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  • Shoppers brave rain, sellers return to plastic as shield

    Kolkata: As the Durga Puja shopping gains momentum, familiar canopies of blue and black plastic sheets have returned over pavements and vending zones across the city's shopping hubs. From New Market and Burrabazar to Hatibagan, Gariahat, and Bidhan Sarani, ...

    31 August 2025 Times of India
    Septuagenarian falls to death from terrace in Moore Ave

    Kolkata: A 73-year-old man, Mohan Bhagat, died under mysterious circumstances on Saturday morning in Moore Avenue of the Tollygunge area. Bhagat reportedly fell from the terrace of a four-storey building around 7:30 am.Bhagat, who had a daily routine of ...

    31 August 2025 Times of India
    Kol boys reach NASA finals with space habitat design

    Kolkata: Seven students from La Martiniere for Boys Kolkata reached the finals of the International Space Settlement Design Competition (ISSDC) 2025, held at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Orlando, Florida.Pratyaksh Singhania, Varun Bajoria, Raghav Agarwal, and Harshit Agarwal of ...

    31 August 2025 Times of India
    Buses cry out for frequency, route rejig to offset metro effect

    Kolkata: Multiple buses, which felt the pinch after the new metro expansion, are now looking for ‘dynamic solutions'. Among them are proposals to act as links between the Orange and Green lines, increase the frequency of the routes, and ...

    30 August 2025 Times of India
    New norm: Fewer documents needed to cancel old vehicle registrations in Bengal

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt issued a fresh order, simplifying the cancellation process of vehicle registrations in cases where vehicles were scrapped, lost, or rendered unusable. According to the new order, which has come into immediate effect from Friday, fewer ...

    30 August 2025 Times of India
    TMC man tries to pacify warring duo, gets killed

    Jalpaiguri: A 37-year-old man was beaten to death by two persons late on Thursday when he tried to stop the duo from fighting. The incident occurred at Nendar Paar village, under Jorpatki gram panchayat in Cooch Behar's Mathabhanga.The victim, ...

    30 August 2025 Times of India
    FIR against Mahua for dig at Shah, MP says ‘love it’

    Kolkata: Trinamool MP reacted with a sarcastic jibe after an FIR was lodged against her at Krishnanagar's Kotwali police station on Friday over her comments about Union home minister .Speaking to reporters on Thursday about PM Narendra Modi's ...

    30 August 2025 Times of India
    1st day, 1st class: UG students cheer after four-month wait

    Kolkata: After a long wait, 2.3 lakh undergraduate students of the new academic session finally stepped into the college premises on Friday. Four months of panic and anxiety are over. But some students are still waiting for the upgrade ...

    30 August 2025 Times of India
    City may get more rain next week: Met

    Kolkata: A cloud-covered sky with frequent spells of rain in between continued to keep the heat at bay in Kolkata on Friday. The Met office expects similar conditions on Saturday, after which the spells could become infrequent for a ...

    30 August 2025 Times of India
    Festive crowd adds to rush as Blue Line trains run beyond capacity

    Kolkata: The Blue Line (North-South) was less chaotic on Friday compared to Thursday. However, problems persisted as trains continued to travel to the now dysfunctional Kavi Subhash station in New Garia for rake reversal, which is taking at least ...

    30 August 2025 Times of India
    SSC to publish list of ‘tainted’ candidates today, SC clears decks for Sept 7 & 14 exams

    Kolkata: The on Friday made it clear that the School Service Commission (SSC) teacher recruitment examinations would be held on Sept 7 and 14 and asked the commission to ensure that not a single tainted candidate appeared in ...

    30 August 2025 Times of India
    Green Line crosses 1.9 lakh/day rider count

    Kolkata: East-West Metro's ridership is increasing steadily, with 1.9 lakh passengers using the Green Line on Thursday. The Sector V-Howrah Maidan corridor was projected to cross 2.3 lakh daily ridership on Friday. On Thursday, Metro Railway earned around Rs ...

