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  • Legal vacuum of ‘dance bars’: From guns to roses, every deal is on the table here

    Kolkata: From guns and roses, everything is on the table in the city's ‘dance bars’ that are a law unto themselves. Faces that welcome you inside with a smile can turn menacing within seconds if you don’t hand over ...

    3 August 2024 Times of India
    KMC surprise raids after parking extortion plaints

    Kolkata: Based on complaints from motorists, KMC has started conducting surprise raids at some of the city’s prime parking zones. “We have received several complaints from motorists that a section of parking attendants is demanding four-five times more than ...

    3 August 2024 Times of India
    JU may set up CCTV cameras in hostel corridors

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University is mulling an option to install CCTV cameras in the hostel corridors as part of anti-ragging measures and for security after a PG student was mentally tortured on allegations of stealing a laptop at the Main ...

    3 August 2024 Times of India
    Bengal passes resolution for review of new criminal laws

    Kolkata: The state assembly on Thursday passed a resolution urging Centre to review the three newly introduced criminal laws — BNS, BSA and BNSS. Terming them “draconian”, Trinamool legislators moved the resolution under Rule 169. It was passed by ...

    3 August 2024 Times of India
    Rajya Sabha: Kharge demands Shamik Bhattacharya's expulsion

    Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge KOLKATA: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday demanded expulsion of BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Shamik Bhattacharya. Bhattacharya on Thursday objected multiple times when Trinamool lawmakers were speaking in the house.Bringing the issue to the notice ...

    3 August 2024 Times of India
    ITC net profit sees marginal rise in 1st qtr

    Kolkata: Diversified conglomerate ITC Ltd has witnessed a marginal rise in net profit in the first quarter of this fiscal to Rs 4,917 crore. The figure stood at Rs 4,902 crore during the same period last year.The gross revenue, ...

    2 August 2024 Times of India
    HC div bench to hear PIL on Sourav steel factory land

    Kolkata: A PIL challenging the handing over of land to former India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly for setting up a steel factory at West Midnapore has been fixed for hearing by a Calcutta High Court division bench of justices ...

    2 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata gets a non-invasive osteopathy clinic

    Kolkata gets a non-invasive osteopathy clinic KOLKATA: The city got a state-of-the-art Osteopathy Clinic on Friday which will offer non-invasive treatment to patients. Osteopathy is a drug-free, holistic, non-invasive manual therapy that aims to improve overall health by strengthening ...

    2 August 2024 Times of India
    Favourites to the fore

    Kolkata: The opening day of the monsoon season was good for the betting public with five favourites scoring at will. It could have been six had Snow Leopard not come a cropper a few metres from home at the ...

    2 August 2024 Times of India
    HC directs state to probe PMAY ‘fraud’

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the state to conduct an inquiry into an allegation of fund misappropriation under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana scheme at a Magrahat village in South 24 Parganas.The counsel for the petitioner submitted ...

    2 August 2024 Times of India
    Arrests hint at syndicate hand in EM Bypass bar violence

    Kolkata: The father of Biswajit Mondal (24), one of the youths arrested on Thursday in the Anandapur bar attack and vandalism incident, has told cops that his son and others received a call on Monday evening to assemble for ...

    2 August 2024 Times of India
    TMC joins Cong to slam ‘violent’ RSS after VP’s praise

    Kolkata/New Delhi: Trinamool Congress on Thursday joined Congress in speaking out against RSS, a day after Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar praised the organisation in the House. TMC backed Congress’s allegations that RSS had a long history of “corroding ...

    2 August 2024 Times of India
    Work starts on Joka-Esplanade Metro’s Park Street station

    Kolkata: RVNL has started construction of the Purple line’s Park Street Metro station with the casting of the diaphragm wall.Railways officials said Kolkata should get its second Metro station at Park Street in the next two or three years. ...

