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  • From Amsterdam to Tehatta: 'Tall foreigner' makes 7,000km journey to see Bengal teen 'girlfriend' he met on Instagram; sent back by cops

    TEHATTA: A youth from the Netherlands travelled 7,000 km to Tehatta in Nadia to meet a schoolgirl he befriended on social media. Henricks, the youth, arrived in Mayapur and then reached Tehatta around 11.30 am on Monday to meet ...

    26 June 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Rainy and humid conditions expected

    Kolkata is set to experience moderate rainfall on June 26, 2025, with temperatures ranging between 27.4°C and 30.7°C, accompanied by high humidity levels of 80%. The city faces an 89% chance of rain throughout the day, with wind speeds ...

    26 June 2025 Times of India
    Digha's Rath Yatra rush: Hotel rates soar, pilgrim influx triggers tourism boom; strains infrastructure

    Digha is experiencing an unprecedented surge in tourism following the inauguration of the Jagannath temple, particularly ahead of Rath Yatra. This influx has caused hotel tariffs to skyrocket, prompting administrative intervention to regulate pricing. The temple's presence has transformed ...

    26 June 2025 Times of India
    Demolish Garia clock tower in 2 months: HC

    12 Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the KMC to demolish an illegal clock tower, built on the playground of Garia Mitali Sangha Club under Bansdroni Police Station.Justice Gaurang Kanth directed the KMC to take the measure ...

    26 June 2025 Times of India
    1 held for duping youth of 11L

    Kolkata: Howrah resident Saurish Naskar (27) was arrested on Tuesday for duping a New Town resident, Uttam Kumar Singh, of Rs 11 lakh. Naskar had contacted Singh on social media and convinced him to invest through a Demat account, ...

    26 June 2025 Times of India
    Iskcon, Mahesh, Puri... and now Digha: Tolly ponders over problem of plenty

    Kolkata: Many in Tollywood visit Puri during Rath Yatra to offer prayers to Lord Jagannath, whom they believe they owe their success in the film industry to. Others join the festivities at Mahesh Rath Yatra in Serampore and the ...

    26 June 2025 Times of India
    World was closing in on me but helping hands of strangers guided me back to India

    123456 12 June, Tehran I came down from the Mount Damavand base camp, disappointed, after I had to return from near the summit when the weather turned bad. I went to meet the ambassador of India to Iran, Rudra ...

    26 June 2025 Times of India
    Bring elephants back to Bengal: HC to forest dept

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has ordered Bengal's chief conservator of forests to take all necessary steps to expeditiously bring back three elephants that formerly belonged to Natraj Circus but were sent to Bihar illegally. The court further directed ...

    26 June 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata space enthusiasts and students catch lift-off on screen

    1234 Kolkata: The city joined the nation in witnessing history as Shubhangshu Shukla embarked on his space mission, with space enthusiasts, citizens and students following the journey with rapt attention on Wednesday.The docking of the Dragon with the International ...

    26 June 2025 Times of India
    ‘Self-declared protectors of Hinduism’ are mocking Jagannath temple: Abhishek

    123 Kolkata: Taking on BJP on Wednesday, Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee asked how "self-declared protectors of Hinduism" could mock the Jagannath temple. "Suvendu Adhikari mocks it. Sukanta Majumdar called it a circus. This is coming from ...

    26 June 2025 Times of India
    Conflict casts shadow on Rath celebrations, foreign turnout may be lower than last yr’s

    123 Kolkata: The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon), which has been organising a grand Rath Yatra in Kolkata for 53 years, is expecting fewer foreign attendees at this year's event due to disruptions in air traffic following conflicts ...

    26 June 2025 Times of India
    Very proud of him, want him to be in the moment, says astronaut’s IISc MTech guide

    12 Kolkata: "I want Shubhanshu Shukla to be in the moment," said Aloke Kumar, assistant professor at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, after watching SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft lift off from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. As mission pilot, ...

