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  • KMC doc held at Carnival moves HC

    Kolkata: The KMC doctor, who was arrested by police for allegedly wearing a ‘Justice for Abhaya’ badge while on duty at Carnival on Red Road, has filed a case in Calcutta HC challenging the alleged illegal detention and arrest. ...

    19 October 2024 Times of India
    72 dengue cases reported in BMC areas during puja

    Kolkata: Dengue cases increased by 40% in some pockets of Salt Lake and Rajarhat-Gopalpur under the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) during Durga Puja. As many as 72 fresh cases have been reported in the last fortnight. From Jan to ...

    19 October 2024 Times of India
    Metro network in Kolkata to span 90 km by next yr, 130 km in 3 yrs

    Kolkata: Kolkata Metro will cover 90km by 2025 and more than 130km by 2027, Metro Railway general manager P Uday Kumar Reddy said on Friday while announcing the celebration plans for the rapid transit system’s 40th foundation day next ...

    19 October 2024 Times of India
    Students to lead cops’ no-honking campaign

    Kolkata: The traffic cops will take the help of school students and local NGOs to try and sensitize motorists about the ill-effects of honking under overhead Metro stations where the sound gets amplified, causing severe distress to the kids ...

    19 October 2024 Times of India
    CBI: Calls, videos point to hush-up bid by Ghosh, Mandal

    Kolkata: The CBI, probing the rape and murder of the R G Kar Medical College PGT doctor, claimed in a Sealdah court that they have come across telephonic conversations and videos which “make it clear” that both ex-R G ...

    19 October 2024 Times of India
    Durga Puja over but pandals continue to block roads

    123 Kolkata: Six days past Bijoya Dashami, several Durga Puja pandals and various temporary structures constructed in the vicinity of these pandals continue to obstruct the streets and sidewalks across the city. These obstructions have led to the narrowing ...

    19 October 2024 Times of India
    Hosps take guard, check fire safety amenities

    Kolkata: The blaze at ESI Hospital in Sealdah has once again sent healthcare facilities in the city scurrying to inspect their own fire-safety infrastructure and fire-fighting measures. From running a check on the existing fire fighting equipment, to stringent ...

    19 October 2024 Times of India
    Cash, jewellery worth ₹5L stolen in Behala

    Kolkata: In a burglary on Roy Bahadur Road, Behala, thieves broke into a house by cutting the kitchen window grille and made off with cash and gold jewelry worth around Rs 5 lakh. The residents were not at the ...

    19 October 2024 Times of India
    West Brook appeals on weights

    Kolkata: West Brook from the stable of Suleiman Attaollahi looks good to bag the Fair Haven Trophy at Pune on Saturday. The daughter of Sugar Bay will be partnered by Akshay Kumar. The Prudential Champ Trophy is the first ...

    19 October 2024 Times of India
    Half-matched bone marrow transplant at NRS Hospital

    Kolkata: Doctors at the haematology department at NRS Medical College & Hospital have conducted a successful haploidentical (half-matched) bone marrow transplant (BMT) on a 42-year-old man. The patient was sent home on Friday three weeks after the transplant.The patient, ...

    19 October 2024 Times of India
    Metro Sasthi rider countcrosses 9L mark

    Kolkata: Metro Railway registered its highest ridership on Sasthi, breaching the 9-lakh milestone on a single day.“We carried 9.6 lakh commuters on a single day on Sasthi (Oct 9). This figure surpassed all previous records of Metro’s daily rider ...

    19 October 2024 Times of India
    Derby & its different dynamics

    Kolkata: Hardly had East Bengal FC’s interim coach Bino George and Spanish midfielder Saul Crespo settled into addressing the mediapersons on Friday afternoon when the press conference room at the club tent was plunged into darkness owing to a ...

    19 October 2024 Times of India
    After fire trauma, 49 of 91 patients shifted to another hosp 4km away

    Kolkata: Forty-nine of the 91 patients, who were hurriedly brought out to safety as a fire broke out at ESI Hospital, Sealdah, on Friday morning, were later put on ambulances and hospital buses and driven around 4km to ESI ...

