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  • Kolkata Metro zips past 8 lakh ridership in a day, earns Rs 1.6 crore from tickets

    KOLKATA: On Monday, the city’s 74-km metro grid achieved a milestone — 8 lakh passengers across its five corridors. The same day, East-West Metro (Green Line) crossed the 2-lakh daily ridership mark for the first time.On Aug 21, that ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    Army truck in cop net day after jawans dismantle TMC's dais

    KOLKATA: A right-turn attempt by an Army truck where it was not allowed and what followed on Kolkata's streets on Tuesday could end up as markers of the potential twists and turns in state-centre relations following the army's dismantling ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    Delhi-Kolkata IndiGo chaos: Flyer, crew spar over Har Har Mahadev slogan; flight held up 3 hours

    KOLKATA: An intense fight broke out on Monday between the crew members and a passenger of a Delhi-Kolkata IndiGo flight with both sides lodging complaints against each other for chanting a religious slogan, consuming alcohol on board, and instigating ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    Money withdrawn from dead employers’ a/c, lens on help

    Kolkata: A caregiver from Behala has been accused of misappropriating funds from a joint bank account belonging to a deceased senior citizen and her son. The allegations were brought in by the daughter-in-law of the deceased, who claimed that ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    Street-dwellers stall 4-hr bid by KMC & cops to free up Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Rd pavements

    Kolkata: An anti-encroachment drive by Kolkata Police and Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) on Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Road was stalled on Tuesday evening after resistance from residents of temporary shanties, leaving the operation incomplete. Close to 35 shanties along the ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    Hawkers near KMC HQ: HC irked over civic body’s role

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday expressed dissatisfaction with the KMC over its failure to effectively address the issue of encroachment by hawkers in front of its headquarters. The court has ordered the KMC to submit a detailed ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    Row on delayed flight: Crew, flyer file plaints

    Kolkata: Crew members and a passenger on an IndiGo flight 6E 6517 from Delhi to Kolkata lodged complaints against each other early on Tuesday after a dispute over alleged chanting of a religious slogan, consumption of alcohol on board, ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    Netas prove satire still has a place in Bengal politics

    Kolkata: Satire is not completely lost on Bengal politics.A performance clip of actor Anirban Bhattacharya's Bengali band, ‘Hooliganism', has gone viral. In the clip, he made humorous jibes at three Ghoshs of Bengal politics — Trinamool Congress spokesperson Kunal ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    More rain ahead but intensity to ease: Met

    Kolkata: Expect more rain in the next few days even if the intensity and frequency is likely to be lesser from Wednesday onwards. An active monsoon flow and a low-pressure area that has formed over Northwest Bay of Bengal ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    Dengue drive kicks off, KMC focus on pandals

    Kolkata: KMC has started a special dengue drive in areas where dengue cases are on the rise. The KMC vector-control department, led by deputy mayor Atin Ghosh, is visiting these areas and conduct a drive at vulnerable sites, including ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    FIR against BJP man’s kin for assault on cops

    Kolkata: A case was registered against three relatives and associates of BJP functionary Rakesh Singh for allegedly assaulting cops and civic volunteers at the Entally Police Station, after Rakesh's son Shivam was arrested in connection to the vandalism at ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    Two bikers brandish gun in red-light area

    Kolkata: A motorist, while exiting the red-light area on Premchand Boral Street on Saturday night, caused an accident, leading locals to chase the vehicle away. But shortly, two youths arrived on two bikes, brandishing a gun, threatening to fire ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    ‘Akhtar event as good as cancelled’

    Kolkata: The mushaira (poetry symposium) that poet-lyricist was to attend on Monday and was deferred at the last moment "is as good as cancelled," according to officials of the West Bengal Urdu Academy, which had organised the programme.The ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    Follow Prague model, transform trams into feeder service to metro network: Experts

    Kolkata: The city's trams require revitalisation, experts have asserted, highlighting their potential role in sustainable urban mobility. Trams could function as the most effective feeder service to the expanding metro networks, according to specialists."The dominant narrative around the abolition ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    Job sack order can ruin many lives, HC says on primary appts

    Kolkata: Hearing the primary teachers' recruitment case on Tuesday, Calcutta High Court said this was "a very serious issue, we are dealing with the lives and livelihood of nearly 32,000 families", and sought a "solution".A division bench of justices ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    5 yrs on, court acquits man as woman says rape FIR was ‘a misunderstanding’

