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  • Rules amended, separation now a valid ground to seek college transfer

    Kolkata: The state higher education department has amended the transfer rules to allow a woman employee in a state-aided college apply for transfer if she was facing a serious problem in attending college because of desertion, divorce or death ...

    19 September 2024 Times of India
    Kalimpong man forced to join Russian army released

    Kalimpong: Forty-seven-year-old Kalimpong resident Urgen Tamang, who was forcibly drafted into the Russian army to fight the Ukraine war, was released on Tuesday. Tamang arrived in Moscow on Wednesday and is expected to reach India by the weekend. TOI ...

    19 September 2024 Times of India
    Enemy property survey after encroachment plaints

    Kolkata: Armed with a Supreme Court order, a team from the Union ministry of home affairs, guarded by two CRPF companies, surveyed a building built on a 44-cottah plot, which is under the Enemy Property Act, 1965, in Rajabazar, ...

    19 September 2024 Times of India
    Stentorian looks good to win

    Kolkata: Satish Narredu-trained Stentorian looks good to lift the H.H. Sri Chamaraja Wadiyar Memorial Trophy at Mysuru on Thursday. The next best in the race is Carter, who too should be right there at the busy end.Mysuru selections2.30pm: 1. ...

    19 September 2024 Times of India
    Brand Raymond looks to cross ₹10k cr in revenue in next 2 yrs

    Kolkata: In the next two years, Raymond as a brand would cross the Rs 10,000-crore figure as far as revenue was concerned, group chairman and MD Gautam Singhania said on Monday.The revenue of Raymond, from its flagship lifestyle brand ...

    18 September 2024 Times of India
    Data analytics course to address environmental & social threats

    Kolkata: The Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management (IISWBM) and the Institute of Data Engineering, Analytics and Science Foundation Technology Innovation Hub (IDEAS-TIH) at the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) have launched an Executive Programme on “A Data-Driven ...

    18 September 2024 Times of India
    Gang rape after RG Kar protest date, two held

    Kolkata: A 19-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by two youths in Khardah on the northern fringes of Kolkata, after befriending her on a social media platform. The duo also allegedly filmed the act and threatened to share it on ...

    18 September 2024 Times of India
    'Want more visible action': Kolkata junior doctors say not ending stir yet

    Junior doctors in Bengal remain on strike, seeking more visible safety and security measures before resuming duties. KOLKATA: Striking junior doctors in Bengal indicated late Tuesday night that they would not immediately lift their protest.Senior advocate Indira Jaising, who ...

    18 September 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata horror: 'Ex-RG Kar principal Sandeep Ghosh might be following orders from person involved in larger conspiracy'

    KOLKATA: CBI on Tuesday told a special court in Kolkata that till now it had evidence against one suspect in the Aug 9 RG Kar Medical College rape and murder case but was still probing the gang-rape angle. It ...

    18 September 2024 Times of India
    Evidence against 1 for rape-murder, larger conspiracy under probe: CBI

    Kolkata: CBI on Tuesday told a special court in Kolkata that till now it had evidence against one suspect in the Aug 9 RG Kar Medical College rape and murder case but was still probing the gang-rape angle. It ...

    18 September 2024 Times of India
    ‘Troubleshooter’ Manoj Verma is Kolkata top cop

    Kolkata: Manoj Kumar Verma, a 1998-batch IPS officer — known in the police rank and file as a troubleshooter — took charge as Kolkata Police commissioner from Vineet Goyal on Tuesday evening, about 16 hours after chief minister Mamata ...

    18 September 2024 Times of India
    Didi picks Left-TMC's 'go-to man' as Kolkata Police boss

    (File photo) KOLKATA: A 1998-batch IPS officer known to be a troubleshooter replaced Vineet Goyal as Kolkata Police commissioner Tuesday evening, about 16 hours after CM Mamata Banerjee held talks with junior doctors spearheading the agitation over the RG ...