    19 October 2024 Times of India
    Victim of hosp abduction a conman: Cops

    Kolkata: A day after one Netai Dey from Gangasagar was rescued from West Midnapore and four of his “kidnappers’ were arrested, cops said they were planning legal action against the victim after it emerged that he had cheated them ...

    19 October 2024 Times of India
    India gets 577 tonnes Bangla hilsa this puja

    Kolkata: India received around 577 tonnes of hilsa from Bangladesh this Durga Puja. This is almost a fifth of the 2,420-tonne export to India that had been permitted for trade by the country’s commerce ministry on Sept 25. The ...

    18 October 2024 Times of India
    Mass signature campaign, ‘yatra’ plan by West Bengal junior doctors

    KOLKATA: The West Bengal Junior Doctors Front (WBJDF) started a mass signature campaign in support of their agitation on 10 demands on Thursday. They have also called a ‘yatra for justice’ from Sodepur to Esplanade on Saturday. It has ...

    18 October 2024 Times of India
    1 dead, 80 rescued as fire breaks out at Sealdah's ESI hospital

    Image created using AI: DALL·E 3 NEW DELHI: A fire broke out at the Sealdah (Rajabazar) ESI Hospital in Kolkata early Friday morning, resulting in the death of a patient in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Fire officials confirmed ...

    18 October 2024 Times of India
    Fasting doctor released after a week in hospital

    Kolkata: Aniket Mahata, one of the prominent faces of the agitation by junior doctors, was discharged from the hospital on Thursday after a week-long treatment. Mahata, a final-year anaesthesia PGT, was admitted in the critical care ward of R ...

    18 October 2024 Times of India
    Behala Danu idol to be on display at Del Irish Embassy

    Kolkata: The idol of Danu, an Irish fertility goddess revered as a mother and warrior akin to Durga, which was displayed at the Behala Natun Dal pandal, is being relocated to the Irish Embassy in Chanakyapuri, Delhi. The embassy ...

    18 October 2024 Times of India
    6 fined for car rides with open sunroof

    Kolkata: Around six motorists who were photographed peering out of open sunroofs in moving cars have been slapped with a massive penalty by Kolkata traffic police.The prosecution notices came mainly on the basis of the social media posts made ...

    18 October 2024 Times of India
    Suicide bid hits metro ops

    Kolkata: Hundreds of commuters headed home had a harrowing time after metro services along the North-South corridor were disrupted for an hour on Thursday evening following a suicide attempt at Kalighat station. “A commuter jumped in front of a ...

    18 October 2024 Times of India
    Puja’s plastic leftovers spark pollution worry

    Kolkata: Plastic pollution during Durga Puja has far exceeded the damage in the previous pujas, posing a huge challenge to KMC to ferry them to landfill sites. Streets adjoining big-ticket pujas bore the brunt of plastic litter in the ...

    18 October 2024 Times of India
    3 arrested for rape, abuse of minors

    Kolkata: Two complaints of abuse of minors have been filed with the police in the Bowbazar and Entally police station areas in the past 48 hours. Both incidents saw prompt arrests by cops. A third case of rape has ...

    18 October 2024 Times of India
    City travel agent on Bali holiday drowns in sea after falling off cliff

    Kolkata: The body of a travel agent from Kolkata who was holidaying in Bali, Indonesia, was found in the sea by a search team on Thursday morning. Nilesh Mukhi (59), had fallen off a cliff into the sea at ...

    18 October 2024 Times of India
    Fake news being spread to tarnish TMC’s image: Panja

    Kolkata: State cabinet minister Shashi Panja claimed on Thursday that fake news was being circulated on social media to tarnish the image of the Trinamool Congress. She was addressing party workers at a Bijoya Sammilani meeting at Behala.“The people ...