    Kolkata: Five years after being accused of rape and cheating, a man was acquitted of the charges last week after the complainant told the court that she had lodged the FIR over a "misunderstanding". The man had spent 51 ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    Metro to segregate Yellow Line, revive Tollygunge shed to ease Blue Line rush

    Kolkata: In the wake of the mad rush on the Blue Line (Shahid Khudiram-Dakshineswar) and the chaos at stations and on trains even during non-peak hours, Metro Railway has decided to undertake a slew of measures, including segregating the ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    Army action on Trinamool stage rocks Bengal assembly, Suvendu suspended

    KOLKATA: The Bengal assembly erupted in chaos on Tuesday over the Army's attempt to dismantle a Trinamool protest stage on the Maidan, resulting in the suspension of leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari for the remainder of the three-day ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    IIT suicide: Forensic team visits hostel

    Kharagpur: A forensic team visited IIT Kharagpur on Tuesday to gather evidence of the death of Aniket Walkar, a fourth-year ocean engineering and naval architecture student, whose body was found hanging in his hostel room on April 20.The team, ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    No Blue Line night service from today

    Kolkata: There will be no special night services along the Blue Line from Wednesday, Metro Railway announced on Tuesday. The two 10.40 pm services on the Dum Dum-Shahid Khudiram section were available on weekdays."On account of the suspension of ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    State launches toll-free environment helpline

    Kolkata: Bengal's environment minister, Chandrima Bhattacharya, announced a toll-free helpline for any complaint against environmental violations. A toll-free helpline (18003453390) is available for lodging grievances.The state has 11 regional offices and a public grievance cell monitors complaints with resolutions ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    Testing stns penalized after state govt alarm

    Kolkata: The ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH) revoked automated fitness management system access to five automated testing stations (ATS) across the country after finding they issued Certificates of Fitness (CF) to vehicles without their physical presence.The action ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    ‘Enough is enough’: HC nixes plea by SSC ‘tainted’ candidates

    Kolkata: "So far as tainted is concerned, enough is enough," Calcutta High Court on Tuesday told the counsel of tainted candidates who claimed they were wrongly included in West Bengal School Service Commission's list of "1806 names".Refusing to entertain ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    State to set up 660MW thermal power plant at Durgapur

    Kolkata: Bengal govt plans to float a global tender for setting up a new 660MW thermal power plant at Durgapur after the Durga Puja. The govt has already written to the West Bengal Electricity Regulatory Commission (WBERC), seeking its ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    Robson tasked with writing own legacy at Barreto’s Bagan

    Kolkata: Back in June this year, when news began trickling out that Bashundhara Kings' former Brazilian star Robson Robinho — who was playing for São Paulo-based club EC Agua Santa at that time — had agreed "in principle" to ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    Day after CM confronts jawans, TMC sets up new dais at Dorina

    Kolkata: Less than 24 hours after Army jawans dismantled Trinamool's protest dais on Mayo Road, the party shifted its Bhasa Andolan agitation to Dorina Crossing. TMC set up a new stage overnight despite heavy rain, saying it would continue ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    Kol Port records 16% growth in cargo handling

    Kolkata: Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port Kolkata recorded a 16% growth in cargo handling during April-Aug 2025. It handled 28.2 million metric tons (MMT) of cargo, a notable increase from the 24.3 MMT handled during the same period in 2024, ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    Awareness camps at Durga Puja pandals to help diagnose cancer

    Kolkata: Several puja organisers across the city are set to host cancer awareness camps at pandals during Durga Puja this year. After the festival, the puja committees will hold free cancer screening camps in their respective areas. Doctors, especially ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    Duttapukur’s fibreglass idols go to Canada, London & US

    Kolkata: Duttapukur, around 35 km north of Kolkata along Jessore Road, has once again attracted international attention as Durga idols crafted in the area are being exported globally. This year, a local artisan's creations are destined for Canada, Japan, ...

