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  • Bengal CEO reviews SIR readiness ahead of Delhi meet

    Kolkata: Bengal's chief election officer (CEO) Manoj Agarwal held a meeting with officials in Kolkata on Saturday to discuss special intensive revision (SIR) preparedness ahead of the assembly polls scheduled for May 2026. Agarwal is set to attend a ...

    7 September 2025 Times of India
    Bangladeshi slur comes into play in row over feeding strays

    Kolkata: A confrontation erupted in Anandapur on Friday night, spotlighting two contentious issues — feeding stray dogs and the use of racial slurs against Bengalis.Arup Dasgupta, a local resident, filed a police complaint after a youth allegedly insulted him ...

    7 September 2025 Times of India
    Be vigilant about misuse of ST certs, warns CM

    Kolkata: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has alerted the chief secretary and other officers to be vigilant about the misuse of ST certificates by non-STs for jobs, at a recent meeting of the state tribes advisory council. The PSC cancelled ...

    7 September 2025 Times of India
    Dolphin found dead 50 km from Bay

    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 ...

    7 September 2025 Times of India
    Babysitter faces theft charge, help ‘tips off’ associate for 3-lakh loot in flat

    Kolkata: A babysitter hired through an ayah centre in West Rajapur near Baghajatin has been accused of stealing and cleaning up a New Town flat of lakhs. In another incident, a thief — who allegedly struck at New Alipore ...

    7 September 2025 Times of India
    3 on bike snatch chain from morning walker

    Kolkata:Three bike-borne miscreants allegedly snatched a gold necklace from 56-year-old Bibin Kumar Mohata while he was out for his routine morning walk on Friday near VIP Market on CIT Road, Kankurgachhi. This was the fourth snatching in less than ...

    7 September 2025 Times of India
    Bengal min surrenders before PMLA court

    Kolkata: Bengal correctional services minister Chandranath Sinha surrendered before the Special PMLA court on Saturday as part of the probe into the recruitment case.While the ED sought custody of Sinha for seven days, the court granted him interim bail ...

    7 September 2025 Times of India
    Fan-maker Sinosur to make EVs at Hooghly plant

    Chinsurah: Sinosur, Bengal's largest energy-efficient BLDC (brushless direct current motor) fans maker and seller, is expanding into three-wheelers and establishing a plant at Sugandha in Polba Dadpur block within the Chinsurah subdivision of Hooghly district, reports Falguni Banerjee. Sinosur ...

    7 September 2025 Times of India
    Don’t write dept ranks in CVs for placement: IIT to students

    Kolkata: IIT Kharagpur has instructed its students not to mention their departmental ranks on their CV for the placement season and to stick to presenting their CGPA only. The aim, said an official, was to stop unnecessary pressure on ...

    7 September 2025 Times of India
    CBI team visits Shahjahan home in Sandeshkhali

    Kolkata: The CBI on Saturday morning visited the Sandeshkhali residence of Sheikh Shahjahan. The investigators also visited the residence of Akhter Mir, a close associate of Shahjahan. When they reached Shahjahan's Akanji Para residence, his house was found locked.The ...

    7 September 2025 Times of India
    Jalpaiguri engg college students detain 3 youths over ‘molestation’

    Jalpaiguri: Students of Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College forcibly picked up two youths from Denguajhar tea estate on Saturday afternoon and confined them in the hostel after they allegedly molested the fiancée of a student, video-graphed the incident and circulated ...

    7 September 2025 Times of India
    Cop focus on C Kol puja crowd management

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police began on-ground preparations for even as the much-anticipated police coordination meeting was scheduled for Sept 10, with inspections set to begin on Sept 13.Cops said the focus this year at major pandals—especially in central and ...

    7 September 2025 Times of India
    3 weeks before Sasthi sluggish trends despite footfall surge worry traders

    Kolkata: With three weeks left for Sasthi, major shopping hubs in the city—Gariahat, Hatibagan, and New Market—witnessed a crowd build-up on Saturday evening. However, sales did not match the footfall surge, with traders and hawkers reporting a 30% to ...

    7 September 2025 Times of India
    Data theft: Telecom firm’s plaint against ex-manager

    Kolkata: A telecom major lodged an FIR against one of its former area sales managers, accusing him of data theft of its customers. It is even suspected that he sold them for a profit, claimed cops. On Sept 4, ...

