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  • ED raid in Kol for gaming app scam

    Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED), probing a multi-crore gaming app scam, conducted searches at a residential complex near Kalikapur in Kolkata on Tuesday .The ED team reached the complex in Kalikapur early in the morning and went inside an ...

    7 August 2024 Times of India
    Guv accepts Akhil Giri’s resignation

    Kolkata: Governor C V Ananda Bose on Tuesday accepted the resignation of Akhil Giri as the state prisons minister but advised CM Mamata Banerjee that she could conduct an inquiry against Giri on allegations of misconduct.In a statement, Bose ...

    7 August 2024 Times of India
    10-man MSC lose 2-3 to BFC

    Kolkata: A 10-man Mohammedan Sporting’s late fight, embellished with Mahitosh Roy’s stoppage-time stunner, was not enough as Bengaluru FC edged past them 3-2 at the Salt Lake Stadium here on Tuesday to become the first team to qualify for ...

    7 August 2024 Times of India
    Stylish victory for Meropi

    Kolkata: Meropi from the stable of Aashay Doctor posted an effortless victory in Aerona Handicap here at the RCTC on Tuesday. The winner was ridden by Yash Narredu. It was trainer Aashay Doctor along with his retained rider Narredu, ...

    7 August 2024 Times of India
    Producer with Tolly links, his actor son lynched

    Kolkata: The brutal lynching of Bangladeshi actor Shanto Khan and his producer father Selim Khan on Monday in Bangladesh has numbed Kolkata.Arindam Das, executive producer of Tollywood, who had worked with Selim for his films in Kolkata, had even ...

    7 August 2024 Times of India
    ‘Don’t know where my relatives are’

    Kolkata: Biswajit Saha, an Awami League functionary, who narrowly survived a violent attack at his residence in Bangladesh’s Kachua Bagerhat on Monday night, managed to flee to India on Tuesday and take shelter at a cousin’s house in Duttapukur. ...

    7 August 2024 Times of India
    KP warns of action against 250 social media profiles

    Kolkata: City cops have called up 250 persons — owners of social media profiles and handles — and warned them of strict legal action for allegedly posting “offensive” material about the emerging situation in Bangladesh on the internet.While most ...

    7 August 2024 Times of India
    Travel uncertainties add to Bangla patients’ trauma

    Kolkata: With transport links with India hit, treatment plans of hundreds of Bangladeshi patients who had lined up appointments at Kolkata hospitals over the next fortnight have been jeopardized. All rescheduled appointments, many of which had been deferred since ...

    7 August 2024 Times of India
    SUCI holds rally to mark founder’s death anniv

    Kolkata: SUCI (Communist) held a rally at Rani Rashmoni Road in the city on Monday to commemorate the 48th death anniversary of the party’s founding general secretary and Marxist thinker Shibdas Ghosh. The main speaker at the event was ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    Hindus slaughtered in Bangladesh, over one crore refugees may enter West Bengal: Suvendu Adhikari

    Suvendu Adhikari KOLKATA : Senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Monday claimed that amid the ongoing unrest in Bangladesh, Hindus are being slaughtered in various parts of the neighbouring country and more than one crore refugees are likely to ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    Commute to IT hub takes a hit as craters, breakdowns choke roads

    Kolkata: Techies heading to New Town and Sector V from different parts of the city had a harrowing time reaching office because of a battered and bruised stretch near Technopolis crossing. Motorists took more than 30 minutes to cross ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    Bisk Farm gets injunction against Parle’s use of ‘Top Gold Star’

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has granted an ex-parte injunction in favour of Saj Foods, restraining Parle Biscuits from selling and marketing their new biscuit under the brand name ‘Top Gold Star’ until Aug 27. Saj Foods markets its ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    Students refuse entry to CU interim VC

    Kolkata: The interim vice-chancellor of Calcutta University, Shanta Datta De, was stopped by TMCP supporters at the main gate on Monday at 3pm when she was entering the College Street campus. She waited there for five hours and returned ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    Bagan rout E. Rly 5-0

