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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKOLKATA: Junior doctors protesting to seek justice for RG Kar rape-murder victim have emailed President Droupadi Murmu urging her intervention to break the current impasse. Copies of the letter have also been sent to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, vice-president ...
14 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday pointed out that it was high time that the state revised the amount of Rs 1,000 allocated to every person suffering from muscular dystrophy, a rare genetic disease that causes progressive muscle ...
14 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Supreme Court on Friday directed that no trees would be felled or transplanted on the Maidan for the ongoing Metro Rail project. The court has, however, allowed Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) to continue work without felling ...
14 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Reaching out to the family of a labourer in Deganga — who died on Sept 10 after being denied treatment at three state-run hospitals — the North 24 Parganas Zilla Parishad on Thursday promised a govt job to ...
13 September 2024 Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) plans to conduct a narco analysis test on Sanjay Roy, who was arrested in connection with the alleged rape and murder of a doctor at R G Kar Medical College and ...
13 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Thursday’s developments followed the junior doctors’ bus journey to state secretariat Nabanna from their Swasthya Bhavan protest site following the government’s third invite for talks. The first invite came on Tuesday and the second came on Wednesday. Junior ...
13 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: With the festive season round the corner, the parking mafia seems to be playing a cat-and-mouse game with cops. Two fresh complaints against parking extortion have come from the Wood Street-Short Street crossing and Alipore barely hours after ...
13 September 2024 Times of IndiaKHARAGPUR: A truck driver was beaten to death after stepping out of his vehicle to help a biker he had hit at Panchberia in Kharagpur on Wednesday. The biker also died in the accident.Shyam Shankar Dhankuar, who hailed from ...
13 September 2024 Times of IndiaKalyan Banerjee NEW DELHI: Senior TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee on Thursday criticised junior doctors in West Bengal for their ongoing strike, calling them "inhumane and unfit to become doctors." The MP urged the state government to ensure that they ...
13 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A former IT employee — who turned a drug addict and then allegedly resorted to crime to sponsor his drug habits — was arrested on Thursday morning for stealing bikes from Basanti Highway and selling those. Sources said ...
13 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: There was commotion at Park Street metro station when a woman was found walking on the Dakshineswar-bound tracks of the North-South corridor at 9.05pm. Services were disrupted for around 40 minutes.“The motorman driving DK-276 in the Down direction ...
13 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: WBPCB on Thursday kickstarted the pilot run of smokeless chullah at Ghorasa village in Purulia. The specially designed chullah which despite the use of conventional fuel like coal, wood, and dry leaves, will cut 70-90% pollution. The Energy ...
13 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The class XI first semester exams at Higher Secondary schools are set to start from Friday. For the first time, students will be taking a 1.5-hour exam consisting of 40 marks of multiple choice questions (MCQ) type questions. ...
13 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Logistics company Western Carriers raised Rs 148 crore from 15 anchor investors on Thursday. Some of the marquee names include Citigroup Global, Societe Generale, Nippon India MF and Aditya Birla Sunlife. The company is looking to tap the ...
13 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the principal secretary, urban development and municipal affairs department, to consider a representation for holding elections in three north Bengal municipalities — Kurseong, Kalimpong and Mirik notified area — within six weeks.The ...
13 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A young female constable on night duty at the doctors’ protest site outside Swasthya Bhavan fell ill in the early hours of Thursday when the protesting doctors rushed to her rescue, giving her initial medical support before they ...
13 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Extra food, water and beverages have found their way from the Swasthya Bhavan protest site to slums and pavement dwellers. On Thursday, protesting junior doctors were found distributing the excess food to residents of nearby slums at Polenite, ...
13 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Please keep major shopping zones in the city free of demonstrations ahead of Durga Puja, especially on weekends, and don’t hold too many rallies at the same spot: These are a few requests that Kolkata Police plans to ...
13 September 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Reaching out to the family of a labourer in Deganga in Bengal - who died on Sept 10 after being denied treatment at three state-run hospitals - the North 24 Parganas Zilla Parishad promised a govt job to ...
13 September 2024 Times of IndiaWest Bengal health department has constituted a four-member committee to inquire into various complaints against Avik De, first-year general surgery PG trainee (PGT) of Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (IPGMER) and one of the prominent faces ...
