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  • 50% US tariff blow: Bengal exporters rework strategy; explore Gulf, UK, Australia markets

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Long due, say patients as hospitals focus on ‘zone of uncertainty’

    Kolkata: For the Hussain family, the West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission's (WBCERC) stern directive to hospitals not to hold back bodies of deceased patients for unpaid dues has come as a balm. The family alleged that a private ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Missing scripts problem: CU plans digital evaluation

    Kolkata: Calcutta University is considering introducing a digital evaluation system to address incidents related to the misplacement of answer scripts, officials said on Monday during the Syndicate meeting.Sources revealed that the proposal originated from the controller section, which suggested ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    SIR needs 3-4 years, says CM, lauds SC’s Aadhaar directive

    Kolkata/Siliguri: Special intensive revision (SIR) of voter rolls takes 3-4 years, and can't be carried out in 2-3 months, said Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday. She welcomed the Supreme Court's directive to Election Commission to include Aadhaar as ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Gang of 15 bikers chases car on Bypass at night, bashes up two

    Kolkata: A bike gang—at least 15 youths on eight motorcycles—chased down a car on E M Bypass, blocked its way at a spot between Mukundapur and Patuli around 3.30 am, pulled down the motorist and his friend, assaulted them ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Doorstep passport camp on campus

    Kolkata: For the first time, the Regional Passport Office, Kolkata, has announced that a special passport mobile van camp that will be held at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, Mohanpur, Nadia, on Sept 16 ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Salt Lake water supply to be hit for 5 days

    Kolkata: Five blocks in the Salt Lake Sector-I area will have reduced pressure of filtered water supply for five days from Wednesday till Sunday night. This is to allow the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) to continue with the ongoing ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    KP to install 200 convex mirrors at blind spots

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Police is going to install 200 new convex mirrors at ‘blind spots' across the city, including on bylanes, to curb accidents, especially those involving two-wheelers. Police on Tuesday floated a Rs 8.8-lakh tender to procure the ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    HAM operators trace Sodepur man to Nepal

    Kolkata: A 35-year-old man from Sodepur, Abhishek Ghosh, missing for nearly eight months, was traced to a social welfare home in violence-hit Nepal on Saturday by members of the West Bengal Radio Club at Manab Seveshram in Nepal.Ghosh was ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Ex-TMCP neta held for setting Tagore pic on fire

    Malda: A former TMCP neta was arrested on Tuesday for setting on fire pictures of , along with photos of PM and Union home minister during a Sept 1 protest at Chanchal College. Nasimul Haque alias AB ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    On Kol visit, PM may hold meet with state netas

    Kolkata: While no public meeting is officially scheduled for PM Narendra Modi during his two-day visit to Kolkata this month, Bengal BJP netas hinted that he could still hold a meet with them after his programme at Vijay Durg. ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    TMC slams BJP neta for urging Bengal youth to ‘take up arms’, follow Nepal model

    Kolkata: Trinamool on Tuesday lashed out at BJP's former Barrackpore MP Arjun Singh for urging Bengal's youth "to take inspiration from Nepal" and said netas of the saffron party were "merchants of mayhem who thrive on violence, bloodshed and ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Tab scam: CID arrests key gang member

    Kolkata: The CID has arrested a key gang member involved in last year's tablet scam. The accused Nasir Mohd was taken into custody in Kolkata on Tuesday.According to CID sources, Nasir had arranged 14 separate mule accounts in which ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    RB Ave puja parking mess forces MMiC to get off car and take a bike ride home

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Traffic Police on Tuesday launched a special drive to crack down on illegal parking around Rash Behari Avenue following complaints by local MLA Debasish Kumar, who happens to be a member of the mayor-in-council overseeing the ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Trucks & trade stranded at Panitanki as Nepal burns

    Siliguri: Fresh protests erupted at the Kakarvitta–Panitanki border crossing, about 34 km from Siliguri, on Tuesday morning, leaving hundreds of trucks stranded as tensions escalated in Nepal. A customs duty office was set on fire.As the protesters burnt tyres ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Custody death due to disease no ground for compensation: HC

