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  • Trolley run for Orange Line’s Ruby-Sec V ops

    Kolkata: Metro Railway general manager P Uday Kumar Reddy on Saturday took the first trolley ride between Gour Kishore Ghosh and Sector V stations of the Orange line.Metro Railway and RVNL, implementing agency of the 29km New Garia-Airport (Orange) ...

    8 December 2024 Times of India
    1st trolley run for Metro ops between Sec V & Chingrighata

    Kolkata: Metro Railway general manager P Uday Kumar Reddy on Saturday took the first trolley ride between Gour Kishore Ghosh and Sector V stations of the Orange line.Metro Railway and RVNL, implementing agency of the 29km New Garia-Airport (Orange) ...

    8 December 2024 Times of India
    KMC widens key Thakurpukur link

    Kolkata: Commute from Thakurpukur to Saroj Gupta Cancer Centre and Research Institute — known as Thakurpukur Cancer Hospital — is set to get easier. This will bring relief not just to hundreds of cancer patients and their kin but ...

    8 December 2024 Times of India
    Understanding dyslexia: Experts call for empathy

    123456 Kolkata: The death by suicide of a 17-year-old student with dyslexia on Friday has brought into focus the need to identify the condition early and assist youngsters in dealing with it. They need to be taught and allowed ...

    8 December 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata hospital conducts mega CPR training in association with Indian Museum

    KOLKATA: On Friday a Kolkata hospital joined hands with the Indian Museum to conduct a mega CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) training programme. Health experts said creating a CPR-ready community could help reduce mortality during sudden cardiac arrest.The number of sudden ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    In a first, Muktijoddhas set to miss Vijay Diwas event in Kolkata

    KOLKATA: For the first time in recent memory, there will possibly be no Muktijoddha (freedom fighter) at this year's Vijay Diwas celebrations that commemorates India's victory over Pakistan in the war that led to the creation of Bangladesh in ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    TMC slams Telangana CM Revanth Reddy's 'Garbage City' remark about Kolkata, invites him for visit

    Telangana CM Revanth Reddy (left); TMC's Riju Dutta (right) NEW DELHI: Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy faced criticism from West Bengal’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) after calling Kolkata a “garbage city”, which termed the remark as "insensitive." The party also ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    Will run INDIA bloc from West Bengal if asked: CM Mamata Banerjee

    KOLKATA: Speaking of the INDIA bloc in an interview on Friday, CM Mamata Banerjee indicated that while she would never leave Bengal, she was ready to lead the opposition bloc from Bengal if asked to do so. The CM ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    Bangladesh is leaderless as mafia has risen & govt is weak: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

    KOLKATA: Bangladesh was now "leaderless" because "the mafia" had risen and its govt was "weak", Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said on Friday. She, however, added that Indo-Bangla negotiations should not stop and that the Centre should ensure "everyone is ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    Stuck in West Bengal jail since 2018 over ID errors, Jharkhand woman finally meets kin

    Nalini (2nd from left) with her family on Friday MIDNAPORE: Nalini Chowdhury received bail in 2018, but till Thursday, she had to stay as an inmate in Midnapore Central Correctional Home. This was due to mistakes in her bail ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    Min temp in Kolkata drops to 16.7°C, lowest this season so far

    Kolkata: The city shivered in an early morning chill as the mercury dropped to 16.7°C on Friday, the lowest of the season so far. It could drop further by a degree on Saturday, predicted the Met office. According to ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    1 dead, 1 injured in blast at Kolkata scrap vehicle unit

    Kolkata: A labourer, Sagar Soren (35) of Purulia, died on the spot and his fellow worker, Shankar Halder (55) of Baranagar, sustained injuries after an oiltanker exploded at a vehicle scrapping unit near Rabindra Bharati University on BT Road ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    Passport officers in Bengal to visit applicants’ homes for address verification

    Kolkata: Lalbazar has called for stricter physical verification of passport applicants at their residential address after a Bangladeshi national was arrested recently by Park Street police for allegedly entering India using a passport issued based on fake documents.Passport officers ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    Presi, 5 other univs get permanent VCs after govt sends list to guv

    123 Kolkata: The one-year-five-month-long standoff over the appointment of vice-chancellors at state-run universities partially ended on Friday evening with chief minister Mamata Banerjee proposing her nominees from a shortlist to governor C V Ananda Bose and Raj Bhavan giving ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    Govt hints at end to bus comm system

    Kolkata: A public department guideline released on Friday asked bus operators to explore alternative incentive mechanisms for drivers and conductors instead of the commission-based system.Transport minister Snehasis Chakraborty, too, had earlier called for the abolition of the commission system ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    Retailers urge govt to avoid GST hike on luxury items

    Kolkata: Retailers Association of India (RAI) has requested Centre and different state govts to refrain from hiking GST on luxury items, which it feels would be a significant dampener for the economy when retail growth was witnessing one of ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    ‘Not one-person party’: TMC to decide on successor collectively, says Mamata