    Kolkata: Mohun Bagan SG blew away Eastern Railway SC 5-0 on Monday to keep their hopes alive in the ongoing CFL Premier Division. Salahudheen Adnan K was the chief architect of Mohun Bagan’s demolition job at the Naihati stadium, ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    In rare show, TMC & BJP unite in West Bengal assembly against division of state

    West Bengal assembly KOLKATA: West Bengal assembly on Monday unanimously passed a resolution against calls for division of state, with the house witnessing a rare show of TMC-BJP bonhomie after CM Mamata Banerjee agreed to opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari's ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    Some Bangladeshis in Kolkata sway between celebrations and fear

    KOLKATA: Bangladeshis in Kolkata swayed between celebrations and apprehensions as news unfolded Monday from back home on the flight of Sheikh Hasina and an Army takeover.Some tourists brought out a 'victory procession' on Free School Street-Marquis Street - the ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    UK’s NHS borrows ‘remote neonatal care’ tech leaf from West Bengal’s hospitals

    KOLKATA: UK’s National Health Service (NHS), one of the most successful health services across the globe, acknowledged for its high standard of care and affordability, has taken a leaf out of Bengal’s hospitals, thanks to a doctor from Kolkata, ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    Resolution against Bengal's division unites assembly

    Mamata Banerjee KOLKATA: West Bengal assembly Monday unanimously passed a resolution against calls for division of the state, with the house witnessing a rare show of TMC-BJP bonhomie after CM Mamata Banerjee agreed to opposition politician Suvendu Adhikari's suggestion ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    Celebration, some apprehension among Bangladeshis in Kolkata

    Kolkata: Swaying between celebrations and apprehensions, Bangladeshis in Kolkata reacted differently as news unfolded from back home on the escape of Shiekh Hasina and an Army takeover.Some tourists from Bangladesh brought out a “victory procession” on Free School Street-Marquis ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    Orange Line starts 12-hr ops

    Kolkata: Metro Railway on Monday increased services of the Orange line by another 26 and operations hours from 8am to 8pm. The line will, however, remain closed on weekends.All this time, the Orange line, which now runs 5.5km from ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    Netaji’s ‘Taruner Swapna’, Swamiji’s ‘His Call to the Nation’ in state boards’ syllabi

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt is set to introduce Netaji’s ‘Taruner Swapna’ in the syllabus for Class X and Swami Vivekananda’s ‘His Call To The Nation’ for Class XI from the 2025 academic session. These two will be included as ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    Solar plant to be shifted to Garbeta

    Kolkata: The Bengal cabinet on Monday decided to shift a 112-MW solar power plant from Dadanpatrabar in East Midnapore’s Mandarmoni to Garbeta in West Midnapore.The plant is located where the Tajpur deep sea port is coming up. It will ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    Meropi should have it easy

    Kolkata: Meropi from the stable of Aashay Doctor is expected to have it easy in the Aerona Handicap at the RCTC here on Tuesday. The four-year-old daughter of Panamera was close second to Royal Mysore in the Invitation week-end ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    Coal India, GAIL enter into JV for natural gas project

    Kolkata: Coal India Ltd (CIL) and GAIL (India) Ltd (GAIL) signed a joint venture agreement on Monday to start a coal to synthetic natural gas plant.The plant, to be located in the Raniganj area of Eastern Coalfield Limited, will ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    Dalian rake passenger run

    Kolkata: Metro on Monday introduced one of the two new Dalian rakes that arrived in the city from China in May-end. All this time MR-513 and MR-514 had been undergoing safety mandatory tests. The former was undergoing dry runs ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    Emergency repairs start on VIP Road’s bad spots

    Kolkata: Emergency repairs have begun after Bidhannagar City Police, state PWD and metro authorities conducted a joint inspection on Monday to assess the damage on VIP Road, which has suffered massive problems over the past week. TOI had been ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    Cops step up security at city Bangla mission, Marquis St to ensure ‘nothing challenges peace’

