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  • Crypto app fraud claims life of Visva-Bharati student, 4 held

    SANTINIKETAN: Bengal police have arrested four men from Kolkata for allegedly duping a Visva-Bharati student of Rs 2.26 lakh after promising her huge returns on crypto investments made via an app, leading to her death in her hostel room ...

    23 September 2024 Times of India
    4 held in Kolkata for duping Visva-Bharati student in crypto scam, leading to suicide

    SANTINIKETAN: The Birbhum police arrested four persons - all Kolkata residents - for allegedly duping Visva-Bharati student Anamika Singh of Rs 2.3 lakh after promising her huge returns on crypto investments made via an app. A Varansi native, Singh ...

    23 September 2024 Times of India
    8 fishermen found dead after trawler capsizes in Bay of Bengal storm, one still missing

    The capsized trawler that had 17 fishermen, mostly from Kakdwip, on board at the time of the mishap off Bagher Char in the Sundarbans KAKDWIP/(SOUTH 24 PARGANAS): Bodies of eight fishermen from Kakdwip were recovered from the trawler that ...

    23 September 2024 Times of India
    Kothari tops group to make pre-quarters in Ulaanbaatar

    Kolkata: On the back of winning three consecutive matches in his group, Sourav Kothari stormed into pre-quarterfinals of the ongoing IBSF World 6 red snooker championship being held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The Kolkata-based player made the knockout round as ...

    23 September 2024 Times of India
    Man dies by suicide 4 days after wife kills herself

    Kolkata: A 32-year-old man allegedly died after hanging himself at his home in Netaji Nagar on Saturday, four days after his wife killed herself at her parents’ place in Jalpaiguri. Cops said Suman Das married Jayasree three months ago ...

    23 September 2024 Times of India
    Flower belt under water, worry over puja supply

    Kolkata/Midnapore: With Durga Puja barely two weeks away, the floods in Bengal’s flower hub of East and West Midnapore and parts of Burdwan and Howrah have triggered apprehension among puja organisers about a possible scarcity of flowers during Bengal’s ...

    23 September 2024 Times of India
    Man jumps from roof, dies impaled on iron spikes

    Kolkata: A man, Jaydeb Sadhukhan (79), died after falling from the roof of a building in New Town’s DB Block. Techno City police said he was suffering from depression. He left a note expressing his desire to donate his ...

    23 September 2024 Times of India
    Calf reunited with jumbo in 90-min op

    Kolkata: After almost a 90-minute operation in the strongly-flowing Kangsabati river, a two-month-old elephant calf was reunited with its mother. The calf got separated from its herd on a small island in the middle of the river on Saturday ...

    23 September 2024 Times of India
    1k CCTV cams across city

    Kolkata:Lalbazar will be setting up 46 state-of-the art CCTV cameras at important crossing before Durga Puja. Around 800-1,000 CCTV cameras will be set up before puja. Kolkata Police is implementing Nirbhaya project’s 2nd phase where cops will install CCTV ...

    23 September 2024 Times of India
    Acid-attack survivor cop gets 12L compensation

    Kolkata: Sumit Halder, an acid-attack survivor from Hooghly, was granted a compensation of Rs 12 lakh by the District Legal Services Authority after a prolonged treatment. Halder, a West Bengal Police constable, was brutally attacked by his elder brother ...

    23 September 2024 Times of India
    Women screen workers’ forum writes to CM

    Kolkata: The Womens’ Forum for Screen Workers+ has written a letter to chief minister Mamata Banerjee asking for the formation of an independent committee to investigate workplace harassment and gender-based violence in the screen entertainment industry of Bengal.TOI had ...

    23 September 2024 Times of India
    Mohun Bagan eye redemption as NEUFC come calling again

    Kolkata: The season is barely a couple of months old but Jose Molina seems to have already started feeling the heat. The Spaniard’s return to Indian football eight years after guiding now defunct ATK to the Indian Super League ...

    23 September 2024 Times of India
    2 more Bypass culverts to make way for subways

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) has started converting two more abandoned culverts located on EM Bypass into pedestrian subways. Officials said the two culverts, which have been abandoned for a long time, are located close to Satyajit ...