    7 September 2025 Times of India
    ‘Gun shop owners, staff sold arms deposited for safe keeping, excess bullets’

    Kolkata: The partner-owners and their employees at Nursing Chunder Daw & Co, Asia's oldest licensed gun shop located at BBD Bag, were involved in exploiting gaps in the gun and cartridge selling business to sell weapons and ammunition illegally, ...

    7 September 2025 Times of India
    KP prescribes steps for parents to protect kids from cyber fraud

    Kolkata: Ahead of the beginning of festive season, Kolkata Police's cyber cell issued an advisory for parents to safeguard their children from the growing threats of cyber scams and cyber bullying.Kolkata Police released a 50-second video on Facebook, outlining ...

    7 September 2025 Times of India
    Bengal STF arrests 3 owners of 190-yr-old gun shop in central Kol

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Special Task Force (STF) conducted a raid at Asia's oldest licensed gun shop Nursing Chunder Daw & Co in BBD Bag on Thursday evening and arrested its three proprietors for their alleged involvement in a ...

    6 September 2025 Times of India
    Morning walker targeted in gold necklace snatching in Kolkata

    KOLKATA: In yet another instance of snatchers targeting morning walkers, a 56-year-old man residing in the eastern suburbs of the city was targeted by a group of three individuals on a motorcycle who snatched his gold necklace while he ...

    6 September 2025 Times of India
    Confrontation erupts in Anandapur over stray dog feeding and racial slur against Bengalis

    KOLKATA: A confrontation erupted in Anandapur on Friday night, spotlighting two contentious issues: feeding stray dogs and the use of racial slurs against Bengalis.Arup Dasgupta, a local resident, filed a police complaint after a youth allegedly insulted him with ...

    6 September 2025 Times of India
    Wall collapse kills mom, 2 daughters

    Kolkata: A woman, Brihaspati Karmakar, and her two daughters, Sheela Karmakar (15), Priya Karmakar (10), were killed when the wall of a mud house they were residing in, collapsed on them at Mandirbazar on Friday. Locals said the family ...

    6 September 2025 Times of India
    HMC, KMDA to launch 40cr road repairs in Hwh

    Howrah: The Howrah Municipal Corporation (HMC) and KMDA will spend approximately Rs 40 crore to repair the city's deteriorating roads ahead of the Durga Puja. HMC said repairs will be carried out on nine major roads and 170 small ...

    6 September 2025 Times of India
    Durga Puja 22 days away, clubs brace for hide-&-seek weather with ‘waterproof’ pandals and pumps

    Kolkata: With Mahalaya barely little over a fortnight away and Kolkata's skies continuing to be unpredictable, puja organisers are on the tenterhooks.Showers drench the city one hour, and sunshine peeks through the next. This hide-and-seek weather is turning preparations ...

    6 September 2025 Times of India
    Garia-Jadavpur commuters caught in police-auto row

    Kolkata: Traffic movement between Garia and Jadavpur was disrupted for nearly three hours on Friday after auto drivers on the Garia-Golpark route blocked Bagha Jatin crossing to protest against alleged indiscriminate prosecution and fines imposed by police. Hundreds of ...

    6 September 2025 Times of India
    From 35 to 60 tonnes, city CNG supply to spike by year end

    Kolkata: In what seems to be a sort of relief for the CNG vehicle owners in Greater Kolkata, Bengal Gas Company Ltd (BGCL) has increased the supply of natural gas to 20 retail fuel stations in the city and ...

    6 September 2025 Times of India
    State set to launch 4T campaign in fight against diabetes in children

    Kolkata: The state health department is set to expand its project to fight type 1 diabetes, aiming to identify more children with the autoimmune condition and bring them under treatment.Apart from the awareness programmes at schools and the diabetes ...

    6 September 2025 Times of India
    Arms dealers stop accepting used guns as owners fail to turn up to reclaim them

    Kolkata: In the past few years, most of the arms and ammunition dealers in the city have stopped taking used guns in custody following the reluctance of owners to take them back. Some of them are still grappling with ...

    6 September 2025 Times of India
    Realtors take cue from Purple, Blue Line extension, bullish on new links

    Kolkata: The expansion of metro networks in urban areas is a transformative force that will reshape the real estate landscape and influence home buying preferences, feel developers in Kolkata.The new metro routes have dramatically reduced travel time, benefiting lakhs ...