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday denied to grant compensation for a custodial death in 2023, stating that to be entitled to compensation, the beneficiary had to show that the person died an unnatural death during incarceration."Simply, any death ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Titan Helios aims to double revenue to Rs 2,000 cr in 3 yrs

    Kolkata: Helios, a multi-brand watch retail chain from Titan, plans to double its revenue in the next three years to Rs 2,000 crore, banking on premium category products. This festive season, the company is planning to drive sales with ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Bengal CEO leaves for Delhi for SIR meet

    Kolkata: Bengal's chief electoral officer Manoj Agarwal headed for Delhi on Tuesday to attend the CEOs' conference on Wednesday to be chaired by chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.Agarwal is learnt to have sent his report to the EC about ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    IISER Kolkata scientists awarded prestigious J C Bose Fellowship for pioneering research

    KOLKATA: Professors Swadhin K. Mondal and Rahul Banerjee from the Department of Chemical Sciences at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata have been honoured with the prestigious J C Bose Fellowship. The accolade recognises their ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Low catch cloud over B’desh’s hilsa export nod

    Kolkata: The Bangladesh govt has given a nod for exporting 1,200 tonnes of hilsa to India ahead of Durga Puja. However, there is uncertainty over how much hilsa will actually cross the Benapole border to enter Bengal through Petrapole ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Low catch cloud over B’desh’s hilsa export nod

    Kolkata: The Bangladesh govt has given a nod for exporting 1,200 tonnes of hilsa to India ahead of Durga Puja. However, there is uncertainty over how much hilsa will actually cross the Benapole border to enter Bengal through Petrapole ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    City may get rain from tomorrow: Met

    While the city remained dry for past four days, the Met office has predicted rain from Thursday. A combination of a trough, moisture availability, and heating is expected to bring thundershower activities. While the rain relief will also make ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Shift protest site, HC suggests veterans

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Tuesday proposed an alternative venue for the protest to be held by members of the ex-servicemen organisation on Sept 13 against Bengal CM's remark on the Army in the presence of media. The court ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    College focus on mental health, students to screen patients

    Kolkata: To curb mental health issues, Loreto College on Tuesday launched a mental health service through its department of psychology. The college inaugurated SWOSTI mental health services that combine affordable care with advanced student training. The clinic will deal ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    Cops allow Chingrighata traffic blocks on Nov 14-16 & 21-23 nights

    Kolkata: Police will allow a traffic block at Chingrighata on two weekend nights, from Nov 14-16 and again on Nov 21-23, to facilitate Orange Line construction over the crossing, sources said. This decision ends a seven-month impasse over the ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    BU funds: HC lens on suspect’s reinstatement

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court, while hearing a misappropriation of funds case relating to Burdwan University, took note of the fact that the university registrar, who is a suspect, was reinstated in the post eight months after his retirement ...

    10 September 2025 Times of India
    PM in Kolkata on Sept 14,15 to inaugurate key defence meet

    Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Kolkata on Sept 14 and 15 where he will inaugurate a key defence conference, a defence official said on Monday. He will arrive in Kolkata on Sept 14 evening, spend the ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    ISER Kolkata scientists awarded prestigious J C Bose Fellowship for pioneering research

    KOLKATA: Professors Swadhin K. Mondal and Rahul Banerjee from the Department of Chemical Sciences at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata have been honoured with the prestigious J C Bose Fellowship.The accolade recognises their groundbreaking ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    Climate emergency workshop calls for collective action in Kolkata

    KOLKATA: With the climate emergency looming large, environmental activists, scientists, researchers, and influencers gathered at the Press Club of Kolkata for a day-long workshop to discuss urgent challenges facing humanity. The event came against the backdrop of this year’s ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    F5IFF’25 puts spotlight on women, nature & independent storytelling