    23 September 2024 Times of India
    Touch Of Grey bags St. Leger

    Kolkata: Satish Narredu- trained Touch Of Grey lifted the Indian St. Leger Gr-I at Pune on Sunday. The son of Zacara was ridden by Suraj Narredu.Pune short results1: (1-4-7) Goomah 1; Red Dust 2; The Flutist 3.2: (5-4-6) Alexandros ...

    23 September 2024 Times of India
    Man fakes IT exec’s identity for loan, held

    Kolkata: A fraudster was arrested for allegedly faking identity of an IT executive, forging his Aaadhar and PAN cards and taking a personal loan of Rs 9 lakh in his name from a finance company. The IT executive realised ...

    23 September 2024 Times of India
    Certs from B’desh: HC relief for retired teacher

    Kolkata: Ruling in favour of a primary teacher who was refused terminal dues by the authorities on the grounds that she had obtained her Madhyamik, HS and graduation degrees from Bangladesh, the Calcutta High Court said the authorities can’t ...

    23 September 2024 Times of India
    DHFC stay in CFL title chase

    Kolkata: Diamond Harbour FC (DHFC) kept their chase on for the CFL Premier Division title, blanking Calcutta Customs 4-0 in their Super Six match in Naihati on Sunday. Rahul Paswan gave Diamond Harbour the lead on the cusp of ...

    23 September 2024 Times of India
    Cops reach out to flood-hit with dry food, water

    Kolkata: Bengal Police is reaching out to people marooned in the floods in West Midnapore and Howrah following social media posts by the victims, reports Dwaipayan Ghosh. “We stand by the affected people. You can report any problem via ...

    23 September 2024 Times of India
    1 dead, 3 injured in Setu accident

    Kolkata: A truck driver died and three other persons suffered critical injuries after three trucks and a pickup van collided with each other on Vidyasagar Setu, close to the HRBC Building, around Friday midnight. The second Hooghly bridge had ...

    23 September 2024 Times of India
    Season’s 1st shopper surge brings pedestrian channels back on road

    123 Kolkata: A sudden surge of shoppers — for the first time this festive season — on Saturday led cops in central Kolkata to put up pedestrian channels in the heart of central Kolkata.According to police, they had to ...

    23 September 2024 Times of India
    West Bengal: Hairdresser attempts suicide, blames Tollywood federation

    Representative Image KOLKATA: A hairdresser working in the Tollygunge film and television industry allegedly attempted suicide after writing a note naming 11 individuals for non-cooperation that led to her not getting enough work in the industry. She had allegedly ...

    23 September 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata RG Kar rape-murder: CBI quizzes cop, North Bengal lobby doctors

    Birupaksha Biswas (left) and Tala PS SI Chinmay Biswas at CGO Complex on Sunday KOLKATA: The CBI probing the RG Kar rape and murder questioned three doctors, who were allegedly seen at the seminar hall of the hospital emergency ...

    23 September 2024 Times of India
    IMA state meet: North Bengal lobby doctors face go-back slogan

    MP Santanu Sen at the meeting KOLKATA: The R G Kar rape-murder has cast its shadow on the election of office bearers of IMA Bengal headquarters in Kolkata, for which preparations were being taken on Sunday. Three doctors, who ...

    23 September 2024 Times of India
    Eateries record highest weekend footfall since Aug

    Kolkata: With a fortnight to go for the pujas, the city seems to be gradually getting into a festive mood with footfall crossing 90% across Kolkata’s restaurants over the weekend for the first time since Aug. Saturday witnessed the ...

    22 September 2024 Times of India
    8 RG Kar jr docs, students appear for ‘threat culture’ inquiry

    Kolkata: Eight among the 51 junior doctors and students, who had been summoned by the R G Kar authorities, appeared before an inquiry committee of the medical college on Saturday. This was the second round of questioning that the ...

    22 September 2024 Times of India
    KP summons stir organizers who blocked major roads

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police started sending summons to the RG Kar protest organizers, who had either blocked major thoroughfares completely or informed about their stir to the police only via email. The cops have also slapped charges under BNS sections ...

    22 September 2024 Times of India
    In a first, EM Bypass to get barricades for puja crowd

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Traffic Police will coordinate with Baruipur Police and Bidhannagar Police to ensure that traffic flows smoothly despite two major attractions at two ends of the city – Sreebhumi in the north and Kendua Shanti Sangha in ...

    22 September 2024 Times of India
    MSC concede in injury time again, held 1-1 by FC Goa

    Kolkata: The way Mohammedan Sporting players sat on the Kishore Bharati Stadium turf after the final whistle on Saturday — some looking blank and others with face buried in their knees — said it all.For the second game running, ...