    30 August 2025 Times of India
    Cops bust B’desh gang duping Kol traders

    Kolkata: The city cops have uncovered an organized criminal gang operating from Bangladesh that has been defrauding traders dealing in branded garments and sugar in central and north Kolkata. The probe revealed the gang, led by Bangladeshi national Md ...

    30 August 2025 Times of India
    IISER suicide bid 3 wks after PhD scholar death

    Kalyani: Less than three weeks after the death of 25-year-old PhD scholar Anamitra Roy at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, a student attempted to kill herself at the institute's Kalyani campus hostel on Friday afternoon, ...

    30 August 2025 Times of India
    Puja reopening: Rooftop restos face NOC hurdle

    Kolkata: The requirement for rooftop restobars and cafes to get multiple approvals from Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and fire department may pose a hurdle for them to resume operations before Durga Puja. Though mayor Firhad Hakim, the chairman of ...

    30 August 2025 Times of India
    Assistant prof arrested for stealing gold ring from shop

    Kolkata: An assistant professor and a PhD holder from Dakshineswar was arrested on Friday for allegedly stealing gold ornaments from a jewellery shop in Barasat. Cops said a preliminary probe suggests he may suffer from kleptomania. The stolen ring ...

    30 August 2025 Times of India
    2 from Bengal get national vocational training award

    Kolkata: Two from Bengal received the National Teachers' Award 2025 for excellence in vocational training. Sukanta Konar and Indranil Mukherjee from Govt Industrial Training Institute, Durgapur, were among 16 awardees across India.Sharing the news on X, CM Mamata Banerjee ...

    30 August 2025 Times of India
    8.5k migrant workers enrol for Shramshree

    Kolkata: Over 8,500 migrant workers have enrolled for Shramshree since the registration portal for the Bengal's welfare scheme was launched last Friday. CM announced the scheme a fortnight ago to encourage migrant workers from Bengal in other states ...

    30 August 2025 Times of India
    15-yr-old goes missing in Darj

    Darjeeling: A 15-year-old girl from Darjeeling has been missing for the past five days.The missing minor has been identified as Aastha Pradhan, a class 10 student of a private school. She went missing on Aug 24, and a missing ...

    30 August 2025 Times of India
    Damage control? BJP to reach out toBengali-speakers

    Kolkata: In an apparent damage-control bid, BJP is reaching out to Bengali-speakers in other states, reports Rohit Khanna. While the details of the outreach, called ‘Durga Puja Bangali Milan Samaroh' are yet to be finalised, BJP national general secretary ...

    30 August 2025 Times of India
    Woman wanted for Baguiati murder under lens for first hubby’s death

    Kolkata: Upasana — the prime suspect in the murder of her husband in Baguiati — was earlier accused in connection with her former husband's death in Gobordanga, where she was named in an FIR for abetment to suicide. This ...

    30 August 2025 Times of India
    Bengal SIR comes up at all-party meet on booths

    Kolkata: An all-party meeting called by the on Friday to discuss the setting up of booths saw heated discussions erupt on an issue that was not even on the agenda — the proposed Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of ...

    30 August 2025 Times of India
    SC’s words that ‘Bengal is a land that has given refuge & strength’ offers hope, says Mamata

    Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Friday the Supreme Court's acknowledgement of "Bengal's historic role as a border state, a land that has given refuge, strength and culture through generations", would come as a huge relief for Bengali-speaking ...

    30 August 2025 Times of India
    Kol leather industry hopes to ride out US tariff storm, wary of EU action

    Kolkata: The city's leather industry is confident of weathering the US tariff storm but is worried about the US piling pressure on the European Union to also raise tariffs against India over its continued import of Russian oil. If ...

    30 August 2025 Times of India
    Asiatic Society set to use AI, new tech to unlock ancient wisdom treasure trove

    Kolkata: The Asiatic Society on Friday took a decisive step towards decoding ancient wisdom preserved in Bengal's thousands of manuscripts by harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). In collaboration with IIT Kharagpur, IIT Delhi and the Centre ...