    6 September 2025 Times of India
    Cannot deny bldg nod based on 100-yr-old street plans: HC

    Kolkata: The civic body could not deny a building permission on basis of a nearly 100-year-old street plan, the Calcutta High Court ruled, cancelling the alignments of two streets, prepared in 1930 but never implemented. KMC had cited this ...

    6 September 2025 Times of India
    KMC’s spl puja repair drive for 107 roads from Monday

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will take up a special road repair drive from Monday to address the battered stretches of roads leading to pandals. Kolkata Police has flagged the need to urgently repair 238 spots, including ...

    6 September 2025 Times of India
    Hilsa-mutton fight lands man in hosp

    Kolkata: A construction company owner, Mobirul Sheikh (45), is in a critical condition and admitted to SSKM Hospital after he was allegedly beaten up by three workers on Thursday night, when he offered to buy them goat meat instead ...

    6 September 2025 Times of India
    Kunal, Mithun file defamation suits against each other

    Kolkata: After actor-turned-politician filed a Rs 100 crore defamation suit against spokesperson Kunal Ghosh, the former Rajya Sabha MP moved court to file a counter-defamation suit against Chakraborty.Ghosh had commented on Chakraborty's alleged involvement in a Ponzi ...

    6 September 2025 Times of India
    Textiles mkt poised to reach $350 billion by 2030, says minister

    Kolkata: Union textiles minister Giriraj Singh said on Friday the country's textiles market was projected to reach $350 billion by 2030, with jute playing a pivotal role in the growth story.Speaking at a jute industry stakeholders' meet at the ...

    6 September 2025 Times of India
    Bengal’s urban birth rate lowest among big states

    Kolkata: Bengal's urban birth rate at 11 live births per 1,000 people is the lowest among bigger states in the country while its rural birth rate at 15.3 is the fifth lowest.The state's overall birth rate of 14 is ...

    6 September 2025 Times of India
    Bengal: Teachers’ Day honour for lessons beyond classroom

    Kolkata: From fostering inclusive education to reducing school dropout rates, 39 teachers from Bengal who have stepped beyond their brief and call of duty and many a times beyond the classroom to spread the light of education have been ...

    6 September 2025 Times of India
    Kol to be on neuro-modulation map, offers hopes for brain treatment

    Kolkata: The city will soon have a specialised ‘neuro-modulation' unit that will treat brain ailments using external and internal stimulation, covering a range of debilitating neurological ailments that often turn out to be incurable. A neuro-modulation centre will be ...

    6 September 2025 Times of India
    TMC’s 4 among India’s 10 poorest mins: ADR

    Kolkata: Four of the 10 poorest ministers in India are from Trinamool, including Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, according to a list published by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) on Thursday.Among the others on the list are three from BJP ...

    6 September 2025 Times of India
    Katwa migrant worker claims assault in Odisha for speaking in Bengali

    Kolkata: A migrant worker from Katwa's Karjgram, Tarzan Sheikh, alleged on Friday that he was assaulted by a mob in Odisha last Sunday for being a "Bengali-speaking Bangladeshi". Sheikh, undergoing treatment for a fractured arm, has lodged a complaint ...

    6 September 2025 Times of India
    Cess ‘slitting throat of federalism’, says TMC MP

    Kolkata: 's leader in the Rajya Sabha Derek O'Brien on Friday said cess was "slitting the throat of federalism"."In the hoopla about GST, the four-letter word slitting the throat of federalism is CESS," O'Brien wrote in a blog post. ...

    6 September 2025 Times of India
    Mud wall collapse kills woman and two daughters in Mandirbazar

    KOLKATA: A woman and her two daughters were killed when a mud wall collapsed on them at Mandirbazar on Friday. The sudden mishap cast a pall of gloom over the locality. Police from Mandirbazar police station recovered the bodies ...

    5 September 2025 Times of India
    GST reforms: More free add-ons likely for home buyers in Bengal

    Kolkata: The lower GST on cement will reduce construction cost of real estate projects by Rs 15 per sq ft. However, with the effective savings ranging from Rs 12,000 on an 800 sq ft affordable category flat to Rs ...

    5 September 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather update: Humid conditions with rain forecast and good air quality

    Kolkata experienced a mix of warm temperatures and scattered showers on September 5, 2025, with an Indian Air Quality Index (AQI) reading of 47, categorized as 'Good.' The day's forecast indicates temperatures between 26.1°C and 31.5°C, with 82% humidity and ...