    18 October 2024 Times of India
    Champions Way looks a cinch

    Kolkata: Satish Narredu- trained Champions Way, who looks head and shoulders above his four rivals, should have no peers in winning the Governor’s Cup at Mysuru on Friday. The son of Castle Queen who was a costly failure the ...

    18 October 2024 Times of India
    Sandip Ghosh approaches HC over fixed deposit

    Kolkata: Former RG Kar principal Sandip Ghosh, who has been arrested by the CBI in connection with financial irregularities at the hospital, has moved Calcutta High Court, saying a nationalised bank is not allowing him to break his fixed ...

    18 October 2024 Times of India
    Make minimum stipend mandatory, say jr lawyers

    Kolkata: While welcoming the Bar Council of India (BCI) suggestion to offer a minimum stipend of Rs 20,000 to junior lawyers practising in urban areas and Rs 15,000 in rural areas, the junior lawyers in Kolkata said they wanted ...

    18 October 2024 Times of India
    Man falls to death

    Kolkata: Kalu Dey (35), a shopkeeper from Subhas Park in Paschim Putiary, was found dead near an underconstruction building on Thursday. While police suspect Dey, a heavy drinker, had fallen from a landing of the building in a drunken ...

    18 October 2024 Times of India
    App launched for quick Kali Puja nod, 10 clubs register on day 1

    Kolkata: The online single-click permission system, Aasaan, designed to secure quick approval for Kali Puja, was launched on Thursday. Sources said over 10 applicants have registered on the first day. Last year, a total of 2,644 Kali Puja organizers ...

    18 October 2024 Times of India
    Bengal eye maximum points

    Kolkata: The last time Bengal played Bihar in a Ranji Trophy match, the game got over inside three days with Bengal winning by an innings and 204 runs at the Eden Gardens. Not much has changed in eight months ...

    18 October 2024 Times of India
    Molestation cuffs on 3 more revellers

    Kolkata: A resident of Jamtara has been arrested for allegedly molesting a young woman at a popular puja pandal in Kolkata. Two others have been arrested from the Bajekadamtala Ghat area for allegedly molesting another woman when she had ...

    17 October 2024 Times of India
    Fire breaks out at abandoned factory in Kolkata

    NEW DELHI: A fire erupted at an abandoned factory in Beliaghata, east Kolkata, on Thursday, according to an official. No injuries were reported.The fire started around 11 a.m. and was brought under control within an hour, as stated by ...

    17 October 2024 Times of India
    Ravishing Form hard to toss

    Kolkata: Trained by Parvati Byramji, Ravishing Form is the one they all have to beat in the K.T. Shamaiah Trophy at Mysuru on Thursday. The son of Adiella has raced in much superior company and will be ridden by ...

    17 October 2024 Times of India
    Waterlogging in N Kol, south relatively dry

    Kolkata: Large parts of north and central Kolkata, including Ultadanga, Maniktala, Beleghata, Sealdah, Amherst Street and C R Avenue, were flooded after heavy spells of rain since Wednesday afternoon. Places in south Kolkata, such as Ballygunge, Jodhpur Park, Lake ...

    17 October 2024 Times of India
    'Gang-raped, murdered, stripped, poured acid': Chilling details emerge after girl's body found in West Bengal

    NEW DELHI: An 18-year-old girl was discovered dead, partially stripped, and with acid burns on her face in Krishnanagar on Wednesday. The victim’s fiancé, in his early 20s, was arrested after her parents alleged that she went out with ...

    17 October 2024 Times of India
    State chief electoral officer meets DMs on bypolls

    Kolkata: Bengal’s chief electoral officer, Aariz Aftab, on Wednesday held a meeting with the district magistrates of Bankura, West Midnapore, Alipurduar, Cooch Behar and North 24 Parganas on the upcoming assembly bypolls. Elections will be held in Taldangra, Midnapore, ...