    18 September 2024 Times of India
    40 days on, more than 100 docs in North Bengal lobby ostracised

    Kolkata: The 40 days of the junior doctors’ movement has hammered a dent in the structure of the infamous North Bengal lobby, which the medical fraternity holds responsible for corruption and inculcating threat culture on medical college campuses. More ...

    18 September 2024 Times of India
    United we stand, say protesting junior docs from different camps after 6 weeks

    Kolkata: They were from different medical colleges. They had diverse backgrounds. And also contrasting political ideologies. But faced with adversity, they set aside their differences, came together and stood united in a movement that sought to clean up the ...

    18 September 2024 Times of India
    ED raids on MLA’s Sinthi home & med equipment supplier’s Ballygunge flat

    Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate, looking into the alleged financial irregularities at the R G Kar Medical College, on Tuesday conducted searches at six premises in Kolkata, including the nursing home and residence of Sudipto Roy, Trinamool MLA and former ...

    18 September 2024 Times of India
    CBI submits graft probe report to HC

    Kolkata: The CBI on Tuesday submitted to the Calcutta High Court a status report on the ongoing investigation into the alleged financial irregularities of Sandip Ghosh, now in custody.The CBI counsel submitted the report in a sealed cover to ...

    18 September 2024 Times of India
    Mohun Bagan gear up for Tajik challenge

    Kolkata: Mohun Bagan SG’s start to the season may be a little bumpy. A loss to NorthEast United in the Durand Cup final to allowing Mumbai City FC to snatch a 2-2 draw in the Indian Super League opener ...

    18 September 2024 Times of India
    Global Influence does an encore

    Kolkata: The HPSL Calcutta Colts Trial Stakes, run at the RCTC on Tuesday, was claimed by Rajesh Narredu-tutored Global Influence. The son of She was a winner at every pole of the seven furlong trip and was piloted by ...

    18 September 2024 Times of India
    EB rout Suruchi 5-0

    Kolkata: East Bengal FC’s juggernaut continued to roll on in the CFL Premier Division with Bino George’s unbeaten team crushing Suruchi Sangha 5-0 in their second Super Six championship round match on Tuesday. A brace from Aman CK (9 ...

    18 September 2024 Times of India
    ‘Victory will be achieved when my daughter gets justice’

    Kolkata: After the Supreme Court’s hearing on R G Kar rape-murder case on Tuesday, the parents of the 31-year-old second-year PGT doctor from the hospital said that they watched the entire proceedings on TV and that they have faith ...

    18 September 2024 Times of India
    Kol endured extreme summer heat this year: Climate change report

    Kolkata: A new report by Climate Central has revealed alarming statistics on the impact of climate change, fueled by the burning of fossil fuels, on global temperatures this summer. Between June and Aug 2024, 2 billion people — nearly ...

    18 September 2024 Times of India
    IMA: Dissolve WBMC, it’s the epicentre of corruption

    Kolkata: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) West Bengal has demanded that the West Bengal Medical Council (WBMC) be dissolved, alleging that it is the epicentre of threat culture and corruption.Headed by Trinamool MLA Sudipto Roy, its members are allegedly ...

    18 September 2024 Times of India
    Torch relay along Bypass to reclaim Sept 20 night

    Kolkata: For the first time since the protests took over the streets of Kolkata after the rape-murder of the trainee doctor at R G Kar Medical College & Hospital, protesters from different organisations came together on one platform to ...

    18 September 2024 Times of India
    Hosps asked to submit funds utilization docu by Sept 15

    Kolkata: The state health department has asked all the principals and chief medical health officers (CMOHs) to submit the utilization certificates of funds by Sept 19 for the first three quarters of the current fiscal via emails. The state ...

    17 September 2024 Times of India
    Seniors visit ex-Tala OC’s residence, meet his wife

    Kolkata: A day after OCs (officer-in-charge) of several police stations (PS) and traffic guards expressed discontent over the arrest of former Tala OC — Abhijit Mandal — in Kolkata rape-murder case, three senior officers of Kolkata Police (KP) visited ...