    KOLKATA: As the curtain fell on the second edition of the Fest5 International Film Festival (F5IFF’25), accolades poured in for its role as a premier platform for independent filmmakers — free from syndicates, free from commercial clusters, and devoted ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata Metro: Blue Line plans to run all night for Durga Puja; Green Line extended beyond midnight

    KOLKATA: Despite ongoing challenges, Kolkata Metro plans to run night-long Blue (North-South) Line services on key Durga Puja days, officials said. Plans are also underway to extend Green (East-West) Line services beyond midnight, until at least 2 am.Except for ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    KMC prohibits Ferris wheels during puja

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has decided to say a strict no to the installation of Ferris wheels at the city's parks during Durga Puja. An accident at Ramlila Maidan in Entally in July 2022 prompted the civic decision, ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    Kin, friends in India on edge after Nepal mayhem

    Darjeeling: As political turmoil intensified in Nepal on Monday, residents of Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri, and Siliguri grappled with mounting anxiety over the safety of their loved ones across the border.Protests against govt corruption in Kathmandu have already claimed ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Humid, partly cloudy; no rain expected today, AQI remains moderate

    Kolkata's weather forecast for September 9, 2025, indicates a partly cloudy day with temperatures reaching 34.4°C amid moderate air quality concerns. The city recorded an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 67 yesterday, with temperatures expected to range between 26.7°C ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    Bengal health panel: Release bodies in 5 hrs; hospitals seek surety on dues payment

    KOLKATA: Hospitals cannot hold back bodies of deceased patients for more than five hours for non-payment of dues or while waiting for insurance claim approval, the West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission ruled on Monday.If any hospital keeps a ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    Rethink full-day cease-work, times have changed, says Calcutta HC to lawyers

    KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court Bar should rethink the practice of adopting resolutions to abstain from court hearings for an entire day as this led to cases piling up and put "pressure on the court", Justice Tirthankar Ghosh told ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    Illegal sand mining: ED raids 27 locations across the state

    Kolkata: ED on Monday conducted searches across 27 locations in Bengal in connection with illegal sand mining.Most of the searches were focused on a sand-mining company that operates in Bengal, UP, Rajasthan and Odisha. In Bengal, it operates at ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    Jaiswal-Sen reigns supreme

    Shankarpur: The seaside tourist village of Shankarpur welcomed some unusual visitors as more than 30 rally cars taking part in Monsoon Drive-14 went zooming past curious onlookers on a lazy afternoon last Saturday. The event, organised by Just Sportz, ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    Hilsa diplomacy back on plate: B’desh clears 1,200 tonnes ahead of Durga Puja

    Kolkata: The Mohammad Yunus-led interim govt in Bangladesh gave its nod on Monday to the export of hilsa to India ahead of Durga Puja. This continues the practice that deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina had initiated with the culturally ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    Ensure parks can open within two weeks of Durga Puja: KMC

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has asked organisers of in parks to restore the grounds within a fortnight of Dashami. According to a KMC parks department official, the permission to use parks was given to puja organisers along ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    NIT Durgapur to host Puri Shankaracharya for motivational speech

    Durgapur: NIT Durgapur has invited Puri Shankaracharya Swami Nischalananda Saraswati Maharaj to deliver a motivational speech on Thursday, Sept 11. The Shankaracharya will also preside over a "darshan and diksha" event. The programme schedule was released by NIT director ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    Docs remove 2-yr-old’s rare laryngeal cyst

    Kolkata: A two-year-old girl was rushed to hospital with a life-threatening airway obstruction caused by a large congenital laryngeal cyst a few days ago. A team of doctors at Apollo Multispecialty Hospital removed the cyst during a complex surgery. ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    HC junks plea against CBFC nod to ‘The Bengal Files’

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday set aside a petition challenging the role of the (CBFC) that allowed the screening of ‘The Bengal Files', observing that the petition was not maintainable.Petitioner Santanu Mukherjee, a lawyer and grandson of ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    50 for 2km: Autos make most of Kolkata metro crisis