    5 September 2025 Times of India
    Bengal’s Jadavpur University (JU) ranked India’s best state university; Calcutta University (CU) in free fall, RKM colleges among top 100

    KOLKATA: Jadavpur University (JU) has topped the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2025 list in the “state public universities” category, pushing last year’s topper Anna University to 2nd place, but Calcutta University (CU) has experienced a sharp drop to ...

    5 September 2025 Times of India
    BJP will not win in Bengal by insulting Bengalis: CM Mamata Banerjee

    KOLKATA: A party that had unleashed language terrorism and tortured Bengalis would never win in Bengal, CM Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday, the concluding day of the special assembly session convened to protest against the attacks on Bengalis in ...

    5 September 2025 Times of India
    Hyde Road factory worker electrocuted

    Kolkata: A 35-year-old casual staffer was electrocuted to death at a central PSU's Hyde Road factory in the Port area on Wednesday night. The deceased has been identified as Sarwar Ali.Ali was reportedly electrocuted while concluding his work for ...

    5 September 2025 Times of India
    HC allows Pocso accused to sit for SSC exam

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday allowed an assistant teacher of a state-run school, currently in Bolpur sub-jail as an accused in a Pocso case, to take the SLST examination scheduled for Sept 7 and 14. This examination is ...

    5 September 2025 Times of India
    Coal tax hike, cess removal may bring down WBPDCL’s generation cost

    Kolkata: The GST Council's announcements to increase tax from the present 5% to 18% and scrap the Rs 400/tonne compensation cess on coal are likely to have a neutral effect on power tariffs in the state. However, West Bengal ...

    5 September 2025 Times of India
    Rs 30,000 crore windfall for Bengal likely after GST rate revision: Study

    Kolkata: Bengal may gain close to Rs 30,000 crore following the rationalisation of goods and services tax (GST) rates, according to a study by State Bank of India's (SBI) research wing. This would make Bengal the fourth-highest gainer after ...

    5 September 2025 Times of India
    Green Line pushes up Blue Line footfall at Esplanade stn by 43%

    Kolkata: The Green Line has increased the Blue Line's footfall at the Esplanade station by 43%. The average footfall at the Esplanade metro station, which serves as an interchange between the Blue (North-South) and Green (East-West Metro) lines, has ...

    5 September 2025 Times of India
    Techie dies after bus rams her scooty on New Town road

    Kolkata: A 40-year-old techie died on Thursday morning after a speeding AC govt bus rammed into her scooty close to Biswa Bangla Gate in New Town. The victim, Bansuri Kundu Pal, died on the spot after sustaining severe head ...

    5 September 2025 Times of India
    State exploring if ‘tainted’ teachers can be recruited as Group C, D employees: CM

    Kolkata: CM on Thursday said the Bengal govt was taking legal opinion on whether tainted teachers can be recruited as Group C or Group D employees. Addressing "those who have been termed ineligible despite being teachers for so ...

    5 September 2025 Times of India
    Asking earning wife to contribute towards family expenses doesn’t amount to cruelty: HC

    Kolkata: Expecting an educated and earning woman to contribute towards household expenses does not constitute ‘cruelty' under section IPC 498A, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday held while quashing criminal proceedings and a case under the Scheduled Castes and ...

    5 September 2025 Times of India
    Jhargram cop shoots parents, attempts to kill self

    Kolkata: Sub-inspector Jaydeb Chattopadhyay, 32, of the state police's Jangalmahal Battalion, attempted suicide after shooting his parents with his service revolver on Wednesday night. According to cops, Jaydeb, a resident of Asansol, was living in a rented house in ...

    5 September 2025 Times of India
    Bengal’s oldest tiger in captivity dies at 23

    Kolkata: Sohini, the oldest captive tiger in Bengal at 23 years, died on Wednesday night at the Sundarbans' Jharkhali Rescue Centre. This follows the loss of another Bengal tiger, 21-year-old Sohan, just five months ago, who was then the ...

    5 September 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata Police to draft festive noise-control plan during HS exam

    Kolkata: Faced with the challenge of ensuring a ban on use of loudspeakers during the Higher Secondary exam — which overlaps with the festive period — Kolkata Police will hold an internal meeting with the deputy commissioners (DCs) to ...

