenant Vinay Narwal, who was among those killed in ...

    6 May 2025 Times of India
    Kol director accuses Mum actor of plagiarism

    1234 Kolkata: The director of ‘Quack Shankar' has leveled plagiarism charges against actor Vinay Pathak for conniving to lift its story for the upcoming web show titled ‘Gram Chikitsalaya'. The ‘Quack Shankar' director had registered his screenplay with Screenplay ...

    6 May 2025 Times of India
    Sell land, rent out homes only to ‘Sanatanis’: BJP MP

    123 Kolkata: Bishnupur MP Saumitra Khan on Monday asked people to sell land or rent out houses only to "Sanatanis", prompting a sharp backlash from Trinamool Congress, who said the BJP neta was "unaware of Bengal's tradition and culture". ...

    6 May 2025 Times of India
    Need ‘tangible action’ to bring BSF jawan back from Pak: CM

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday called for "tangible action" to bring back the BSF jawan, who has been in the custody of Pakistan Rangers since he inadvertently crossed the border while on duty on April 23.Expressing sorrow over ...

    6 May 2025 Times of India
    25 rooftop restos across Salt Lake, New Town, Sec V & Baguiati to be shut till further notice

    12 Kolkata: Twenty-five rooftop cafes and restaurants in Salt Lake, New Town, Baguiati, and Sector V were identified to be shut down on Sunday, a day after Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation, following in footsteps of the KMC, asked the police ...

    5 May 2025 Times of India
    Thai horror film fest enchants Kolkata

    Siriporn Tantipanyathep, consul-general of Thailand in Kolkata. Pic: Samik SenSiriporn Tantipanyathep, consul-general of Thailand in Kolkata. Pic: Samik Sen123 The debut edition of ‘Frightening the Soul: Thailand’s Mutelu Supernatural Film Festival’ kicked off at Cinepolis, Acropolis Mall on Friday ...

    5 May 2025 Times of India
    Olive Ridley turtles choose mates of similar size, reveals new study

    A study published in the journal Ecosphere by scientists from the Kolkata-based Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) and the University of Michigan revealed that olive ridley sea turtles—a vulnerable species listed on the IUCN Red List—prefer mating with partners ...

    5 May 2025 Times of India
    Plastic peril in Sundarbans: Microplastics found in fishing cat scat, soil, water and prey

    KOLKATA: A study has laid bare the presence of plastic in scat samples of fishing cats in the Indian Sundarbans, indicating how far the non-biodegradable pollutant has penetrated the fragile ecosystem.Plastic was also found in their environmental and dietary ...

    5 May 2025 Times of India
    BSF jawan’s kin see glimmer of hope in Pak trooper’s capture

    RISHRA: After a Pakistan Rangers trooper was apprehended by BSF personnel at the international border near Sriganganagar in Rajasthan on Saturday morning, Rajani Shaw, the wife of BSF jawan Purnam Kumar Shaw, detained in Pakistan since April 23, said ...

    5 May 2025 Times of India
    Chaos, confusion mark Sunday evening at city rooftop eateries

    12 Kolkata: Located a minute's distance from each other, two eateries were a picture in contrast on Sunday. While patrons continued to enjoy their drinks at Roots rooftop, Hashtag was voluntarily kept shut. A list of 83 rooftop joints ...

    5 May 2025 Times of India
    Rooftop restaurant face KMC-cop heat, set to move Calcutta HC

    KOLKATA: Rooftop restaurant owners, asked to shut down by the KMC and police, have planned to move Calcutta High Court on Monday. Both agencies continue issuing notices for roof access violations and unsafe, unauthorized constructions. You Can Also Check: ...

    5 May 2025 Times of India
    Fishing cat poop reveals plastic peril in Sundarbans

    123 Kolkata: A study has laid bare the presence of plastic in scat samples of fishing cats in the Indian Sundarbans, indicating how far the non-biodegradable pollutant has penetrated the fragile ecosystem.Plastic was also found in their environmental and ...

    5 May 2025 Times of India
    Sikkim to get new airport to boost tourism: Union minister Ramdas Athawale

    GANGTOK: Union minister Ramdas Athawale announced that a new airport would likely be constructed in Sikkim to enhance tourism prospects. During a press briefing on Sunday, he emphasised the central government's dedication towards the state's comprehensive development.He acknowledged that ...