13 September 2024 Times of IndiaJawhar Sircar Thursday formally put in his papers as a TMC Rajya Sabha MP, and said he would be returning to Kolkata in a couple of days for a "new innings".
13 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Eastern Zonal Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), comprising Justice B Amit Sthalekar (judicial member) and Arun Kumar Verma (expert Member), directed the principal secretary of state environment department to file a fresh affidavit addressing the ...
13 September 2024 Times of IndiaThis is a representational image KOLKATA: The CBI on Wednesday questioned Trinamool Congress MLA Sudipto Roy, a prominent face of the 'North Bengal lobby' that has been accused of running a health syndicate in the wake of the ...
13 September 2024 Times of IndiaMembers of West Bengal Junior Doctor's Forum (WBJDF) march towards 'Nabanna' (State Secretariat) after the Forum's leaders left by bus, for a meeting with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, in Kolkata. (PTI Photo) KOLKATA: The state health department ...
13 September 2024 Times of IndiaCM Mamata Banerjee addresses the media (left); Junior doctors leaving Nabanna on Thursday (right) KOLKATA: The last-minute cancellation of the junior doctors' meeting with chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday evening exposed fissures in the city's medical community for ...
13 September 2024 Times of IndiaCBI sleuths questioned Roy at his Sinthee residence (left) and raided his nursing home at Belgharia (right) KOLKATA: The CBI on Thursday questioned Trinamool Congress MLA Sudipto Roy, a prominent face of the 'North Bengal lobby' that has been ...
13 September 2024 Times of IndiaSanjay Roy KOLKATA: The CBI on Tuesday night collected dental impression of Sanjay Roy, arrested for the rape and murder of the 31-year-old PGT doctor at RG Kar. Roy, lodged at Presidency Correctional Home, was again questioned on ...
13 September 2024 Times of IndiaSandip Ghosh’s house at Mallikbagan, Chinar Park (left); Octane Medical at Kalindi, Jessore Road (right) KOLKATA: Enforcement Directorate, looking into the alleged financial crime at the R G Kar Medical College, conducted searches at three places, including former principal ...
13 September 2024 Times of IndiaTeachers and staff of state government schools stage a protest rally organized by ABTA against the alleged sexual assault and murder of a PGT trainee doctor of the RG Kar Hospital, in Kolkata on Thursday. (ANI Photo) KOLKATA: Hawkers ...
13 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Thirty-two junior doctors went to Nabanna at 5.30pm on Thursday after getting a third invite in three days from Bengal govt but then left without entering the meeting room, where CM Mamata Banerjee waited for more than two ...
13 September 2024 Times of IndiaTeachers and staff of state government schools stage a protest rally organised by ABTA against the alleged sexual assault and murder of a PGT doctor of the RG Kar Hospital, in Kolkata on Thursday. (ANI Photo) KOLKATA: Sanjay Roy's ...
13 September 2024 Times of IndiaRepresentative Image KOLKATA: The son of a patient admitted to a private hospital on EM Bypass was arrested on Thursday for allegedly misbehaving with two doctors-a male and a female-and threatening them that "an RG Kar would happen here" ...
13 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A Railway Protection Force (RPF) sniffer dog helped track down a person who had stolen a crucial signalling equipment on the Bandel-Naihati line that had caused track circuit failure. The theft came to light following an investigation into ...
13 September 2024 Times of IndiaIn a bid to improve nutrition outcomes and raise awareness among the masses, Anganwadi Centres across West Bengal have embraced innovative methods as part of the nationwide Poshan Maah campaign. This year marks the seventh phase of the campaign, ...
13 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Now you can easily skip the queues at city metro stations. Kolkata Metro on Wednesday introduced QR-code based ticket booking on its North-South or Blue line and the truncated Orange line to implement an integrated QR-coded ticketing system.East-West ...
12 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A 74-year-old man, out for a morning walk, was reportedly mowed down by a truck near his Kestopur Canal residence on Wednesday. The 10-wheeler truck hit the man from behind when he was standing at a Y-shaped junction ...
12 September 2024 Times of IndiaED has come across violation of govt rules not only by Sandip Ghosh, but also his wife Sangeeta in acquiring property. The agency has traced seven properties of the couple, including one flat in Murshidabad, three in Kolkata, two ...