    3 September 2025 Times of India
    Maruti Suzuki exports first batch of e Vitara to Europe

    KOLKATA: India's largest carmaker, India, shipped the first export consignment of its first battery electric vehicle, the e Vitara, manufactured at the Hansalpur facility in Gujarat. Company officials said the first lot of 2,900 units of the e ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    Urdu Academy defers Javed Akhtar event after protests

    KOLKATA: The West Bengal Urdu Academy has indefinitely postponed a mushaira (poetry symposium) featuring , which was scheduled for Monday evening, following protests by religious groups which claimed that certain comments by the poet-lyricist-screenwriter had hurt their sentiments.The Urdu ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    Abir Chatterjee faces controversy over puja release commitments

    Kolkata: The run-up to the puja release of Friends Communication's ‘Joto Kando Kolkatatei' (JKK) has been embroiled in controversy. At a press conference held in the city on Monday, producer Firdausul Hasan and dDirector emphasised the lack of ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata to host grand exhibition on Mahanayak Uttam Kumar

    KOLKATA: Kolkata is set to celebrate the centenary of Bengal’s greatest matinee idol, Uttam Kumar, with a rare exhibition retracing the life and legacy of the screen legend. Titled Shudhui Uttam, the exhibition will open at Nehru Children’s Museum ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    Army dismantles TMC dais at Maidan; CM Mamata Banerjee accuses BJP of ‘misusing forces’, protests continue

    KOLKATA: The Bengal administration and the were locked in an eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation on Monday afternoon — over something as unremarkable as a makeshift pandal near the Maidan Gandhi statue — as jawans in battle fatigue spent about 25 ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    Mother elephant helps calf cross ridge in paddy field

    Midnapore: A baby elephant became stuck on a high ridge in a paddy field on Monday morning and was helped across by its mother, who pulled it with her trunk, as a herd of elephants passed through the Sankrail ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    Spl assembly session to discuss violence faced by Bengalis in other states

    Kolkata: The three-day special Bengal Assembly session started on Monday with speaker Biman Banerjee admitting a resolution for discussion, strongly condemning attacks on Bengali-speaking people in BJP-governed states. CM Mamata Banerjee is likely to speak on the motion. TMC's ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    Cops arrest Krishnanagar collegian’s killer in UP

    Krishnanagar: A Krishnanagar police team, which was camping at Nautanwa along the India-Nepal border for the past five days, arrested 18-year-old Deshraj Singh on Sunday before he could cross over to Nepal with fake IDs, including one fake BSF ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    20k, jewellery & gadgets stolen from Salt Lake home

    Kolkata: Burglars broke into a two-storey residence in Salt Lake's BL Block early on Sunday at a time when the owners were at home and made away with Rs 20,000 in cash, jewellery, and electronic gadgets worth several lakhs.According ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    8% to 21% in 16 yrs: Docs fret over C-section boom

    Kolkata: A rise in Caesarean-section deliveries in India — from 8.5% in 2005 to 21% in 2021 — led a team of Indian researchers to express concern and call for policy measures to curb it. In a study published ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    BJP changes tack, says will back all-party resolution to retain ‘eligible’ teachers

    Kolkata: In a shift in stance, Bengal leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Monday said BJP would support an all-party resolution to retain "eligible" teachers in school jobs if state govt tabled such a motion in the House during ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    Mainak, attar seller from Baguiati, faces B’deshi slur at Tollygunge

    Kolkata: Attar — a traditional perfume made from natural ingredients extracted from flowers, herbs and spices — has got embroiled in the unsavoury politics of language and communalism. On Saturday, Mainak Dutta, 29, an attar seller from Baguiati was ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    New lines boost metro ridership, Sealdah footfall soars to 14 lakh

    Kolkata: The opening of the new stretches has boosted ridership of both metro as well as suburban Sealdah railway section. Till 6 pm on Monday, 4.1 lakh people travelled on the Blue Line and 1.4 lakh on the Green ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    ‘Thunderstorm asthma’ wave hits Kol, docs blame weather swings

    Kolkata: ‘Thunderstorm asthma' has been affecting many people across Kolkata as wet and dry periods continue to alternate frequently. The sudden shifts in temperature, the dampness in the air, and the breeze accompanying the showers have been triggering attacks ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    HC reduces death sentence to life, junks rape charge

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Monday commuted the death penalty of a 42-year-old man convicted of the murder of a six-year-old at Uttarpara to life imprisonment and acquitted him of charges of rape as the autopsy surgeon mentioned ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    BJP man’s son held for Cong office attack, dad warns Lalbazar on video

    Kolkata: BJP functionary Rakesh Singh's son Shivam Singh was on Monday arrested by cops from the Entally PS in connection with the vandalism at the Congress office in Moulali last Friday.Police are on the lookout for Rakesh, who has ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    Swasthya Bhavan orders festive duty roster for docs, 24×7 specialist care

