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  • Gold prices scale ₹80K peak ahead of Dhanteras, ₹4K hike in 6 days

    Kolkata: A week before Dhanteras, the price of 24K gold in Kolkata crossed Rs 81,000 for 10 gm, raising speculations among buyers and jewellers in the city. In the past six days, the price of 24K gold in Kolkata ...

    22 October 2024 Times of India
    Divine Dancer in fine nick

    Kolkata: Magan Singh-nursed Divine Dancer is in fine nick and can win the Sukhoi Plate in New Delhi on Tuesday. The daughter of Celestial Dancer, a winner of two races in as many starts, is in line for a ...

    22 October 2024 Times of India
    RVNL plea for day-night traffic block at Metropolitan

    Kolkata: Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) has written to Kolkata Police, seeking a day-and-night block at Metropolitan on EM Bypass so that the last 25m of viaduct construction from the Metro station (officially called Beleghata) to Captain Bheri can ...

    22 October 2024 Times of India
    End to eight-day ordeal: Jackal with head stuck in plastic jar rescued in Howrah

    Kolkata: A golden jackal, also known as the common jackal and protected under the country’s wildlife act, was rescued from the border of Shyampur and Bagnan in Howrah on Sunday night after roaming in the area for eight days ...

    22 October 2024 Times of India
    KP runs 1st AI trial on Bypass to manage traffic flow

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Traffic police has set the ball rolling to switch to an ambitious but advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) based real-time traffic management system that will use algorithms to calculate the queue time and change signal timings accordingly.In ...

    22 October 2024 Times of India
    Carlsen to be back in India next month

    Kolkata: World No. 1 Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen will be back in India to play in the sixth edition of Tata Steel Chess India to be held here from Nov 13 to 17. The Norwegian won the tournament in his ...

    22 October 2024 Times of India
    No ‘absolute bar’ in granting bail to foreign nationals: HC

    Kolkata: There is no “absolute bar” in granting bail to a foreign national jailed in India without a valid visa, the Calcutta High Court said. After spending more than five years in custody for violation of sections under NDPS ...

    22 October 2024 Times of India
    Jr docs call off fast on 17th day after 2hr meet with CM

    Kolkata: Protesting junior doctors withdrew their 17-day hunger strike two hours after a meeting with CM Mamata Banerjee and other govt seniors at Nabanna on Monday evening. West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front also decided not to go ahead with ...

    22 October 2024 Times of India
    Newborn with twin foetuses in abdomen dies after surgery

    Kolkata: In a rare case, a three-day-old baby with foetuses of twins in its abdomen, died a day after undergoing a surgery to remove the foetuses at NRS Medical College & Hospital (NRSMCH) on Sunday. The condition called foetus-in-fetu ...

    22 October 2024 Times of India
    Post-Kali Puja drive for removal of VIP Road encroachments

    Kolkata: With the pujas over, the state public works department (PWD) is planning to take up second phase drive to clear encroachments on govt land off VIP Road. Officials said that the drive to clear encroachment will be conducted ...

    22 October 2024 Times of India
    Aerial Bonds: India-Singapore Air Force Exercise Begins

    Kolkata: The Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) began their 12th Joint Military Training (JMT) exercise at Air Force Station Kalaikunda in West Bengal on Monday. The exercise will span the next seven ...

    22 October 2024 Times of India
    1st weekday after puja: Some roads barricade-free, some still blocked

    Kolkata: Some puja committees, like Samajsebi Sangha and Chetla Agrani Club, have removed all pedestrian channels and filled up holes made on the road for temporary structures, clearing the way for traffic. But several roads and lanes in city ...

    21 October 2024 Times of India
    UCO Bank net profit jumps 50% to ₹603cr in 2nd quarter

    Kolkata: PSU lender UCO Bank on Saturday reported around 50% year-on-year growth in net profit of Rs 602.7 crore for the second quarter this fiscal, backed by over 45 % rise in operating profit.The Kolkata-based bank had registered Rs ...

    21 October 2024 Times of India
    Blasters rally to down Mohammedan SC

    Kolkata: Mohammedan Sporting faced some home truth again as Kerala Blasters rode a second-half fightback to beat the Indian Super League debutants 2-1 at the Kishore Bharati Stadium on Sunday.The hosts went ahead in the 28th minute when Brazilian ...

    21 October 2024 Times of India
    OPD services at ESI Hospital from today

    Kolkata: The ESI Hospital, Sealdah will begin OPD services from Monday from the space available in another building that was untouched by fire. But officials said it will be difficult to admit patients as the main block is still ...

    21 October 2024 Times of India
    State-run schools to reopen today

    Kolkata: Several state-run schools, which are about to start back-to-back exams, will reopen classes — either online or offline — from Monday. Most of the private schools affiliated to West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and West Bengal Council ...

    21 October 2024 Times of India
    Experts demand climate data in coming census

    Kolkata: Subal Dhali, a farmer from the Sundarbans, now works in a barber’s shop in Kolkata. His 2-bigha farmland went under saline water during the last cyclone, rendering it unfit for cultivation. Nayan Das from Odisha’s Kendrapara works in ...