    22 September 2024 Times of India
    11 days to Mahalaya, Durga Puja organizers put all hands on deck

    Kolkata: Durga Puja organisers in the city who had opted for discretion over all-out-activity in the aftermath of the RG Kar tragedy are racing against time to complete preparations by Mahalaya, buoyed by a surge in pre-puja shopping footfalland ...

    22 September 2024 Times of India
    Last Sept big rally ends at 3 am with plans for nightlong Mahalaya protest

    Kolkata: The last mega protest rally to seek justice for the R G Kar rape and murder victim ended with the 42 km relay torch rally on Saturday. Originating from Hiland Park at 4.30 pm on Friday, the rally ...

    22 September 2024 Times of India
    RG Kar protest shadow over inauguration of 2 key projects

    Kolkata: The protest against the RG Kar crime and the movement for justice have cast a shadow on some of the vital civic projects in the city. According to a KMC official, the civic brass had planned to open ...

    22 September 2024 Times of India
    42 days on, jr docs back at emergency but skip OPD

    42-day ceasework ends, jr Bengal docs back on duty. KOLKATA: Junior doctors resumed work in emergency wards at state-run hospitals on Saturday, after a 42-day cease-work to protest against the rape and murder of a PGT doctor at R ...

    22 September 2024 Times of India
    New Town gets plot to stack bldg materials

    Kolkata: The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has earmarked a 4,134 sq ft vacant plot near AC block park at the corner of Street no 37 for developers to stack building materials on a temporary basis. The decision ...

    22 September 2024 Times of India
    STF quizzes Nimtita blast accused

    Kolkata: The Bengal STF has taken Nimtita blast accused Isha Khan into their custody for questioning him in a separate case. The state anti-terror agency has claimed that Khan was behind the illegal movement of explosives in Suti last ...

    22 September 2024 Times of India
    Ex-Armyman forced to join Ukraine war returns to family in Kalimpong

    Kalimpong: Urgen Tamang, the 47-year-old former Indian Army havildar who was tricked by recruiting agents and forced to fight in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine after being promised a security guard’s job in Russia, finally returned to his Kalimpong ...

    22 September 2024 Times of India
    Sec V Ring Road to get one more lane

    Kolkata: The Nabadiganta Industrial Township Authority (NDITA) plans to strengthen and widen the Sector V Ring Road to prevent its sides beside the water body from subsiding and to make it a three-lane corridor.“It has been noticed a few ...

    22 September 2024 Times of India
    Met spies more rain next week

    Kolkata: The city could receive light to moderate showers on Tuesday which could be followed by more heavy rain on Wednesday if two systems—that are set to form over Bay of Bengal on Monday—move towards south Bengal. An upper ...

    22 September 2024 Times of India
    Del, Mum agencies keen to start paid porter service at Kol airport

    Kolkata: There’s some good news for flyers at the Kolkata airport! The elusive paid porter service is finally set to be rolled out with at least two bidders responding to the tender floated by the Airports Authority of India ...

    22 September 2024 Times of India
    Cops make crowd control plan before puja meet

    Kolkata: Ahead of the police coordination meeting that is scheduled for Sept 25 and inspections that are set to begin from Sept 27, Kolkata Police is already working on a plan to manage traffic and crowds before Durga Puja ...

    22 September 2024 Times of India
    West Bengal: 9 feared dead, 8 rescued as trawler capsizes in storm

    The trawler overturned in a storm early on Saturday (left) ; doctors treat rescued fishermen (right) KOLKATA: Nine fishermen from Kakdwip are feared dead, though eight could be rescued, after FB Gobindo, the trawler they were in, overturned ...

    22 September 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata: CBI calls North Bengal lobby doctors for RG Kar rape-murder grill

    Avik De (left) and Birupaksha Biswas (right) KOLKATA: The North Bengal lobby of doctors are now under the scanner of the CBI probing the R G Kar Medical College crime and the alleged corruption on the campus. The central ...

    22 September 2024 Times of India
    Cops’ wives want transfer of husbands to home dists

    Kolkata: The kin of cops serving in Bengal Police – mostly their wives – put up a rare protest near Bhawani Bhavan on Friday, demanding immediate transfers so that cops can return to their home districts. Sources said the ...