    26 June 2025 Times of India
    Horse owner fined for cruelty and negligence

    Kolkata: The owner of a horse used for joyrides in the Maidan, who pleaded guilty to negligent conduct and cruelty towards the animal before a judicial magistrate, was let off with a fine of Rs 500 due to his ...

    26 June 2025 Times of India
    Man kills dad, surrenders

    Kolkata: A Baranagar resident, Goutam Adhikary (52), smothered his ailing father, Lalit Adhikary (74), to death and surrendered at the Baranagar PS early on Wednesday.Goutam, an auto driver, told police his father's deteriorating health and the stress had turned ...

    26 June 2025 Times of India
    Tolly problem a civil dispute: State to HC

    Kolkata: In an appeal in the Tollywood directors' issue, where fresh representations were directed to the secretary of the information and cultural affairs department by the single bench of the Calcutta High Court, the state moved a division bench, ...

    26 June 2025 Times of India
    Met: Kol may get rain every day for a week

    12 Kolkata: The Met office has forecast a few spells of rain in the city every day for about a week, which will keep the mercury in check. A low-pressure area is likely to develop over the northwest Bay ...

    26 June 2025 Times of India
    ‘IIT boy was on call with Bihar girl before death’

    12 Kharagpur: The Delhi-based friend, with whom Mohammed Asif Qamar (22), a IIT third-year civil engineering student, was allegedly on a video call moments before his death in May, visited the Hijli police outpost on the IIT-Kharagpur campus on ...

    26 June 2025 Times of India
    HC: Illegal constructions warrant strict penalty

    12 Kolkata: Upholding the trial court's conviction of a man, Netai Sil, who built an illegal structure in Beleghata despite a KMC stop-work notice, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday observed that unauthorised constructions warranted a strict penalty. Anyone ...

    26 June 2025 Times of India
    Bomb hoax at schools sparks panic, outrage

    12 Kolkata: Emails threatening that bombs were planted at two reputable English medium schools — one at Calcutta Boys' School in Moulali and another at Calcutta International School in Anandapur — on Wednesday led cops to carry out extensive ...

    26 June 2025 Times of India
    Biker crushed under truck at Bagha Jatin

    Kolkata: A 35-year-old biker, Suraj Pradhan, died after a truck hit him near Bagha Jatin crossing on Raja SC Mallick Road on Tuesday. Cops said Pradhan was dragged around 20 metre after being hit by the truck. According to ...

    26 June 2025 Times of India
    Tiger in my room! Family wakes up to striped guest

    12 Purulia/Kolkata: Puran Mahto had barely got out of bed on Wednesday morning when his eldest daughter rushed into his room, alerting him about an uninvited visitor taking a nap on a bed in their three-bedroom household — one ...

    26 June 2025 Times of India
    Helpdesk shut, wait gets longer for stranded Indians

    Kolkata: While Bengal residents continued to return homes from West Asia on Wednesday, troubles are far from over for those still stranded in the two warring nations of Israel and Iran as the Indian embassy in Tehran has shut ...

    26 June 2025 Times of India
    Mamata arrives in Digha as town gears up for its first Rath Yatra

    Digha: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee arrived in Digha on Wednesday afternoon, two days ahead of Rath Yatra, to participate in the town's inaugural chariot festival. The countdown for the yatra began on Wednesday, and enthusiasm among the masses was ...

    26 June 2025 Times of India
    Police arrest Hazra More snatcher

    Kolkata: The Kalighat Police recovered a stolen gold chain and apprehended the accused, Bikram Patel, within 24 hours of the crime being reported near Hazra Crossing in south Kolkata.Patel, alias Sintu, a resident of Grove Lane in the Tollygunge ...

    26 June 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata Police starts fresh vehicle count at Chingrighata

    12 Kolkata: The Kolkata Traffic Police has begun a new round of counting of vehicles at Chingrighata following multiple changes in traffic flow towards Sector V from the Kolkata side. At present, the ‘traffic tails' reach Metropolitan. Previously, it ...