12 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: More than a month after protests erupted across the city following the RG Kar rape and murder of a PGT doctor, Kolkata Police is thinking of changing tack regarding the pop-up protests. While cops will continue to desist ...
12 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Jayanta Pushilal’s zeal to produce table tennis champions was never ending. In spite of his failing health due to kidney ailments over the last few years, Pushilal continued to look forward to working with his trainees. But his ...
12 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: South 24 Parganas district judge Subhradip Mitra has written to the registrar (Inspection I) of the Calcutta High Court seeking directions to the police to ensure safety and security of the judicial officers in the district.In his letter, ...
12 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has taken up work to repair the damaged road stretches across New Town. Patchwork has already begun and authorities have identified and prepared a list of thoroughfares in Action Area I, ...
12 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The protests near Swasthya Bhavan near SDF Building in Sector V had a ripple effect on traffic to and from the IT hub, up to Metropolitan crossing on Bypass, on Wednesday. At one point, the tail of north-moving ...
12 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Sept and Oct are typically the most hectic months for artistes performing at college socials. However, the circumstances are quite different this year, with shows dwindling to a mere trickle. Artistes contend that this is a blow to ...
12 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: College of Medicine & Sagore Dutta Hospital has set a precedent by allocating hospital funds to scale up security without waiting for additional help from the state. The hospital had requisitioned 320 CCTV cameras, in addition to its ...
12 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A case has been filed against Sujit Haldar, a resident of Fulbari, for allegedly posting fake information on social media, reportedly aimed at maligning CJI D Y Chandrachud’s reputation. Police said Haldar circulated counterfeit news to defame the ...
12 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A 23-year-old woman, suffering from cerebral palsy, alleged sexual assault by her father’s friend — a business partner — when she visited their office at a market complex in the Port area on July 26. The woman also ...
12 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: An enquiry committee at RG Kar Medical College & Hospital started a probe against 34 junior doctors and 17 students against whom the Resident Doctors’ Association of the college had complained of intimidating other students and junior doctors. ...
12 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Frequent flyer Michu, a two-year-old feline resident of Jadavpur, missed her latest air travel and vacation to Pune on Monday, because the airline, which especially caters to pet parents, failed to approve her travel. This is the first ...
12 September 2024 Times of IndiaFormer RG Kar Medical College and Hospital's principal Sandip Ghosh (ANI) KOLKATA: Corruption complaints by whistleblowers against RG Kar former principal Sandip Ghosh were probed by West Bengal's health department back in 2020 but the inquiry reports remained "inconclusive".Complaints ...
12 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The news of the Bengal govt’s plan to set up a committee, on the lines of Kerala’s Hema Committee, to probe sexual abuse complaints in the Bengali film industry has created a ripple in Tollywood. While many feel ...
12 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Two college students were arrested on Wednesday in two cases of vandalism that left the Netaji Nagar OC and a Kolkata Police Special Branch constable injured, and the OC’s vehicle vandalized. This is the first set of arrests ...
12 September 2024 Times of IndiaA torchlight march on the RG Kar campus KOLKATA: In a major shake-up, RG Kar Medical College & Hospital authority has summoned 34 junior doctors and 17 students for an inquiry and barred them from campus. Sources said all ...
11 September 2024 Times of IndiaWest Bengal government invites junior doctors for talks over the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Hospital. The meeting is set for 6pm at 'Nabanna', with doctors insisting on live streaming and demanding removal ...
11 September 2024 Times of IndiaJunior doctors march to Swasthya Bhavan on Tuesday KOLKATA: The absence of junior doctors is putting pressure on senior doctors who are struggling to put healthcare services on tracks. Even as the number of patients in the OPD had ...
11 September 2024 Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: The father of a deceased trainee doctor from RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata has expressed dissatisfaction with West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's handling of the case. He claimed it was the reason behind his demand ...
11 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Tuckers in the state have announced a 72-hour strike from Wednesday over several issues, including a demand to ban overloading.The Federation of West Bengal Truck Operators Association (FWBTOA) declared that the strike will start at 6am on Wednesday ...
11 September 2024 Times of IndiaSupreme Court KOLKATA: The ‘missing document’ in the RG Kar rape-murder case, which came under probing questions in the Supreme Court on Monday, has been traced to a one-page application written by a Tala police SI on Aug ...