    Kolkata: After metro operations between Garia and Tollygunge got disrupted for an hour on Monday morning, commuters alleged that a large section of operators on Tollygunge-Garia auto route fleeced commuters by charging double or triple the original fare. The ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    Abducted Midnapore minor rescued from Surat, 1 arrested

    West Midnapore: A student of class 8 who had been kidnapped in July was rescued from Surat last Thursday and her abductor arrested. Ranjit Das (25), from Chakgopinathpur area in Sabang, has been booked for abduction, marrying a minor ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    Farmer abducted by Bangla miscreants freed after BSF-BGB meet

    Jalpaiguri: An Indian national, abducted by Bangladeshi miscreants on Monday morning after he went to his farmland on the other side of the fencing on the India-Bangladesh border, was freed after a flag meeting between BSF and Border Guard ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    Will fix all roads by next week, KMC assures after mayor prod

    Kolkata: With less than two weeks left for Mahalaya, mayor Firhad Hakim on Monday held a special Durga Puja meeting and asked the civic officials and other state and central agencies to wrap up road repairs well before Mahalaya.Responding ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    Alipore zoo giraffe that died a month after shift to Ranchi was 4-5 months pregnant: Autopsy

    Kolkata/Ranchi: The six-year-old female giraffe from Alipore zoo that recently died at Bhagwan Birsa Biological Park in Ranchi following an exchange programme, was pregnant, the post-mortem report revealed. If so, then experts said the transportation will be a violation ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    BJP platform plans Nov film festival to showcase ‘those left out’

    Kolkata: With ‘Bengal Files' receiving a feeble response nationally, a BJP platform has planned to showcase movies that were either restricted in the state or failed to find a place at film festivals. The saffron brigade has been pointing ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    PCBL targets Rs16,000cr revenue

    Kolkata: PCBL Chemicals Ltd, a RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group company, has set a target of Rs 16,000 crore in revenues and aims for a five-fold growth in post-tax profit by 2030. The company also plans to increase its capacity by ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    CIL to check viability of data centres at decommissioned mines

    Kolkata: Coal India Limited (CIL) will conduct a study to evaluate the potential of establishing data centres in its decommissioned mines. Sources said four sites — Umrer (WCL), Saraipali in Korba (SECL), Himgir Rampur near Jharsuguda (MCL), and Nigahi ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    Bengal goes out of top 10 accident-prone states

    Kolkata: Bengal witnessed 13,795 accidents in 2023, resulting in 12,615 injuries. A total of 5,664 fatal accidents claimed 6,027 lives. These numbers were enough to ensure Bengal moved out of the first 10 most accident-prone states in the country, ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    HS examinees make OMR sheets debut

    Kolkata: For the inaugural OMR-based first part of the Higher Secondary examination that started on Monday, each centre was equipped with an additional 50% of OMR sheets beyond the total number of candidates. Hard copies of the OMR sheets ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    Ballygunge engg alleges online stalking by former classmate

    Kolkata: A young Ballygunge-based chemical engineer, who works with a US-based MNC and whose husband is a senior geologist, has alleged that she was being harassed, stalked, and threatened online by her former classmate. The accused was earlier suspended ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    50 for 2km: Autos make most of crisis

    Kolkata: After metro operations between Garia and Tollygunge got disrupted for an hour on Monday morning, commuters alleged that a large section of operators on Tollygunge-Garia auto route fleeced commuters by charging double or triple the original fare. The ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    Help held for stealing 1cr jewellery

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police arrested a domestic help for allegedly stealing gold jewellery and expensive watches worth over Rs 1 crore from a businessman's house on Rowland Row in Ballygunge where he was employed for the past 10 years. The ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    ‘Awareness key to prevent suicides’

    Kolkata: The rising number of suicide cases, especially among the age group between 15 and 30 years, can be prevented if the silence and stigma around mental health are broken through conversations, feel experts from a leading NGO dealing ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    Peak-hour metro snag hits Blue Line services on first HS morning

    Kolkata: A snag in a metro rake, on a day the HS started, left students and office-goers scrambling for alternative road transport, as services along the North-South (Blue) Line were hit for over an hour on the first day ...