    5 September 2025 Times of India
    CEOs to state SIR readiness at Sept 10 meet

    Kolkata: The Election Commission (EC) will hold a conference on Sept 10 in Delhi, where all chief electoral officers (CEOs) will elaborate on their preparedness for a special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in their states.The SIR, which ...

    5 September 2025 Times of India
    No tainted candidate can take Sept exams: SC

    Kolkata: The made it clear on Thursday that it won't allow any tainted candidate to appear in the Sept 7 and 14 SSC exams under any circumstances. The court, hearing a fresh plea by disabled candidates to appear ...

    5 September 2025 Times of India
    GST 2.0 reforms: ‘Health and hospital bills set to come down’

    Kolkata: The steep reduction of GST on a range of medicines, life-saving drugs, and those for cancer treatment and chronic diseases could help reduce the cost of treatment significantly and trim down hospital bills, said private hospitals in Kolkata. ...

    5 September 2025 Times of India
    Vibrations spook residents of Bowbazar but experts allay fears

    Kolkata: Residents of Durga Pithuri Lane in the Bowbazar cave-in zone have expressed concerns over mild vibrations they are experiencing when metro trains are passing through the tunnels below. However, there has been no official complaints or visible damage ...

    5 September 2025 Times of India
    States deprived of cess tax collections, says TMC MP

    New Delhi: Trinamool MP Derek O'Brien on Thursday said states don't get their share in cess tax collections and this was equal to "loot". In a post on X, the Rajya Sabha member said the cess, a tax levied ...

    5 September 2025 Times of India
    ‘Slash 18% GST on insurance agents’ commission to zero’

    Kolkata: Life Insurance Council, a forum for stakeholders in the sector, has requested the GST Council and the finance ministry to reduce GST on agents' commissions from 18% to zero. The request comes after GST on premiums and reinsurance ...

    5 September 2025 Times of India
    Stent to remove brain clots gets nod in India

    Kolkata: A device designed to remove blood clots that cause ischemic stroke is expected to be in use soon after it received approval from the regulating authorities in India recently. Touted to be a game-changer in stroke management, CK-Birla ...

    5 September 2025 Times of India
    Households look to loosen purse strings ahead of festive season

    Kolkata: IT professional Soumava Moulik was planning to change his car for the last couple of years, but he deferred his purchase because of budgetary constraints. Now that car models priced at Rs 10 lakh or less are likely ...

    5 September 2025 Times of India
    Gopal Pattha’s grandson moves Cal HC

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court is likely to hear on Monday a petition by Santanu Mukherjee, grandson of freedom fighter Gopal Mukherjee, the legendary "Gopal Pattha" and a key defender of central Calcutta's Hindu neighbourhoods during the Direct Action Day ...

    5 September 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata Police, KMC remove illegal shanties near Yogayog Bhavan

    Kolkata: A team of Kolkata Police and Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) officials on Thursday afternoon removed nearly 40 illegal shanties blocking pavements in front of Yogayog Bhavan on Central Avenue, less than half a kilometre from Bowbazar police station. ...

    5 September 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata Police, KMC remove illegal shanties near Yogayog Bhavan

    Kolkata: A team of Kolkata Police and Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) officials on Thursday afternoon removed nearly 40 illegal shanties blocking pavements in front of Yogayog Bhavan on Central Avenue, less than half a kilometre from Bowbazar police station. ...

    5 September 2025 Times of India
    Tech firm vehicles to take Bantala route

    Kolkata: Days after the commissioner of Kolkata Police, Manoj Verma, said that several long-term as well as short-term measures were taken to ensure snarl-free movement around Chingrighata, a major IT firm located in the Hatisala area agreed to reroute ...

    5 September 2025 Times of India
    City gears up for total lunar eclipse on Sunday

    Kolkata: Stargazers and astronomy enthusiasts in Kolkata are in for a celestial treat as a total lunar eclipse will be visible in the night sky on Sunday, Sept 7. This astronomical event, which will also feature a "blood moon", ...

    5 September 2025 Times of India
    First rooftop resto reopens before puja, others to follow

    Kolkata: A popular rooftop restaurant on Jawaharlal Nehru Road resumed operations after receiving an NOC from the civic body, four months after all rooftop joints in the city were shut down by a Kolkata Municipal Corporation order on May ...