    17 October 2024 Times of India
    2nd innings for pandals at district Jagaddhatri, next yr’s Durga Pujas

    Kolkata: Thematic pandals of several big-ticket Durga Pujas like Suruchi Sangha, Mudiali, Tridhara and Hazra Park are being uninstalled in parts and are set to be transported to Chandernagore where they will get reinstalled for Jagaddhatri Puja. The pandal ...

    17 October 2024 Times of India
    FIR after DC Central heckled

    Kolkata: A day after KP deputy commissioner (central division) Indira Mukherjee faced protests at the Droher carnival, police on Wednesday registered an FIR and sent notices to four persons — identified from video footage — to face questioning. The ...

    17 October 2024 Times of India
    Docs keep close watch on health of colleagues on hunger strike

    Kolkata: Snigdha Hazra, Sayantani Ghosh Hazra and Arnab Mukhopadhyay, who have been on hunger strike at Esplanade since Oct 5, continued to defy the odds and their vitals remained stable after 11 days on Wednesday. Three others — Anustup ...

    17 October 2024 Times of India
    Girl held for youth’s death in bike crash

    Kolkata: An 18-year-old girl, who was reportedly riding pillion with a youth when the bike met with an accident on the Hastings ramp of Vidyasagar Setu, has been charged with negligence causing his death. The woman was also injured ...

    17 October 2024 Times of India
    Hooghly ghats south of Howrah bridge cleaner than those in north

    Kolkata: A day after the final round of Durga Puja idol immersions, a noticeable divide emerged in the clean-up efforts at ghats along the Hooghly with those to the south of Howrah Bridge appearing more clean than those ghats ...

    17 October 2024 Times of India
    Netaji’s niece passes away at 95

    Kolkata: Roma Ray, daughter of Sarat Chandra Bose and neice of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, passed away at her south Kolkata residence on Wednesday. She was 95.The last of her generation, Roma Roy was third daughter of Sarat Bose ...

    17 October 2024 Times of India
    AQI worsens, Ballygunge, Salt Lake in ‘poor’ range

    Kolkata: For the first time this season, Kolkata's air quality took a significant downturn, with the air quality index (AQI) slipping into the ‘poor’ category (201-300) at one monitoring station while the rest of the city recorded a ‘moderate’ ...

    17 October 2024 Times of India
    Goldsmith hires biker to snatch gold chains

    Kolkata: A goldsmith has been arrested for snatching gold chains with the help of a biker during the just-concluded Durga Puja. Accused Gopal Shaw rode pillion and snatched chains after which the biker spirited him away. Shaw, who is ...

    17 October 2024 Times of India
    RVNL gets night traffic block at Chinar Park for metro stn

    Kolkata: RVNL has finally got the permission for traffic block at Chinar Park to build a station there on the Airport-New Garia Metro corridor.Though no timeline has been set yet, an official said it would take RVNL at least ...

    17 October 2024 Times of India
    Tainted officials, profs still at RG Kar, CBI tells state. No such letter received, says govt

    Kolkata: The CBI has written to the state health department, informing it some RG Kar Medical College officials and doctors, including Debashis Som and assistant professor Sujata Ghosh, are being probed in the RG Kar case and sought to ...

    17 October 2024 Times of India
    Curbs near RG Kar extended

    Kolkata: The city police issued a fresh notification extending restrictions on assembly of five or more persons around RG Kar Hospital till Oct 30. The first notification was issued in mid-Aug. The area impacted will include Belgachhia Road/JK Mitra ...

    17 October 2024 Times of India
    Post-monsoon showers drench Kol, Met predicts more rain this week

    Kolkata: The city was lashed by several spells of post-monsoon shower on Wednesday that provided some relief from the sultry, humid conditions that had prevailed over the last few days. It remained cloudy since morning till some parts of ...

    17 October 2024 Times of India
    Fri deadline to remove puja pedestrian channels

    Kolkata: Cops have issued a Friday deadline to Durga Puja organisers and PWD to remove all temporary log and bamboo pedestrian channels and other barricades blocking city roads to ensure smooth traffic movement by the weekend.TOI drove around the ...