    17 September 2024 Times of India
    After meeting doctors, Mamata Banerjee shunts Kolkata top cop, 2 senior health officers

    KOLKATA: Five weeks of protests triggered by the Aug 9 rape-murder at Kolkata's RG Kar hospital culminated late Monday in Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee yielding to the protesting junior doctors' demand for the removal of four top officials - ...

    17 September 2024 Times of India
    84-year-old man, one other die, 2 injured in 4 accidents

    Kolkata: Two pedestrians, including an octogenarian, died and two bikers were injured in four accidents across the city between Sunday night and Monday.Nanda Lal Sharma (84), a resident of Motijheel Lane near Entally, was walking on CIT Road when ...

    17 September 2024 Times of India
    Global Influence hard to toss

    Kolkata: The second classic of the Monsoon season is the running of the HPSL Calcutta Colts Trial Stakes at the RCTC on Tuesday. Rajesh Narredu-tutored Global Influence should have no peers in winning this race in able hands of ...

    17 September 2024 Times of India
    ‘RG Kar kites’ spread justice message on Kol sky

    Kolkata: Kites with the message, “Justice for R G Kar”, printed on them flew off the shelves at Santosh Mitra Square in the lead-up to Viswakarma Puja. Saikat Dutta, owner of India Kite shop, who came up with this ...

    17 September 2024 Times of India
    Traders rue loss of last long pre-puja weekend

    Kolkata: The last extended weekend prior to Durga Puja failed to add cheers to the faces of shopkeepers and hawkers at the city’s shopping hubs amid ‘unexpectedly’ lower turnout of customers. Though the city was comparatively dry on Monday ...

    17 September 2024 Times of India
    Banned 150 gm-250 gm khoka ilish floods Ranna Puja market

    Kolkata: Banned khoka ilish or juvenile hilsa weighing 150-250 gm was sold with impunity in Kolkata markets. Customers happily lapped them up on the day of ‘Ranna Puja’ that is celebrated on Bhadra Sankranti, on the day of the ...

    17 September 2024 Times of India
    Merc may buck industry trend with double-digit growth in ’24

    Kolkata: Mercedes Benz India (MBI) is eyeing a double-digit growth this fiscal despite a decline in growth in the Indian automotive industry.Speaking to TOI on the sidelines of the launch of its six-battery EV (BEV) EQS 580 4MATIC electric ...

    17 September 2024 Times of India
    CISTA seeks farmer status for small tea growers

    Kolkata: Confederation of Indian Small Tea Grower’s Association (CISTA) has urged Centre to recognise small tea growers (STG) as agriculture farmers and include them to form farmer producer company (FPC).CISTA president Bijoy Gopal Chakraborty wrote to Union agriculture minister ...

    17 September 2024 Times of India
    Bengal govt removes CP, DME, DHS; CM wants doctors to return to work

    Kolkata: Bengal govt has decided to remove Kolkata's police commissioner, Vineet Goyal, and a deputy commissioner of police, apart from two top state health department officials from their posts and expects junior doctors of state-run hospitals — on cease-work ...

    17 September 2024 Times of India
    Three spells wipe out rain deficit till Aug, Kolkata & Bengal now eye monsoon surplus

    Kolkata: Three major spells of rain in the last one-and-a-half months have wiped out the narrow seasonal rain deficit till Aug in south Bengal and Kolkata, and another spell could even lead to a monsoon surplus, meteorologists feel.South Bengal's ...

    17 September 2024 Times of India
    Support cause, want impasse to end: Sr docs

    Kolkata: While all senior doctors said they were firmly backing the movement of the junior doctors, many are hoping for the impasse to end and allow the latter to return to work. Faculty members have been walking the extra ...