    26 June 2025 Times of India
    Low pressure to bring widespread rain in Bengal: IMD

    KOLKATA: The IMD on Wednesday forecast widespread rain over West Bengal with heavy downpour likely in some districts till July 1 owing to the likely formation of a low pressure area.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that under the ...

    26 June 2025 Times of India
    1 more held over Kaliganj girl’s death; victim’s mom refuses money from TMC MLA

    Kolkata: One more person was arrested on Wednesday over the death of a nine-year-old girl in Kaliganj on June 23. This is the fifth arrest in the case, whereas the FIR names 24 people. Forensic experts collected samples from ...

    26 June 2025 Times of India
    Ex-WBBSE chief granted bail in ED case

    12 Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday granted bail to the former president of the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE), Kalyanmoy Ganguly, who is currently in custody as an accused in an ED case linked to ...

    25 June 2025 Times of India
    'I was not sure of getting back home': Kolkata professor airlifted from Iran after 10-day wait; returns with just $20 in pocket

    KOLKATA: Falguni Dey, the geography professor from Kolkata who got stranded in war-ravaged Iran, returned to the city on Tuesday morning after a gruelling 10-day wait. Dey, along with other Indian passengers, was evacuated by the Indian embassy on ...

    25 June 2025 Times of India
    'They are Indians': Mamata Banerjee accuses BJP-ruled states of labelling Bengalis as Bangladeshis; to raise issue with PM Narendra Modi

    West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has accused BJP-governed states of targeting Bengali migrant workers, labeling them as Bangladeshis and deporting them. She intends to raise this issue with PM Modi, highlighting that many migrants from other states work in ...

    25 June 2025 Times of India
    IMD forecasts widespread rain in Bengal this week, heavy downpour in some areas

    KOLKATA: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday forecast widespread rain in many parts of West Bengal this week with heavy downpour likely to occur in some districts of the state.The IMD said that heavy rain is likely at ...

    25 June 2025 Times of India
    54-year-old runs amok with KMC dumper, kills sr citizen

    1234 Kolkata: A 73-year-old woman, Essha Mukherjee, died and her granddaughter, Soumili (14), was injured in Cossipore on Tuesday morning when a man, whom cops claim was mentally challenged, commandeered a corporation waste collection vehicle. The accused, Surinder Mishra ...

    25 June 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Moderate rain expected

    Representative Image The data presented in this weather forecast is sourced from AQI.in, providing detailed information about Kolkata's weather conditions for the coming week.Kolkata residents will experience moderate rainfall on June 25, 2025, with temperatures ranging between 27.9°C and ...

    25 June 2025 Times of India
    'Increased intensity and gravity of his offence': Kolkata man convicted of raping stepdaughter confesses he's HIV+; gets life term

    KOLKATA: The confession of a man convicted of raping his minor stepdaughter, who also revealed he was HIV-positive, prompted a Bankshall Court judge to sentence him to life in prison. His confession “increased the intensity and the gravity of ...

    25 June 2025 Times of India
    Charred body of BJP neta’s ex-aide found

    Kolkata: The charred body of a 49-year-old man was recovered from a two-storey house in Kestopur early on Tuesday. The man, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, was a former aide to BJP leader and ex-Union minister Subhash Sarkar.Firemen and police from Baguiati ...

    25 June 2025 Times of India
    Man overtakes car, gets assaulted by 4

    Kolkata: A scooter rider was assaulted by four men near Chinar Park crossing around midnight on Monday after he allegedly overtook their car.The victim, Om Jaiswal, a resident of Baguiati, lodged a formal complaint on Monday afternoon. He claimed ...

    25 June 2025 Times of India
    KMC intensifies surveillance on city fringes to block dengue march

    123 Kolkata: With the dengue threat looming over some city areas sharing borders with Dum Dum, South Dum Dum, and Baranagar municipality areas, where the dreaded disease has created panic among the residents, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has ...

    25 June 2025 Times of India
    Extreme siren alerts still ringing in ears: Bengal student recounts horror

    1234 Kolkata: Amid chaos and missile attacks by Iran on the US airbase in Doha on Monday, the Indian govt managed to evacuate Indian students, including at least five from Bengal, via Jordan. While India was initially using flights ...