    9 September 2025 Times of India
    Ex-cashier held for 62L gold theft from PSU bank locker

    Kolkata: A former cashier-cum-vault manager of a nationalised bank in Bhowanipore, Arnab Biswas, was arrested in connection with the theft of 571 grams of gold jewellery from the bank locker. The arrest came after an investigation revealed a forged ...

    8 September 2025 Times of India
    'The Bengal Files': Calcutta HC rejects plea of Gopal Patha's grandson; CBFC clearance stands

    KOLKATA: Calcutta High Court on Monday set aside a petition challenging the role of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) that had allowed screening of The Bengal Files film observing that the petition was not maintainable.Petitioner Santanu Mukherjee, ...

    8 September 2025 Times of India
    West Bengal: BJP accuses TMCP leader of attempting to burn photos of Rabindranath Tagore, Narendra Modi, Amit Shah

    KOLKATA: The BJP on Sunday alleged that a Trinamool Congress Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) leader at Chanchol College in Malda tried to set fire to photographs of , Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah. According to ...

    8 September 2025 Times of India
    'Ghosh insulted Bengalis and Bengal': TMC MLA Rahim Bakshi defends ‘pour acid’ remark; BJP calls it ‘Taliban regime’

    NEW DELHI: (TMC) leader Abdur Rahim Bakshi has issued a clarification after a controversy erupted over his remarks threatening to "pour acid" into BJP MLA Shankar Ghosh's mouth.Bakshi defended himself, saying his comments were triggered by Ghosh’s alleged ...

    8 September 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Partly cloudy with AQI remains moderate

    Kolkata residents experienced a pleasant start to the week on , with partly cloudy skies and temperatures ranging between and . The city recorded a moderate yesterday, with wind speeds reaching and humidity at , .The ...

    8 September 2025 Times of India
    Purulia-born filmmaker Anuparna Roy wins best director award at Venice film fest; bats for Palestinian kids

    KOLKATA: Purulia-born debut filmmaker Anuparna Roy’s ‘Songs of Forgotten Trees’, inspired by her childhood friend from Monpura village in Bengal, earned her the best director award while competing against 18 other feature films at the 82nd Venice Film Festival’s ...

    8 September 2025 Times of India
    Foolproof security, seamless exam as 91% candidates take SSC

    Kolkata: After nine years since the 2016 state-level selection test (SLST) for assistant teacher recruitment, the West Bengal School Service Commission conducted the first part of the second SLST for classes IX-X seamlessly on Sunday. The test for classes ...

    8 September 2025 Times of India
    Student drugged, gang-raped and held captive at b’day party, 2 accused on run

    Kolkata: A 20-year-old college student from Haridevpur was allegedly drugged, gang-raped, assaulted, and held captive overnight by two friends during a birthday party in Tollygunge on Friday.The accused, Chandan Malik and Debangsu Biswas (mentioned as Dweep in the complaint), ...

    8 September 2025 Times of India
    City malls anticipate surge in puja shopping as footfall remains steady

    Kolkata: With a steady stream of footfall on the second last Sunday before Mahalaya across major malls in Kolkata, retailers and shop owners said they are anticipating more rush over the next two weekends. They say they are yet ...

    8 September 2025 Times of India
    ‘Bulldozing of dreams’ in 2-engine states: TMC fires jobs salvo at BJP

    Kolkata: With over 31,000 candidates from other states, including BJP-governed Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, coming to Bengal to take the SSC exams on Sunday, Trinamool lashed out at "double-engine govts, where one engine bulldozes homes, the other bulldozes ...

    8 September 2025 Times of India
    Bottlenose dolphin found dead 50 km from Bay near Sundarbans

    Kolkata: An Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus), considered near- threatened and known for its active and acrobatic style, washed ashore a beach off Kaikhali Road in South 24 Parganas on Friday, approximately 50 kilometres inland from the Bay of ...