    Kolkata: Swasthya Bhavan has instructed state hospitals to prepare duty rosters for the next two months, ensuring the availability of gynaecologists, anaesthetists, paediatricians, and sonologists during the festive season. The order specified leaves should be granted judiciously and that ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    3 ‘customs’ men abduct forex trader, extort 3.9L

    Kolkata: Three men, posing as customs officers, allegedly abducted a forex trader from J L Nehru Road and extorted Rs 3.9 lakh ($4,500) from him.Md Yousuf, an authorised signatory for two forex companies, reported that the three men accosted ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    Elephant dies of electrocution in Buxa, 1 held

    Jalpaiguri: An adult female elephant died of electrocution in Buxa Tiger Reserve forest (BTR) on Monday morning. The incident occurred in the Bijoypur area in Alipurduar's Kalchini block. The pachyderm died after coming into contact with live electric wires ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    Except CM, no MLA to take guards inside Bengal assembly

    Kolkata: Security officers of ministers and MLAs will not be allowed inside the assembly, said speaker Biman Banerjee on Monday. The only exception to the rule will be the CM's security ring.Banerjee's decision was taken following the instructions of ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    US consumers will absorb higher tea price, hopes ITA

    Kolkata: Given the strong demand for Assam and Darjeeling tea in the US market, the Indian Tea Association (ITA) hopes that consumers may be willing to absorb a higher price point. The imposition of 50% tariff is likely to ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    HC advances Sunali case hearing to Sept 6

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court advanced a habeas corpus hearing to Sept 6 from Sept 10, following a Supreme Court directive for an urgent hearing into the case involving Sunali Khatun — an eight-month pregnant migrant labourer from Birbhum ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    Tea groups seek minimum sustainable price as rates fall

    Kolkata: The Indian Tea Association (ITA) and the Confederation of Indian Small Tea Growers Association (CISTA) have demanded a minimum sustainable price for tea in auctions following a huge fall in the price of North Indian tea in Kolkata, ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    SSC: SC scraps petition on eligibility cutoff, Cal HC to hear plea by host of ‘tainted’ candidates

    Kolkata: The Supreme Court on Monday set aside a petition by some unsuccessful TET 2016 candidates who had challenged the School Service Commission's (SSC) notification for the fresh Sept 7 and 14 tests wherein it revised the eligibility criterion ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    Detained after Salt Lake eatery row, rowdies assault cops at police stn

    Kolkata: Five persons were arrested for allegedly assaulting cops inside a Salt Lake police station after being detained for creating trouble at a restaurant at CF Block in the township late on Sunday.Among the five, three are residents of ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    Kol airport retains strong position in global service quality rankings

    Kolkata: Kolkata's Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport managed to retain its strong position in the latest global Airport Service Quality (ASQ) rankings, slipping only two places — from 57 to 59 — in the April–June 2025 quarter. The ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    Duplicate EPICs prove Bihar SIR unscientific, says TMC

    Kolkata: With cricketer and MP Yusuf Pathan and his party colleague Lalitesh Tripathy taking part in the Vote Adhikar Yatra in Patna, Trinamool on Monday said the surfacing of "dubious voters" on Bihar's voter list constituted "not just negligence" ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    App biker ‘assaults’ passenger after dispute over luggage

    Kolkata: An app bike rider was accused of assaulting a passenger after an argument over carrying luggage during the ride. A complaint was lodged at Jorabagan Police Station. Officers said they had started an investigation, but no one was ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    Hooghly boat rape shocker: NCC cadet poses as army officer, rapes Facebook friend; victim blackmailed

    KOLKATA: A 22-year-old man, Deep Narayan Bhattacharya, was arrested on Saturday night for allegedly raping a woman on her first date with him on a boat on the Hooghly. Later, he allegedly blackmailed her for money.Bhattacharya, who had been ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    Women, queers flag public washroom security concerns in city survey

    Kolkata: As many as 54% of women, trans and queer people surveyed as part of a Kolkata study felt unsafe while using public toilets. The insecurity is accentuated by men stationed outside the women's toilets, inadequate lighting, and the ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    1,931 of 3k hawkers get rehab space in New Town

    Kolkata: A report on hawker rehabilitation in New Town since its inception, published by the New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA), shows that till date, the total number of street vendors and hawkers in New Town stands at 2,957. ...