    21 September 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata RG Kar rape-murder: Junior doctors resume duties partially at state-run hospitals in Bengal after 42 days

    Junior doctors during a rally to CBI office (CGO Complex) after they announced a partial withdrawal of their ‘cease work’, in Kolkata. (PTI Photo) NEW DELH: After a 42-day halt, junior doctors in West Bengal restarted their duties on ...

    21 September 2024 Times of India
    OPD footfall up but emergency, in-patient ops wait for docs’ return

    Kolkata: OPD footfall in almost all medical colleges apart from R G Kar was either normal or near normal on Friday. While resumption of emergency duty in a phased manner by juniors from Saturday will be a huge relief ...

    21 September 2024 Times of India
    Cha, chanachur turn dearer with hike in prices of tea leaves, pulses, oil

    Kolkata: The cost of daily essentials have started sliding up ahead of Durga Puja. From the morning cuppa to evening snacks, prices of basic kitchen staples have seen a significant surge, impacting household budgets.The retail price of all categories ...

    21 September 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata Municipal Corporation set to spend Rs 700 crore to rejuvenate choked Adi Ganga

    The Tolly’s Nullah, now choked with sewage, floods the areas along the banks during high tides KOLKATA: The KMC will spend nearly Rs 700 crore to clean the Adi Ganga and rejuvenate the water flow in the channel that ...

    21 September 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata Municipal Corporation uses more chlorine to treat water as Hooghly turbidity rises

    KOLKATA: The KMC water supply department is charging more chlorine into the raw water before its filtration at its Palta water treatment plant. This is to disinfect the raw water and make it safe for drinking as turbidity level ...

    21 September 2024 Times of India
    ‘Astragram’ artisans hopeful of turnaround before puja

    Kolkata: Processions, rallies and the sombre mood in Kolkata due to the protests against the R G Kar tragedy before Durga Puja had cast a spell of gloom on a village in Howrah’s Uluberia. But, with junior doctors calling ...

    21 September 2024 Times of India
    Submit security infra report of med colleges: Lalbazar to DCs

    Kolkata: Even as the state has appointed former DGP Surajit Kar Purkayastha to carry out an audit of physical security measures at all government hospitals and health centres, the first step has already been taken in this direction with ...

    21 September 2024 Times of India
    ‘State’s solar yield potential thrice Centre’s estimate’

    Kolkata: Bengal’s potential for production of solar energy with regards to ground-mounted plants is over 19,000 MW, three times of what the ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) had estimated, revealed an iFOREST report released on Friday. It ...

    21 September 2024 Times of India
    Plaint letter written by JU ragging victim, confirms handwriting expert

    Kolkata: The 17-year-old Bengali first-year students found unconscious at the JU Main Hostel on Aug 9 last year, and eventually died at hospital, had indeed been forced to write a fake complaint letter by the accused seniors hours before ...

    21 September 2024 Times of India
    Met keeps eye on system that may bring rain in puja run-up

    Kolkata: A system is set to form over the Bay of Bengal within the next four days that may trigger rain though the Met office is not yet sure about its impact. The direction in which it will move ...

    21 September 2024 Times of India
    Marchers, torches converge at Shyambazar in rally for justice

    123 Kolkata: Thousands took part in the torch march on Friday seeking justice for the RG Kar rape-murder victim and in solidarity with the junior doctors’ protest. The rally reverberated with slogans that opposed the ingrained patriarchy, the deep-rooted ...

    21 September 2024 Times of India
    Unicef official lauds Kanyashree, Rupashree

    Kolkata: Bengal govt’s social welfare schemes like Kanyashree and Rupashree have been key drivers of the social upliftment in Bengal, Unicef field office chief Monjur Hossain said at a conclave organised by CII eastern region on Friday. Hossain also ...

    21 September 2024 Times of India
    6 convicted for shooting porn, selling online

    Kolkata: A local court has convicted six persons for allegedly shooting pornographic video in New Town three years ago, which were then sold to various apps in India and foreign countries. The sentencing in the case is expected next ...

    21 September 2024 Times of India
    Councillor held for abduction, expelled by TMC

    Kolkata: The state CID on Friday arrested a Trinamool councillor from Barasat for allegedly masterminding the abduction of a Tripura-based businessman for a ransom of around Rs 2.3 crore. Trinamool expelled the accused councillor from the party following the ...