    30 August 2025 Times of India
    90% rooftop restos look to be back in biz before puja

    Kolkata: Most rooftop restaurants that are currently shut will be able to resume business before, according to functionaries of two leading restaurant associations. This announcement came a day after mayor Firhad Hakim introduced an SOP for terrace joints. Although ...

    30 August 2025 Times of India
    Bagdogra airport slips in customer satisfaction survey

    Kolkata: Bagdogra Airport fared among the worst in the latest Airports Authority of India customer satisfaction survey, slipping 21 places to rank 59 out of 60 smaller airports with a score of just 3.8 — well below the national ...

    30 August 2025 Times of India
    Kol docs’ breast cancer ‘navigator’ model features in global journal

    Kolkata: A cancer care model, where breast cancer survivors are deployed as "navigation support" for breast cancer patients in Bengal, has been published in international medical journal The Lancet. The model, conceptualised by a group of like-minded doctors, is ...

    30 August 2025 Times of India
    JU ragging: Mom testifies in court

    Kolkata: The Special Pocso court at Alipore on Thursday recorded the statement of the mother of the first-year Jadavpur University student who was found dead on the Main Hostel campus in 2023. The father's statement was earlier recorded in ...

    30 August 2025 Times of India
    Governing body removes college principal

    Kolkata: Srabanti Bhattacharya, principal of Rani Birla Girls' College, was suspended by governing body president Kajari Banerjee on Friday, while the formation of GB is pending before Calcutta High Court. Assistant professor Priti Ghatani has been appointed as vice-principal ...

    30 August 2025 Times of India
    IMD forecast heavy rain in north Bengal owing to active southwest monsoon

    KOLKATA: The IMD on Friday forecast heavy to very rainfall in some places of sub-Himalayan West Bengal owing to favourable wind pattern and moisture incursion from the Bay of Bengal, leading to possible inundation of low-lying areas.Stating that the ...

    29 August 2025 Times of India
    2 attack BBA student and extort 52k, held

    Kolkata: A 21-year-old BBA student was allegedly kidnapped, attacked, sexually assaulted and extorted of Rs 51,800 by two men in the Karaya area. The accused — Rahim Ahmed and Sajid Zakir — have been arrested for the incident that ...

    29 August 2025 Times of India
    Markets extend work hours to cater to puja shopping rush in Kolkata

    Kolkata: With shoppers thronging malls and markets after office hours for Durga Puja shopping, traders and shopkeepers across the city decided to extend their working hours to manage rush and maximise sales. From New Market to Gariahat, the city's busiest ...

    29 August 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather update: Enjoy the monsoon with rainy days ahead

    Kolkata is experiencing moderate monsoon rainfall on August 29, 2025, with temperatures ranging between 25.8°C and 31.4°C. The city faces a 92% chance of rain with overcast skies, high humidity levels at 82%, and wind speeds reaching 19.8 km/h, creating ...

    29 August 2025 Times of India
    US tariffs leave Bengal exporters struggling with stalled shipments and heavy losses

    KOLKATA: Consignments stuck in transit, orders piling up in warehouses and cash flow drying up. A nightmarish situation is unfolding for Bengal exporters as Trump’s 50% tariff on Indian exports hits home. Mamrez Alam, a shrimp exporter from East Midnapore, ...

    29 August 2025 Times of India
    71-year-old’s 6-month jail term reduced by Calcutta high court to 9 days after 37 years

    KOLKATA: Right to speedy trial is not just a “twinkling star in the high heavens only to be provided lip service”, but a meaningful protective provision, Calcutta High Court said in a recent judgment while reducing a six-month sentence ...

    29 August 2025 Times of India
    HC bail for Narkeldanga PS ex-OC in BJP man’s murder

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted bail to the former Narkeldanga Police Station OC, who had been in custody since July 18, accused of the murder of BJP member Abhijit Sarkar on May 2, hours after the ...

    29 August 2025 Times of India
    ‘Govt now choosing its voters’: Abhishek slams EC & Centre

    Kolkata: "Earlier, voters chose their govts, now govts are choosing their voters," was how Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee attacked the Election Commission and Centre on Thursday on the special intensive revision (SIR) of poll rolls in ...