    2 September 2025 Times of India
    Ishita Mallik murder: How killer fled West Bengal with uncle’s help; no trace of accused yet

    KRISHNANAGAR (NADIA): The Krishnanagar Police arrested Kuldeep Singh—the absconding uncle of Ishita Mallik murder accused, Deshraj Singh—from Gujarat's Jamnagar for tampering with evidence. Kuldeep had allegedly helped Deshraj (18), who gunned down 18-year-old Mallik at her home, flee. Kuldeep, ...

    1 September 2025 Times of India
    Sterilisation, adoption of strays reduce dog bites: Data from first 7 months show cases down in Bengal

    KOLKATA: Amid the nation-wide debate triggered by a recent Supreme Court order on street dogs and the potential risk to humans, Bengal looks set to chart a course that could set an example to others.The number of dog bite ...

    1 September 2025 Times of India
    Durga Puja: Dhakis queue up for ID proof before journey beyond Bengal; harassment, ‘Bangladeshi’ tag haunt performers

    KOLKATA: With less than a month to go for , days are usually busy, with packing and last-minute care of the drums, at Prahlad Das’s home in Murshidabad’s Beldanga. For several years now, the dhaki has been playing at ...

    1 September 2025 Times of India
    Films by SRFTI alumni to go to Busan festival

    Kolkata: Two films by alumni of the direction and screenplay writing department of Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute — Maharshi Tuhin Kashyap and Tribeny Rai — have been selected for the 30th Busan International Film Festival 2025. The ...

    1 September 2025 Times of India
    No trade licences for shops without Nepali signboards: GTA chief

    Darjeeling: Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) chief Anit Thapa on Sunday directed Darjeeling municipality to cancel trade licences of shops that fail to display signboards in Nepali. Speaking at the culmination of week-long Nepali Language Day celebrations, Thapa said, "Shops ...

    1 September 2025 Times of India
    ‘Idioms are lost on idiots’, Mahua hits back at FIR

    Raipur/Kolkata: Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra shot back on Sunday after police in Raipur registered an FIR against her for her alleged remarks against Union home minister Amit Shah, saying "Idioms are lost on idiots".The FIR was lodged with Mana ...

    1 September 2025 Times of India
    Scouts & guides help riders book tickets

    Kolkata: Metro Railway is trying to contain crowding at Green (East-West Metro) and Blue (North-South) Line stations by helping passengers switch to procuring tickets from their smartphones instead of queuing at the booking counters. On Saturday, 30,736 commuters booked ...

    1 September 2025 Times of India
    Talent, creativity take centre stage at inter-school fest

    Kolkata: MP Birla Foundation Higher Secondary School hosted its biennial inter-school cultural festival, MPBlitz'25, on Aug 1 and 2. With over 30 events and keen participation from schools across Kolkata, the fest was a success.From dance battles and debates ...

    1 September 2025 Times of India
    TMC-ISF clash triggers tensions in Sashan

    Kolkata: Sashan turned tense on Sunday morning after clashes broke out between supporters of and Indian Secular Front (ISF), leaving at least seven people injured.A large law enforcement contingent, including personnel from Rapid Action Force (RAF) and Combat ...

    1 September 2025 Times of India
    Bengal cops flag mob attack on migrants to Odisha police

    Bhagawangola (Murshidabad): Bengal Police on Sunday formally informed Odisha Police about the complaint of a mob attack on eight Murshidabad migrants in Bhubaneswar last week, along with medical reports of 36-year-old Abdul Alim, one of those injured in the ...

    1 September 2025 Times of India
    ‘Tainted’ SSC candidates question list, to move court

    Kolkata: Several persons whose names appear on the list of tainted candidates published by the School Service Commission (SSC) have threatened to move court on Monday, questioning the basis of their inclusion on what some of them called the ...

    1 September 2025 Times of India
    Helps refusing to provide details, citizens tell Kolkata cops on social media

    Kolkata: The police have introduced a new online form aimed at expediting the verification process for servants and caregivers who stay overnight with their employers. However, several citizens, particularly the elderly, have begun highlighting difficulties with the new system. ...

    1 September 2025 Times of India
    Citizens pledge to adopt 100 trees to boost Park Circus green cover

    Kolkata: At a time when the city's greenery is dwindling because of unplanned development, senior citizens and residents who live close to Park Circus Maidan on Sunday pledged to adopt 100 trees.They would look after their plantation at the ...