11 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: St Xavier’s Collegiate School is set to introduce Lower Kindergarten for the 2025-26 academic session. An admission notice on the school’s website said that those born in 2021 are eligible to take admission. The applications are being accepted ...
11 September 2024 Times of IndiaFormer RG Kar Medical College and Hospital's principal Sandip Ghosh (ANI) KOLKATA: Former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital Sandip Ghosh, who has been arrested by CBI in connection with financial irregularities, was on Tuesday sent to ...
11 September 2024 Times of IndiaPosters against the North Bengal lobby appeared on the RG Kar campus as protests intensified last month (left); Sandip Ghosh (right) KOLKATA: With the agitating junior doctors and students putting up the heat on those allegedly part of the ...
11 September 2024 Times of IndiaArindam SilArindam Sil KOLKATA: The actor, who alleged that director Arindam Sil kissed her in public during a film shoot without her consent, has lodged an FIR on Monday night. Sil said he has faith in the judicial system ...
11 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Trakila from the stable of Aashay Kumar claimed the Calcutta Fillies Trial Stakes at the RCTC here on Tuesday. The daughter of Nickle Chrome came with a smooth run in the hands of Yash Narredu to win comfortably. ...
11 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The old Sadar Court building, Sudder Diwany Adawlut, one of the oldest surviving brick-and-mortar structures in Kolkata that now houses the office of the Indian Museum’s director, is set to be restored. After being constructed in 1772, the ...
11 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The last time India faced off with Malaysia, was the final of Asian Champions Trophy in Chennai last year where the hosts earned a nail-biting 4-3 victory to grab the title. Since then, they have improved by leaps ...
11 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: In all, 670 out of 2,757 Durga Pujas across the city that had received grants from the state govt last year have applied for the funds this year again. The first tranche of funds was disbursed on Tuesday. ...
11 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has decided to intensify its vector control drive in the city areas that share their border with neighbouring municipalities, particularly those in the north. According to a civic health department official, the civic ...
11 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A woman, a fashion designer who is presently battling cancer, has accused a doctor associated with a city hospital of raping her on the pretext of marriage. Based on her written complaint, the Khardah PS initially registered a ...
11 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A 32-year-old woman, who is employed with an NGO, was molested inside a moving bus at Ruby crossing. However, alert bus workers and passengers helped the woman nab the accused, who has been identified as Sourav Shil, a ...
11 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A petition was heard in the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday on elephant deaths in south Bengal and the jumbos being hounded by hulla parties who use spears and fireballs.Counsel for the petitioner also submitted before the division ...
11 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Cops have registered a case pertaining to endangering sovereignty, unity and integrity of India after they came across graffiti on a road calling for ‘armed revolution’ in the state. This is the first time that this section – ...
11 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: In a major shake-up, the RG Kar hospital authority has summoned 35 junior doctors and 17 students to appear before an inquiry committee. These 51 individuals — all of them close to Sandip Ghosh — have also been ...
11 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Calcutta High Court has asked the state govt to submit an affidavit on the enforcement of existing acts and rules to prevent cruelty to animals following a PIL on indiscriminate breeding and sale of pets leading to ...
11 September 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: The absence of junior doctors in hospitals continued to affect healthcare services across Bengal on Tuesday even as reports poured in about an accident victim dying at a private hospital 11 days after he was turned away by ...
11 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Agro companies are shifting the production of paddy seeds to Bengal from Telangana as almost 50%-60% of the seeds are being made here.Earlier, agro companies used to bank on Telangana to a great extent for procurement of paddy ...
11 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: In a letter to chief secretary, green activist Subhas Datta urged the state to take immediate steps to combat night-time air pollution by deploying additional remote sensing devices (RSDs) at places like Vidyasagar Setu, Nivedita Setu, Dankuni toll ...
11 September 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Reacting to CM Mamata Banerjee’s claim that “the family was never offered money and such allegations are baseless”, the family of the raped and murdered PGT doctor on Monday stuck to their claim that a police officer as ...
10 September 2024 Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: Truckers in West Bengal have announced a 72-hour strike from Wednesday over several issues, including a demand to ban overloading. The Federation of West Bengal Truck Operators Association (WBTOA) declared that the strike will start at 6am ...