    29 August 2025 Times of India
    Aug count: Kolkata got rain on 20 of 28 days but month’s deficit stands at 25%

    Kolkata: Even though the city received rain on at least 20 days in Aug so far, the month's rain count so far has been 25% less compared to the average Aug rain. However, with the Met office predicting more ...

    29 August 2025 Times of India
    Blue Line buckles under peak-hr crowd pressure

    Kolkata: Overcrowding halted trains and delayed services on the Blue Line on Thursday evening, leaving passengers on board struggling to breathe while several others remained stranded on platforms, having failed to get a toehold. While the Blue Line as ...

    29 August 2025 Times of India
    GTA to lease out tourism properties in revenue boost bid

    Darjeeling: Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) has decided to lease out several of its tourism-linked properties, including cottages, hotels and guesthouses, in a bid to boost revenue. Anit Thapa, the GTA chief executive, said, "GTA's role is to run the administration, ...

    29 August 2025 Times of India
    Publish list of ‘tainted’ in 7 days, SC tells SSC

    Kolkata: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the School Service Commission (SSC) to publish the list of tainted candidates in the 2016 SSC panel within seven days. The order came after the apex court repeatedly asked the commission why ...

    29 August 2025 Times of India
    Orange Line may skip a stn till Chingrighata gets underpass

    Kolkata: To break the logjam over the viaduct construction at Chingrighata and address the police's concerns over crowding at the spot once the metro station proposed there becomes operational, Metro Railway has offered not to operate the Gour Kishore ...

    29 August 2025 Times of India
    1cr attendees at APAS camps in under a mth

    Kolkata: Bengal govt's flagship Amader Para Amader Samadhan (APAS) programme surpassed 1 crore footfall on Thursday, 26 days after its Aug 2 launch. The citizen-centric initiative aims to solve localised problems at the booth-level itself, with Rs 10 lakh ...

    29 August 2025 Times of India
    Habitual litigants responsible for delay in admissions, says Mamata

    Kolkata: Blaming a spate of court cases for delaying UG admissions in Bengal, CM on Thursday said and, unable to fight her politically, were trying to take the backdoor. Taking aim at the Election Commission and the BJP-led ...

    29 August 2025 Times of India
    Classmates circulate AI pics of Hwh school girls on social media

    Howrah: Two class X students of a school in Howrah's Jagatballabhpur block allegedly used AI tools to morph photos of their female classmates and circulated the "obscene" pictures on social media. The incident sparked outrage among students, parents, and the ...

    29 August 2025 Times of India
    Call centre busted in guest house, 11 held

    Kolkata: In an early-morning raid cops busted an illegal call centre, running out of a guest house near Kankulia in the Golpark area, on Thursday and arrested 11 people involved in the illegal operations. Police said while using flats in ...

    29 August 2025 Times of India
    Cops find bag with 2.5L cash on Jessore Rd, return it to owner

    Kolkata: Cops from the Nagerbazar Traffic Guard in Dum Dum on Thursday found a bag—it had Rs 2.5 lakh inside it—lying by Jessore Road and returned it to its rightful owner, barely a couple of hours after the bag ...

    29 August 2025 Times of India
    CSE moves court for probe into ‘false, malicious’ emails

    Kolkata: The Calcutta Stock Exchange (CSE) has moved court, seeking investigations into alleged false and malicious emails that have damaged the reputation and financial standing of the establishment. CSE has asked for an FIR with IT sections. The emails, sent ...

    29 August 2025 Times of India
    14 yo missing for 5 days, family seeks CM’s help

    Darjeeling: Five days after 14-year-old Ishan Gurung went missing, his family on Thursday appealed to CM Mamata Banerjee and Siliguri mayor Gautam Deb to expedite efforts to trace him. Gurung, a Class 7 student of Krishna Maya Memorial Nepali High ...