    25 June 2025 Times of India
    Only 11 of 180 passengers take flight to Middle East

    Kolkata: Only 11 out of 180 passengers booked on a Doha-bound Qatar Airways flight flew out of Kolkata airport on Tuesday as most of them were apprehensive about their onward journey after the incoming flight from Doha was delayed ...

    25 June 2025 Times of India
    No ‘ceasefire’ relief for those stuck in Iran

    123 Kolkata: At least 20 people from Bengal were evacuated from Iran by the Indian embassy in Tehran. With the embassy in Tehran closing the contact desk in Mashhad on Tuesday, following the ceasefire, those still stuck in the ...

    25 June 2025 Times of India
    OBC uncertainty delays JEE results, students in fix

    12 Kolkata: This year's West Bengal Joint Entrance Exam results are yet to be declared, with the timeline lagging nearly 20 days behind previous years', and the board members attributed the reason to their wait for clarification from the ...

    25 June 2025 Times of India
    Late monsoon, heavy rain hit veggie supply, push up prices

    12 Kolkata: Monsoon's delayed onset in Bengal, followed by heavy rainfall, led to the flooding of fields, which in turn, affected the production as well as quality of key vegetables, pushing up prices at wholesale as well as retail ...

    25 June 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata professor returns from Iran: After 10 days and with $20 in pocket, Falguni Dey back at Jadavpur home

    KOLKATA: Falguni Dey, the geography professor from Kolkata who got stranded in war-ravaged Iran, returned to the city on Tuesday morning after a gruelling 10-day wait. Dey, along with other Indian passengers, was evacuated by the Indian embassy on ...

    25 June 2025 Times of India
    Dhapa plant to turn 120-tonne dry waste into wealth per day

    12 Kolkata: Three units have been launched at the Dhapa dumpyard that will be able to process 120 tonnes of dry waste every day. Apart from a Material Recovery Facility (MRF) plant, which has the capacity to process 100 ...

    25 June 2025 Times of India
    Kol-Hindon route to get another flight

    Kolkata: IndiGo Airlines will operate daily flights from Kolkata to Hindon from July 20. This will be the second such flight after Air India Express. The flight is of particular convenience to those who travel to Ghaziabad or Noida ...

    25 June 2025 Times of India
    State plans transport regulations, toto curbs in Digha ahead of festival

    123 Kolkata: The transport department has announced comprehensive measures to regulate public transportation in Digha ahead of Rath Yatra. The district administration plans to establish a temporary bus stand behind the Digha helipad, while bus operators have been warned ...

    25 June 2025 Times of India
    JU extends acting fin officer’s term till edu dept final order

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University's working committee decided on Tuesday to extend the tenure of acting finance officer Dipanjan Ray Chaudhuri until the final order is issued by the state higher education department, according to an order issued by university registrar. ...

    25 June 2025 Times of India
    Trader accuses driver of theft, extortion

    Kolkata: A driver hired through a popular online driving app was detained for questioning after a Bokaro-based trader alleged he stole cash and extorted money from him in Bhowanipore, police said on Tuesday.According to the FIR filed at Bhowanipore ...

    25 June 2025 Times of India
    Know your PSTG: KP safety advice against SMS fraud

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police, via a Facebook post, has warned citizens not to fall victim to frauds via SMSes, simply by following the new TRAI regulations. TRAI launched a nationwide suffix-based classification system for SMSes, effective May 6, to help ...

    25 June 2025 Times of India
    Chicken shop owner dies after attack by customer

    Kolkata: A dispute over dues at a chicken shop in Shyambazar turned fatal for the 47-year-old owner, Maya Santra, while her son Ranjit sustained chopper injuries on his head and is stated to be serious. Santra died at a ...

    25 June 2025 Times of India
    Now, cybercrime branch to monitor social media

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police commissioner Manoj Verma issued a directive on Monday transferring a bulk of social media surveillance responsibilities from the STF to the cybercrime branch of Lalbazar and the divisional cybercrime units, implementing round-the-clock monitoring of online activities. ...