    5 May 2025 Times of India
    'CM should have gone to Murshidabad earlier': Bengal BJP leader Dilip Ghosh ahead of Mamata Banerjee's visit

    NEW DELHI: BJP leader Dilip Ghosh criticized West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee for her delayed visit to violence-hit Murshidabad, where communal clashes in April resulted in two deaths, multiple injuries, and property damage. The violence erupted during a ...

    5 May 2025 Times of India
    Fishing cat poop reveals plastic peril in Sundarbans

    KOLKATA: A study has laid bare the presence of plastic in scat samples of fishing cats in the Indian Sundarbans, indicating how far the non-biodegradable pollutant has penetrated the fragile ecosystem.You Can Also Check: Kolkata AQI | Weather in ...

    5 May 2025 Times of India
    Second suicide in a fortnight: IIT Kharagpur boy found hanging at hostel

    IIT Kharagpur KHARAGPUR/KOLKATA: A 22-year-old IIT Kharagpur third-year civil engineering student was found hanging in his room in the Madan Mohan Malaviya (MMM) Hall on Sunday morning. Mohammad Asif Qamar, a resident of Bihar’s Sheohar district, had been on ...

    5 May 2025 Times of India
    Industry pegs loss at 15%, some may lose 50% biz

    12 Kolkata: A day after the civic authorities shut down several rooftop restaurants across the city, restaurant associations have started exploring ways to save jobs. The total revenue loss could be 10%-15%, according to industry sources. More than half ...

    5 May 2025 Times of India
    Panel set to evaluate Hwh restaurants, bars

    Howrah: The Howrah Municipal Corporation has formed an investigative panel to evaluate the status of rooftop restaurants, bars, dining establishments and hotels in Howrah, HMC chairperson Sujoy Chakraborty announced on Sunday.Speaking to TOI, Chakraborty said the panel comprises engineers ...

    5 May 2025 Times of India
    App-based aggregator’s doorstep-to-doorstep delivery service goes offline in Kol, other cities

    Kolkata: App-based food aggregator Swiggy has suspended its pick-up and drop-off service, Genie, in Kolkata, similar to some other metro cities, for now. Several residents of the city, who used the service frequently, discovered on Sunday that it was ...

    5 May 2025 Times of India
    Covid nudge behind Kolkata’s recent al fresco dining boom

    1234 Kolkata: Open-air dining evolved into a trend, and al fresco dining became a go-to choice for parties in Kolkata, gaining popularity especially after the pandemic ushered in an era of social distancing. The Italian term ‘al fresco' — ...

    5 May 2025 Times of India
    Cricket row: Promoter held for hitting teens

    Kolkata: A building promoter, Pranatosh Saha, was arrested in the Purba Putiary area of south Kolkata for allegedly assaulting two teenagers, who entered an under-construction building to retrieve a cricket ball, in an inebriated state. The victims sustained minor ...

    5 May 2025 Times of India
    Bengal to get 2 new ARTOs

    Kolkata: Bengal govt has approved the establishment of two new Additional Regional Transport Offices (ARTO) — one at Canning in South 24 Parganas and the other at Buniadpur under Gangarampur Sub-Division in South Dinajpur.The decision, approved by the state ...

    5 May 2025 Times of India
    Jafrabad widows surface in Kol amid BJP seniors

    123 Kolkata/Berhampore: In a dramatic turn of events, the widows of Jafrabad murder victims Haragobindo Das and his son Chandan, Parul and Pinki, went "missing" from their Jangipur home for several hours on Saturday, only to resurface at a ...

    5 May 2025 Times of India
    ‘Please BJP, malign Bengal’: TMC after guv’s Prez rule report to MHA

    Kolkata: In a report to the Union home minister, governor CV Ananda Bose has recommended imposition of Article 356 in Bengal only if "the situation deteriorates further" following the communal strife in Murshidabad, which left three people dead on ...

    5 May 2025 Times of India
    ITC leverages AI to serve diverse retail channels

    12 Kolkata: FMCG giant ITC has indicated that it is leveraging artificial intelligence and a robust digital backbone to accelerate product innovation, respond to emerging consumer trends and efficiently serve diverse retail channels, including general trade, e-commerce and quick ...

    5 May 2025 Times of India
    At 50,000 visitors, Digha’s Jagannath temple clocks highest footfall on Sunday

    123 Digha: Jagannath temple in Digha saw its highest single-day footfall of 50,000 visitors on Sunday. Over 10 lakh people have visited the temple complex in five days since its April 30 inauguration.East Midnapore district magistrate Purnendu Kumar Maji, ...