    1 September 2025 Times of India
    Former CII prez Sumit Mazumder passes away

    Kolkata: Sumit Mazumder, former national president of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and former chairman of TIL Ltd, passed away at his residence in Kolkata on Sunday. He was 77 and is survived by his wife, Manzu Majumder.A graduate ...

    1 September 2025 Times of India
    HC to hear Sunali’s plea today

    Kolkata: A habeas corpus plea concerning Sunali Khatun and five others lodged in a Bangladesh jail is likely to be mentioned for urgent hearing in the Calcutta High Court on Monday, following the Supreme Court's directive for expeditious disposal. ...

    1 September 2025 Times of India
    TMC slams ex-BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri for sexist jibe at Mahua Moitra; calls it ‘political dialect’ of party

    KOLKATA: Trinamool on Saturday launched a sharp attack against BJP's former South Delhi MP Ramesh Bidhuri for using an expletive (now deleted) against Krishnanagar MP Mahua Maitra in a Facebook post. TMC said the action wasn't a "stray aberration", ...

    1 September 2025 Times of India
    Airport plans to have 132 parking bays, expand terminal by 2033

    Kolkata: The number of parking bays at Kolkata airport will nearly double over the next eight years to accommodate more flights that are set to operate to meet the projected growth in flyers.Airport officials said that while efforts were ...

    1 September 2025 Times of India
    Vidyasagar Setu reopens after repair work

    Kolkata: Vidyasagar Setu, which was closed for over 17 hours from 5 am on Sunday, was reopened for normal traffic movement from 10.10 pm onwards following repair work that was conducted throughout the day. Sources in Kolkata police and ...

    1 September 2025 Times of India
    HC: Court can’t be mute spectator to misuse of 498A

    Kolkata: The court cannot be a mute spectator to the misuse of protective provisions like Section 498A of IPC, the Calcutta High Court held while dismissing a 498A case against a man but refusing to quash a rape case ...

    1 September 2025 Times of India
    SSC publishes list of 1,804 ‘tainted’ candidates in 2016 appointments

    KOLKATA: Complying with the Supreme Court's seven-day deadline, the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) on Saturday released a list of 1,804 "specifically tainted" candidates who have been barred from appearing in the Sept 7 and Sept 14 fresh ...

    31 August 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Warm temperatures, partly cloudy with light rain expected today

    Kolkata's weather forecast for , indicates a partly cloudy day with temperatures ranging from to , accompanied by humidity and gentle winds at . The day will see minimal rainfall of , with sunrise at and ...

    31 August 2025 Times of India
    Youth snatches gold chain from woman in Behala, held

    Kolkata: Thakurpukur police on Saturday arrested a suspect involved in a daylight snatching incident that occurred near the crowded Doglus Ground near Behala Chowrasta on Diamond Harbour Road on Friday afternoon.The incident, which took place around 12:30 pm involved ...

    31 August 2025 Times of India
    Cong protest hits Central Kolkata traffic, leads to diversions

    Kolkata: Traffic was affected in central Kolkata for several hours and cops were forced to make diversions after Congress, led by a thousand supporters, organised a protest at College Street on Saturday afternoon. College Street, AJC Bose Road, SN ...

    31 August 2025 Times of India
    Sealdah flyover set for overhaul, KMDA plans temporary hawker shift

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) has prepared a five-phase detailed blueprint for the repair, retrofitting, and rehabilitation of the Sealdah flyover. As planned, the flyover will be repaired and strengthened part by part, temporarily shifting the existing ...

    31 August 2025 Times of India
    First rooftop resto submits bond, seeks permission for reopening

    Kolkata: Two days after an SOP was released by the state task force on fire safety, providing an opportunity for the owners of the city's closed rooftop restaurants to reopen by submitting an indemnity bond, officials of The Roots ...

    31 August 2025 Times of India
    School jobs case: MLA breaks down in court, sent to judicial custody

    Kolkata: Trinamool's Burwan MLA Jiban Krishna Saha, in ED custody since his arrest on Aug 25 in connection with the school jobs-for-cash probe, broke down in tears inside courtroom on Saturday. A special PMLA court remanded Saha in judicial ...

    31 August 2025 Times of India
    Blue Line crowd surge, delays force some to look for surface options

    Kolkata: Suffocation due to overcrowding in coaches, inability to board trains and irregular services due to door glitches on the Blue Line have forced a section of commuters to revert to surface transport. Social media has been flooded with ...