    17 September 2024 Times of India
    ‘May I help you’ booths for patients

    Kolkata: In an effort to maintain uninterrupted patient care during the ongoing doctors' strikes, an ‘May I Help You Booth’ initiative has been launched. These booths will be strategically placed in seven different areas across the city, ensuring access ...

    17 September 2024 Times of India
    Battery of 210 lawyers attends RG Kar hearings in Supreme Court

    Kolkata: In the brutal rape-murder case of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, 210 lawyers’ appearance was recorded by the Supreme Court in the last hearing on Sept 9.According to an advocate appearing in one ...

    17 September 2024 Times of India
    Seniors’ nudge pushes juniors to dialogue

    Kolkata: A nudge from senior doctors to sit at the negotiations table with the state; a self-realisation that the ceasework cannot continue indefinitely and senior doctors have been struggling to keep health services running for over a month and ...

    17 September 2024 Times of India
    ‘Month-long stir, people’s support finally bear fruit’

    Kolkata: As CM Mamata Banerjee announced a shake-up in the police force and the health department after a marathon meeting at Kalighat late on Monday, junior doctors glued to the the news on handsets erupted in joy and chanted ...

    17 September 2024 Times of India
    Kol gets over 90mm rain in 2 days, showers may recede from today

    Kolkata: The city woke up to a cloudy sky and consistent, light drizzles on a gloomy Sunday even as a deep depression moved westward across Gangetic Bengal and Kolkata. For the second consecutive day, Kolkata was soaked by rain ...

    16 September 2024 Times of India
    Ex-principal's Sandip Ghosh's polygraph test leaves more questions than answers

    NEW DELHI: Former principal of R G Kar Medical College, Sandip Ghosh, was found to be 'deceptive' during a polygraph test related to the rape and murder of a trainee woman postgraduate doctor.The Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) in ...

    16 September 2024 Times of India
    Redefined bags Million event

    Kolkata: Prasanna Kumar-trained Redefined obliged in the S.A. Poonawalla Million at Pune on Sunday. The winner was ridden by A Sandesh.Pune short results(With Inter-Venue Dividends)1: (3-8-2) Prince Igor 1; Anoushka 2; Moment Of Madness 3.2: (3-2-4) Baby Bazooka 1; ...

    16 September 2024 Times of India
    College students, here’s your chance to learn from the best

    Kolkata: The Times of India presents Leaders on Campus, an initiative to bring top leaders from the city to share their experience with college students. Over the next few months, TOI will organize talks in select colleges and invite ...

    16 September 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata hospital horror: RG Kar ex-principal Sandip Ghosh links crime and corruption investigations

    Sandip Ghosh KOLKATA: The former R G Kar principal Sandip Ghosh is, as of now, the only common link between the two CBI probes of financial corruption and rape-murder of the young PGT and according to legal professionals, Ghosh’s ...

    16 September 2024 Times of India
    With feet on the ground, MSC brace for ‘historic’ ISL debut

    Kolkata: Mohammedan Sporting, by their coach Andrey Chernyshov’s own admission, are gearing up for a “historic” beginning. Yet amid the euphoria of debuting in the Indian Super League — as they prepare to host NorthEast United FC at the ...

    16 September 2024 Times of India
    Govt launches bar-coded system for biomedical waste mgmt at hosps

    Kolkata: In a bid to improve biomedical waste management and curb illegal handling, the Bengal government has implemented a bar-coded tracking system in all govt hospitals. This digital system is designed to monitor biomedical waste from its source to ...

    16 September 2024 Times of India
    Dirs’ body sends defamation notice to tech federation head

    Kolkata: The Directors’ Association of Eastern India (DAEI) has served a defamation notice to the president of the Federation of Cine Technicians and Workers of Eastern India (FCTWEI) Swarup Biswas for making “false, malicious and defamatory” statements against it ...

    16 September 2024 Times of India
    Woman molested at hospital, ward boy in police net

    Kolkata: A young woman accompanying her ailing child was allegedly disrobed, molested and photographed by a ward boy while she was sleeping on a hospital bed, next to her daughter at Institute of Child Health in Park Circus early ...