    21 September 2024 Times of India
    Jr docs end Swasthya Bhavan sit-in with march to CBI HQ

    Kolkata: To mark the end to their 43-day cease-work, several hundred junior doctors from across campuses on Friday marched from Swasthya Bhavan to CBI headquarters at CGO Complex in Salt Lake — the same route they had taken before ...

    21 September 2024 Times of India
    Jesin rescues EB in 2-2 draw with MSC

    Kolkata: League leaders East Bengal FC had to rally twice to share the spoils with defending champions Mohammedan Sporting in an entertaining 2-2 stalemate in their CFL Super Six championship round match at Naihati on Friday.Mohammedan Sporting went in ...

    21 September 2024 Times of India
    Around the world in four days: Pandal themes set puja mood

    123 Kolkata: A crowd-puller pandal in central Kolkata that had showcased a replica of the Ram Mandir in 2023 will feature The Sphere of Las Vegas this year. Another pandal in north Kolkata will feature a 100-foot-high Venkateswara Swamy ...

    21 September 2024 Times of India
    Cops struggle to get traffic back to normal

    Kolkata: Police had a tough time in keeping the traffic moving on important stretches of the city — EM Bypass, Moulali, Beliaghata Main Road, College Street and its adjoining roads — as protesters hit the road on Friday evening ...

    21 September 2024 Times of India
    Man arrested for molesting high court lawyer

    Kolkata: Narendrapur police on Friday arrested one Uttam Ghosh for molesting a Calcutta High Court lawyer. A Baruipur court remanded the accused in 14 days’ police custody.A group of youths allegedly clicked photos of the victim, who was walking ...

    21 September 2024 Times of India
    Vegetable prices surge as heavy rain and flooding destroy crops

    Kolkata: The recent bout of intense rainfall and flooding in south Bengal has wreaked havoc on the region’s agricultural fields, causing severe damage to standing crops. This has led to a sharp surge in vegetable prices across city wholesale ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    Bengal floods: CM Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Narendra Modi, threatens to sever ties with DVC

    NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has informed Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the state will cut ties with Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) due to 'unilaterally releasing water,' causing floods in South Bengal. In her letter to ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    RG Kar on new CP visit list along with police stns

    Kolkata: Two days after taking charge as the new Kolkata Police commissioner, Manoj Verma visited R G Kar hospital on Thursday afternoon, where a postgraduate trainee doctor was raped and murdered on Aug 9, sparking nationwide protests and prompting ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    ‘Choose another protest mode, not cease-work’

    Kolkata: A section of senior doctors, who have been urging the juniors to choose another mode of protest but the cease-work, have welcomed the decision of the West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Front (WBJDF). For the faculty members and other ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    Junior doctors in Bengal call off cease-work, to rejoin emergency duty Saturday

    The step followed a 10-point response to their demands from Bengal govt Thursday following Wednesday's meeting with the CS and another with CM on Tuesday. (File photo) KOLKATA: Junior doctors decided on Thursday to end their 42-day cease-work and ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata doctor death: CBI quizzes TMC youth leader in RG Kar Hospital rape-murder case

    CBI (File pic) KOLKATA: The CBI on Thursday questioned TMC youth leader Ashish Pandey, who is also a house staff at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, in connection with the rape and murder of the doctor, an officer ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    Sudipto, daughters in Salt Lake ED office

    Kolkata: A day after it conducted search operations at Trinamool MLA Sudipto Roy’s residence and nursing home, the ED on Thursday asked Roy to visit its CGO Complex office in Salt Lake.Roy, who entered the CGO Complex office along ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    ED shifts key officer from W to E India

    Kolkata: The key Enforcement Directorate officer who was integral to the agency’s probe into SSC jobs-for-cash scam and municipal recruitment scam will now head the east zone of the agency. Satyabrat Kumar, a 2004-batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    Firstsource sets up ops in Oz, New Zealand

    Kolkata: RPSG Group firm Firstsource Solutions Limited, one of the leading global providers of specialist domain-led business process services, has announced its operations in Australia and New Zealand.The company will now be headquartered in Victoria, Melbourne, creating over 400 ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    Relief hope for patients after 42-day trauma

    Kolkata: Even as the protesting junior doctors lifted their cease-work on Thursday evening, patients continued to suffer across city government hospitals, including R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, throughout the day.Many patients at state-run hospitals, after getting the ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    Pre-puja health screenings: Heart, diabetes major worries