    25 June 2025 Times of India
    HC commutes rape-murder convict’s death sentence over ‘advanced age’

    12 Kolkata: Considering the advanced age of Srimanta Tung (58), convicted of rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl who worked at his home in Haldia, Calcutta High Court on Tuesday commuted his death sentence to life imprisonment without ...

    25 June 2025 Times of India
    QR code debut to help track Iskcon rath progress

    Kolkata: For the first time in its 54-year history, the Kolkata Rathayatra will integrate a QR-code-based tech system, allowing devotees to track the movement of Lord Jagannath's chariot in real time. A new website — kolkatarathyatra.live — has been ...

    25 June 2025 Times of India
    3 more arrested for death of 9-yr-old in Kaliganj bombing

    12 Kaliganj (Nadia): Three more persons were arrested on Tuesday for hurling a bomb that killed 9-year-old Tamanna Khatun during a Trinamool Congress victory procession in Molandi village a day earlier. Police said the four arrested so far were ...

    25 June 2025 Times of India
    Mamata hits out at DVC over dredging failure

    123 Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday criticised the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) authority for its failure to conduct dredging at Maithon and Panchet dams despite multiple requests. "They have not undertaken dredging for years," she said.Bengal govt has ...

    25 June 2025 Times of India
    TCS office campus bldg plan sanctioned, posts Mamata

    123 Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday posted on X that the phase-I building plan for TCS's office campus at Bengal Silicon Valley, spread over 20 acres, has been sanctioned by New Town Kolkata Development Authority.In this phase, ...

    25 June 2025 Times of India
    Met: Cyclonic circulation-trough combo may bring rain tomorrow

    12 Kolkata: In the absence of rain on Tuesday, the maximum temperature climbed slightly above the normal mark in Kolkata. However, the Met office predicts rain in the coming days, with significant intensity and duration expected on Thursday.A twin ...

    25 June 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata court gives 6-year RI to JMB finance handler

    123 Kolkata: The Special Court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Kolkata last week sentenced one of the five accused in a Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) anti-India terror conspiracy case, Najiur Rahman Pavel, to six years of rigorous imprisonment ...

    24 June 2025 Times of India
    KMC plans night drive to repair rain-ravaged roads across Kolkata

    1234 Kolkata: KMC will conduct a night drive to repair roads that have developed craters following a few spells of rain. From Sinthi Road in north Kolkata to Biren Roy Road (West) in Behala, the list is getting longer ...

    24 June 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather update: City expects warm temperatures and rain today

    According to AQI.in, this weather data represents the beginning of a significant seasonal shift in Kolkata's climate pattern.Kolkata is set to experience a warm and humid day on June 24, 2025, with temperatures reaching 34.6°C and an 88% chance ...

    24 June 2025 Times of India
    4 held for blast at TMC's Kaliganj 'victory parade': Bomb killed 9-year-old; political tensions surge

    NADIA: The Krishnanagar police have arrested four people in connection with the bomb blast that claimed the life of a minor girl in Molandi, Borochandghar under the Kaliganj police station limits, officials said on Tuesday.The arrested have been identified ...

    24 June 2025 Times of India
    Wait continues for Kol professor now stuck in Mashhad

    Kolkata: Kolkata's Geography professor Falguni Dey, who has been stuck in Iran amid no signs of de-escalation in the hostilities, is now waiting at Mashhad, tense and desperate to leave the war-wrecked country. On Monday morning, Dey went to ...

    24 June 2025 Times of India
    Rath Para activity peaks in run-up to festival

    Kolkata: Digambar Malik, 57, is very busy these days. His smartphone keeps buzzing as he answers calls from Rathyatra organisers from traditional homes and clubs, asking for updates on the progress of work and the date of delivery. Between ...

    24 June 2025 Times of India
    Body found in pipe 40 days after murder, wife arrested

    123456 Chanditala (Hooghly): A woman, Aparna Ruidas, has been arrested for the murder of her husband Rabin Ruidas, whose body was found in a deep tubewell pipe half a kilometre from the house of the accused. Jangipara police in ...