    17 October 2024 Times of India
    Protests, human chain choke central Kolkata

    Kolkata: Evening peak-hour traffic crawled across central Kolkata courtesy the ‘Droh-er Carnival’, a human chain by agitating junior doctors and a rally by the youth wing of BJP taking place around the same time in the heart of the ...

    16 October 2024 Times of India
    Patchwork for key Salt Lake roads, wait on for inner lanes

    Kolkata: The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has carried out patchwork on some of the most damaged road stretches in Salt Lake by working during puja. However, many stretches, especially the inner lanes inside the blocks, are still in very ...

    16 October 2024 Times of India
    Elective surgeries pile up at private hosps as doctors cease work for second day

    Kolkata: The cease-work by doctors at private hospitals in Kolkata since Monday has resulted in several surgeries being deferred across multiple facilities. While OPDs either remained vacant or saw a sharp footfall drop for the second successive day on ...

    16 October 2024 Times of India
    Bonita bags Cup event

    Kolkata: Ajay Sharma-nursed Bonita was an effortless winner of the Bangalore Turf Club Cup in New Delhi on Tuesday. The five-year-old mare was guided by Vivek G.Delhi short results(With Inter-Venue Dividends)1: (5-3-4) Cletus 1; Black Hill 2; Lemon Pie ...

    16 October 2024 Times of India
    Foreigners match steps with Kol revellers at Red Road Carnival

    Kolkata: Tourists from Moldova, Ukraine, Australia and several other countries soaked in the festive spirit as they witnessed the grand Durga Puja carnival on Red Road on Tuesday, a spectacle that they had heard about and were keen to ...

    16 October 2024 Times of India
    JCB India launches new excavator

    Kolkata: Earthmoving and construction equipment manufacturer JCB India has introduced Fuel Master Tracked Excavator, which the company says has been engineered to reduce fuel consumption by 14% compared to the previous model. The machine will also be exported.

    16 October 2024 Times of India
    Two Kol pujas take green step, melt idols at pandal

    Kolkata: The idea of green immersion is gradually gaining ground in the city. Though only two community puja organisers have opted for in-situ dissolving of idols, using water jets and cannons, to save water bodies from contamination and pollution, ...

    16 October 2024 Times of India
    2-week puja break for state employees in ’25

    Kolkata: Like this year, state govt employees will get a two-week-long puja holiday next year as Durga Puja will start on Sep 27 in 2025.As Panchami next year is on Saturday (Sep 27), the state govt has plans to ...

    16 October 2024 Times of India
    Probing role of others in rape-murder, CBI informs SC

    Kolkata: The CBI on Tuesday told the SC that it is probing the role of “others” in R G Kar rape-murder. It filed the fifth status report in the SC.In the previous hearing on Sept 30, the CBI was ...

    16 October 2024 Times of India
    Decomposed body found in Salt Lake canal

    Kolkata: The decomposed body of a man in his 40s was found floating in a canal at AA Block in Salt Lake on Tuesday morning. Locals said even after cops were informed about the body, there was a delay ...

    16 October 2024 Times of India
    32k domestic passengers flew out of city on Mon

    Kolkata: Almost 32,000 domestic passengers flew out of Kolkata on Monday — the most on a day this year — signifying the huge chunk of travellers who returned to their workplace after the end of Durga Puja on Ekadashi.TOI ...

    16 October 2024 Times of India
    ‘Hosp infra work to be over by Oct 25, RG Kar by Oct 31’

    Kolkata: The state on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that installation of CCTV cameras and the renovation as well as construction of washrooms and duty rooms at all medical colleges were nearing completion and the work would be over ...

    16 October 2024 Times of India
    Youth on scooter dies on Setu ramp, kin cry murder

    Kolkata: Mystery surrounds the death of a young man, Nishant Chowdhury (22), from Behala with cops claiming he was a victim of an accident involving trucks and his family insisting he was murdered.Police reported that Nishant died in a ...