    8 September 2025 Times of India
    Man loses 20L to online trading fraud

    Kolkata: A 38-year-old man, Arghya Kusum Majumder of Kestopour, lost approximate Rs 20 lakh in an online financial fraud, after he joined two fraudulent WhatsApp groups posing as stock trading platforms. Majumder lodged a complaint at the Bidhannagar Cyber ...

    8 September 2025 Times of India
    Creche support for kids as young moms write exam

    Kolkata: While mothers were attending exams for the state-level selection test conducted by the West Bengal School Service Commission, their children were being looked after at a creche. Priyanka Ghosh, a candidate, along with her two-and-a-half-month-old baby, went to ...

    8 September 2025 Times of India
    Cyber crooks dupe Salt Lake man of 3.6 lakh

    Kolkata: A 44-year-old resident of Salt Lake, Anindya Bhattacharyya, lodged a complaint at Bidhannagar Cyber Crime Police Station, alleging he lost Rs 3.6 lakh in an online job fraud. The incident took place on Dec 2, 2024, when fraudsters ...

    8 September 2025 Times of India
    Floating LNG terminal to come up at Haldia dock

    Kolkata: Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata (SMPK) has awarded a 30-year land and waterfront licence for a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Haldia Dock Complex to a consortium of Invenire Petrodyne Limited and Excelerate Global Operations LLC. ...

    8 September 2025 Times of India
    Clip triggers cop alert on ‘Banglar Bari’

    Kolkata: Basirhat cops on Sunday cautioned people against paying money to avail benefits of ‘Banglar Bari' — the govt's housing-for-all scheme.The alert came after a clip emerged on social media in which a panchayat chief was allegedly heard telling ...

    8 September 2025 Times of India
    23-year-old techie dies by suicide after sending video msg to friend

    Kolkata: A 23-year-old woman IT professional ended her life on Saturday at her Vivekananda Park rented homein Bansdroni after sending a video message to a friend, who had apparently attempted to save her. The friend, a software engineer himself, ...

    8 September 2025 Times of India
    Cops arrest 4 for 9-yr-old’s murder in Tehatta, 2 held for lynching neighbours

    Kolkata: Police on Sunday arrested four people at Nishchintapur in Nadia's Tehatta for the alleged murder of the nine-year-old boy whose body was found in a pond wrapped in plastic sheets on Saturday, and two others for their alleged ...

    8 September 2025 Times of India
    Krishnanagar murder: BSF man held for helping son flee

    Krishnanagar: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Aug 26 murder of college student Ishita Mallick in Krishnanagar has arrested prime accused Deshraj Singh's father Raghavendra Pratap Singh — a BSF man for aiding his son's escape to UP.Police ...

    8 September 2025 Times of India
    Metro stabling yard shift from Kavi Subhash to Tollygunge offers normalcy hopes

    Kolkata: Metro Railway has started preparations to shift its stabling yard from the Blue Line's dysfunctional Kavi Subhash terminal to Tollygunge metro station. Once this is done, North-South (Blue) Line operations will be smoother as at least eight rakes ...

    8 September 2025 Times of India
    Metro stabling yard shift offers normalcy hopes

    Kolkata: Metro Railway has started preparations to shift its stabling yard from Blue Line's Kavi Subhash terminal to Tollygunge metro station. Once this is done, N-S Line operations will be smoother as at least eight rakes will be fed ...

    8 September 2025 Times of India
    Protest faces wear black clothes to exam centres

    Kolkata: Prominent faces of the teachers' protest attended the state level selection test on Sunday, wearing black clothes as a symbol of their protest.Mehebub Mandal, a prominent face of the protest movement, reached Sonarpur Vidyapith wearing a black kurta. ...

    8 September 2025 Times of India
    SSC test centres to host HS from today

    Kolkata: Most of the exam centres where the second SLST examination was held on Sunday will host the first part of the higher secondary examination starting on Monday. A total of 6.6 lakh candidates will appear for the OMR-based ...