    Kolkata: Asked about succession in the party and the senior-junior debate, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Friday said that Trinamool seniors would collectively decide on her successor and it was not about what she believed, but "what the party ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    No MGNREGA compliance pending from Bengal, says state official

    Kolkata: There was no compliance pending from Bengal regarding MGNREGA as recommended by central teams that visited the state in 2019 and 2021, a senior official said on Friday. The teams asked for the recovery of funds and disciplinary ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    Kultali rapist gets death sentence

    Kolkata: A Baruipur court on Friday sentenced 19-year-old Mustakin Sardar to death for the rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl in Kultali. The sentencing came exactly 62 days after the commission of the crime. The victim's family was ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    IIT profs plan to move HC over show-cause notice

    123 Kolkata: IIT Teachers' Association (IITTA) has decided to file a writ petition in the Calcutta High Court against the IIT-Kharagpur authorities for issuing show-cause notices against 86 professors and initiating disciplinary proceedings against the office-bearers of the association. ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    Bengal govt fines 34 jr docs Rs 20 lakh each for not serving bond period

    Kolkata: The state health department has directed 34 senior resident doctors to pay a penal amount of Rs 20 lakh each for failing to serve their bond period after completing their MD/MS or DM (superspecialty) courses. Health officials said ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    Hospitality, F&B take hit as tourist number plummets

    Kolkata: The sharp dip in Bangladeshi tourists visiting Kolkata has dealt a severe blow to the city's hospitality and retail sectors, particularly in the New Market area, often referred to as ‘Mini Bangladesh'. Hotel owners have been forced to ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    Hawkers to return to space beneath Kalighat skywalk

    123 Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation on Friday has asked hawkers, who were relocated to Jatin Das Park from Kali Temple Road to facilitate the construction of Kalighat skywalk, to return to their original place within a month. The ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    CBSE board assessment for V, VIII from next yr

    123 Kolkata: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is set to mandate competency-based assessments in all affiliated schools, expanding a program that was introduced earlier this year in 9,000 schools for students in classes V and VIII.This announcement ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    Bhadra gets HC bail, may not walk out of jail

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday granted bail to Sujay Krishna Bhadra, who is in custody as an accused in an ED case in connection with the teacher recruitment scam. Whether Bhadra will be able to walk out of ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    Scottish molest: ICC seeks 3 student representatives

    Kolkata: The Internal Complaint Committee (ICC) convened its first meeting on Friday to investigate the molestation case registered with the Scottish Church College. Following UGC norms, the committee decided to restructure itself by including three student representatives.A second-year student ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    Bengal emerging as India’s new IT capital, says TMC

    Kolkata: Bengal was emerging as India's new IT capital, Trinamool's Rajya Sabha MP Sagarika Ghose said on Friday. Highlighting the state's growing business prominence in Upper House, she said, "in Bengal, we mean business". Ghose's statement came after junior ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    Call to reassess Yunus’s Nobel Prize

    Kolkata: Criticism against Bangladesh's interim chief Muhammad Yunus intensified on Friday, with lawmakers from Bengal demanding a reassessment of his Nobel Peace Prize. Such criticisms arose even earlier as violence against minority communities intensified in Bangladesh.BJP MP Jyotirmoy Singh ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    B’deshi ‘cattle smuggler’ shot by BSF in Jalpaiguri

    Jalpaiguri: A Bangladeshi national was shot dead by BSF on Friday at Chanakya BOP, 14km from Jalpaiguri town. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Anwar (35) of Bhajanpura village in Panchagarh district and was alleged to be a cattle ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    KIFF screens docu tracing Aparna Sen’s cinematic journey

    123 Kolkata: The special screening of Suman Ghosh's Aparna Sen documentary titled ‘Parama' at the 30th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) on Thursday garnered an extraordinary response in the city. The enthusiastic reception prompted deliberation regarding Kolkata's audience receptiveness ...

    7 December 2024 Times of India
    Turbulence delays airline’s Dhaka plans

    Kolkata: The Kolkata-Dhaka service that low-cost carrier Air India Express (AIX) planned to start from Sept 3 went into the hangar following the volatile situation in Bangladesh and escalating tension between the two countries. The resultant slide in air ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    Cops pick up 17 in 245-crore international investment fraud

    Kolkata: Bengal Police's cyber units have busted an international investment fraud gang — run by chartered accountants from India but operating from Dubai — that has swindled Rs 245 crore in the past two months. Seventeen people were arrested ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    Air India Express on expansion mode; defers Kolkata-Dhaka direct flight plans

    NEW DELHI: Air India Express is growing its fleet and adding new flight routes amid rising passenger numbers. The airline aims to have over 100 planes by March 2025, up from the current 90, and eventually reach about 175 ...

    6 December 2024 Times of India
    Foreign directors run into visa problems

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    4 December 2024 Times of India
    Doctor dies of dengue

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

    4 December 2024 Times of India
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