    5 May 2025 Times of India
    Some restos check rulebook to stay on law’s right side

    123 Kolkata: The recent scrutiny on fire safety at restaurants and pubs has led to a flurry of action among restaurateurs and proprietors. Some are making provisions for a fire exit, others are installing signage, and still others are ...

    5 May 2025 Times of India
    Hubby killed after religion check but Muslim locals helped us to safety: Pahalgam victim’s kin

    12 Kolkata: Thirteen days have passed since the attack at Baisaran Valley, and the horrific memory of losing her husband, Samir Guha, is still fresh. Sabari Ghosh, sitting at her Behala Sakherbazar residence on Sunday, blamed intelligence failure for ...

    5 May 2025 Times of India
    Counterfeit Indian currency seized in Basirhat, 1 held

    12 Kolkata: Counterfeit Indian currency notes with a face value of around Rs 34 lakh were seized from a house near the India-Bangladesh border at Basirhat on Sunday and one person was arrested.The accused was identified as Sheikh Abdul ...

    5 May 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata airport considers early transfer of air traffic operations to new facility to avoid expansion delays

    12 Subhro Niyogi & Tamaghna Banerjee | TNNKolkata: The AAI is actively exploring the option to transfer air traffic navigation services from the current facility to the new ATC and technical block using existing systems, instead of waiting for ...

    5 May 2025 Times of India
    Fake & substandard meds seized during raids at Kol nursing homes

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Directorate of Drug Control, which was already carrying out searches at multiple locations in connection to fake and non-standard medicines, searched four nursing homes in Kolkata on Saturday, including a prominent one at Alipore. Sources ...

    5 May 2025 Times of India
    State moves Supreme Court for review of Apr 3 SSC verdict

    123 Kolkata: The Bengal govt and the SSC filed a review petition in the Supreme Court urging modifications to its April 3 judgment, which scrapped the entire 2016 recruitment panel in state-aided schools and terminated 25,752 appointees. The petition ...

    5 May 2025 Times of India
    6 Myanmar students held in Siliguri with fake Indian IDs

    12 Darjeeling: In two separate operations on Saturday, Sashastra Seema Bal's Border Intelligence Team, BOP Panitanki, apprehended six Myanmar students from Kharibari in Siliguri.SSB officials said initial reports indicated that the individuals illegally entered India through Mizoram during 2022–2023 ...

    5 May 2025 Times of India
    2nd campus death in 2 wks: IIT focus on support system, academic & social load

    Kolkata: The second death in a fortnight and the third in a semester has shaken the IIT Kharagpur campus and sparked a fresh round of alarm among the students and teachers. They claimed that such a tragic loss of ...

    5 May 2025 Times of India
    ‘Self-correction needed but don’t be indiscriminate’

    Kolkata: Restaurants' bodies in the city, including the National Restaurants Association of India (NRAI) Kolkata chapter and the Hotel and Restaurants Association of Eastern India (HRAEI), have pleaded with the civic authorities to refrain from a blanket ban on ...

    4 May 2025 Times of India
    Music does not stop at some rooftop restos but tempo, mood downbeat

    12345 Kolkata: It was party as usual at several rooftop restos and bars in the city on Saturday but the enthusiasm was muted given the scrutiny on such establishments by the administration.Following Kolkata Municipal Corporation's notice to rooftop cafes, ...

    4 May 2025 Times of India
    No new rooftop restaurants in Kolkata, says KMC

    KMC demolition workers dismantle a section of LMNOQ bar at Park Street on Saturday KOLKATA: Kolkata Municipal Corporation on Saturday took a policy decision not to give fresh nod to any new rooftop restaurants in the city. Permits issued ...

    4 May 2025 Times of India
    Ethnic communities in New Zealand’s Christchurch hold vigil, denounce the Pahalgam terror attack

    A memorial vigil occurred in Christchurch for tourists who died in the Kashmir terror attack. The Christchurch Bengali Community Inc organised the event KOLKATA: In Christchurch, the second-largest city in New Zealand, various communities gathered on Saturday to hold ...

    4 May 2025 Times of India
    Access to terrace crucial to save lives during fires, say experts

    12 In the March 2010 Stephen Court fire, 43 people lost their lives, many of whom were trapped behind a locked terrace door, gasping for breath in the smoke-filled stairwell. For those trying to escape upwards, the locked ...

    4 May 2025 Times of India
    Legendary town planner passes away

    123 Kolkata: The former chief architect of Calcutta Metropolitan Planning Organisation, Santosh Ghosh, passed away on Saturday at the age of 89.In the 1960s, he worked with renowned urban designer Gordon Cullen of the Ford Foundation to prepare the ...