    29 August 2025 Times of India
    CISCE Teachers’ Day order: Pledge commitment, fairness and integrity

    Kolkata: Teachers at CISCE schools will have to take a pledge to affirm "commitment to fairness, integrity, holistic education and nation-building" this Teachers' Day. CISCE has asked heads of affiliated schools to hold a special pledge on Sept 5 ...

    29 August 2025 Times of India
    In deserted North Kolkata buildings, KMC’s drive against dengue runs into a slithery problem

    Kolkata: Snake sightings inside locked and abandoned houses in north Kolkata have affected anti-dengue and cleanliness drives conducted by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC). In some recent cases at such properties on Raja Dinendra Street and Radhakanta Jew Street, a ...

    29 August 2025 Times of India
    Elephant calf found dead in Mirga forest

    Kharagpur: An elephant calf, estimated to be between two-and-a-half to three years old, was found dead on Thursday morning in the Mirga forest of the Arabari range under Midnapore forest division, sources said. The exact cause of death will be ...

    29 August 2025 Times of India
    Bodies of Darj duo drowned in Slovakia river brought home

    Darjeeling: More than 10 days after two Darjeeling men drowned while swimming in a river in Slovakia, the bodies of Diwakar Thapa and Samden Tamang reached Bagdogra airport on Wednesday. The two worked at a car manufacturing company in the ...

    29 August 2025 Times of India
    Classmates circulate AI pics of Hwh school girls on social media

    Howrah: Two class X students of Ekabbarpur Gobinda Panja High School in Howrah's Jagatballabhpur allegedly used AI tools to morph photos of their female classmates and circulated the "obscene" pictures on social media. The incident sparked outrage among students, parents, ...

    29 August 2025 Times of India
    CU exams pass off smoothly

    Kolkata: Amid the confrontation over deferring the exam date scheduled for Aug 28, Calcutta University conducted exams smoothly with attendance over 95% in both halves. Calcutta University's interim vice chancellor, Santa Datta De, said, "This is a clear sign ...

    29 August 2025 Times of India
    2.3 lakh admissions in first phase

    Kolkata: The first phase of undergraduate admission ended on Thursday with a total of 2.3 lakh entries. Sources said physical verification was completed for 2.2 lakh students. Thursday was the final day for the first phase of admission. First-semester ...

    29 August 2025 Times of India
    July adds 8,496 cars but bucks upward trend

    Kolkata: After a record-breaking June, vehicle registrations in Kolkata moderated slightly in July 2025, though the city's overall numbers remained well above pre-2023 levels. Data from the four Regional Transport Offices (RTOs) reveal 8,496 new vehicles registered last month, ...

    29 August 2025 Times of India
    CM, Abhishek express grief over J&K landslide

    Kolkata: Expressing grief over the devastation caused by rain and landslides in J&K, Bengal CM on Wednesday posted on X: "The natural disasters in Jammu and Kashmir (due to a landslide on the way to Shri Mata ) ...

    28 August 2025 Times of India
    On the surface, transport dept seeks to realign bus routes

    Kolkata: With Durga Puja just a month away, the state govt is set to roll out a series of transport initiatives aimed at easing commuter pressure, improving last-mile connectivity, and complementing the expanding metro network. On Wednesday, transport minister Snehasis ...

    28 August 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather forecast: Rainy and humid conditions expected today, August 28, 2025

    Kolkata is forecasted to experience moderate rainfall on , with temperatures ranging between and , accompanied by high humidity levels of and a chance of precipitation. The day will see moderate winds up to , with ...

    28 August 2025 Times of India
    Trump’s 50% tariff hits Bengal: Rs 17,000 crore exports at stake; engineering, shrimps and leather to be worst-hit

    KOLKATA: Exports worth over Rs 17,000 crore are at stake for Bengal following the 50% tariff slapped on India by US President Trump with sectors such as engineering, marine products (mainly shrimp), leather and garments to be majorly impacted. ...

    28 August 2025 Times of India
    Met spies a few rain spells in city

    Kolkata: A sharp rain spell and a partly cloudy sky made the maximum temperature slip below the normal mark on Wednesday. While Met has ruled out heavy rain in the city for now, it has forecast an overcast sky ...