    Kolkata: Security outside the Bangladesh deputy high commissioner’s office in Beckbagan was scaled up on Monday as weeks of violent protests in Bangladesh led to the neighbouring country’s PM Sheikh Hasina’s resignation and departure and the Army’s takeover of ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    After late-night hearing, HC orders arrest of Panama ship

    Kolkata: In a late-night emergency hearing on Sunday, the Calcutta High Court directed the arrest of a Panamanian vessel at Haldia Dock Complex.A city-based paper company had approached the bench of Justice Arindam Mukherjee against shipping authorities for supplying ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    BSF issues high alert, DG flies in from Delhi as more troops take guard at border

    Kolkata: BSF issued a high alert along the India-Bangladesh border in Bengal and four other states on Monday.“Given the changed situation in Bangladesh, BSF has issued an alert along the India-Bangladesh border. The number of troops on the border ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    New Town set to get four new underpasses for small vehicles

    Kolkata: The Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation (HIDCO) has planned to build vehicular underpasses at four major intersections of New Town. The authorities have also planned to engage a consultant for conducting a detailed traffic survey and prepare a feasibility ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    Lone ATM kiosk at airport reopens

    Kolkata: The lone ATM kiosk outside the Kolkata airport, which had been non-functional since Covid, was re-inaugurated on Monday. Earlier, TOI had reported how passengers complained about the absence of any ATM kiosk outside the terminal, the nearest one ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    BJP MLA walks out of House over ‘one Bengal’ resolution

    Kolkata: BJP’s Kurseong MLA Bishnu Prasad Sharma, who had earlier demanded separate statehood for north Bengal, walked out of the assembly on Monday after he was denied a chance by his party to speak on the undivided Bengal resolution. ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    ‘Suspension of portal can’t stop teacher transfer on med ground’

    Kolkata: Suspension of Utsashree (teacher transfer) portal cannot curtail the statutory right of a teacher to get transferred on medical ground, Calcutta High Court said recently. A teacher, suffering from a rare disease called Guillain Barre Syndrome, had applied ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    Women devotees lead holy march on Shrawan Somvar in Kolkata

    Women devotees lead holy march on Shrawan Somvar in Kolkata In a notable shift within a traditionally male-dominated practice, the city of Kolkata witnessed a remarkable sight as women devotees marched towards the temple for worship during the holy ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    Blazing Gun for an encore

    Kolkata: Magan Singh- saddled Blazing Gun may repeat in the S. Rangarajan Memorial Cup at Malakpet on Monday. The four-year-old will be ridden by K Mukesh Kumar.Hyderabad selections1.25pm: 1. Briar Ridge 2. Pontefract 3. Santa Barbara. 1.55pm: 1. Linda ...

    5 August 2024 Times of India
    West Bengal assembly unanimously passes resolution against efforts to divide state

    West Bengal assembly KOLKATA: West Bengal Assembly showed a rare moment of unity between the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by unanimously passing a resolution against any attempts to divide the state. This ...

    5 August 2024 Times of India
    50% seats at airport set for comfy chair upgrade

    Kolkata: Prodded by repeated complaints about damaged, unclean and poor quality of seats — especially in the security hold area — Kolkata airport authorities are in the process of replacing 50% of its total seating capacity with new and ...

    5 August 2024 Times of India
    Purple Line: RVNL saves 41 trees coming in way of station, TBM shaft

    Kolkata: RVNL has managed to save seven trees while working on the ground to construct the Purple line’s Victoria Memorial station and 34 others while building the tunnel boring machine’s launching shaft inside St Thomas School.Since the Army is ...

    5 August 2024 Times of India
    'Politician Mamata Banerjee not my cup of tea': West Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose

    West Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose and CM Mamata Banerjee KOLKATA: West Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose, in an interview on Sunday, expressed his respect for chief minister Mamata Banerjee as an individual and maintained professional relations with her, ...