    24 June 2025 Times of India
    JU comp engg grad lands 1.5cr software job in B’luru company

    123 Kolkata: A fourth-year computer science engineering student at Jadavpur University, Upayan De (22), bagged a job worth Rs 1.5 crore per annum at Rubrik, a software company in Bengaluru. In a first, this is also the highest domestic ...

    24 June 2025 Times of India
    Students need humane touch: IIT-Kgp director

    123 Kolkata: There is a need to enhance connectivity with students so that their issues and challenges are detected early and bring back the culture of fulfillness on the campus, said Suman Chakraborty, the newly appointed director of IIT ...

    24 June 2025 Times of India
    SBI does not rule out shifting part of ops from Kol to Mum

    12 Kolkata: SBI has not ruled out the possibility of shifting a portion of its Global Market Unit (GMU) from Kolkata to Mumbai. This came in response to a query by Kolkata-based Bank Bachao Desh Bachao Manch (BBDBM), a ...

    24 June 2025 Times of India
    Kol musicians return from Tel Aviv, recount war horror

    123 Kolkata: What appeared like shooting stars in the night sky to Kolkata-based sarod player Arnab Bhattacharya, when he was sitting on a terrace of a house in Tel Aviv with tabla player Nilimesh Chakraborty on June 13, turned ...

    24 June 2025 Times of India
    A year after KMC-KP op, hawkers have upper hand, footpath space

    123456 Kolkata: A year after Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and Kolkata Police launched a city-wide crackdown on illegal encroachments by hawkers following a reprimand from chief minister Mamata Banerjee, pavements and parts of major carriageways across the city have ...

    24 June 2025 Times of India
    After 9 yrs, Mamata meets B’desh envoy at Nabanna

    Kolkata: After a gap of nine years, chief minister Mamata Banerjee met Bangladesh high commissioner to India M Riaz Hamidullah at Nabanna on Monday, for nearly 40 minutes.This marked the first such interaction since 2016, when Syed Muazzem Ali, ...

    24 June 2025 Times of India
    Kaliganj bypoll result: Bomb blast rocks Nadia during vote counting; 13-year-old girl dies, CM Mamata Banerjee vows strict action

    Security personnel stand guard near a counting centre in Nadia. (ANI) KOLKATA: A Thirteen-year-old girl was killed in a bomb explosion in West Bengal’s Nadia district on Monday, police said.13-Year-Old Girl Killed in Kaliganj Bomb Blast During TMC Rally ...

    24 June 2025 Times of India
    13-yr-old girl killed in bomb blast in Kaliganj

    Kaliganj (Nadia): A 13-year-old girl standing outside her home with her mother was killed in a crude bomb blast in Molandi area of Kaliganj's Bara Chandghar village on Monday.Tamanna's mother, Sabina Yasmin, said a Trinamool Congress victory procession was ...

    24 June 2025 Times of India
    OBC admission contempt plea: HC refuses urgent listing

    12 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday denied the urgent listing of a contempt application alleging that the state is still conducting "admission" on its UG admission portal under the OBC A and B category, despite the court's stay ...

    24 June 2025 Times of India
    Cops seize 15k cough syrup bottles

    Kolkata: More than 15,000 cough syrup bottles were seized from two vehicles in Dakshineswar during routine naka checking on Monday. A luxury bus with a UP number was offloading goods on to a van near a slum when cops ...

    24 June 2025 Times of India
    Be careful about letting strangers into house: Cops

    Kolkata: Beware of letting service providers — from scrap dealers and courier agents to hired car drivers — access your home: Kolkata Police and service agencies across the city have advised clients following the murder of a 76-year-old woman ...

    24 June 2025 Times of India
    Bizman duped of 51.8L by share-trading co

    Kolkata: A 37-year-old restaurant owner from south Kolkata has filed a complaint against a share-trading company for allegedly defrauding him of Rs 51.8 lakh through unauthorised deductions and questionable trading practices. The businessman reported that he was approached by ...