    28 August 2025 Times of India
    Pak man in jail for 11 yrs after serving sentence moves HC for repatriation

    Kolkata: Rejected by Pakistan but branded a Pakistani by India, a "stateless" P Yousuf (44) has moved the Calcutta High Court seeking repatriation after being lodged at Dum Dum Correctional Home for more than 11 years, even after serving ...

    28 August 2025 Times of India
    New Town rape-murder accused gets life, girl’s parents unhappy

    Barasat/Kolkata: A Barasat Pocso Court on Wednesday sentenced toto driver Soumitra Roy, alias Raj, to life imprisonment for raping and murdering a 14-year-old girl in New Town earlier this year. In addition to life imprisonment under section 6 of ...

    28 August 2025 Times of India
    New Town rape-murder accused gets life, girl’s parents unhappy

    Barasat/Kolkata: A Barasat Pocso Court on Wednesday sentenced toto driver Soumitra Roy, alias Raj, to life imprisonment for raping and murdering a 14-year-old girl in New Town earlier this year. In addition to life imprisonment under section 6 of ...

    28 August 2025 Times of India
    Closed rooftop restos ready to comply with SOP to reopen and catch Durga Puja crowd

    Kolkata: With less than a month to go for Mahalaya, restaurateurs with rooftop facilities hope to attract the festive crowd, provided the weather is favourable. Sudesh Poddar, president of Hotel & Restaurant Association of Eastern India, called the rooftop SOP, ...

    28 August 2025 Times of India
    Officials look to reduce Green Line peak-hour time gap to 5 mins, ask for 8 more rakes to handle rush

    Kolkata: Metro Railway intends to reduce the frequency of the Green Line (East-West Metro) from 8 minutes to 5 minutes during peak hours. For this, more rakes will be needed. Hence, KMRC, the implementing agency of the Green Line, ...

    28 August 2025 Times of India
    KMC move: Rooftop restos may open ahead of Durga Puja; fire-safety rules mandatory

    KOLKATA: Rooftop restaurants in the city may reopen before Durga Puja — four months after they were shut down — after a task force on Wednesday announced a fire-safety SOP for these establishments. They will have to give a ...

    28 August 2025 Times of India
    Illegal parking riles Hindustan Park residents

    Kolkata: After a citizens' action group wrote to the KMC commissioner and Kolkata Police commissioner last year, highlighting the plight of the locals in a south Kolkata neighbourhood due to unfettered parking on the streets and pavements, it is ...

    28 August 2025 Times of India
    HC acquits 2 death row convicts after 7 years

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday acquitted two death row convicts seven years after they were sentenced by a Hooghly court under the in the murder case of a four-year-old girl. A division bench of Justice Prasenjit Biswas ...

    28 August 2025 Times of India
    Rapid Fire with Metro GM

    Q: When do you see things stabilising? A: We are already on the job to streamline operations. It might take a little time since the Green Line is emerging as the other lifeline. There is a huge influx of local ...

    28 August 2025 Times of India
    Youth held for raping 12-yr-old after b’day party

    Kolkata: A 12-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 19-year-old app biker after she was forced to drink alcohol at a birthday party in an AJC Bose Road hotel. The accused was arrested. The incident reportedly took place between ...

    28 August 2025 Times of India
    Mom murder: Youth sent to judicial custody

    Kolkata: Five days after Nandita Basu (64) was allegedly beaten to death by her son Mainak at their Beleghata home, Sealdah Court sent the accused to 10 days of judicial custody.Mainak's legal counsel Sankhajit Mitra filed a bail petition ...

    28 August 2025 Times of India
    Youth held for raping 12-yr-old after b’day party

    Kolkata: A 12-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 19-year-old app biker after she was forced to drink alcohol at a birthday party in an AJC Bose Road hotel. The accused was arrested. The incident reportedly took place between ...