    5 August 2024 Times of India
    Rain opens up craters, leaves roads battered across Salt Lake

    123 Kolkata: The incessant rain has left stretches of Salt Lake roads battered. With no major repair work for years, the already damaged stretches are crumbling further. Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has been receiving funds in phases for road ...

    5 August 2024 Times of India
    Ration scam: ED tracks ₹10k cr ill-gotten money

    Kolkata: Investigating the ration scam in the state, ED has so far tracked Rs 10,000 crore usurped through bogus farmer accounts, adulteration of food grain and siphoning-off of food PDS grain. The agency claimed that the entire operation was ...

    5 August 2024 Times of India
    2 more arrested for Bypass bar violence

    Kolkata: Two more have been arrested in connection with the bar violence incident off E M Bypass last week. Saugata Sengupta alias Tepa and Sushanta Ghosh alias Lambu were picked up on Saturday night from the Pora Basti area ...

    5 August 2024 Times of India
    CU interim VC: Within my rights to visit campus

    Kolkata: Hours after state education minister Bratya Basu’s reaction on Saturday over the TMCP agitation on Calcutta University campus, interim vice-chancellor Shanta Dutta on Sunday issued a statement to “remind” that the present interim VCs are to continue till ...

    5 August 2024 Times of India
    Fresh Bangla clashes may slow down patients’ return, fear hosps

    Kolkata: Bangladeshi patients have started trickling back to Kolkata hospitals as health visas are being issued again after remaining suspended since bus and train services between Dhaka and Kolkata were stalled a fortnight ago due to a violent student ...

    5 August 2024 Times of India
    BJP MP talks to Centre on theatre grants

    Kolkata: After at least 26 theatre groups from Bengal were dropped from the Union ministry of culture’s repertory grant, BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya has taken up the issue with the ministry to restore the fund given to ...

    5 August 2024 Times of India
    Bharat Coking Coal aims for 40k cr revenue by FY 2030

    Kolkata: Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL) is targeting a revenue of Rs 40,000 crore by 2029-2030. The company aims to achieve this by increasing coal sales and pursuing diversification initiatives. “Our company produced 41.1 million tonnes of raw coal ...

    5 August 2024 Times of India
    Protest cloud over tourism biz in Mini B’desh

    Kolkata: The fresh quota protests in Bangladesh have cast a shadow over tourism business in Kolkata with hotels and lodges in the Free School Street-Marquis Street area registering only 50% occupancy and local businessmen and other service providers counting ...

    5 August 2024 Times of India
    Tollywood row shadow over Durga Puja releases

    Kolkata: The recent deadlock in the Bengali film industry may have been resolved with the timely intercession of the West Bengal chief minister, but there lingers an atmosphere of uncertainty over the number of Puja releases this year. The ...

    5 August 2024 Times of India
    Over 1k schools get ₹23.9cr state grants for lab upgrade

    Kolkata: The state school education department has released laboratory grants for 1,084 HS schools across Bengal to upgrade lab infrastructure for subjects like physics, chemistry, biology and geography.The administrative approval and financial sanction towards the laboratory grants for these ...

    5 August 2024 Times of India
    Now, scan & pay for tickets in ER’s Sealdah div

    Kolkata: Eastern Railway’s Sealdah division has introduced QR-code devices for online UPI payment through State Bank of India payment gateway at all reservation counters. Passengers can now make secure and instant payments across all 90 passenger reservation system counters ...

    5 August 2024 Times of India
    Cops: Fine for stalling flyover traffic not new

    Kolkata: A day after Kolkata Police announced their decision to levy a penalty of Rs 5,000 on motorists in case of breakdowns caused due to non-maintenance of vehicles or fuel getting exhausted on Maa and AJC Bose flyovers, cops ...