    2 August 2024 Times of India
    NKDA to manually clear completion certs

    Kolkata: The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has decided to manually process pending applications and has issued an advisory on it. A system crash of the e-district portal has stalled the completion process of applications for occupancy certificate ...

    2 August 2024 Times of India
    Govt revives old route to stop hawker comeback

    Kolkata: After a gap of four years, the West Bengal Transport Corporation (WBTC) on Thursday reintroduced the popular Sealdah-Howrah bus route. Traffic cops claimed that once the bus starts operating in full swing, it will be difficult for encroachers, ...

    2 August 2024 Times of India
    Joka school stir over vehicle entry bar shuts down DH Road for 2 hrs

    Kolkata: Diamond Harbour Road — the key connector between Kolkata and South 24 Parganas — remained either completely shut or traffic crawled at times for around two hours on Thursday morning due to a protest staged by the parents ...

    2 August 2024 Times of India
    Govt must remove ‘anti-people’ GST on life, health cover: CM

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Thursday upped the ante on Centre over GST on life insurance and medical insurance premiums and sought rollback of the “anti-people” tax component.Her statement came a day after Union road transport and highways minister ...

    2 August 2024 Times of India
    Verify records of caste cert recipients: HC

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the Malda sub-divisional officer to serve notice on three private respondents, asking them to come to the SDO office for verification of documents for the Scheduled Caste certificates issued to them.A division ...

    2 August 2024 Times of India
    Population, ‘entertainment biz’ influx has changed area, frayed social fabric

    Kolkata: Two sides of what has now turned into one of the city’s busiest neighbourhoods have transformed remarkably — and in diverging ways — over the last few decades.One side of the Bypass has changed from neighbourhoods populated by ...

    2 August 2024 Times of India
    Freshers get separate hostel, Main Hostel jitters for seniors

    Kolkata: A batch of 12 first-year students arrived at the Jadavpur University’s Old PG Hostel on Thursday, which has been earmarked as a freshers’ hostel from this year along with the New Block Hostel. Meanwhile, some senior students (UG3, ...

    2 August 2024 Times of India
    Bar employee arrested for molesting woman

    Kolkata: The New Market Police has arrested one Irfan Khan (31), an employee of a bar on Chowringhee Road, for allegedly molesting a female staffer of another bar in central Kolkata. The complainant alleged that the accused — a ...

    2 August 2024 Times of India
    KMDA plans to repair Sdah flyovercarriageway

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) plans to take up urgent repair of Sealdah flyover carriageway, including patchwork of the surface, repairing of potholes, minor repair and uprooting of plants from the flyover structure. Officials said that wear ...

    2 August 2024 Times of India
    Adhir gets ‘invites’ from ex-aide, Union min even as neta keeps up anti-Trinamool stance

    Kolkata/New Delhi: Even as the Congress high command remained indecisive on the future of Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, the latter on Wednesday hardened his anti-Trinamool stance and alleged that the party was attacking Congress supporters. “How can ...

    2 August 2024 Times of India
    Stick to closing time, cops tell bars

    Kolkata: In the wake of the Anandapur bar brawl, the police brass has asked the local police stations in charge of EM Bypass stretches to ensure that the pubs close on time at night. According to cops, the bar ...

    2 August 2024 Times of India
    Coal India sees 4.2% rise in net profit

    Kolkata: Coal India has reported a 4.2% year-on-year increase in its consolidated net profit from Rs 10,498.4 crore in the first quarter of last fiscal to Rs 10,943.5 crore for this year. The company’s revenue from operations grew 1.3% ...

    2 August 2024 Times of India
    Rainy start to August, Kolkata may get more spells today

    A waterlogged service road stretch along VIP Road on Thursday KOLKATA: While July, the rainiest month of monsoon ended with a splash, the beginning of Aug, the second rainiest month, began on a wet note as well. Multiple spells ...

    2 August 2024 Times of India
    Behala murder: Boy watched YouTube videos to plan crime

    The room where the woman was murdered KOLKATA: The 17-year-old who strangled his girlfriend's adoptive mother had planned the crime by watching YouTube videos, cops have told the boy's mother. She, in turn, told cops that on the day ...