    4 May 2025 Times of India
    IPL 2025: Traffic restrictions, diversions in Kolkata ahead of KKR vs RR clash at Eden Gardens today; check details here

    NEW DELHI: The Kolkata Traffic Police have issued a comprehensive traffic advisory in view of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 fixture between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Rajasthan Royals (RR), scheduled to be held on Sunday, May 4, ...

    4 May 2025 Times of India
    Psychiatrists, legal experts to be on IIT-Kgp panel to probe suicide spate

    123 Kolkata: Behavioural science experts, psychiatrists, counsellors, legal experts, alumni, former faculty members, student representatives and professors will be part of IIT Kharagpur's committee that will investigate the reasons behind the spate of students' suicides and suggest measures to ...

    4 May 2025 Times of India
    Fire lapses, bldg plan tweak at Kolkata hotel, confirms report

    Kolkata: The six-storey hotel in Mechhua did not adhere to the sanctioned building plans and operated without fire safety measures when the blaze broke out, revealed the initial forensic report. The report, which was shared with the police on ...

    4 May 2025 Times of India
    Darj to host fest on films about train journeys

    Darjeeling: The iconic Darjeeling station of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) will host a film festival in the first week of June. This three-day cultural celebration will be organised in partnership with Dubai-based filmmaker Shrey Rajdeo. The organisers have ...

    4 May 2025 Times of India
    Neighbourhood hotels in Kolkata flout rules, put guests at risk

    12 Kolkata: In the wake of the deaths caused by the Mechhua hotel inferno, fire safety experts have raised concerns about the proliferation of hotels in neighbourhoods over the past decade. Many of these hotels have been established through ...

    4 May 2025 Times of India
    Laughing clubs to pay homage to Pahalgam terror victims

    Kolkata: Members of different laughing clubs in Kolkata are set to spread the message of peace and pay homage to the Pahalgam attack victims during the World Laughter Day celebrations on Sunday. This year's theme is: "Bring joy, healing, ...

    4 May 2025 Times of India
    Pak-detained BSF jawan’s wife plans to go to Delhi

    Rishra: Rajani Shaw, the wife of BSF jawan Purnam Kumar Shaw, currently detained in Pakistan, will travel to Delhi on Tuesday to meet BSF officers there if she does not hear anything concrete about her husband's release by then.Rajani, ...

    4 May 2025 Times of India
    ‘Nat’l disgrace’: TMC slams BJP-led Centre over NHRC ‘downgrading’

    12 Kolkata: Citing reports by a section of the media that the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) had recommended downgrading India's NHRC from category A to category B, TMC on Saturday claimed this was a "price ...

    4 May 2025 Times of India
    In letter to Shah, MP seeks protection of Bengali workers

    12 Kolkata: Trinamool MP and Bengal Migrant Workers Welfare Board chairman Samirul Islam has written to Union home minister Amit Shah, urging him to ensure safety of the migrant workers from Bengal who have been facing attacks in states ...

    4 May 2025 Times of India
    2 cops suspended; 2 more held for Jafrabad murders

    Kolkata: Barely 48 hours before CM Mamata Banerjee's visit to Murshidabad, Bengal Police on Saturday suspended Shibo Prasad Ghosh, the former OC of Shamsherganj PS, and SI Md Jalaluddin Ahamed for "gross misconduct and dereliction of duty".Both Ghosh and ...

    4 May 2025 Times of India
    2 dead in Memari accident

    Memari: Two people were killed after an SUV collided with a rice-loaded van at the NH 19-GT Road junction near Rasulpur village in East Burdwan's Memari on Saturday morning. The rice-loaded engine van was coming from the Burdwan side, ...

    4 May 2025 Times of India
    Fire guts hologram factory in Sec V, close shave for staff

    1234 Kolkata: A fire broke out at a hologram manufacturing factory in Salt Lake Sector V on Friday, scaring techies and locals alike. This incident was particularly alarming as it followed closely on the heels of a devastating blaze ...

    4 May 2025 Times of India
    Panel to probe new mom death at Sagore Dutta

    Kolkata: The state health department has formed a five-member expert committee to probe into the death of a young mother following a Caesarean delivery at the College of Medicine and Sagore Dutta Medical College. It has been alleged that ...