    Kolkata: Most private hospitals in the city have seen a 10% rise in health check-ups during the pre-puja period (Aug-Sept) compared to the corresponding period last year. These check-ups have also indicated increased cases of people detected with cardiac ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    Sourav files cyberbullying, defamation complaint

    Kolkata: Former India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly has lodged a complaint at Thakurpukur police station a YouTuber for cyberbullying and defamation.Police have booked YouTuber Mrinmay Das, who goes by his social media profile, Cinebap, and others for defamation, promoting ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    ‘Non-disclosure of trivial civil suit no ground for dismissal’

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court recently directed consideration of reinstatement of a CRPF personnel while noting that non-disclosure of a “trivial” civil suit — land dispute — cannot form sole ground for removal from service. “The petitioner was not charged ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    Buzz back in Kumartuli as shutterbugs & models line up for shoot with Durga idols

    Kolkata: With barely three weeks to go for Durga Puja , Kumartuli — which had been missing its usual pre-puja buzz of photographers, videographers, reel-makers and YouTubers — is springing back to life. The gloom that had settled among ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    Cal HC pulls up KMC for allowing trade from cinema hall

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday reprimanded the KMC for granting a certificate of enlistment to an online applicant without checking the nature of the building. Justice Amrita Sinha was hearing a contempt plea against KMC over running ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    Improve crowd mgmt, no laser show near airport: Cops to BMC pujas

    Kolkata: Cops asked big ticket puja organizers in Lake Town, Salt Lake and New Town to ensure better crowd control measures than last year. Reminding them that no laser lights and drones could be used within an 18.5 km ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    Restore water bodies: HC directs BMC

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) to restore water bodies near Eco Park which were allegedly filled up illegally.Advocate Arjun Samanta representing the petitioners said that they were residents of Hatiara under Eco ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    Cos yet to take festive plunge, puja organisers stare at 25%-30% deficit

    Kolkata: With Mahalaya being merely 12 days away, hundreds of Durga Puja organisers in Kolkata are praying that corporates, which are still in two minds about investing in this year’s festival, will shortly loosen the purse strings. Several of ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    HC: Talk to Centre on muscular dystrophy drug

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the additional solicitor-general to take instructions from the Centre about ways to import a particular drug for muscular dystrophy—a rare disease—for patients in India.Givinostat, an oral non-steroid drug manufactured in the US, ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    High tide inundates large parts of Kalighat and Chetla, areas along Tolly’s Nullah

    Kolkata: Large parts of Kalighat, Chetla and areas located along Tolly’s Nullah were flooded by Sharashari ban (high tide) on Thursday afternoon. According to a Kolkata Municipal Corporation drainage department official, the overflowing tide water entered into Tolly’s Nullah ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    Spot identified for New Town hawker rehab

    Kolkata: The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has identified a space in New Town’s BG block near DLF-1, to set up hawker rehabilitation stalls to relocate around 200 more hawkers. Officials said around 900 such stalls have already ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    WBMC cancels registration, RG Kar Medical College ex-principal Sandip Ghosh no longer a doctor

    RG Kar former principal Dr Sandip Ghosh being taken for medical examination from CBI office, in Kolkata on Thursday. (ANI Photo) KOLKATA: Former R G Kar Medical College principal Sandip Ghosh ceases to be a doctor with the West ...

    20 September 2024 Times of India
    New CP push for jr-sr coordination

    Kolkata: New police commissioner Manoj Verma in his first interaction with his officers after taking charge on Tuesday has stressed on unity in the force and better coordination between seniors and juniors. He took over the reins of the ...

    19 September 2024 Times of India
    Bengal floods: CM Mamata Banerjee blames centre run organisation for 'sinking' state

    NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee visited flood-hit areas in Panskura, Medinipur on Thursday. She attributed the severe flooding to water released by Jharkhand and the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC), a central government organization.Banerjee stated, "This is ...

    19 September 2024 Times of India
    21 days left for puja, mkts back to life as shoppers start streaming in

    123 Kolkata: After days of low footfall at the traditional shopping hubs across the city, the crowd of buyers is back with a bang. With 21 days to go for Durga Puja, the festive zing — that had been ...