    5 August 2024 Times of India
    Students to be roped in to help mentally ill prisoners

    Kolkata: The state higher education department has suggested that postgraduate psychology students from private and state-aided universities be roped in to address mental health issues among prisoners in various state correctional facilities. Currently, 625 prisoners, including both under-trials and ...

    5 August 2024 Times of India
    IPGMER, NGO on national honour list

    Kolkata: Bengal’s premier Institute, Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (IPGMER), has bagged the best Brain Stem Declaration Certifying Team from NOTTO (National Organ & Tissue Transplant Organisation) on Saturday in the national capital during the celebration of 14th ...

    5 August 2024 Times of India
    Rape cuffs on Haridevpur priest

    Kolkata: A priest, Surajkumar Pandey, was arrested by Haridevpur police on Thursday night from the Brace bridge area in Taratala for allegedly raping a woman on the pretext of marriage. Cops slapped him with charges of rape, fraud, and ...

    5 August 2024 Times of India
    Water recedes but ops yet to start at Andal

    Image used for representative purpose only KOLKATA: Water receded from the Kazi Nazrul Island Airport at Andal near Durgapur on Saturday morning but services could not be resumed as the terminal building needed to be cleaned and flight navigation ...

    5 August 2024 Times of India
    Sewer project for Kestopur, Kaikhali

    Kolkata: Mayor and urban development minister Firhad Hakim on Saturday said a sewer project will be undertaken to resolve the long-standing waterlogging problem between Kestopur and Kaikhali. “There is a dearth of a proper drainage system. We have taken ...

    5 August 2024 Times of India
    Here's why you may have to crawl on VIP Road before flying out of Kolkata

    A crater on VIP Road KOLKATA: Motorists using VIP Road must brace for a tough time as more craters and potholes have popped up along the corridor next to the airport after two days of relentless rain. The stretch ...

    5 August 2024 Times of India
    'More rain on Tuesday, temperature may rise but stay below normal in Kolkata': IMD

    Kolkata’s maximum temperature was 31.6˚ C on Sunday KOLKATA: Despite a partially cloudy sky, the city remained mostly dry on Sunday. While similar conditions are likely to prevail on Monday as well, the Met officials are hopeful of rain ...

    5 August 2024 Times of India
    Duty hike: Get ready to fork out more for bar bill in Kolkata

    The new rates will come into effect from Aug 14 KOLKATA: Tipplers may have to shell out more for their pegs from Sept at most restaurants, bars and nightclubs across Kolkata that are ready to spike their liquor charges. ...

    5 August 2024 Times of India
    ‘Raise electrical joint boxes to stop electrocution death’

    Kolkata: Taking a lesson from the electrocution death of a young girl at Malipachghara in Howrah due to waterlogging, state urban development minister Firhad Hakim on Saturday said efforts were being taken to raise the electrical joint boxes that ...

    5 August 2024 Times of India
    Indian Academy of Paediatrics-Oxford University fellowship MOU signed in Kolkata

    Indian Academy of Paediatrics-Oxford University fellowship MOU signed in Kolkata. KOLKATA: On Sunday, a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between IAP (Indian Academy of Paediatrics) and Oxford University, England, to train doctors in Oxford under a fellowship ...

    5 August 2024 Times of India
    Kumartuli artisans scurry for plastic cover

    Kolkata: The rain over the past few days has forced potters in Kumartuli to take refuge under plastic sheets to complete the idols before the onset of the festive season.Many idol makers are also using pedestal fans, blowtorches and ...

    4 August 2024 Times of India
    Rangdajied United replace Hyderabad FC in Durand Cup

    Kolkata: Meghalaya’s Rangdajied United FC will replace Hyderabad FC in the ongoing Durand Cup. Hyderabad FC — in the midst of financial troubles — failed to field a team and eventually dropped out of the tournament, forcing the organisers ...

    4 August 2024 Times of India
    Microplastic in West Bengal's Digha and Puri seawater at alarming levels

    Researchers have found an average of 5.3 microplastic items per litre of water on Digha beach (pic) and 6.4 per litre on Puri beach KOLKATA: The single-use plastic bag that you left on the Digha beach last summer might ...