    4 May 2025 Times of India
    Doctor loses lakhs after phone theft leads to bank fraud in kolkata

    123 Kolkata: A 31-year-old doctor, posted at SSKM Hospital and residing in Jadavpur, fell victim to an elaborate cyber fraud after his phone was allegedly stolen from his SSKM hostel room. The victim, Souradeep Das, ended up losing close ...

    4 May 2025 Times of India
    Car owner liability and illegal vehicle transfers in fatal kolkata accidents

    123 Kolkata: You must get the car registered with the new owner if you plan to sell it. In two recent instances this year, where fatalities were involved, it was found that the old car owner sold the car ...

    4 May 2025 Times of India
    Cover poles, repair potholes: KP to KMC, PWD

    12 Kolkata: The commissioner of police, Manoj Verma, has requested all concerned road-owning agencies, including the KMC and PWD, to take advance preparations for the upcoming rainy season. This includes properly insulating or covering electric poles to prevent electrocution ...

    4 May 2025 Times of India
    BMC to temporarily close rooftop restaurants for fire safety compliance

    123 Kolkata: Following the Kolkata Municipal Corporation, the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation has also decided to temporarily close all rooftop restaurants in the Bidhannagar area. The councillors have been asked to compile a list of rooftop restaurants in each ward, ...

    4 May 2025 Times of India
    Police hit cell block in gang-rape probe

    1234 Kolkata: Four days after police arrested three college students in their early 20s for gang-raping a 16-year-old girl they met through an Instagram group last Dec, they said the accused had been threatening to release her nude photographs ...

    4 May 2025 Times of India
    Pakistani national living in Bengal for forty years arrested

    Chandannagar/Kolkata: A 60-year-old Pakistani national, who lived in Bengal for over four decades, was arrested by Chandannagar police on Saturday despite her claims of having deep-rooted ties to the local community.Fatema Bibi, who was born in Bengal but whose ...

    4 May 2025 Times of India
    Celica Group to relocate LPG gas banks at Park St after safety concerns

    12 Kolkata: The Celica Group that manages a cluster of five buildings at the Park Street-Camac Street intersection where multiple restaurants and nightclubs are located, has agreed to relocate the three LPG gas banks to a different location at ...

    4 May 2025 Times of India
    NKDA kicks off fire safety inspection drive in New Town

    123 Kolkata: Following the repeated fire incidents in the city, the New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has started a two-day inspection drive covering 227 building premises across New Town. The focus is on fire safety and compliance, especially ...

    4 May 2025 Times of India
    1 Park Street resto shut, 4 struggle to serve patrons

    Kolkata: Several lounge bars and restaurants in Park Centre at the Park Street-Camac Street intersection operated with a limited menu on Friday while one remained shut as they were unable to use cooktops with flames due to the absence ...

    3 May 2025 Times of India
    Waheeda relives Ray film memories

    Kolkata: At a special Nandan screening of ‘Abhijaan' organised a day prior to the director's birth anniversary on May 2 by the Society for the preservation of Satyajit Ray Archives, a video featuring Waheeda Rehman's recollections of Ray was ...

    3 May 2025 Times of India
    Contempt rule against 7 senior cops

    12 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday issued a contempt rule against seven senior police officers in connection with the lathicharge on Howrah court premises in 2019, in which at least 10 lawyers were injured.A division bench of Justice ...

    3 May 2025 Times of India
    Higher success rate, first-div scores in this yr’s Madhyamik

    12 Kolkata: The pass percentage of this year's Madhyamik examination saw a slight rise, from 86.4% last year to 86.6%—7,91,088 out of 9,13,883—this time. The number of students who passed in the first division also increased from last year's ...

    3 May 2025 Times of India
    Sindhi homemakers walk the ramp in Kolkata

    Kolkata: A group of Sindhi homemakers aged between 40 and 60 years broke stereotypes on Thursday by walking the ramp at a fashion show as part of a cultural evening.Organized by Vishwa Sindhi Seva Sangam (VSSS), West Bengal chapter, ...

    3 May 2025 Times of India
    New Town charging stn blaze sparks panic

    Kolkata: A major fire broke out at an e-cycle and e-bike charging, repair and docking station near Central Mall in New Town on Friday evening, triggering panic among residents and visitors to the busy commercial area. Several electric bicycles, ...

    3 May 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata Metro: Purple Line services to go up from 18 to 40

    Kolkata: Metro Railway will increase the number of daily services on the Joka-Majerhat section of the Purple Line from 18 to 40 from Monday. "A total of 40 services (20 in each direction) will be run at an interval ...