    31 August 2025 Times of India
    Fishing cat makes debut in Bengal’s west

    Kolkata: In a first, a fishing cat, state animal of Bengal, has been recorded in the western part of the state, extending its known range beyond the Gangetic plains. Cameras placed to capture wolves near industrial town Durgapur by ...

    31 August 2025 Times of India
    Tariff cloud casts shadow on Kol’s 15k-unit garments hub

    Kolkata: Shadows are cast over garment manufacturing hubs at Metiabruz and Barasat with US President Donald Trump dropping his 50%-tariff bomb. As tariff clouds spread over the horizons of Indian economy, it's been a double-hit for garment-makers, with India-Bangladesh ...

    31 August 2025 Times of India
    Crossover work starts, likely to be over by puja

    Kolkata: Work to set up the train crossover at Shahid Khudiram station that will allow rakes, travelling from Dakshineswar and Noapara via Tollygunge, to reverse and head back began on Saturday night. With the work being expected to be ...

    31 August 2025 Times of India
    67-year-old NRI survives mid-air med emergency

    Kolkata: A 67-year-old NRI, a resident of California for the last 37 years, suffered a near-fatal heart attack aboard an Air India flight from San Francisco to New Delhi on Aug 23. He was rushed to a Kolkata private ...

    31 August 2025 Times of India
    Temple theft: Cops recover all stolen jewellery, nab 3

    Kolkata: Bidhannagar Police arrested three suspects — Paran Ali Sardar, Bapi Majhi, and Sonai Das — and recovered jwellery worth lakhs that they had allegedly stolen from Lake Town Hanuman Temple.However, one suspect remains at large, and efforts are ...

    31 August 2025 Times of India
    Civic volunteer attacked near Metro stn

    Kolkata: A civic volunteer was reportedly assaulted outside the Ritwik Ghatak Metro station on E M Bypass around 1am on Friday, when he tried to stop a biker from riding into a restricted area of the station.Md Samir (32), ...

    31 August 2025 Times of India
    Pedestrians get 5 more seconds to cross roads near major metro stns

    Kolkata: Police on Saturday increased pedestrian crossover timings at Esplanade, Park Street and Exide crossings by five seconds for safe dispersal of crowds on roads outside major Metro stations. "We want people, especially children and the elderly, to cross ...

    31 August 2025 Times of India
    Actor Ankush gets ED call in illegal betting app case

    Kolkata: The ED's Karnataka office has sent a summons to actor in connection with the illegal betting app case. While Hazra could not be reached for a comment, ED sources said Hazra has been asked to appear before ...

    31 August 2025 Times of India
    GNLF, 4 other parties face EC over not contesting polls

    Kolkata: The Election Commission (EC) on Friday heard five registered unrecognised political parties (RUPP) on why they have not contested elections in recent years. The most prominent among them was the Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF), represented by ...

    31 August 2025 Times of India
    8 Murshidabad residents thrashed in Odisha, 1 return to tell tale of horror

    Behrampore: Suspected to be ‘Bangladeshi cattle thieves', eight migrant workers from Murshidabad were assaulted by a mob in Bhubaneswar's Mahadevnagar early on Monday. Odisha cops, allegedly, did nothing to stop the thrashing.Of the eight, 36-year-old Abdul Alim, nursing a ...

    31 August 2025 Times of India
    TMC’s Yusuf, Lalitesh to attend Rahul’s ‘Vote Adhikar Yatra’

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MP and cricketer Yusuf Pathan will participate in the INDIA bloc rally in Patna as part of Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav-led ‘Vote Adhikar Yatra'. Lalitesh Tripathi, a national working committee member of Trinamool, will also ...

    31 August 2025 Times of India
    Landslide blocks NH10 for 13+ hrs near Kalijhora

    Kalimpong/Darjeeling: Rain-triggered landslides led to the closure of the NH10 near Kalijhora — around 3km from the Coronation Bridge — for over 13 hours, from Friday night to Saturday afternoon.Boulders tumbled down onto the highway around 11.30 pm on ...

    31 August 2025 Times of India
    CBI submits charge sheet in SSC case

    Kolkata: The CBI on Friday filed a charge sheet in its investigation into the recruitment of Group C and D staff in connection with the SSC jobs-for-cash probe. In the document, the agency claimed to have obtained video footage ...

    31 August 2025 Times of India
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