    4 August 2024 Times of India
    Raining problems for flyers outside and inside city airport

    Kolkata: Flyers were hit by a double whammy on Saturday, first because of waterlogging on VIP Road and Jessore Road and then by sporadic snags in the DigiYatra check-in system that delayed passenger entry into the terminal.Waist-deep water in ...

    4 August 2024 Times of India
    Illegal bldgs: KMC to seek legal help

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will seek legal assistance against a section of promoters who first flout building rules and then move court against the civic body’s demolition drive, mayor Firhad Hakim said on Saturday. He said this ...

    4 August 2024 Times of India
    Stagger release, state requests after DVC discharges 1.4L cusec water

    12 Kolkata/Burdwan: Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) on Saturday released around 1,38,000 cusec of water from Maithon and Panchet dams, raising fears of widespread flood across south Bengal, which has been receiving steady rainfall this week. The move prompted the ...

    4 August 2024 Times of India
    No irregularity in Garbeta plot transfer: State

    Kolkata: Bengal govt on Saturday said that there was no irregularity in the transfer of a plot for promoting industry in West Midnapore’s Garbeta.Alapan Bandyopadhyay, chief adviser to CM Mamata Banerjee, said at a press meet in Nabanna that ...

    4 August 2024 Times of India
    ‘African’ strikes gold

    Kolkata: Parvati Byramji- saddled African Gold won the Colts Trials Championship Stakes on Saturday at Bengaluru. The Fillies Trial Championship Stakes was claimed by Rajesh Narredu-nursed Excellent Lass.Bengaluru short results(With Inter-Venue Dividends)1. (5-4-1) Akasi 1: Recreator 2: Phoenix Surprise ...

    4 August 2024 Times of India
    MSC snatch a point with late penalty

    Kolkata: Mohammedan Sporting required a stoppage-time penalty to hold Diamond Harbour FC 1-1 in their CFL Premier Division match in Naihati on Saturday and keep their title defence on track. Jobby Justin gave Diamond Harbour the lead in the ...

    4 August 2024 Times of India
    A year after 8-yr-old’s death, Behala to get model crossing

    Kolkata: It has been exactly a year since eight-year-old Swarnanil Sarkar — a student of class II of Barisha High School at Behala Chowrasta — was mowed down by a truck while he was on his way to appear ...

    4 August 2024 Times of India
    Waterlogging, bad roads make traffic crawl

    Kolkata: Traffic remained slow across Kolkata on Saturday but the worst affected area remained Mominpore where cops had to request RVNL to carry out work on the road on a SOS basis for temporary relief.Among the spots to be ...

    4 August 2024 Times of India
    Hard to shift unsafe bldgs’ tenants: Mayor

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation buildings department will need to focus on the city’s dilapidated buildings in the wake of spells of rain. However, the KMC buildings department officials find it difficult to convince tenants of the vulnerable buildings ...

    4 August 2024 Times of India
    Going by SC order, interim VC should not enter CU: Min

    Kolkata: State education minister Bratya Basu on Saturday said if the Supreme Court’s order is followed, the interim vice chancellor of Calcutta University should not enter the university. This comes a day after TMCP members kept CU officials, including ...

    4 August 2024 Times of India
    Parts of airport waterlogged but flights stick to schedule

    Kolkata: Overnight showers led to waterlogging in both the approach road to the Kolkata airport terminal as well as a couple of bays in the operational area as attempts to pump water into the canal outside drew a blank ...

    4 August 2024 Times of India
    Desperate cops’ new Maa measure: ₹5k fine

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police has decided to levy a penalty of Rs 5,000 and above under section 190(1) of Motor Vehicles Act on motorists driving unfit vehicles on Maa and AJC Bose Road flyovers in case of breakdowns caused due ...