    8 September 2025 Times of India
    50 lakh riders took metro in Sept first week

    Kolkata: The city's metro rail network is estimated to have carried around 50 lakh passengers in the first week of Sept, officials said on Sunday.On Monday (Sept 1), 8 lakh passengers travelled on the metro network that spans 74km ...

    8 September 2025 Times of India
    10% examinees appear from other states, express worries over jobs & slow recruitment back home

    Kolkata: Over 31,000 candidates from Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar and Rajasthan appeared for the state-level selection test for classes IX-X, expressing concerns about unemployment in their respective states.Valmiki Singh, 29, who came from Prayagraj, appeared for the first part ...

    8 September 2025 Times of India
    Work on airport approach set to end your crawl before your flight

    Kolkata: From shortened median dividers and footpaths to make way for more carriageway, removal of encroachments, and shifting of a traffic kiosk, a comprehensive set of infrastructure changes is underway at the Airport Gate No.1 crossing on VIP Road. ...

    8 September 2025 Times of India
    Parents in Kulti bask in daughter’s Venice success

    Kolkata: As recently as 2024, Brahmananda Roy and Manisha Roy harboured doubts about their daughter Anuparna Roy's decision to pursue filmmaking. They challenged her when she decided to quit her job to direct her first feature film, questioning whether ...

    7 September 2025 Times of India
    Bengali must on signboards by Sept 30: KMC to traders

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has sent directives to the city's business and commercial establishments, again, to include Bengali on the signboards, hoardings, and signage to promote linguistic authority and ensure inclusivity. In a circular issued by municipal commissioner ...

    7 September 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata horror: 20-year-old 'abducted', 'gang-raped' by 2 friends; cops launch manhunt

    NEW DELHI: A 20-year-old woman was allegedly raped by two of her friends after being abducted from her home in the Haridevpur area of south Kolkata, police said on Sunday.The incident is said to have taken place on Saturday ...

    7 September 2025 Times of India
    Harassed by ex-lover, girl kills self

    Kolkata: A 16-year-old girl, a Class X student, was found hanging inside her residence in Sodepur on Saturday evening after facing repeated humiliation and physical assault from her 22-year-old jilted lover, Bidyut Das, and his family.The incident occurred barely ...

    7 September 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Patchy rain with moderate AQI

    Kolkata experienced sunny weather conditions on September 7, 2025, with temperatures ranging between 26°C and 34.2°C, while the previous day recorded a moderate Air Quality Index (AQI) of 55. The comfortable weather conditions make it ideal for outdoor activities, ...

    7 September 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata: Over 300 tonnes of local hilsa set to hit markets ahead of Durga Puja

    KOLKATA: Over 300 tonnes of hilsa caught by local fishermen from the Bay of Bengal between mid-June and early Aug are set to reach city markets after Vishwa Karma Puja (Sept 17), just in time to meet peak Durga ...

    7 September 2025 Times of India
    Rejuvenate Sovabazar-Kumartuli built heritage while embracing modernisation, urge experts

    Kolkata: Conservation architects, developers, property owners, and citizens from the voluntary initiative Calcutta Heritage Collective (CHC) met on Saturday to reimagine future developments in north Kolkata neighbourhoods while preserving their historical character. The group appealed to the govt to ...

    7 September 2025 Times of India
    Kumor Para Kumartuli

    On a humid Sept afternoon, the lanes of Kumartuli, the idol-makers' enclave in north Kolkata, are busy with preparations for . In its narrow passageways, artisans shape clay into idols, while helpers carry straw and frames through the crowded ...

    7 September 2025 Times of India
    9-year-old boy found dead, mob lynches couple in Nadia

    Tehatta (Nadia): The death of a nine-year-old boy and the subsequent mob lynching of his neighbours have left Tehatta in Bengal's Nadia district on edge.Swarnabha Mondal, a Class 3 student, had gone out to play with his friends at ...

    7 September 2025 Times of India
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