    16 October 2024 Times of India
    KMDA prepares to preserve 10 new idols

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) is gearing up to accommodate new Durga idols in the art gallery at Rabindra Sarobar where such idols are preserved. At present, the authorities can accommodate about 10 new idols at the ...

    16 October 2024 Times of India
    Rape and death: Hubby, cop, his wife arrested

    Kolkata: Three persons, including a constable of Kolkata Police (KP) and his wife, a panchayat member, were arrested in connection with the alleged rape and subsequent death of a 30-year-old woman, who was their tenant at Habra. The victim’s ...

    15 October 2024 Times of India
    RG Kar issue: Junior doctors' hunger strike enters 11th day

    KOLKATA: The ongoing indefinite hunger strike by junior doctors in West Bengal, demanding action in response to the RG Kar Hospital incident, reached its 11th day on Tuesday. Despite a meeting between medical representatives and the state government, no ...

    15 October 2024 Times of India
    Patient kin assaulted at SSKM during clash

    Kolkata: A youth who had come to get his father released from SSKM Hospital after treatment had to be admitted to the hospital himself with severe head injuries after he got caught in a clash between two groups on ...

    15 October 2024 Times of India
    Picture in contrast: Kol ghats clean, pollution concern in dists

    Kolkata: More than 3,000 idols have been immersed in the city’s major ghats along the Hooghly river in the past two days.Immersion ghats on Sunday saw a rush of idols. According to a Kolkata Municipal Corporation parks department official, ...

    15 October 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata police impose Section 163 to prevent disruptions during Immersion Carnival

    KOLKATA: The Kolkata Police has implemented Section 163 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, in nine key areas of the city, starting from Tuesday. One of these locations is Rashmoni Avenue, near the protest site outside the ...

    15 October 2024 Times of India
    Ensure jud magistrate’s presence at rape-murder victim’s autopsy: HC

    Kolkata/Behrampore: The Calcutta HC on Monday asked Bengal advocate general Kishore Datta to ensure the postmortem of a nine-year-old rape and murder victim from Farakka is carried out in the presence of a judicial magistrate, report Subrata Chattoraj & ...

    15 October 2024 Times of India
    Mine blast: HC seeks state report

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Monday sought a report from Bengal govt on the Oct 7 blast at a private Birbhum coal mine that left seven miners dead. The HC was hearing a petition seeking NIA probe into ...

    15 October 2024 Times of India
    12 at immersion procession held

    Kolkata: Twelve men, including a member of Rajarhat Bishnupur 1 Gram Panchayat, were arrested on Sunday night on charges of disorderly conduct, assault on cops and abusing women at a Durga Puja immersion procession. Police said a group of ...

    15 October 2024 Times of India
    Taratala flyover may open today: Cops

    Kolkata: Cops hoped to resume normal traffic on Taratala flyover, which had been shut from Sunday for repair, on Tuesday morning. One of the flanks might be openned on Tuesday as PWD had been asked to complete the repair ...

    15 October 2024 Times of India
    90 puja clubs, 3.5k cops, 35k crowd: Stage set for carnival

    Kolkata: Members and idols of more than 90 Durga Pujas will travel down Red Road with more than 35,000 people in attendance and others connecting digitally. While there is excitement over the carnival, there is anxiety over a dissent ...

    15 October 2024 Times of India
    Bail riders for 9 pandal protesters

    Kolkata: The nine persons who were arrested and remanded in seven-day police custody for allegedly raising ‘Justice for RG Kar’ slogans at Tridhara Sammilani pandal were granted bail through a special hearing by Calcutta HC during Durga Puja. They ...

    15 October 2024 Times of India
    War of words as Ananta Maharaj ‘manhandles’ monk

    Jalpaiguri: BJP Rajya Sabha MP Ananta Maharaj allegedly manhandled a monk of Ramakrishna Vivekananda Seva Ashram at Cooch Behar’s Sitai on Sunday evening. While BJP dissociated itself from the incident and condemned it, Trinamool Congress slammed the MP’s act ...