    4 August 2024 Times of India
    TMC team visits Wayanad; Bengal govt offers to bring stranded labourers home

    Kolkata: Bengal govt would bring home 242 migrant labourers from the state who are stuck in Wayanad, if they wished to return.On Saturday, a Trinamool delegation of Rajya Sabha MPs Saket Gokhale and Sushmita Dev visited the affected in ...

    4 August 2024 Times of India
    Youth poses as delivery boy, attacks woman, snatches chain

    Kolkata: A youth, posing as a delivery boy, attacked a 62-year-old resident of Baranagar Gopalal Thakur Road, Behalapara, and snatched her gold chain before fleeing the spot on Saturday afternoon. The victim, Pulu Goswami, was out shopping and while ...

    4 August 2024 Times of India
    Row over missing theatre grants

    Poulami Bose and Debshankar Halder in the play titled 'Typist' Kolkata: A controversy has erupted in the city’s theatre circle after a govt circular on Thursday listed those eligible for the Guru-Shishya Parampara (repertory grant). Among Padma or Sangeet ...

    4 August 2024 Times of India
    Repair work begins on rain-battered VIP Road

    Kolkata: Repair work on a battered and bruised stretch of VIP Road near Kolkata airport began on Friday, but prolonged rain wiped off even parts of the patchworks. Large portions of the VIP Road remained submerged, causing inconveniences to ...

    4 August 2024 Times of India
    Rain to continue in Kolkata at least for 5 more days, says IMD

    A man with his motorcycle wades through the severely waterlogged Patipukur underpass as a result of heavy downpour, in Kolkata. KOLKATA/SILIGURI: The city and most parts of south Bengal received widespread rain on Saturday even as a threat of ...

    4 August 2024 Times of India
    West Bengal minister Akhil Giri abuses forest ranger over Tajpur anti-encroachment drive

    Minister Akhil Giri gestures during his verbal spat with the forest ranger on Saturday CONTAI (EAST MIDNAPORE): Bengal minister of state for correctional homes Akhil Giri landed in a fresh controversy on Saturday after he launched a volley of ...

    4 August 2024 Times of India
    Santissimo is class apart

    Kolkata: The first classics of the summer season — the Colts and Fillies Championship Stakes — will be run in Bengaluru on Saturday. Pesi Shroff-tutored Santissimo looks home and dry in the Colts Championship Stakes with Vivek G in ...

    3 August 2024 Times of India
    Watch: Planes grounded as rainwater enters Kolkata airport runway

    Waterlogging was reported inside Kolkata airport. KOLKATA: Kolkata and its surrounding areas experienced heavy rainfall on Saturday due to a low-pressure area that intensified into a deep depression. The downpour caused waterlogging in various parts of Kolkata, including the ...

    3 August 2024 Times of India
    Ration scam: TMC block prez, bro held

    Kolkata: ED has arrested Trinamool Deganga block president Anisur Rahman and his brother Alif Noor alias Mukul Rahman in the multi-crore ration scam case. The duo was remanded in ED custody till Aug 12. After nearly 14 hours of ...

    3 August 2024 Times of India
    Man dies as car swept away while crossing submerged bridge in West Bengal

    Image used for representative purpose only KOLKATA: One person died after his car was swept away while crossing a submerged bridge in the Kalyanpur Housing area of Asansol, West Bengal's Paschim Bardhaman district.Torrential rains have caused significant waterlogging in ...

    3 August 2024 Times of India
    Emami eyes 50% of top line from its acquired brands

    Kolkata: The acquired brands of Emami Ltd now contribute 45% of the top line of the FMCG major and this could go past 50% soon.Emami vice-chairman and MD Harsha V Agarwal mentioned in the company’s annual report that acquired ...

    3 August 2024 Times of India
    After showers, craters back on Kol thoroughfares

    Kolkata: A day-long drizzle on Thursday and intermittent showers on Friday left several roads in the city cratered. The rain eroded the top layer of blacktop in some sections, where the civic body had carried out a project to ...