    24 June 2025 Times of India
    Eden Gardens isn’t public place, CAB not liable to pay ad tax to KMC: HC

    12 Kolkata: Eden Gardens cannot be considered a public place, Calcutta High Court has ruled, upholding a single judge's order that Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) is not liable to pay advertisement tax of over Rs 51 lakh to ...

    24 June 2025 Times of India
    B’deshi students join VB march against Tagore Bangla property vandalism

    12345 Santiniketan: The Visva-Bharati community, led by vice chancellor Prabir Kumar Ghosh, organised a candle-light march on Monday evening to protest against the recent vandalism of Rabindranath Tagore's ancestral home in Sajadpur, Bangladesh. The march also saw participation from ...

    24 June 2025 Times of India
    Bengal students stuck in Israel reach Jordan, wait for flight to Del

    123456 Kolkata: The first batch of Bengal students stranded in Israel is scheduled to board a flight from Amman, Jordan, after the Indian govt started the evacuation operation. More than 20 students from Bengal crossed the Israel-Jordan border amid ...

    24 June 2025 Times of India
    19 books by CM on list for school libraries

    Kolkata: Nineteen books authored by CM Mamata Banerjee will be among a set of 535 recommended by Bengal govt for school libraries.Bengal's 23 districts have been divided into five sets, and around 535 books listed for each. The list ...

    24 June 2025 Times of India
    Trinamool retains Kaliganj, BJP only party to see vote share dip

    12 Kolkata: Trinamool Congress, predictably, held on to Kaliganj — the only assembly constituency in Bengal to go for a bypoll — defeating BJP by more than 50,000 votes to keep the state's Vidhan Sabha composition constant.BJP also lost ...

    24 June 2025 Times of India
    CU fact-finding team to probe beam fall

    123 Kolkata: Calcutta University has formed a fact-finding committee on Monday to investigate an incident where a wooden slab from the ceiling fell in room number 17 at the Beadon Row ladies' hostel on Friday morning. The university will ...

    24 June 2025 Times of India
    Candle-light march at VB against Tagore Bangla property vandalism

    123 Santiniketan: To protest against the recent vandalism of Rabindranath Tagore's ancestral home in Sajadpur, Bangladesh, the Visva-Bharati community, led by vice chancellor Prabir Kumar Ghosh, organised a candlelight march on Monday evening. The march also saw participation from ...

    24 June 2025 Times of India
    UG admission portal logs over 1.6k applicants from outside Bengal

    Kolkata: West Bengal's centralised UG admission portal received over 1,600 applicants from outside states, including Karnataka and Kerala. Technical modifications were implemented to accommodate different marking systems, particularly after Karnataka applicants reported issues with their 125-mark system. The state ...

    24 June 2025 Times of India
    Contempt case: Kunal excused from appearing before HC

    12 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday dispensed with the personal appearance of Kunal Ghosh and other accused in a contempt of court case concerning a ruckus in front of chambers of high court lawyers at Old Post Office ...

    24 June 2025 Times of India
    Ruckus in assembly over expunged remarks, 4 BJP MLAs suspended

    123 Kolkata: Chaos broke out in the Bengal assembly on Monday after BJP lawmakers protested speaker Biman Banerjee's decision to expunge remarks made by them last week. An intense showdown between opposition and treasury benches led to marshals being ...

    24 June 2025 Times of India
    Teachers approach HC against SSC recruitment notice

    Kolkata: A section of unemployed teachers approached the Calcutta High Court on Monday against the recruitment notification of the West Bengal Central School Service Commission (WBSSC), alleging that it allowed "tainted" candidates to appear for the examination despite a ...

    24 June 2025 Times of India
    Bratya worried over fate of Netaji Subhas univ sports bill

    123 Kolkata: Bengal education minister Bratya Basu on Monday expressed concern over the fate of the Netaji Subhas University of Sports and Entrepreneurship Bill, 2025, noting that three varsity bills were already stuck "in the cold storage of Raj ...