    16 September 2024 Times of India
    3 weekends before puja, rain & stir take toll on shopping hubs

    Kolkata: Shopping on the third last Sunday before Durga Puja was severely disrupted by frequent showers that have been lashing the the city for the past couple of days and the ongoing protests over the RG Kar incident. Shopping ...

    16 September 2024 Times of India
    Four more cops under scanner

    Kolkata: The CBI, looking into the “larger conspiracy” in the rape and murder of the post-graduate trainee doctor at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, has sent summons to four officers of Kolkata Police.According to sources in the ...

    16 September 2024 Times of India
    Three weeks later, uprooted CIT Rd green giant sprouts new leaves in New Alipore

    Kolkata: A 150-year-old banyan tree on CIT Road opposite the Ramlila Maidan in central Kolkata that had been uprooted on Aug 23 and was replanted at Sahapur Military Camp in New Alipore, has shown a clear sign of survival ...

    16 September 2024 Times of India
    Kol schools work overtime to calm students’ nerves

    Kolkata: Counsellors and teachers in schools are facing a lot of anxious queries after the rape and murder of a PGT doctor at RG Kar Hospital. Counsellors of many schools have reported a significant increase in the number of ...

    16 September 2024 Times of India
    Bagan sign Portuguese defender Nuno

    Kolkata: Mohun Bagan SG on Sunday announced the signing of Portuguese defender Nuno Reis. He will be the seventh foreigner in Jose Molina’s green-and-maroon brigade. The acquisition of Reis has been done keeping in mind the team’s upcoming debut ...

    16 September 2024 Times of India
    MSC lose to Customs in Super 6

    Kolkata: At a time when Mohammedan Sporting are readying themselves for their historic debut in the Indian Super League, their reserve team oozes less enthusiasm in its defence of the CFL Premier Division. Having won the local league for ...

    16 September 2024 Times of India
    Four Kolkata Police officers under CBI lens for 'larger conspiracy'

    (File photo) KOLKATA: The CBI, looking into the "larger conspiracy" angle in the rape and murder of a doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, has sent summons to four officers of Kolkata Police, including two sub-inspectors, in ...

    16 September 2024 Times of India
    'Ghosh destroyed proof, ex-OC part of cover-up bid'

    (File photo) KOLKATA: Former RG Kar Medical College principal Sandip Ghosh and former Tala police station officer-in-charge Abhijit Mandal were remanded Sunday in three days' CBI custody (till Sept 17) over involvement in a "larger conspiracy" and for "destruction ...

    16 September 2024 Times of India
    Govt College of Art & Craft, one of India’s oldest, gets blue plaque

    Kolkata: Govt College of Art and Craft, one of the oldest art colleges in the country, has been identified as a Grade I heritage structure and a blue plaque has been put up outside the building by Kolkata Municipal ...

    16 September 2024 Times of India
    United, say junior doctors as tape hints at 'differences'

    United, say junior doctors as tape hints at 'differences' KOLKATA: Representatives of junior doctors seeking justice in the RG Kar rape and murder case are under intense pressure from protesters to adopt a hardline stance, particularly regarding the live ...

    16 September 2024 Times of India
    'Its just hot water ...': Tea for Rs 340 at this airport shocks ex-minister P Chidambaram, travelers

    Former Union finance minister P Chidambaram raised concerns about high food and beverage prices at Kolkata airport, citing a Rs 340 charge for tea. Airport management promised to investigate while The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf defended their pricing ...

    15 September 2024 Times of India
    Trakila decimates opponents

    Kolkata: Consistency got its due reward when Aashay Doctor-nursed Trakila claimed the first classic of the rainy season here at the RCTC on Tuesday. The daughter of Nickel Chrome was the pride of place in the betting ring was ...