    2 August 2024 Times of India
    Yatri Sathi AC cabs from airport to cost 70 more from today in Kolkata

    There will be no extra fee for non-AC yellow Yatri Sathi cabs KOLKATA: Passengers booking AC Yatri Sathi cabs at the airport will have to pay Rs 70 extra per trip from Friday with the airport authorities now charging ...

    2 August 2024 Times of India
    El Nino impact: Jan records only four sub-13°C days

    Kolkata: Despite the mid-month temperature plunge, Jan 2024 saw only four days of sub-13°C temperatures due to the effects of El Niño in the Pacific Ocean that leads to western disturbances triggering clouds and pushing the mercury up. Most ...

    1 August 2024 Times of India
    New CCTV camera to stop U-turns from PTS crossing

    Kolkata: The Bhowanipore Traffic Guard has installed a CCTV camera to stop vehicles from taking a U-turn towards Nandan from AJC Bose flyover without signal and penalize errant motorists.According to cops, hundreds of vehicles come off AJC Bose flyover ...

    1 August 2024 Times of India
    Entrepreneurship focus of CU dept workshop

    Kolkata: Students from 12 colleges participated in a four-day workshop organised by the Calcutta University’s business management department to create interest among students in honing their entrepreneurial capabilities, while keeping in mind the local traditional craft-based businesses. The workshop ...

    1 August 2024 Times of India
    ₹1.4 cr funds for Salt Lake road repairs

    Kolkata: State urban development department has sanctioned additional funds worth around Rs 1.4 crore for the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) to repair interior roads passing through some more blocks in Salt Lake.The civic body has been repairing the roads ...

    1 August 2024 Times of India
    Rampant lawlessness spooks residents along E M Bypass

    Kolkata: Unabated lawlessness in the bar zone along the E M Bypass stretch between VIP Bazar and Tagore Park — which has about six bars operating till late night — has started spooking the residents of Netaji Subhas Nagar ...

    1 August 2024 Times of India
    Metro’s Orange Linewon’t run on weekends

    Kolkata: Metro Railway clarified it will operate trains in the Orange Line — between New Garia and Ruby — on weekdays but not on weekends. The officials had on Tuesday said that while more trains would be operated between ...

    1 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata: Cops in schools to teach kids cyber risks, get 'hacking lessons' from teens

    City school workshops revealed students engaged in hacking. Authorities used real-life examples to educate about cyber risks and responsible internet use, emphasizing the difference between ethical and illegal activities to combat bullying and protect mental health. A Class 6 ...

    1 August 2024 Times of India
    HC admits poll petition by BJP’s Basirhat candidate

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Wednesday admitted an election petition by BJP’s Basirhat candidate Rekha Patra and directed that notices be issued to all parties concerned — from the Bengal CEO to the constituency’s MP, Sk Nurul Islam.In her ...

    1 August 2024 Times of India
    Hawker union leader assaults KMC official

    Kolkata: An assistant director of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) was assaulted by a hawker union leader in the Parnasree area of Behala on Tuesday evening. According to a KMC source, the civic official was leading a team to ...

    1 August 2024 Times of India
    Spike in severe H1N1 cases this year worries doctors

    Kolkata: With the rise in H1N1 cases in the city, doctors have started coming across patients with severe infection, some needing intensive care treatment. Though influenza is common around this time of the year, health officials said Aug and ...

    1 August 2024 Times of India
    Behala death: Cops in court for man’s magisterial statement

    Kolkata: Investigators probing the death of a 54-year-old Behala woman, who was allegedly murdered by her 14-year-old daughter and her 17-year-old boyfriend, have moved court, seeking the recording of the confidential statement of the woman’s husband in front of ...