    24 June 2025 Times of India
    Security alert near US consulate

    Kolkata: The city police and the US consulate in Kolkata are on alert against potential protests and demonstrations on JL Nehru Road, following the USA joining the Israel-Iran war. Sources in Kolkata Police said although there was no immediate ...

    23 June 2025 Times of India
    Kaliganj bypoll result: Bomb blast rocks Nadia during vote counting; 9-year-old girl dies, CM Mamata Banerjee vows strict action

    Security personnel stand guard near a counting centre in Nadia. (ANI) KOLKATA: A nine-year-old girl was killed in a bomb explosion in West Bengal’s Nadia district on Monday, police said.The incident occurred in Barochandgar under the Kaliganj police station ...

    23 June 2025 Times of India
    Chilling murder case in Hooghly: Woman kills husband over affair; kin help hide body, 4 held

    Representational Image KOLKATA: A woman and her family members have been arrested in connection with the killing of her husband in West Bengal’s Hooghly district. The incident, rooted in an alleged extramarital affair, came to light after the skeletal ...

    23 June 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather update: Warm day with rain showers expected today

    According to AQI.in, this weather data represents the beginning of a significant seasonal shift in Kolkata's climate pattern.Kolkata's weather forecast for June 23, 2025, indicates a warm day with patchy rain, temperatures ranging between 28.2°C to 35.5°C, and 66% ...

    23 June 2025 Times of India
    'Slapped, abused, molested and dress torn in public': Kolkata journalist fights back; drags molester off bus, hands him to police

    KOLKATA: A woman journalist returning home from work was allegedly slapped, abused, molested, and had her dress torn by a 55-year-old co-passenger in a bus. The accused, Sanjay Basak, a resident of Narayanpur, was seated on a seat reserved ...

    23 June 2025 Times of India
    Lesson in empathy: Bengal govt asks schools to feed stray dogs outside campuses, vaccinate them

    KOLKATA: Bengal's schools will now not only bring fresh, nutritious meals to the plates of students but also fill bellies of stray dogs around the school campuses. State has asked all govt and govt-aided schools to assign a staffer ...

    23 June 2025 Times of India
    Gorkhaland on Renu Subba’s lips at GTA award ceremony

    Darjeeling: With the cause of Gorkha identity on her lips, 87-year-old Renulina Subba, the first Nepali woman MLA from Kalimpong, called on Hill netas to rise above political divisions and unite to realise the long-cherished dream of Subash Ghising ...

    23 June 2025 Times of India
    Docs face diagnosis challenge as viral attacks overlap with season change allergies in Kolkata kids

    Kolkata: With the onset of the monsoon triggering a sudden dip in temperature, a range of viruses was unleashed, causing cough, cold, and fever. However, viral attacks are being overlapped by allergies, especially in children, triggering similar symptoms that ...

    23 June 2025 Times of India
    Luxury carmakers pass on rate cut relief to buyers amid forex pain

    123 Kolkata: The recent RBI interest rate cut has provided the much-needed relief to luxury car buyers, offsetting some of the price hikes that manufacturers like Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, JLR and Volvo have had to make in recent years.Speaking ...

    23 June 2025 Times of India
    Students stuck in Israel hope for early exit

    123456 Kolkata: Students stranded in Israel hoped for an early exit from the country after Iran escalated strikes on Israel following the US bomber jets striking three nuclear facilities in Iran. The first batch of 160 Indians left Jordan ...

    23 June 2025 Times of India
    Drizzle reduces max-min gap to 2°C in Kol

    Kolkata: The gap between the maximum and minimum temperatures narrowed to just two degrees on a cloudy Sunday as the city received sporadic drizzles. While the maximum reached 30.2°C, the minimum was 28.2°C. With the rain set to intensify ...

    23 June 2025 Times of India
    Street dogs poisoned in New Town, 1 dead

    Kolkata: A street dog was found dead, and several others were in critical condition after allegedly being poisoned outside a prominent housing complex and shopping mall in New Town. The incident, which came to light on Friday morning, sparked ...

    23 June 2025 Times of India
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