    15 September 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata rape-murder: CBI arrests ex-RG Kar principal Sandip Ghosh, police station in-charge Abhijit Mandal for 'destroying evidence'

    KOLKATA: CBI on Saturday night arrested former RG Kar Medical College and Hospital principal Sandip Ghosh and Tala police station officer-in-charge (OC) Abhijit Mandal in connection with the rape and murder of a 31-year-old PGT doctor at the hospital ...

    15 September 2024 Times of India
    Two tribal women lynched in Birbhum on ‘witchcraft’ suspicion

    Kolkata: Two middle-aged tribal women were allegedly lynched on suspicion of practising witchcraft at Harisarah village in Birbhum’s Mayureswar late on Friday. The deceased were identified as Lodki Kisku and Dolly Soren.Their family members alleged that both were called ...

    15 September 2024 Times of India
    Protest crowds thin, party street gets mojo back after a month of low footfall

    Kolkata: The city’s food and beverages hub throbbed back to life with waiting crowds getting considerably bigger outside some Park Street restaurants on Saturday evening.After a month of low footfalls, restaurants on Park Street, central and south Kolkata saw ...

    15 September 2024 Times of India
    Threat on tape: DYFI functionary arrested

    Kolkata: DYFI functionary Kalatan Dasgupta was arrested by Bidhannagar police on Saturday for allegedly plotting an attack on the doctors’ protest site at Salt Lake. This is the second arrest in the suo motu complaint lodged by the cops ...

    15 September 2024 Times of India
    Rain impact: Max-min difference down to 1°C

    Kolkata: The city received consistent overnight rain that continued through the day on Saturday, pulling the maximum temperature down to 26.5°C, just a degree more than the day’s minimum temperature of 25.2°C. Some parts of the city received heavier ...

    15 September 2024 Times of India
    From doc dais, CM addresses the larger constituency

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee spent around 24 minutes on a rainy Saturday morning at the Swasthya Bhawan protest site — speaking to the agitating doctors for over 17 minutes — and in doing so addressed a larger constituency beyond ...

    15 September 2024 Times of India
    After talks collapse, hosp heads look at long haul

    Kolkata: Even as junior doctors met CM Mamata Banerjee at her residence on Saturday but stuck to their demand for live-streaming, an opportunity for breaking the deadlock was lost, felt a section of senior city medicos. Principals, senior teachers ...

    15 September 2024 Times of India
    NAAC lauds JU for quality edu, raises low-fee concerns

    Kolkata: A six-member NAAC team, which visited Jadavpur University from Wednesday to Friday for assessment and re-accreditation, reportedly raised concerns about its low fee structure but lauded the institute for its ability to impart quality education, along with various ...

    15 September 2024 Times of India
    DHFC beat Suruchi Sangha 2-0 in Super 6

    Kolkata: Diamond Harbour FC (DHFC) began their CFL Super Six campaign with a 2-0 win over Suruchi Sangha at Naihati on Saturday. William Lalgoulien (20) and Rahul Paswan (23) scored in quick succession as Kibu Vicuna’s side made a ...

    15 September 2024 Times of India
    Odisha’s home run broken

    Kolkata: Looking for a head start to their 2024-25 Indian Super League (ISL) campaign, Sergio Lobera’s Odisha FC suffered a rude jolt when visitors Chennaiyin FC scored a stunning 3-2 come-back win at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Saturday.With ...

    15 September 2024 Times of India
    Man found hanging

    Kolkata: A 50-year-old man, who went missing on Friday, was found hanging with his hands tied, near house in Maurigram, Howrah, on Saturday. A murder case was filed. His family claimed the body bore injuries. TNN

    15 September 2024 Times of India
    20-year-old critical after fall from terrace

    Kolkata: A 20-year-old youth, Nakhatra Sarkar, is fighting for his life in hospital after he somehow fell from the terrace of their four-storey apartment on Indira Debi Road in Parnasree on Saturday morning. The incident happened around 11.10am. Police ...