    15 October 2024 Times of India
    Metro sees 9.5L jump in rider count during pujas

    Kolkata: Metro Railway carried 50.5 lakh passengers during the last six days of festivities from Chaturthi (last Tuesday) to Dashami (Saturday). Puja ridership was 9.5 lakh more compared to last year.Last pujas, Kolkata Metro recorded around 41 lakh passengers ...

    15 October 2024 Times of India
    ‘95% hosp upgrade over’, RG Kar races against time

    Kolkata: More than 95% work for infrastructure and security upgrade at all govt hospitals in Bengal, barring RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, had been completed, meeting the Oct 15 deadline that the state had committed before the Supreme ...

    15 October 2024 Times of India
    7 dead, 22 injured in 19 accidents during pujas

    Kolkata: Seven persons died in Kolkata and Bhangar during Durga Puja between Oct 9 and Oct 13. Five of these six victims were bikers, the accidents taking place either in the morning or late in the night. Three of ...

    15 October 2024 Times of India
    Private hosp docs launch cease work for 48 hours

    Kolkata: Doctors at private hospitals across Kolkata and in some districts on Monday launched a two-day cease work for non-emergency patient services. The cease work, they said, was a mark of solidarity with the junior doctors’ movement and that ...

    15 October 2024 Times of India
    Health secretary not present in Mon meet

    Kolkata: Chief secretary Manoj Pant said, “We are concerned about the health conditions of the junior doctors and through the meeting we appealed to them to withdraw the hunger strike. We expressed our concern and also requested through them ...

    15 October 2024 Times of India
    Wall Street has a great chance

    Kolkata: Mohsin Khan-saddled Wall Street runs with a great chance of winning the Bangalore Turf Club Cup in New Delhi on Tuesday. The son of Nifty was given an easy outing last time out and will be ridden by ...

    15 October 2024 Times of India
    Ticket sales for Tolly puja releases leave Bollywood films behind in state

    Kolkata: This puja, Bengal’s entertainment sector achieved unprecedented success and garnered the highest revenues in 2024. Tollywood’s box office collections for the three films – ‘Bohurupi’, ‘Tekka’ and ‘Shastri’ — have surpassed those of two big-ticket Bollywood puja releases ...

    15 October 2024 Times of India
    RG Kar issue: Junior medics bring out rally to Raj Bhavan

    KOLKATA: Demanding a quick and transparent probe into the alleged rape and murder of a medic at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, agitating junior doctors on Monday took out a rally in the city. The procession, ...

    14 October 2024 Times of India
    Social issues take centre stage at city pujas

    Kolkata: From stories about ordeals of the elderly in old age homes to importance of mental health awareness, — themes highlighting social issues are dominant at pandals.At Esplanade tram depot, puja organisers have created “life in an old age ...

    14 October 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata-bound Air India plane suffers technical issue; returns to Delhi

    NEW DELHI: An Air India flight, destined for Kolkata, was forced to return to Delhi on Monday morning after encountering a technical problem shortly after takeoff. According to a source, the aircraft seemingly experienced an issue with its nose ...

    14 October 2024 Times of India
    Sasthi starts: Pandal-hoppers take protests, drizzle in stride

    Kolkata: Revellers keen on pandal-hopping braved showers in New Town, Salt Lake and areas adjoining Bypass and demonstrations in pockets of central and south Kolkata on Wednesday to visit pujas across the city. All areas with pandal clusters — ...

    14 October 2024 Times of India
    Unrest breaks out during Durga puja celebration in West Bengal's Shyampur

    NEW DELHI: Unrest broke out during Durga puja celebration in Shyampur area of Howrah district on Sunday.The disturbances were reportedly triggered by unidentified individuals.Superintendent of police, Howrah (Rural), Swati Bhangalia said, "In Howrah district, unrest broke out during a ...