    1 August 2024 Times of India
    First 2 phases of KMC survey find 11,527 hawkers in Kol vending hubs

    Kolkata: After registering 11,527 hawkers in the first two phases of the survey, which included prime hawking zones like Gariahat, New Market, Hatibagan, Chandni Chowk, College Street, Sealdah, Bowbazar, S N Banerjee Road and Lenin Sarani, the Kolkata Municipal ...

    1 August 2024 Times of India
    CM to visit Jhargram next week

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee would go to Jhargram on Aug 8-9 on the occasion of International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, sources in the state secretariat said on Wednesday. Banerjee is likely to hold an administrative meeting and ...

    1 August 2024 Times of India
    Kol gets 1 more flight to Dhaka

    Kolkata: Air India Express will operate a flight between Kolkata and Dhaka six times a week from Sep 3. The flight, which will operate on all days except Mondays, will take off from Kolkata at 11.55 am to reach ...

    1 August 2024 Times of India
    10 cr fund for two new bridges across canals

    Kolkata: The urban development and municipal affairs department has approved funding of Rs 10 crore for the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) to set up two steel bridges over canals — one between EM Bypass and Chowbhaga Road across ...

    1 August 2024 Times of India
    Gold Ride wins Fillies Trial Stakes

    Kolkata: James Mckeown-nursed Gold Ride won the Mysore Fillies Trial Stakes at Mysuru on Wednesday. The daughter of Flying Show was guided by A SandeshMysuru short results1: (13-12-14) Raise A Buck 1; D Fighter 2; White Lies 3.2: (3-4-5) ...

    1 August 2024 Times of India
    Back-to-back organ donations: Heart, kidneys save 3 in 2 days

    Kolkata: Kolkata recorded another deceased organ donation on Wednesday, a back-to-back such donation in two consecutive days. Doctors found only the heart of the deceased donor fit. The 54-year-old’s heart is set to save the life of a 35-year-old ...

    1 August 2024 Times of India
    India-Bhutan rail link FLS to be submitted by Nov

    Jalpaiguri: The Northeast Frontier Railways (NFR) will submit the Final Location Survey (FLS) for railway connectivity from Jalpaiguri’s Banarhat to Bhutan’s Samtse, and Assam’s Kokrajhar to Gelephu in Bhutan by Nov. “The FLS for the rail link between Samtse ...

    1 August 2024 Times of India
    2 cr boost to speed up Kalighat skywalk work

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is planning to to inaugurate the Kalighat skywalk before Durga Puja. The state urban development and municipal affairs department on Wednesday released an additional Rs 2 crore for speedy completion of the project ...

    1 August 2024 Times of India
    Low turnout on 1st day of physical docu verification

    Kolkata: Colleges on Wednesday started the physical verification of documents of undergraduate candidates who applied on the centralised admission portal. This process, under which the students will confirm they will pursue the courses they chose and paid for online, ...

    1 August 2024 Times of India
    ‘CNG pipeline impasse likely to be resolved in 15 days’

    Kolkata: The supply of CNG to the city may go up three-fold in the next month since Gail is hoping to resolve the impasse regarding laying of the gas pipeline linking the city in 15 days. Gail chairman Sandeep ...

    1 August 2024 Times of India
    KP STF busts arms unit in Bihar

    Kolkata: Weapons used in crimes in the city, including an attempted robbery at Southern Avenue, have been traced to illegal arms factories operating in Bihar. Kolkata Police’s Special Task Force, in a joint raid with Bihar STF, has busted ...

    31 July 2024 Times of India
    Bombs, cartridges recovered from Kolkata guest house

    Representative photo NEW DELHI: Law enforcement authorities discovered explosive devices and ammunition at a lodging facility in Kolkata's Iqbalpur neighborhood, according to officials' statements on Wednesday. The police team, acting on a tip, arrived at the guest house on ...

    31 July 2024 Times of India
    Heavy rain likely in Kol tomorrow

    Kolkata: Several shower spells between Monday night and Tuesday evening added 44.3 mm of rain to the city’s July rain kitty, narrowing down the shortage further. The Met office expects more rain, including some heavy spells on Thursday. The ...