    3 May 2025 Times of India
    Kol airport’s longest taxiway reopens after a year, to ease ground traffic

    Kolkata: Over half of taxi track A, the longest taxiway at Kolkata airport that was out of service due to repairs, was reopened on Friday along with taxiway C, which was also shut for upgrade.The reopening of the two ...

    3 May 2025 Times of India
    Cancer ‘winners’ turn guides for new patients

    Kolkata: When college teacher Kamalika Hazra was detected with breast cancer, she did not waste a single day in planning her treatment. Now a cancer winner, she is ready to take on the role of a guide to new ...

    3 May 2025 Times of India
    CM scheduled to visit Murshidabad on Monday

    Berhampore: CM Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to visit the violence-affected areas of Suti and Shamsherganj in Murshidabad, where violence during protests against amendments to the waqf act claimed three lives and left several injured last month, on May 5.The ...

    3 May 2025 Times of India
    Rooftop restos to be shut down if found flouting bldg rules: KMC

    12 Kolkata: Rooftop restaurants in the city that block off access to the terrace in defiance of Kolkata Municipal Corporation building rules would be shut down, mayor Firhad Hakim said on Friday. Kolkata has around 800 restaurants that use ...

    3 May 2025 Times of India
    Streetside tuition, pavement home Madhyamik launch pads for Sonia, Priyanka

    12 Kolkata: They slept on the pavement, did odd jobs during the day, faced domestic abuse and had to look for new spots to study every night. Yet, these never broke their spirits. Not allowed to attend classes even ...

    3 May 2025 Times of India
    NH10 closure likely to hit Kalimpong travel next week

    123 Darjeeling: Tourists headed to Kalimpong this summer may need to brace for higher travel fares and longer journeys as NH10 — the key highway linking Sikkim with Bengal — is set to remain closed intermittently for six days, ...

    3 May 2025 Times of India
    After CM’s visit, Mechhua fire singes Park Street biz complex

    Kolkata: The Mechhua fire tragedy had its fallout on Thursday as CM Mamata Banerjee visited Celica Park, a business-cum-entertainment hub on Park Street, for a surprise inspection and called out multiple outlets that were found violating fire safety norms."We ...

    3 May 2025 Times of India
    Bangladeshi girl recovers after rare pancreatic tumour surgery in Kolkata despite visa delays

    123 An 18-year-old Bangladeshi girl, suffering from a potentially fatal tumour in her pancreas, waited eight months for life-saving surgery in a Kolkata hospital. The surgery was successfully conducted last month. Her appeal for a medical visa kept getting ...

    3 May 2025 Times of India
    BSF jawan’s wife back home after meet with Ferozepur CO

    123 Rishra: The wife of Purnam Kumar Shaw, the BSF jawan still in the custody of Pakistan Rangers, has come back from the Ferozepur international border, after a meeting with the BSF commanding officer there. Rajani had gone to ...

    3 May 2025 Times of India
    Passport fraud: Arrested Pak man planned to sneak into India in 2014, ED tells court

    Kolkata: Enforcement Directorate officials believe that Ahammed Hossain Azad, the Pakistani national arrested in connection with running a passport racket in Bengal, started working on his plan to sneak into India way back in 2014. Azad (53) was arrested ...

    3 May 2025 Times of India
    Those who change partners shouldn’t preach, says Dilip

    12 Kolkata: A year after he was "replaced" as the BJP candidate from his "stronghold", Midnapore, ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Dilip Ghosh on Thursday took aim at his critics in the party. "I do not need ...

    3 May 2025 Times of India
    Tree-lamp post fall claims senior citizen in Behala

    123 Kolkata: A 60-year-old lost her life on her way back from a local shop in Behala after a termite-infested Gulmohar (Krishnachura) tree collapsed on her during the nor'wester on Thursday evening. A lamp post also collapsed on impact. ...

    3 May 2025 Times of India
    Squall @59kmph hits city, Met spies more rain

    123 Kolkata: A powerful squall hit the city on Thursday evening, accompanied by a thundershower spell. While passing through the Alipore observatory, the squall recorded a maximum wind speed of 59 kmph from a west-southwesterly direction between 6.30 pm ...

    3 May 2025 Times of India
    2 held in Bongaon for bid to incite communal violence

    Kolkata: Two members of ‘Sanatani Ekta Mancha', a religious organisation, were arrested on Thursday for attempting to incite communal violence in the India-Bangladesh border area of Bongaon in North 24 Parganas. The duo allegedly pasted a Pakistan national flag ...

    3 May 2025 Times of India
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