    28 August 2025 Times of India
    Cop caution against fake online profiles

    12 Kolkata: The Kolkata Police Cyber Cell, which has launched an awareness drive against fake social media profiles, advised users to take screenshots of fake Instagram and Facebook profiles, posts and messages, copy the profile URL and username, and ...

    28 August 2025 Times of India
    EC to Bengal officials: Don’t share poll portal’s log-in details

    Kolkata: The EC has warned Bengal officials on election duty against sharing log-in IDs and OTPs to access the poll panel's portal "under any circumstances whatsoever".State chief electoral officer Manoj Agarwal on Wednesday wrote to the district election officers, ...

    28 August 2025 Times of India
    Bengal’s shrimp export market braces for tariff jolt

    Kolkata: The 50% tariff imposed by the US is likely to jolt Bengal's Rs 5,000 crore-6,000 crore shrimp or prawn exports market. Shrimp or prawn is among Bengal's top 10 exports. The state produces around 70,000 tonnes of prawns ...

    28 August 2025 Times of India
    HC ties Puja grant to spend certificate

    12 Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday ordered that those clubs that had received govt grant for Durga Puja last year but did not submit utilisation certificates wouldn't get the money this year.The division bench of justices Sujoy ...

    28 August 2025 Times of India
    Cash-for-job: ED summons Trinamool MLA’s aunt

    Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday asked Maya Saha, the aunt of Trinamool MLA Jiban Krishna Saha, an accused in the teachers' recruitment scam, to appear before it on Thursday in connection with the case.The central agency, which arrested ...

    28 August 2025 Times of India
    Poll panel writes to state govt on vacancies, again

    Kolkata: With earlier letters yet to evoke a response, the EC has written to the Bengal govt once again calling upon it to fill vacant posts, an official said on Wednesday.Bengal CEO Manoj Agarwal, in a letter to chief ...

    28 August 2025 Times of India
    Esplanade station in focus as Metro seeks to guard Blue Line against new tremors

    12 Kolkata: Metro Railway is planning to build an underground subway to connect the old Blue Line Esplanade station with the new one, for seamless movement of passengers using the interchange.Consultants will be hired to expand the Blue Line's ...

    28 August 2025 Times of India
    Sebi asks merchant bankers for ‘realistic’ IPO valuations

    12 Kolkata: Capital markets regulator Sebi has advised merchant bankers to be "realistic" while setting valuations of large IPOs.Speaking at an event organised by Merchants' Chamber of Commerce & Industry (MCCI) in Kolkata on Tuesday, Sebi wholetime member Kamlesh ...

    28 August 2025 Times of India
    Leopard kills boy at Kalabari, 2nd in a month

    Jalpaiguri: A 12-year-old boy was killed by a leopard at Kalabari Jalpaiguri's Nagrakata on Wednesday. This was the second leopard attack in the area in just over a month.The incident occurred at 7.30 pm, when class VI student Aminur ...

    28 August 2025 Times of India
    Tagore letter to philosopher Shishir Kumar Maitra going under the hammer for first time

    12 Kolkata: A handwritten and signed letter from Rabindranath Tagore, dated Oct 29, 1921, is going under the hammer for the first time. Addressed to philosopher Shishir Kumar Maitra—then recovering in Darjeeling—the Bengali letter, preserved with its original envelope, ...

    28 August 2025 Times of India
    City witnesses vibrant Ganesh Puja celebrations across communities

    12 Kolkata: The city witnessed vibrant Ganesh Puja celebrations on Wednesday, as housing complexes, neighbourhood clubs, and community groups organised festivities across localities, marking the beginning of the festive season in the state. From Behala to Barrackpore, Lake Town ...

    28 August 2025 Times of India
    Surge in power demand for puja

    12 Kolkata: The peak power demand during Durga Puja is projected to reach a staggering 12,050 MW on Tritiya, marking a significant increase from last year's puja peak demand of 9,912 MW recorded on Chaturthi. This sharp rise underscores ...

    28 August 2025 Times of India
    City witnesses vibrant Ganesh Puja celebrations across communities

    12 Kolkata: The city witnessed vibrant Ganesh Puja celebrations on Wednesday, as housing complexes, neighbourhood clubs, and community groups organised festivities across localities, marking the beginning of the festive season in the state. From Behala to Barrackpore, Lake Town ...