    31 July 2024 Times of India
    Excited to link up with Dimitri & Jason at Bagan: Maclaren

    Kolkata: Jamie Maclaren is no stranger to success. A four-time Golden Boot winner and all-time leading scorer in A-League’s history, he’s been instrumental in Melbourne City’s recent reign in Australian football.And determined to bring the same winning mentality to ...

    31 July 2024 Times of India
    Goods train wagon derails in Bengal's New Jalpaiguri

    NEW DELHI: A wagon of a goods train derailed near Rangapani station in West Bengal's New Jalpaiguri Rail Division on Wednesday, according to a senior official from the North-East Frontier Railway (NFR). The incident occurred at 11:45 am when ...

    31 July 2024 Times of India
    Train derailment: Upper berths toppled onto cancer patients on way to Mumbai for treatment

    Several passengers were injured when upper berths collapsed on a Mumbai-bound train. Among the injured were couples traveling for cancer treatment MALDA/KHARAGPUR/KOLKATA: Badal Kumar Das and his wife Sabita Das were sleeping on the lower berths when the upper ...

    31 July 2024 Times of India
    Didn’t notice any signs of foul play, say docs

    Kolkata: Not just one but two elderly doctors — a homeopath and an MBBS — had apparently checked the body of the 54-year-old woman but didn’t flag any concern. However, while one stuck to norms and refused to issue ...

    31 July 2024 Times of India
    Clifford sprints to victory

    Kolkata: Neil Darashah-saddled Clifford sprinted away with the Cavallo Velloce Cup at the RCTC here on Tuesday. The son of Jolie Rue was given a confident ride by Neeraj Rawal.There was a major mishap in the last race of ...

    31 July 2024 Times of India
    49 days after blaze, Kolkata's Acropolis mall set to reopen on Saturday

    Acropolis Mall in Kolkata prepared to reopen 49 days after a fire incident. Most facilities were set to resume operations following clearance from the fire department. KOLKATA: Acropolis mall in Kasba is set to reopen on Saturday (Aug 3), ...

    31 July 2024 Times of India
    Duo confessed after locals accosted them

    Kolkata: Shocked neighbours in the Behala neighbourhood are wondering how a 54-year-old woman who hardly ever took medicine for high pressure suffered a heart attack and passed away all of a sudden. They are even more surprised at how ...

    31 July 2024 Times of India
    Theft at ACP’s house; gold, cash looted

    Kolkata: A case of theft has been reported from the residence of an ACP at the police quarters in Tollygunge. “The theft took place on Monday between 11 am and 6.30 pm after unidentified miscreants entered the quarters of ...

    31 July 2024 Times of India
    ‘Time to break adoption news is crucial’

    Kolkata: The timing and manner of informing an adopted child that she/he is not the biological child of her/his parents are crucial, according to psychologists. This consideration has gained attention in the light of a case, where a 14-year-old ...

    31 July 2024 Times of India
    Five arrested for ‘aviation job’ scam

    Kolkata: Five persons, who used to scam aviation job seekers, were arrested in New Town after cops raided two offices run by the fraudsters at Akankha crossing on Monday night. Police have recovered cellphones, POS machines, laptops, medical test ...

    31 July 2024 Times of India
    Abhishek to FM: Provide white paper on NREGA funds to Bengal

    Kolkata: Trinamool general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday demanded a white paper on MGNREGA funds allocation for Bengal. Banerjee along with Trinamool MPs walked out of Parliament after there was no mention of the state being deprived under MGNREGA ...

    31 July 2024 Times of India
    Organs of SSKM doc’s brain-dead mom save 2

    Kolkata: After almost two months, Kolkata recorded a deceased organ donation, —10th so far this year—where two kidneys of the donor were transplanted into two patients on Tuesday night. The donor, Kumkum Chakraborty (66), had suffered a brain stroke ...