    5 September 2025 Times of India
    Paresh, daughter surrender, get bail

    Kolkata: Former Bengal minister Paresh Adhikari and daughter Ankita surrendered at an Alipore court on Wednesday in the teacher recruitment case and were granted bail against a personal bond of Rs 7,000.The special CBI court was hearing arguments in ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    New Zealand PM Christopher Luxon engages Indian community ahead of elections

    KOLKATA: As New Zealand prepares for general elections next year, the country's Prime Minister, Christopher Luxon, engaged with the Indian community at Christchurch Bengali Community Incorporated Society, a gathering of Bengalis residing in the city located on the east ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata gears up for lunar eclipse on Sunday

    KOLKATA: Stargazers and astronomy enthusiasts in Kolkata are in for a celestial treat as a total lunar eclipse will be visible in the night sky on Sunday, Sept 7. This astronomical event, which will also feature a "blood moon," ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    New Zealand PM Luxon receives Durga Puja invitation while engaging Christchurch Bengali community

    KOLKATA: As New Zealand prepares for its general elections next year, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon engaged with the Indian community at the Christchurch Bengali Community Incorporated Society, a gathering of Bengalis living in the city on the east coast ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    ‘Diversionary tactic’: TMC slams CAA notification

    Kolkata: The Centre's CAA notification was only a "diversionary tactic", said Trinamool on Wednesday, reiterating that it continued to oppose CAA and NRC. TMC senior and state minister Shashi Panja said: "TMC will oppose CAA-NRC and it will not ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    City experts highlight local climate shock issues ahead of COP30 meet

    Kolkata: The message was loud and clear: local climate shocks, the results of global warming, are now striking harder than the larger, slower-moving universal crisis. Climate experts, activists and NGOs on Wednesday met to present a ‘Climate emergency charter' ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Ideological differences no ground to deny job: HC to RKM College

    KOLKATA: Citing Swami Vivekananda’s book ‘Raja Yoga’ that says it’s preferable to be “an outspoken atheist than a hypocrite”, Calcutta High Court has ruled in favour of an assistant professor who was denied a job at Ramakrishna Mission Residential ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Disputes in animal sourcing, transfer, record-keeping at Alipore Zoo, reveals CZA probe

    Kolkata: More skeletons have tumbled out of the closet for Alipore zoo as the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) three-member panel probing the inventory mismatch at the zoo has found some irregularities.These include no maintenance of animal stock register flouting ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Fest 5 International Film Festival 2025 set for grand inauguration in Kolkata

    The Fest5 International Film Festival (F5IFF’25) opens on Friday, September 5, at the Anthropological Survey of India (AnSI) Auditorium in Salt Lake, promising four days of cinema that address the planet’s most pressing concerns—environment, climate change, and human dignity.After ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Patchy rain expected, AQI remains good

    Kolkata is experiencing a pleasant morning with patchy rain forecast throughout the day on . The city's air quality remains favorable with yesterday's , while temperatures are expected to range between with an level and wind speeds ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Pay 1L for littering NT vacant plots

    Kolkata: The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) is installing display boards in vacant plots across New Town to warn people against dumping waste in these locations, with penalties ranging from Rs 1,000 to Rs 1 lakh.Locals mentioned there ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Organisers take lessons in puja rituals with priests

    Kolkata: The annual workshop on training priests on how to properly perform the Durga Puja rituals will also focus on organisers of community pujas this year. This is to ensure that they are mindful of the proper conduct of ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Bengal teachers’ hirings: 5.6L to take SLST; wristwatches, gadgets banned in exam hall

    Kolkata: Calculators, mobile phones, slide rules, electronic devices and wristwatches are prohibited in the examination hall for the second state-level selection test (SLST) scheduled to be held on Sep 7 and 14. The West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Metro carried 1.9 cr riders in month it added muscle

    Kolkata: The Metro network carried 1.9 crore passengers in Aug, nearly 15-20 lakh more passengers than in an average month prior to the addition of two new sections and a new line on Aug 22. The Metro officials expect ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    6 more rooftop restos queue up to submit bonds for puja reopening

    Kolkata: The queue for submitting indemnity bond at KMC for the reopening of rooftop restaurants is getting longer. Within four days of the first application being submitted by a restaurant owner on JL Nehru Road, the KMC buildings department ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    But sheds extra services, reverts to old routine to manage crowd

    Kolkata: Metro Railway on Wednesday began implementing some of its decisions in response to the extreme crowd pressure it has been facing, mostly on the Blue (North-South) Line, since the three new metro lines opened on Aug 22. The ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    CZA: Disputes in animal sourcing, transfer, record-keeping at zoo