10 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Two interns— residing in the RG Kar Hostel— have alleged that their room was vandalized on Friday night. Based on the complaint, Kolkata Police has registered a case at Tala PS and is investigating the case. An individual, ...
10 September 2024 Times of IndiaIn Kolkata, state power, sports and youth affairs minister Aroop Biswas is the RKS chairperson at IPGMER-SSKM Hospital while former Rajya Sabha MP Santanu Sen heads the Rogi Kalyan Samiti at NRS. KOLKATA: The principals of medical colleges will ...
10 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Family members of an 11-year-old buy, who died of dengue on Saturday, alleged that the boy was not provided proper treatment at Beliaghata ID hospital where he was admitted. Srijan Saha, the class V student, was a resident ...
10 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: On Aug 9, she never did see the sunrise. She had been barbarically silenced and put to sleep forever before daybreak. As the dawn emerged on Monday exactly a month later, renewed vows for justice for the 31-year-old ...
10 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Recalling the previous order of Supreme Court on protests, which are taking place across the state demanding justice for the victim of the R G Kar brutal rape-murder, a Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India ...
10 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: With India’s first suspected case of mpox having been identified in Delhi this week, hospitals across Kolkata have taken guard and are planning to issue an advisory and keep arrangements ready to isolate suspected patients. A highly contagious ...
10 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The market is counting one month of business losses before the state’s biggest festival in the second week of Sept. Public anger and resultant protests over the Aug 9 rape and murder of the PGT doctor at RG ...
10 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the state to nominate a senior officer from the home department to liaise with a senior officer from CISF to ensure that all three companies at RG Kar are provided with accommodation ...
10 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Bengal BJP will continue with its protests and take to the streets till the RG Kar rape-murder victim gets justice. The party on Monday also decided to show solidarity with doctors who planned to go on with their ...
10 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A general body (GB) meeting at the JU Main Hostel on Sunday night called for raising funds to pay the lawyer fees of the 14 ragging accused students, who were given show cause notices for being involved in ...
10 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Hours after a petitioner alleged in the Supreme Court that the restroom near the seminar hall at RG Kar might have been demolished to destroy evidence, the CBI reached the hospital to go through the crime scene and ...
10 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The services on the East-West Metro’s Howrah Maidan-Esplanade section has reduced from 130 to 92 due to rescheduling of rake maintenance. This has also led to longer interval between services on this section during the ‘non-peak hours’ from ...
10 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: During a hearing of the West Bengal Commission for Women (WBCW) on the sexual harassment case against Arindam Sil on Monday, at least one of the two witnesses corroborated seeing the actor in a state of discomfort after ...
10 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: CPM on Monday said the decision of lifting cease-work was for the protesting junior doctors to take.“Supreme Court has made a lot of observations... It is up to the agitators to decide,” CPM senior Sujan Chakraborty said on ...
10 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A survey released on Monday to mark World Electric Vehicles Day stated that 75% respondents in Kolkata and Asansol view the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) in last-mile delivery services as a key strategy for combating air pollution. ...
10 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Rishabh Pant can be an all-time great Test cricketer, feels former India captain Sourav Ganguly. At a promotional event here on Monday, Ganguly lavished praise on the wicketkeeper-batter, who returned to the India Test side just a day ...
10 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A 10-year-old boy, who had left his home at Jyangra near Chinar Park to play, allegedly lost his way back home and went missing since Thursday evening. Cops rescued the child from Baguiati area, where he was roaming ...
10 September 2024 Times of IndiaThe parents and family members of the victim pleaded all to stand by them till they get justice. KOLKATA: “We won’t get justice easily; we have to snatch justice. This will not be possible without everybody’s help,” said the ...
10 September 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Bengal was not the same as Bangladesh, CM Mamata Banerjee said on Monday, accusing "political opportunists" of trying to take advantage of the situation developing out of the RG Kar rape-murder and seeking to replicate the Bangladeshi unrest ...
10 September 2024 Times of IndiaNew Delhi/Kolkata: Junior doctors have postponed till Tuesday a decision on withdrawing their cease-work after Supreme Court on Monday set a Tuesday 5pm deadline for them to resume duty or face possible disciplinary action from the state.Various doctors' organisations ...
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