    31 July 2024 Times of India
    HC slams police report on custody death, seeks fresh one

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Tuesday pointed out inadequacies in a report submitted by Tamluk police on the unnatural death of an accused in jail on July 5.Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj directed the police and Midnapore jail authorities to submit ...

    31 July 2024 Times of India
    Man tries to drive away with cab, crushes owner

    Kolkata: A 52-year-old cab owner lost his life while trying to prevent the theft of his taxi on Tuesday morning. The incident took place around 7.30 am in front of Rajasthan Guest House on Zakaria Street in central Kolkata. ...

    31 July 2024 Times of India
    6-hour fire on top floor at Garstin Place

    Kolkata: A fire broke out on the top floor of a two-storey building at 5, Garstin Place around noon on Tuesday. No one was injured.Four fire engines managed to douse the blaze only around 5.45pm, said police. The cause ...

    31 July 2024 Times of India
    JU show-cause notice to over 20 for 2023 ragging

    Kolkata: Eleven months after the death of a fresher, who was a victim of ragging and died after a fall from Main Hostel on Aug 10 last year, Jadavpur University has issued show-cause notices to students who were found ...

    31 July 2024 Times of India
    How long must we endure procession of deaths: CM

    Kolkata: “Is this governance?” CM Mamata Banerjee said angrily on Tuesday in reaction to the derailment of the Howrah-CSMT Mumbai Mail that left two people dead. In a statement on X, she said: “This series of nightmares almost every ...

    31 July 2024 Times of India
    4 cars, 10 bikes damaged in Anandapur bar brawl

    Kolkata: Around a dozen miscreants, several of them wearing masks, allegedly went on a rampage at a bar-cum-restaurant near Tagore Park-VIP Nagar off EM Bypass under Anandapur PS on Monday night. The accused vandalized four cars and 8-10 bikes ...

    31 July 2024 Times of India
    Mumbai Mail derailment: Families throng Hwh, Kgp stns for updates

    12 Kolkata/Kharagpur: Family members thronged Howrah and Kharagpur stations, anxious to find out the status of their relatives travelling on the Howrah-CSMT Mumbai Mail that derailed in Jharkhand early on Tuesday. Unable to reach their relatives, families were seen ...

    31 July 2024 Times of India
    1L sq ft of retail space leased in Kol from Jan to June this yr

    Kolkata: Around 1 lakh sq ft of retail space has been leased across Kolkata from Jan to June this year. While fashion and apparel sectors accounted for about 46%, consumer electronics was next at 21%, followed by health and ...

    31 July 2024 Times of India
    Isolation units back at city hosps as flu, H1N1 and other virals surge

    Kolkata: Isolation units are back at several city hospitals. A surge in influenza, swine flu and multiple other viral infections has led the hospitals to reintroduce them to prevent transmission, for the first time since Covid. While a couple ...

    31 July 2024 Times of India
    Bidhannagar police bust gang duping businessmen with fake tenders for Bengal school uniforms

    Representative Image (Picture credit: IANS) KOLKATA: Bidhannagar police have busted a racket that has duped several businessmen in Bengal and other states for several crores under the pretext of securing contracts for making school uniforms, bags and socks that ...

    31 July 2024 Times of India
    KMC deploys mobile vans to repair cratered stretches

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) roads department has engaged mobile pothole repairing vans to repair stretches of the city’s roads that have developed craters after spells of intermittent rain in the past seven days. These vans have been ...

    30 July 2024 Times of India
    Passenger slaps Vande Bharat staff over mistaken non-vegetarian meal; fellow travelers demand apology

    An elderly passenger allegedly slapped a Vande Bharat staffer after being served non-vegetarian meal despite being 'a strict vegetarian' during his train journey. The video of the incident went viral on social media platforms.An elderly passenger allegedly slapped a ...

