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  • Woman electrocuted after touching power pole on waterlogged road

    Kolkata: A 52-year-old woman, Anjana Biswas, was electrocuted after she accidentally touched an electric pole on her way back home from work — barely a few metres from her residence — on a waterlogged stretch at Barasat in North ...

    24 August 2024 Times of India
    Russell St death

    Kolkata: A 25-year-old woman, pursuing a management degree from an institute in Delhi and residing in Chetla, fell to her death from a multi-storied building in the Russell Street area on Thursday evening. Cops believe that Shivalika Singh, who ...

    24 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata rape murder case: No mention of gang rape in CBI note, accused to be kept in solitary confinement

    KOLKATA: CBI's remand note to a trial court Friday seeking judicial custody of police volunteer Sanjay Roy, the lone suspect to be arrested in the RG Kar hospital rape-murder case, makes no mention of "gang rape" or the possible ...

    24 August 2024 Times of India
    HC: Why SIT formed in ’24 for plaint filed in ’23

    Kolkata: Petitioner and former deputy superintendent of R G Kar Hospital, Akhtar Ali, had moved court urging an ED investigation into the alleged irregularities as his complaint in 2023 against Sandip Ghosh to the anti-corruption branch, West Bengal Human ...

    24 August 2024 Times of India
    Rally bar on students in school uniforms

    Kolkata: The state school education department issued a notice to all state-run schools on Friday, asking them to ensure students were not included in any “political programme” during school hours or in uniform. The chief secretary also raised this ...

    24 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata hospital horror: Why CISF has been asked to secure RG Kar hospital premises

    The CISF personnel will make their presence felt at the entrance and on the hospital campus KOLKATA: Officers at the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) have a very different mandate at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital (RGKMCH) than ...

    23 August 2024 Times of India
    Chief secy submits Adi Ganga report to NGT

    Kolkata: Chief secretary B P Gopalika has submitted an action taken report to the NGT, outlining the state’s ongoing efforts to clean and rejuvenate the Adi Ganga. The report details the phase-wise dredging, cleaning, and fencing initiatives to prevent ...

    23 August 2024 Times of India
    CISF moves into RG Kar, removes barrier from gate

    KOLKATA: A 180-member CISF contingent assumed control of security at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on Thursday, following a Supreme Court order. Upon arrival, they removed barricades at the entrance that had been in place since Independence ...

    23 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata doctor rape-murder: What is a polygraph test and how it can solve puzzle pieces of RG Kar hospital horror

    NEW DELHI: CBI has obtained consent to conduct polygraph tests on Sandip Ghosh, ex-principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital and four of the victim’s colleagues. The investigation is focusing on the 22 minutes between two calls made ...

    23 August 2024 Times of India
    RG Kar hospital horror: CCTV footage shows accused Sanjay Roy staring at victim doctor

    NEW DELHI: Sanjay Roy, dubbed as a 'sexual pervert with animal instincts' in CBI's psycho analysis, was seen staring the 31-year-old victim doctor on August 8. The doctor was found raped and brutally murdered in a seminar hall at ...

    23 August 2024 Times of India
    Med biz in govt hosp zones takes a hit, sales down 50%

    Kolkata: Medical business in the hospital zones has become a collateral damage to the doctors’ protest as OPDs and non-emergency services at state-run facilities have come to a near standstill. Sales of medicines and tests in labs around govt ...

    23 August 2024 Times of India
    El Greco for Times Of India Trophy

    Kolkata: Pesi Shroff-saddled El Greco is the first choice to lift the Times Of India Trophy at Pune on Friday. The son of Alice Springs was given a lung opener last time out and is now running over his ...

    23 August 2024 Times of India
    Bandhan Bank to focus on women, students, NRIs

    Kolkata: Bandhan Bank has stated that it will focus on students, women and non-resident Indians to raise its customer base nationwide. The private sector bank has introduced ‘Avni’, an exclusive savings account for women, reports Sarthak Ganguly. It also ...

    23 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata rape-murder: Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Narendra Modi, tries to put focus on rapes elsewhere too

    KOLKATA: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee wrote to PM Narendra Modi on Thursday, urging the setting up of specialised fast track courts to deal with rape cases and completion of trials within 15 days. Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee ...

    23 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata RG Kar rape-murder case: Who is Kabita Sarkar? The lawyer who will defend accused Sanjay Roy

    NEW DELHI: A 52-year-old lawyer, is tackling her most challenging case in a 25-year career. The Sealdah court has appointed Kabita Sarkar to defend Sanjoy Roy, the accused in the RG Kar rape-murder case as no other lawyer was ...