    15 September 2024 Times of India
    Bikers injured

    Kolkata: Liluah resident Goutam Jha (32), riding a bike, and the pillion rider were injured after a bus hit them at the JL Nehru Road-Park Street crossing around 9.30am on Saturday. Both had their helmets on, said police. Around ...

    15 September 2024 Times of India
    Heritage assessment a must before Dalhousie infra work

    Kolkata: Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will now be required to take a prior approval from the National Monument Authority (NMA) before undertaking any civic work in Dalhousie Square or sanctioning construction of new buildings in its vicinity.“Work in BBD ...

    15 September 2024 Times of India
    Lok Adalats held in state, four benches in Cal HC

    Kolkata: The National Lok Adalat was held in Bengal on Saturday and 443 benches were set up across the state including four benches at Calcutta High Court. Justice IP Mukerji, executive chairman of West Bengal State Legal Services Authority ...

    15 September 2024 Times of India
    It took Didi, not CM, to get junior doctors to Kalighat

    Kolkata: It took a politicial masterstroke and a step never taken by any Bengal CM — going up to a mass agitation site and addressing the protesters directly — to pave the way for the first dialogue between the ...

    15 September 2024 Times of India
    State to get 2 more Vande Bharat trains

    Kolkata: Bengal will get two more Vande Bharat Express trains this week. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be flagging off the Bhagalpur-Howrah and Gaya-Howrah Vande Bharat trains through video conference on Sunday. The two trains will terminate at Howrah ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata rape-murder case: All you need to know about narco-analysis test after CBI's request denied as Sanjay Roy refuses consent

    Sanjay Roy (left); narco-analysis test (right) NEW DELHI: The additional chief judicial magistrate's court in Sealdah denied the CBI's request to perform a narco-analysis on Sanjay Roy, the main accused in the R G Kar rape and murder case, ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    'This is my last attempt to resolve crisis': West Bengal CM Mamata makes surprise visit to protest site of junior doctors

    NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee visited the site of a junior doctors' protest in Salt Lake on Saturday.The doctors have been protesting outside Swasthya Bhawan, demanding better security at state-run hospitals and the removal of officials ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    Royal Mysore has an edge

    Kolkata: Royal Mysore from the stable of Prasanna Kumar runs with a good chance of winning the Pune City Gold on Saturday. This son of Daffodils, who met a tartar in the form of stablemate Siege Courageous last time ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    Prohibitory order around RG Kar to stay till Sept 30

    Kolkata: Police on Friday extended the prohibitory orders around RG Kar Medical College & Hospital till Sep 30.According to the notification issued by Kolkata Police commissioner Vineet Goyal, the curbs will remain in place at the Shyambazar five-point crossing ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    Electrocution death

    Kolkata: A 32-year-old woman died of electrocution in Rajarhat after she accidentally touched an electric wire that had got torn during Friday afternoon’s thundershower. Sushma Mahali was on her way home from Eco Urban Village, where she worked as ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata: Doctors brave rain, set up makeshift structures at Sec V for long haul

    Doctors held Abhaya Clinic, where they checked more than 150 patients KOLKATA: Protesting junior doctors on Friday set up makeshift structures, with bamboo, tarpaulin and wooden platforms, outside Swasthya Bhavan, signalling their intention to stage the demonstration for an ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata hospital horror: Junior doctors stick to live-stream demand, hardliners gain upper hand

    Doctors protest at Salt Lake Sector V KOLKATA: The hardliners among the protesting junior doctors seem to have an upper hand with them reiterating that they will not hold any meeting with the administration unless it is streamed live. ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    TMC alleges plot to attack protesting medicos, 1 held

    Kunal Ghosh KOLKATA: One person was arrested, an FIR was lodged and security stepped up at junior doctors' protest zone in Sector V, after Trinamool's ex-Rajya Sabha MP Kunal Ghosh on Friday released an audio conversation in which two ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    'Hugged me more out of lust, his hand went dangerously low': Another sex harassment plaint filed against actor-director Arindam Sil