    30 July 2024 Times of India
    Panja: State clocked $3.1M in engineering exports in ’23-’24

    Kolkata: Bengal govt was looking to increase engineering exports, said minister of industry, commerce and enterprises Shashi Panja on Monday, adding that the state was already witnessing an unprecedented growth in manufacturing sector.The minister was speaking as she presented ...

    30 July 2024 Times of India
    JU forms 4-member committee to probe torture on MTech student

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University has formed a four-member panel to probe the Wednesday night incident, where MTech student Biswajit Paramanik was mentally tortured and forced to sign confessional statements on allegations of stealing a laptop by fellow boarders at D ...

    30 July 2024 Times of India
    BMC gets 2.6 cr for road repairs

    Kolkata: The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation on Monday received an approval for Rs 2.6 crore from the state urban development department to repair and upgrade the main roads in Mahishbathan, Nayapatti and Polenite under ward 28 — just behind the ...

    30 July 2024 Times of India
    Man who sought action on ex-Andaman and Nicobar Island chief secretary Jitendra Narain dies

    Image used for representative purpose only PORT BLAIR: Markande Tiwari, who had been advocating action against arrested former Andaman and Nicobar Island chief secretary Jitendra Narain amid allegations of his involvement in a rape case, was found dead inside ...

    30 July 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata: Teen lovers kill girl's mom, 'threatened' dad keeps mum since June 6

    Image used for representative purpose only KOLKATA: A 14-year-old girl and her boyfriend, also a teenager, strangled the girl's 54-year-old mother to death, obtained a natural death certificate from a local Behala doctor and then cremated the body last ...

    30 July 2024 Times of India
    Impossible to share Teesta water with Bangladesh: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

    Mamata Banerjee KOLKATA: It was "impossible" to share Teesta water with Bangladesh, CM Mamata Banerjee told the Bengal assembly on Monday, adding that the needs of "Bengal's people should be met" before those of the neighbouring country's."The demand to ...

    30 July 2024 Times of India
    ‘Block raids’ to curb night crimes across Bidhannagar

    Kolkata: More than 80 persons were arrested for disorderly conduct and unsafe driving in a special drive undertaken by Bidhannagar Commissionerate to keep a check on night crimes between 9 pm on Saturday and 1 am on Sunday. According ...

    30 July 2024 Times of India
    ‘Climate crisis pushes up trafficking in Sundarbans’

    Kolkata: Frequent migration from the Sundarbans, often induced by climate change, is to be blamed for the rise in human trafficking in the region during the post Covid period, besides other factors like poverty and loss of livelihood, reveals ...

    30 July 2024 Times of India
    Exide invests over ₹2.7k crore towards sustainability

    Kolkata: Battery major Exide Industries has already invested Rs 2,671 crore towards sustainability — producing lithium ion cells and recycling lead and lead alloys — and is planning to pump in more in the sector. This was disclosed by ...

    30 July 2024 Times of India
    Assault plaint against TMC panchayat member

    Kolkata: Two youths were summoned to the Trinamool office in Rajarhat for arbitration over a financial dispute where a Trinamool panchayat member allegedly abused and assaulted one of them. The victim, Gautam Sarkar, filed a complaint against panchayat member ...

    30 July 2024 Times of India
    City zoo brings over young tigresses from outside state to woo its reluctant males

    Kolkata: It's been 18 years since a tiger cub was born in Alipore zoo. All efforts at breeding since 2006, when Krishna gave birth to a male cub, have gone in vain because the males are either not interested ...

    30 July 2024 Times of India
    BJP stir in House over Kanjilal as speaker

    Kolkata: BJP legislators staged a demonstration and walked out of Bengal assembly on Monday afternoon to protest the mention of Suman Kanjilal’s name on the list of its speakers. Kanjilal, the BJP MLA from Alipurduar, had switched over to ...