    14 October 2024 Times of India
    RG Kar issue: Junior doctors' hunger strike enters 10th day, another protesting medic hospitalised

    Junior doctors' hunger strike enters 10th day, another protesting medic hospitalised NEW DELHI: The "fast-unto-death" protest by junior doctors in West Bengal, aimed at pressing their demands following the RG Kar hospital incident, entered its 10th day on Monday. ...

    14 October 2024 Times of India
    Flower prices soar ahead of Ashtami, hit puja budgets

    Kolkata: With Saptami starting from Wednesday, the price of flowers has increased manifold — from marigold to lotus, all are being sold at a premium. Flower sellers across the city are charging Rs 30-Rs 40 for a lotus. Those ...

    13 October 2024 Times of India
    Mob beats up man in Kolkata hospital compound, doctors raise security concern

    KOLKATA: In a recent incident at SSKM Hospital in Kolkata, a group of attackers assaulted a youth in the trauma care department, leaving him injured. This event occurred as junior doctors nearby continued their hunger strike, pressing for their ...

    13 October 2024 Times of India
    Airport welcomes flight with Jamdani art on its tail

    Kolkata: A brand new Boeing B 737-8 aircraft with tail art inspired by the traditional Jamdani design landed at Kolkata airport on Wednesday afternoon. Air India Express employees dressed in traditional ‘Jamdani’ attire welcomed the aircraft that operated on ...

    11 October 2024 Times of India
    'Minimum decency should be maintained': Kolkata model’s outfit for Durga Puja pandal sparks debate

    NEW DELHI: Hemoshree Bhadra, a model from Kolkata who claims to have won the Miss Kolkata 2016 title, has become the subject of intense social media criticism after wearing a revealing crop top to a Durga Puja pandal in ...

    11 October 2024 Times of India
    Cop crackdown on rogue bikers to continue

    Kolkata: The crackdown on rogue bikers that began on Tritiya is set to continue in the city during the remaining days of Durga Puja. On an average, cops have prosecuted 2,800-3,100 bikers daily, a large portion of them for ...

    10 October 2024 Times of India
    ‘Inquest, video consistent with post-mortem’

    Kolkata: In the RG Kar rape-and-murder charge sheet submitted in court, the CBI has said that inquest proceedings and the post-mortem videography were consistent with the post-mortem report. The central investigating agency, which filed the charge sheet on the ...

    10 October 2024 Times of India
    2 months on, what we know about RG Kar hospital rape-murder

    Timing of deathAccording to CCTV footage, it took less than 28 minutes for Sanjay Roy, prime accused in the rape and murder of the RG Kar doctor, to commit the crime. The CBI charge sheet mentions Roy’s movement on ...

    10 October 2024 Times of India
    Doctors' protests hit Kolkata's restaurants, revenue slump

    NEW DELHI: Protests in Kolkata following the rape and murder of a woman doctor at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital have led to a noticeable decline in sales across the city's food and beverage industry. Several restaurant ...

    10 October 2024 Times of India
    9 detained for slogan shouting at pandal

    Kolkata: Junior doctors and protestors marched to Lalbazar on Wednesday evening after nine protesters, including junior doctors, who had raised “we want justice” slogans at the Tridhara pandal, were detained and taken to the police headquarters.According to police, the ...

    10 October 2024 Times of India
    ‘Beautiful’ in rousing form

    Kolkata: Imtiaz Khan-nursed Isnt She Beautiful is in rollicking form and will be be hard to beat in the Mysore Dasara Sprint Championship at Mysuru on Thursday. The five-year-old mare is in line for her fourth straight win in ...

    10 October 2024 Times of India
    Autos hike morning fares to make up for evening losses

    Kolkata: The autorickshaws might be going off the roads on puja evenings but they are making passengers pay for their losses. The fares charged in the morning sometimes as high Rs 100 per passenger. While such trends have become ...

    10 October 2024 Times of India
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