    Kolkata: More skeletons have tumbled out of the closet for Alipore zoo as the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) three-member panel probing the inventory mismatch at the zoo has found some irregularities. These include no maintenance of animal stock register ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Metro floats 378cr tender for Purple Line extension to IIM-C, work may start in Nov

    Kolkata: Amid the new metro line operations, the city's rapid transit network is poised for more additions with bids being invited for the Purple Line's southern extension from Joka to IIM-Calcutta.A tender worth Rs 377.8 crore has been invited ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Sreelekha in HC

    Kolkata: Actress on Wednesday approached the Calcutta HC, seeking to file a petition for protection against social harassment over protests, especially against the R G Kar crime. Mitra claimed she was subjected to threats on social media and ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Krishnanagar victim’s family identifies killer

    Krishnanagar: Kusum Mallick, mother of the murdered Krishnanagar college student Ishita, identified Deshraj Singh as her killer during a test identification parade in Krishnanagar jail on Wednesday. The father, Dulal, and her minor brother also identified Deshraj in prison. ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Bangla man without legal docus held

    Kolkata: A Bangladeshi national, Md Daud Dariya (55), was apprehended for staying in India for the last seven months without valid documentation or a passport on Wednesday in the Barabagan area of south Kolkata. Cops said Dariya reportedly made ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Did BJP neta molest a man? Cops caught on wrong foot

    Kolkata: BJP councillor Sajal Ghosh has been slapped with a molestation charge, levelled by a man. The case was filed after Ghosh had allegedly brandished a shoe at a man during the Nabanna march on Aug 9. Ghosh conceded ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    CM condoles death of Rizwanur mom

    Kolkata: Chief minister on Wednesday condoled the death of Kishwar Jahan, 81, whose son Rizwanur's death in Sept 2007 had sparked a massive outrage and led to a CBI probe. Kishwar's other son Rukbanur is now a TMC ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Job scam: Partha gets bail in CBI court, to stay in prison

    Kolkata: Former education minister Partha Chatterjee was granted bail on Wednesday by the CBI court at Alipore in the classes 9, 10 teacher recruitment case. However, he will not be released from prison as he is in custody in ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Shahjahan case: ED to file affidavit in 3 wks

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed ED to file an affidavit within three weeks, in reply to Sheikh Shahjahan's petition assailing the ED cases initiated against him.In May 2024, ED filed a charge sheet under the PMLA, ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Fake currency worth over 21L seized in Malda

    Kolkata: The Bengal STF conducted a raid Tuesday night at PTS More, under Baishnabnagar Thana in Malda and recovered fake currency worth over Rs 21 lakh. The fake currency was brought in from Bangladesh, even as cops are probing ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Metro floats 378cr tender for Purple Line extension to IIM-C, work may start in Nov

    Kolkata: Amid the new metro line operations, the city's rapid transit network is poised for more additions with bids being invited for the Purple Line's southern extension from Joka to IIM-Calcutta.A tender worth Rs 377.8 crore has been invited ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Kol fans to fly to Dubai for Indo-Pak desert duel

    Kolkata: With India and Pakistan set to cross swords at the Asia Cup in Dubai on Sept 14, scores of cricket fans from Kolkata are set to travel to the desert city, combining a holiday trip with cricket excitement. ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    State BJP urges students, influencers to drive out illegal immigrants

    Kolkata: As Bengal gears up for the 2026 assembly polls, it has asked students and social media influencers to start a campaign for Special Intensive Revision of the electoral roll soon. It has also tasked them with carrying ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Twin deaths: HC tells CID to probe call records of autopsy doc, cop

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday took exception to the mismatch between reports of the two autopsies conducted on Sujit Das, one of the two victims of unnatural death in East Midnapore's Khejuri on July 12, and asked ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Cop pilot car in mishap has no regn, insurance

    Kolkata: The police pilot car for Trinamool MLA Shawkat Molla's convoy that had hit a biker on Tuesday, leading to his death, did not have a registration and failed its insurance. Broad Street resident Mohammad Tajuddin was riding his ...

    4 September 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: High humdity with moderate rain expected; AQI remains good

    The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in, providing residents with comprehensive information to plan their daily activities and weekly schedules accordingly. Kolkata experienced moderate rainfall on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, with temperatures ranging between 26.2°C and ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
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