    23 August 2024 Times of India
    Conspiracy hatched to destroy evidence: Parents

    Kolkata: The parents of the RG Kar trainee doctor, who was brutally raped and murdered, have again alleged that a conspiracy had been hatched to tamper with evidence in connection to their daughter’s death.“There is definitely a conspiracy to ...

    23 August 2024 Times of India
    Thimpu to host EB’s matches

    Kolkata: East Bengal FC have been drawn to face Nejmeh SC of Lebanon, Bangladesh outfit Bashundhara Kings and Paro FC of Bhutan in the group stage of the inaugural AFC Challenge League. The Challenge League, which is now the ...

    23 August 2024 Times of India
    Airport SOS to state on Kaikhali bottleneck

    Kolkata: Airport officials have flagged an SOS to the state govt and police to unclog the bottleneck at Kaikhali junction that is holding up passengers and airline staff and delaying flights during monsoon.The issue figured prominently at the airport ...

    23 August 2024 Times of India
    Sourav Ganguly joins Blue Ocean Corp

    Kolkata: Former Indian cricket team captain and former BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has joined the board of Blue Ocean Corporation, one of the leading consulting and training organisations.

    23 August 2024 Times of India
    Health panel order to nursing home

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission on Thursday ordered a hospital in north Kolkata to pay a compensation of Rs 4 lakh to a patient.According to a complaint lodged with the health panel by one Atanu Dey, ...

    23 August 2024 Times of India
    State cancels Ghosh’s transfer order to CNMCH

    Kolkata: The state health department has cancelled the transfer order of former R G Kar Medical College principal Sandip Ghosh to Calcutta National Medical College. While the department has not assigned any new assignment/posting, it has also not accepted ...

    23 August 2024 Times of India
    Security SOP for cops at govt hospitals

    Kolkata: A host of measures, discussed in 2019 following an assault on doctors at NRS Medical college, came up for discussion during a security audit meeting at Lalbazar on Thursday. Already, the cops have begun carrying out security audits ...

    23 August 2024 Times of India
    Metro sees footfall revival in summer

    Kolkata: During the oppressive summer months, especially in July, Metro carried a chunk of commuters across the city and the suburbs. Apart from carrying more than 5.5lakh passengers on the North-South line every day on an average, the carrier ...

    23 August 2024 Times of India
    Experts support minimum floor price call for CTC tea

    Kolkata: Former chairman of Indian Tea Association (ITA) and chairman of Dhunseri group, C K Dhanuka, has sought a floor price for CTC tea based on cost of production. Dhanuka said this was necessary for the industry’s survival.The current ...

    23 August 2024 Times of India
    School alumni want Sandip off roll of honour

    Kolkata: Alumni of Banagram Uchcha Vidyalaya have demanded that the name of RG Kar Medical College former principal Sandip Ghosh be dropped from the institute’s roll of honour, where Ghosh shares space with illustrious former students, including author Bibhutibhushan ...

    23 August 2024 Times of India
    CAP over, now it’s time for decentralised admissions

    Kolkata: The centralised admission portal (CAP) over, it’s now time for decentralisation. Undergraduate colleges will be permitted to conduct de-reservation individually to fill the vacant seats majorly in the reserved categories and to convert into general categories after the ...

    23 August 2024 Times of India
    Anandapur double murder: 4-year-old’s body found

    Kolkata: The body of four-year-old Arish Alam was fished out of the Bamanghata canal at Anandapur on Thursday morning, 20 hours after his grandmother Rehana Parvin Begum (55) was found murdered at Nonadanga off EM Bypass. The police now ...

    23 August 2024 Times of India
    Docs: Despite CISF presence, internal security still a worry

    Kolkata: Doctors at R G Kar Medical College & Hospital hope the deployment of armed CISF personnel will prevent a repeat of the vandalism that the hospital witnessed in the early hours of Independence Day. But they say it ...

    23 August 2024 Times of India
    Netas, police clash during BJP’s Swasthya Bhavan rally

    Kolkata: Bengal BJP’s rally to Swasthya Bhavan in Salt Lake on Thursday turned into a clash as party functionaries tried to breach multiple police barricades. BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar, leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari, Rajya Sabha MP Samik ...

    23 August 2024 Times of India
    HC adjourns RG Kar hearing till Sep 4

    Kolkata: Calcutta HC on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of the rape-and-murder of the PGT doctor till Sep 4.Chief Justice T S Sivagnanam held that since the Supreme Court passed an order on Aug 20, judicial discipline demanded the HC ...