    21 October 2024 Times of India
    Road rage: 4 pedestrians hurt after biker chases bus

    Kolkata: In an incident of road rage, a private bus lost control and hit four pedestrians on Belgachhia Road after being chased by a biker and a few locals on Saturday night. Cops said of the four injured, Tausiq ...

    21 October 2024 Times of India
    Carnival Lady has a great chance

    Kolkata: N. Ravinder Singh-nursed Carnival Lady runs with a good chance of lifting the Raja Mahboob Karan Memorial Cup on Monday at Malakpet. The daughter of Translation has been running some good races and will be guided by Shivansh. ...

    21 October 2024 Times of India
    Puja tip-off: NGO saves missing teen

    Kolkata: A group of NGOs working in the districts of Bengal decided to use this year’s Durga Puja as a platform to develop ways to report missing children and women promptly.In one such intervention, Shakti Vahini, a ‘Child Marriage ...

    21 October 2024 Times of India
    If Paris’s Seine can, why can’t our Hooghly: PCB and ISI plan study

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Pollution Control Board, in collaboration with the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), will assess the water quality of the Hooghly river to determine if it meets the required standards for bathing. This initiative parallels the Seine ...

    21 October 2024 Times of India
    Movement on some of their demands, acknowledge protesting junior doctors

    Kolkata: The junior doctors have done their own assessment on progress in their 10-point demand and have come out with its status. Even as the junior doctors have been critical of the govt not implementing their demands on the ...

    21 October 2024 Times of India
    Youth missing, 2 held after kin cry murder

    Kolkata: Police on Friday arrested two persons after the family of a young man — who has been missing for four days — lodged a complaint alleging that he was murdered. The arrested suspects, Mohammad Raju and Mohammad Ijaz, ...

    21 October 2024 Times of India
    1,514 additional pvt guards at govt hosps, criminal data check starts

    Kolkata: An ex-servicemen society that provides majority of private security guards to state-run hospitals has started mandatory criminal antecedent checks for all personnel to be deployed in govt hospitals. The society has been asked by the state to increase ...

    21 October 2024 Times of India
    Hospitals keep plan B ready for tomorrow

    Kolkata: Hospitals in the city are gearing up with measures to ensure patients were attended to during the cease-work call by doctors on Tuesday. Some have already deferred OPD appointments and surgeries that had been scheduled on that day. ...

    21 October 2024 Times of India
    BMC plans UAA property tax for uniform structure in all 41 wards

    Kolkata: The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation has decided to introduce the unit area assessment (UAA) system for property tax, aiming to have a uniform tax structure in all its 41 wards. At present, the property tax structure at wards 1 ...

    20 October 2024 Times of India
    Fake travel sites run from abroad: Cops

    Kolkata: Barely a few days after the Kolkata Police cyber cell busted an online gang that created fake websites of some of the popular online travel portals, cops claim the probe has now revealed that fake websites are being ...

    20 October 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata junior doctors' hunger strike enters 16th day despite Mamata Banerjee's appeal

    NEW DELHI: Junior doctors in West Bengal have been on a hunger strike for 16 days, seeking justice for a colleague who was allegedly raped and murdered at RG Kar Hospital. Despite Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's request to end ...

    20 October 2024 Times of India
    West Brook lifts Trophy

    Kolkata: West Brook, piloted by Akshay Kumar, from Suleiman Attaollahi’s stable bagged the Fair Haven Trophy at Pune on Saturday.Pune short results(With Inter-Venue Dividends)1. (4-8-2) Moment Of Madness 1: Lightning Blaze 2: Mi Arion 3. 2. (9-7-10) Marlboro Man ...

    20 October 2024 Times of India
    MR Bangur tops green category in state award

    Kolkata: Suri and Balurghat district hospitals, along with MR Bangur Hospital, were declared the top winners as the state govt announced its Kayakalp Awards 2024-25 for health facilities in Bengal. While the Suri and Balurghat hospitals were joint winners, ...

    20 October 2024 Times of India
    Cops arrest biker with forged number plate

    Kolkata: The Kolkata traffic police has arrested a man who had tampered with his two-wheeler’s licence plate in order to avoid prosecution. Cops are investigating if the bike was used to commit crimes. On Sept 30, the owner ...

    20 October 2024 Times of India
    Lights mkts to stay open for extra hours to tackle rush

    Kolkata: With Kali Puja and Diwali barely a couple of weeks away, the biggest cluster of wholesale and retail markets for lights in the heart of the city has started to get a steady flow of customers. Several markets ...

    20 October 2024 Times of India
    ‘Chanda’ row: Bizman, family attacked

    Kolkata: A businessman from Dum Dum and his family were allegedly assaulted, and an attempt was made to molest his wife and disabled daughter on Oct 13 after the man refused to pay Rs 50,000 to a local politician ...

    20 October 2024 Times of India
    Locals, cops save mango trees from being hacked

    Kolkata: Police from Rajarhat had to step in after several men, armed with saws and axes, rampantly chopped down mango trees in an orchard located in Kalikapur village under Patharghata gram panchayat on Saturday morning.Locals had alerted the police ...