    3 August 2024 Times of India
    Albopictus, mosquito that caused dengue surges in 1950s, back in Kolkata

    Representative image KOLKATA: A mosquito species that used to cause dengue surges in Kolkata in the 1950s and 1960s has returned. Larvae of Aedes albopictus, a dengue virus carrier, is being found in increasing numbers in the city this ...

    3 August 2024 Times of India
    Yatri Sathi AC cabs at airport hike fares by ₹70

    Kolkata: Those booking air-conditioned taxis at the airport on the Yatri Sathi app started paying Rs 70 more from Friday as the airport authorities charged the AC cabs parking fees of Rs 70 per ride. The fares of AC ...

    3 August 2024 Times of India
    IIM slashes ‘entry fee’ by 80% for KV vehicles

    Kolkata: IIM Calcutta officials on Friday slashed the “entry fee” by 80%, a day after parents of Kendriya Vidyalaya Joka students blocked D H Road to protest against the charge all vehicles were asked to pay while dropping children ...

    3 August 2024 Times of India
    Boost for MSC’s ISL dreams

    Kolkata: In a major boost to Mohammedan Sporting’s participation in the Indian Super League (ISL) this season, the club has formalised a partnership with Shrachi Sports. Following a meeting at the club tent on the Maidan between representatives of ...

    3 August 2024 Times of India
    CU VC, registrar gheraoed over syndicate meeting

    Kolkata: TMCP members on Friday kept Calcutta University officials, including interim VC Shanta Dutta De and registrar Debashish Das, gheraoed till late at night, protesting against the “syndicate meeting being held without the higher education nod”. The officials sought ...

    3 August 2024 Times of India
    BJP walks out of assembly over price rise discussion

    Kolkata: State agriculture minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay’s “high fuel price” jab at BJP MLAs on Friday culminated in a noisy walkout by the opposition benches in the state assembly. BJP had demanded a discussion on price rise but walked out ...

    3 August 2024 Times of India
    17-year-old killed as house collapses in Baguiati

    Kolkata: A 17-year-old youth was killed after being trapped under the debris of his three-storey home in Baguiati which was made of wood and bamboo beams and lacked an iron framework. It collapsed following a spell of continuous rain ...

    3 August 2024 Times of India
    No encroachers, Tiretta Bazar cleanest in decades

    Kolkata: The administration on Thursday removed over 200 illegal establishments in Tiretta Bazar, the city’s oldest Chinatown. The encroachers had take up space on pavements and carriageways and even blocked entrances to several Chinese temples and government offices.A month ...

    3 August 2024 Times of India
    Bar violence started with booze demand at 2am

    Kolkata: The hooliganism at the EM Bypass pub owes its genesis to an incident that took place a few days ago, when a local syndicate, holding a meeting regarding the “transfer of a plot”, had requested for drinks after ...

    3 August 2024 Times of India
    Foresters dismantle illegal resort in Jaldapara Nat’l Park

    Jalpaiguri: Foresters on Friday dismantled an under-construction private resort at Chilapata in Jaldapara National Park. The resort was being built illegally on forest land. The department had asked the owner several times to stop construction work, to no avail.On ...

    3 August 2024 Times of India
    After RSS, CPM hits ‘like’ button on Lakshmir Bhandar

    Kolkata: After RSS mouthpiece Swastika, CPM, in its letter (party chithi) to party workers, has said that Lakshmir Bhandar cannot be ignored as dole politics. Criticism of Bengal govt’s cash-assistance-for-women scheme and other welfare measures have not gone down ...

    3 August 2024 Times of India
    BJP’s Ghatal candidate files poll plea in HC

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday directed election authorities to preserve all documents and CCTV footage relating to the Ghatal LS polls after BJP’s candidate Hiranmoy Chattopadhyaya, who lost to Trinamool’s Dev, filed an election petition alleging malpractice, reports ...

    3 August 2024 Times of India
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