    28 August 2025 Times of India
    BEML rakes achieved speeds over 90 kmph during East West Metro trials

    KOLKATA: The BEML standard gauge rakes used in the East West Metro's Green Line between Salt Lake Sector V and Howrah operated at over 90 kmph during trials along two stretches in 2020 and two other sections in 2024. ...

    27 August 2025 Times of India
    Thief with triple-century record caught

    Howrah: Samuel Biswas (63), a most-wanted criminal involved in over 300 thefts and robberies using "magic" and sleight of hand, was arrested by cops from the Jagatballavpur Police Station in Howrah early on Tuesday. Biswas, who told police his ...

    27 August 2025 Times of India
    ‘Got only three days this time’: Over 7 lakh of 9.5 lakh UG seats vacant in Bengal colleges; admission deadline extended

    KOLKATA: After three days of undergraduate admission through the state common admission portal (CAP), seven out of 10 seats in colleges remained vacant when the initial deadline expired on Monday. The large number of vacancies prompted the education department ...

    27 August 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata Metro: Commuter count rises by 1 lakh in one day after new links; Green Line adds 80,000, Blue Line earnings cross Rs 1 crore

    Kolkata Metro sees a surge in ridership after the opening of three new lines KOLKATA: The three new links have added 1 lakh riders to Kolkata Metro's daily commuter count with the Green Line (East-West Metro) clocking an additional ...

    27 August 2025 Times of India
    ‘Respect begets respect’: Didi returns Modi’s ‘thieves’ salvo

    12 Kolkata/Burdwan: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday strongly hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "thieves" slur from his Dum Dum rally last week, saying she "did not expect this from a PM". "I respect his chair, he ...

    27 August 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Rain expected today

    The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in, providing residents with comprehensive information to plan their daily activities and weekly schedules accordingly.Kolkata is set to experience a typical monsoon day on August 27, 2025, with forecasts ...

    27 August 2025 Times of India
    App, more gadgets to ease commute trauma

    Kolkata: Metro Railway, under immense pressure from operating multiple corridors, left no stone unturned on Tuesday to ensure seamless operations and find solutions to the teething issues.On Tuesday, the station crowd was less overwhelming even during peak hours compared ...

    27 August 2025 Times of India
    Suicide by man, young woman in Anandapur

    Kolkata: Two cases of suicide, one by a young woman and another by a man, were reported from the Anandapur area on Monday. Police confirmed there was no connection between the two incidents.Mousumi Mondal (21), a resident of Purba ...

    27 August 2025 Times of India
    Delays, short-termination: Not a smooth ride on first couple of days of full metro services

    Kolkata: The Green Line and Blue Line timetables malfunctioned on Monday and Tuesday evenings as operators were unable to close the doors of overcrowded trains. On the Yellow Line, services remained erratic throughout the day.Office returnees crowded the platforms ...

    27 August 2025 Times of India
    Mamata: We embrace workers from other states, but why are Bengalis assaulted there?

    12 Kolkata/Burdwan: Why were Bengalis assaulted in Odisha, Mumbai, UP or Gujarat, even though migrant workers from other states were "loved and embraced" here, asked CM Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday. Saying that the "world salutes our talent", the CM ...

    27 August 2025 Times of India
    Riders look at bigger picture beyond teething problems

    Kolkata: Even as passengers continue to face overcrowding, delayed services, and confusion over signage and announcements across the metro network, a majority of riders said the benefits of connectivity and reduced travel time outweigh the initial jitters.Commuters who earlier ...

    27 August 2025 Times of India
    Cybercrime losses dip from 22cr a month last yr to 16.5cr a month now

    Kolkata: The amount of money lost to cybercrime in the city has decreased, from an average of Rs 22 crore a month in 2024 to around Rs 16.5 crore a month now. Recovery of siphoned money had also increased ...

    27 August 2025 Times of India
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