    20 October 2024 Times of India
    Mohammedan Sporting look for home comfort

    Kolkata: ISL debutants Mohammedan Sporting Club will seek their first home win in the tournament when they host Kerala Blasters FC at the Kishore Bharati Stadium here on Sunday.The southern side in spite of being a poor traveller recording ...

    20 October 2024 Times of India
    Commuters apprehensive over tram no-show after Durga Puja

    Kolkata: The shutdown of tram services since Oct 9 is the longest in recent years, with transport department employees and tram enthusiasts fearing that the govt may have used the break in operations, citing Durga Puja, to stop the ...

    20 October 2024 Times of India
    Bangla man caught with drone at border

    Kolkata: BSF personnel from 145 Battalion intercepted a drone, which was being smuggled into India by a Bangladeshi traveller while he was crossing the border. The drone, valued at Rs 90,000, was found in his bag.The traveller, possessing a ...

    20 October 2024 Times of India
    Unknown facts from the past tumble out as Park St cemetery tombs get a deep clean

    Kolkata: A citizens group engaged in philanthropic activities and efforts to showcase Kolkata’s heritage has cleaned nearly three-fourth of the gravestones at the South Park Street Cemetery. The group that calls themselves Kolkata Restorers have also illuminated the main ...

    20 October 2024 Times of India
    No filtered water for hsgs in New Town border areas

    Kolkata: Following a probe into a typhoid and hepatitis A outbreak at a New Town highrise, the New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has found that there are multiple housing complexes that are coming up on the periphery of ...

    20 October 2024 Times of India
    Expect East-West full run by next puja, say Metro engineers

    Kolkata: Even as Metro Railway GM P Uday Kumar Reddy couldn’t spell out the timeline for East-West Metro’s full run, engineers involved in the construction of the 2.5km Esplanade-Sealdah section hinted that trains may start running along the entire ...

    20 October 2024 Times of India
    1k kg illegal crackers seized, 2 held

    Kolkata: The Port division of Kolkata Police seized around 1,000 kg of illegal crackers in the city on Friday and arrested two persons in two separate raids. “The SSPD team of Port division intercepted two vehicles in separate instances ...

    20 October 2024 Times of India
    Remembering Nirendranath on his centenary

    Kolkata: Authors, artists, researchers and book lovers gathered at Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi on Saturday to mark the birth centenary of Nirendranath Chakravarty, “the last emblem of Bengali Renaissance”. “Niren-da left us physically but he lives on with his sublime ...

    20 October 2024 Times of India
    Patient died from asphyxia during hosp blaze, not of cancer, claim family members

    Kolkata: The family of Uttam Bardhan, the patient who died at ESI Hospital, Sealdah, on Friday, alleged the death was due to asphyxia from the fire.The family expressed their grievances to state fire services minister Sujit Bose as well ...

    20 October 2024 Times of India
    CM’s 1-hr call with protesters sets up another govt-doc meet

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee made a surprise call to fasting junior doctors on Saturday afternoon and set up a meeting with them for Monday in yet another stab at restoring normalcy in the state health sector.The nearly-one-hour interaction — ...

    20 October 2024 Times of India
    But last 2.5km East-West stretch still a worry

    Kolkata: Even as Metro Railway claims to have a 90km network by 2025 and another 40km added by 2027, the authorities couldn’t say when East-West Metro will run its full 16km after completing the troublesome 2.5 Esplanade-Sealdah section.Speaking on ...

    19 October 2024 Times of India
    Skywalk: Roads to be relaid soon

    Kolkata: Prodded by CM Mamata Banerjee, the KMC engineering department had first set a July deadline for completion of work on the skywalk. This deadline was later revised to Aug-end, but that too was missed. “We have now completed ...

    19 October 2024 Times of India
    Depression next week in Kolkata, may spiral into a cyclone

    KOLKATA: The city is likely to be lashed by isolated heavy rain next week, courtesy an upper air cyclonic circulation which is “very likely” to form over North Andaman Sea around Sunday. Under its influence, a low-pressure area is ...

    19 October 2024 Times of India
    RG Kar case: Junior doctors give 72-hour deadline to govt, threaten health strike on Tuesday

    KOLKATA: The junior doctors on Friday gave a 72-hour ultimatum to the Bengal govt to implement their 10-point demands by Monday, failing which they threatened a daylong general health strike on Tuesday in state and private healthcare facilities. The ...

    19 October 2024 Times of India
    KMC doc held at Carnival moves HC

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    19 October 2024 Times of India
    West Brook appeals on weights

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

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

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

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

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

    19 October 2024 Times of India
    Derby & its different dynamics

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    18 October 2024 Times of India
    Suicide bid hits metro ops

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    18 October 2024 Times of India
    Champions Way looks a cinch

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

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

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

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

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

    18 October 2024 Times of India
    Man falls to death

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

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

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

    18 October 2024 Times of India
    Bengal eye maximum points

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

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

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

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

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

    17 October 2024 Times of India
    Ravishing Form hard to toss

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    17 October 2024 Times of India
    FIR after DC Central heckled

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    17 October 2024 Times of India
    Curbs near RG Kar extended

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    16 October 2024 Times of India
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