    Arindam Sil KOLKATA: Yet another actor has filed a sexual harassment complaint against actor-director Arindam Sil with the West Bengal Commission for Women (WBCW) and marked the letter to the Womens Forum for Screen Workers +. The incident had ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    ED finds answer sheets at RG Kar Medical College principal Sandip Ghosh kin's house

    KOLKATA: Enforcement Directorate has recovered answer sheets of medical examinations, copies of govt tenders and several other documents from residence of ex-RG Kar Medical College principal Sandip Ghosh's sister-in-law, sources revealed. The agency had conducted a search there, along ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    Rift emerges among docs on live-streaming

    KOLKATA: Difference of opinion emerged between hardliners and moderates among protesting junior doctors with the former seeming to have an upper hand, reiterating that they will not hold any meeting with the administration unless it is streamed live. West ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    Guv’s ‘social boycott’ call despicable: TMC

    Kolkata: Trinamool launched a sharp attack on Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose after he called for a “social boycott” of CM Mamata Banerjee on Thursday.Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra took to X to write: “Excuse me? You — a deviant ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    Heavy rain, 50 kmph wind likely today: Met

    Kolkata: A low-pressure area over Bay of Bengal and Bangladesh that led to rain on Friday is likely to intensify on Saturday, triggering more such short, sharp spells, the Met office said. The city and its adjoining districts could ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    Senco to tap into north Indian market, aim for 25% revenue

    Kolkata: Jewellery brand Senco Gold & Diamonds is planning to make further inroads into the north India market. As of now, 18% of the company’s revenues come from north India and the company wants to make this 25%. Eastern ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    Lalbazar starts probe against ASI close to RG Kar accused

    Kolkata: Lalbazar has started a “comprehensive and all-encompassing” departmental investigation against assistant sub-inspector Anup Dutta from the KP Welfare Committee, who reportedly patronised Sanjay Roy, the civic volunteer from the same department arrested for the rape and murder of ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    Special care for New Town green verges

    Kolkata: The New Town Kolkata development Authority (NKDA) is planning to engage agencies to maintain and protect the greenery on the green verges of New Town. Recently, NKDA had initiated the process to engage agencies for maintenance of green ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    BMC: Take permission before putting up hoardings

    Kolkata: With puja approaching, Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued a notice asking all advertisers and advertising agencies to take prior permission from the civic body’s advertisement department according to statutory provisions before putting up or displaying any hoarding ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    RVNL changes Orange Line stn design as eateries encroach upon pavement

    Kolkata: Pavement encroachment has forced design changes for the Orange Line’s second last station at Chinar Park.The pavement space has been usurped by at least four restaurants for their outdoor facilities, preventing Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) from creating ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    ED finds medical exam answer sheets from house of Ghosh kin

    Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate has recovered answer scripts of medical examinations, copies of govt tenders and several other documents from the residence of ex-R G Kar Medical College principal Sandip Ghosh’s sister-in-law. The agency had conducted a search there, ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    A PERFECT BEGINNING

    Kolkata: Just like last season, it can now be accepted as a benchmark. It may still be too early, but the rivalry between Mohun Bagan SG and Mumbai City is going to shape up the new season — again.If ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    Kin of ‘stir victims’ urge jr docs to resume work

    Kolkata: Family members of some patients — who have died during the ongoing junior doctors’ agitation — alleged that their dear ones may have been alive had they received proper treatment at the various govt hospitals. They appealed to ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
    Experts submit Dalhousie Square heritage precinct proposal to KMC

    Kolkata: A collective representing heritage enthusiasts and conservation architects has submitted a proposal to Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), delineating Dalhousie Square, now known as BBD Bag, as a heritage precinct. The proposal drawn up by architects Partha Ranjan Das ...

    14 September 2024 Times of India
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