    19 September 2024 Times of India
    State panel proposes ‘heritage biodiversity site’ tag for Sarobar, stresses on conservation

    Kolkata: In celebration of its 20th anniversary, the West Bengal Biodiversity Board released a comprehensive biodiversity survey on Wednesday, spotlighting Rabindra Sarobar as one of Kolkata’s most heritage-rich biodiversity hotspots. The lake, which is also the city’s second-largest waterbody, ...

    19 September 2024 Times of India
    Explain grounds of DYFI leader’s arrest: HC to cops

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday asked if a person could be arrested based on a telephonic conversation. The court also asked police to explain the grounds for arrest of DYFI state leader Kalatan Dasgupta.Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj will ...

    19 September 2024 Times of India
    Bengal Medical Council to scrap Ghosh's registration

    (File photo) KOLKATA: West Bengal Medical Council has decided to cancel the medical registration of former RG Kar Medical College principal Sandip Ghosh after Ghosh failed to reply to the council's showcause notice, served on Sept 7, asking him ...

    19 September 2024 Times of India
    'No one was wearing life jacket': Speedboat carrying MPs, MLA capsizes in West Bengal

    SURI: A major disaster was averted on Wednesday when a speedboat carrying MPs Asit Mal and Samirul Islam, MLA Abhijit Sinha and Birbhum DM Bidhan Ray capsized in floodwater. The lawmakers and the DM were inspecting flood-affected areas in ...

    19 September 2024 Times of India
    Security on mind, state sanctions 1.5k more guards for 29 med colleges

    Kolkata: The state health department has asked hospital heads to start the process of hiring additional security for their respective campuses. In all, the government has sanctioned hiring of 1,514 additional security manpower — including 910 male and 604 ...

    19 September 2024 Times of India
    Demands of jr doctors justified, says Abhishek, urges end to cease-work

    Kolkata: Trinamool general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and senior ministers Chandrima Bhattacharya and Bratya Basu on Wednesday urged protesting junior doctors to return to work and collaborate with the state to help implement infrastructure and security upgrades at hospitals.Backing several ...

    19 September 2024 Times of India
    ED seizes docus from MLA home

    Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has confiscated volumes of documents during the extensive, nearly 20-hour search operation at the residences and nursing home of Trinamool MLA Sudipto Roy in connection with its probe into the alleged financial irregularities at ...

    19 September 2024 Times of India
    Number of Tolly puja releases dwindles in protest season, at its lowest since Cov yrs

    Kolkata: The number of Bengali releases during the Durga Puja has plummeted to an unprecedented nadir since cinemas reopened after the Covid-19 pandemic. From a robust repertoire of 10 puja releases in 2020, the number has dwindled to a ...

    19 September 2024 Times of India
    Acute supply worry for Kolkata as DVC water makes Hooghly turbid

    Kolkata: The turbidity level in the Hooghly has risen to its near-danger mark and put the Palta water treatment plant on high alert due to release of storm water from DVC-run barrages in high volume. This century-old plant supplies ...

    19 September 2024 Times of India
    Docs go to Nabanna but continue cease-work

    Kolkata: The agitating junior doctors on Wednesday held their second meeting with the state on their demands on the infrastructure and security upgrade at hospitals and an end to the “threat culture”. Lingering the ongoing impasse, the doctors said ...

    19 September 2024 Times of India
    Soil test plan for 30-bed health centre

    Kolkata: The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) plans to conduct soil exploration tests by engaging a govt engineering institute for setting up the proposed 30-bedded urban community health centre (UCHC) in New Town. Officials said a plot at ...

    19 September 2024 Times of India
    1 arrested for ₹40 lakh property fraud

    Kolkata: A person was arrested and a complaint was filed against six others for duping the director of a company of Rs 40 lakh on the pretext of selling a property at Rash Behari Avenue under Gariahat PS. The ...

    19 September 2024 Times of India
    ‘Street protest spontaneous outburst of angst, anger’

    Kolkata: Former Trinamool MP and Presidency College alumnus Jawhar Sircar called the protest against the R G Kar rape and murder as a “spontaneous outburst of public angst” not only to seek justice for the victim but also to ...

    19 September 2024 Times of India
    Pre-puja tree pruning in Kolkata, Salt Lake

    Kolkata: In a bid to ensure proper illumination of the streets during Durga Puja, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) parks department has started trimming of large trees across the city. The exercise is being conducted near the pandals that ...

    19 September 2024 Times of India
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