    30 July 2024 Times of India
    A319 Kolkata-Faridabad ‘flight’ gets stranded on busy stretch near Dakshineswar, cops struggle to manage traffic & curious motorists

    Kolkata: The sight of a 110-ft aircraft on a tractor trailer stuck on a busy road near Dakshineswar left motorists and locals amused. Many stopped to take photographs and selfies with the scrapped plane as traffic was hit on ...

    30 July 2024 Times of India
    Girls surpass boys in UG admission race

    Kolkata: In the race for undergraduate college admission, female students have surpassed their male counterparts, with 59% girls — over 2.5 lakh — securing admission to undergraduate degree programmes.After the upgrade round, 4.3 lakh students have submitted admission fees ...

    30 July 2024 Times of India
    Base constructed for Orange Line’s 90-m Metropolitan viaduct

    Kolkata: The Orange Line or the New Garia-Airport Metro corridor has completed base construction of 90 m of viaduct beyond Metropolitan station. By launching a 28-m span up to pier 287, implementing agency Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) now ...

    30 July 2024 Times of India
    Dimi scores on debut in EB victory

    Kolkata: Dimitrios Diamantakos scored on his debut in East Bengal FC jersey as Carles Cuadrat’s team began their Durand Cup campaign with a 3-1 win over Indian Air Force FT at the Salt Lake Stadium on Monday. East Bengal ...

    30 July 2024 Times of India
    Metro work, rain take toll on Technopolis road

    Kolkata: Movement of heavy vehicles due to an ongoing metro construction work and continuous rain have left the road in front of Technopolis in Sector V cratered. According to motorists, vehiclular speed has reduced to 5-7 kmph even during ...

    30 July 2024 Times of India
    Rainwater harvesting cuts freshwater use at Hwh stn

    Kolkata: In a step towards sustainability, Howrah station of Eastern Railway has implemented an innovative rainwater harvesting system. This has also stopped the use of freshwater for cleaning and washing purposes. The station manages to recharge around 7,300,000 litres ...

    30 July 2024 Times of India
    Plaques add to heritage flavour of 3 eateries serving up signature dishes for decades

    Kolkata: An iconic restaurant on Park Street, a pice hotel on College Street closely associated with the freedom struggle and a century-old thandai shop on Mahatma Gandhi Road have received the Intach Heritage Culinary Recognition Blue Plaque over the ...

    30 July 2024 Times of India
    Tolly shoots stalled, technicians & directors look for common ground

    Kolkata: The shutdown of shooting in Tollywood, precipitated by the absence of directors on Monday after the discord over SVF’s puja film shoot, has raised at least two pertinent questions. Firstly, why can’t Tollywood implement a system that grants ...

    30 July 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata: 80% of 5 lakh applicants already got college berths through CAP

    Image used for representative purpose only KOLKATA: The final upgrade round of online UG admissions ended on Sunday. More than 4 lakh students out of 5.2 lakh applicants have taken admission by depositing fees through the online system, said ...

    30 July 2024 Times of India
    Nonagenarian treated for stomach cancer with robotic-assisted surgery

    Representative Image KOLKATA: A 92-year-old man underwent successful treatment for stomach cancer in a Kolkata hospital. Doctors used robot-assisted surgery to remove a bleeding tumor from the nonagenarian’s stomach, who had multiple comorbidities including hypertension, COPD, and type 2 ...

    30 July 2024 Times of India
    Lathe owner arrested for murder off EM Bypass

    Kolkata: A lathe owner, Md Zakir Khan alias Lili, was arrested for the murder of construction material contractor Arif Khan in Uttar Panchannagram on Friday. Arif was murdered close to his residence, the incident leaving locals shocked. This is ...

    29 July 2024 Times of India
    Shadow Fax has a good chance

    Kolkata: Donald Netto- trained Shadow Fax runs with a good chance of winning first division of WWW.Hyderabadraces.Com at Malakpet on Monday. Lashka from the stable of LVR Deshmukh should have it easy in the second division.Hyderabad selections12.45pm: 1. N ...

    29 July 2024 Times of India
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