    23 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: Woman legal aid lawyer to defend rape accused Sanjay Roy

    Sealdah court, where the case is being heard now, on Thursday (Right) KOLKATA: Kabita Sarkar, a 52-year-old lawyer, has got the toughest case in her 25-year-old legal career: she has been asked by Sealdah court to defend RG Kar ...

    23 August 2024 Times of India
    CISF seniors visit RG Kar before agency joins police to guard hospital

    Kolkata: A CISF team officers, led by the IG and DIG, conducted a recee of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital (RGKMCH) and held multiple meetings with hospital officials and city’s top cops as they prepared to join duty ...

    22 August 2024 Times of India
    Maa damaged joint seals to be replaced

    Kolkata: KMDA has initiated the process of engaging a firm with expertise in constructing bridge expansion joints to replace the damaged CR seals of Maa flyover’s expansion joints. The agency is expected to be engaged by end of Sept. ...

    22 August 2024 Times of India
    'Wanted to hide something': RG Kar Ex-principal Sandip Ghosh came under CAG lens in 2021

    KOLKATA: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) had flagged financial irregularities at R G Kar Medical College way back in 2021, the year Sandip Ghosh took charge as principal of the institute. Ghosh had reportedly refused to respond to ...

    22 August 2024 Times of India
    Speed up probe, ensure real culprits are punished, junior docs urge CBI

    Kolkata: CBI felt the protest heat for the first time as thousands of junior doctors gathered outside the CGO Complex on Wednesday, urging the central agency to expedite the investigation process. The protesters then marched till Swasthya Bhavan, demanding ...

    22 August 2024 Times of India
    Lens on ‘student rally’ after video, audio clips go viral

    Kolkata: A Nabanna Abhijan call by ‘Chhatra Samaj’ on Aug 27 is turning out to be a headache for Kolkata Police after intelligence inputs warned of “possible vandalism and arson” and a gathering of “no less than 30,000 protesters”.Cops ...

    22 August 2024 Times of India
    Kilburn to acquire Monga Strayfield for ₹123 crore

    Kolkata: Kilburn Engineering Limited (KEL), one of the leading manufacturers of drying equipment, has announced the proposed acquisition of Monga Strayfield Pvt Ltd, a global leader in radio frequency drying and heating solutions for Rs 123 crore, subject to ...

    22 August 2024 Times of India
    Topsia landlady killed, grandson missing

    Kolkata: A 55-year-old woman was found murdered at Nonadanga in Anandapur on Wednesday morning. Her grandchild, who was travelling with her from their residence in Topsia, is still missing. The cops have arrested one Vicky Shaw (28), a driver. ...

    22 August 2024 Times of India
    Govt accepts docs’ demands, transfers RG Kar Hosp top 4

    Kolkata: Acceding to the demands of agitating doctors, Bengal govt late on Wednesday transferred four senior officials from RG Kar Medical College & Hospital, including newly appointed principal Suhrita Paul, medical superintendent and vice-principal Bulbul Mukherjee, chest medicine head ...

    22 August 2024 Times of India
    Sukanta calls for CM’s resignation

    Kolkata: Bengal BJP president and junior Union minister Sukanta Majumdar on Wednesday demanded that CM Mamata Banerjee take responsibility for the “breakdown of law and order” in the state and resign. He also called for the removal of police ...

    22 August 2024 Times of India
    R G Kar protesters upset with sex offenders in vanguard of justice

    Kolkata: The outcry for justice in the aftermath of the rape-and-murder of the RG Kar PGT doctor has led to several women pointing at the hypocrisy of some prominent figures, who have positioned themselves as the vanguard of the ...

    22 August 2024 Times of India
    Protesting Cong workers, cops clash

    Kolkata: Clashes broke out between Congress workers and police on Wednesday afternoon when party members and workers tried to enter Kolkata Police’s headquarter at Lalbazar, demanding justice for the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder victim. Congress netas ...

    22 August 2024 Times of India
    Cops foil suicide, saves 70-yr-old from river

    Kolkata: A 70-year-old domestic help, Kalindi Mondal, who had tried to end her life by jumping into the Hooghly, was saved by police on Wednesday. Mondal, who stays alone and is physically unwell, had timed her jump with the ...

    22 August 2024 Times of India
    Royal Defender for Million

    Kolkata: J Sebastian-trained Royal Defender gets the first call to claim the Mysore Race Club Million at Mysuru on Thursday. The son of Glebe Queen has the Ooty derby under his belt and will be ridden by P Sai ...

    22 August 2024 Times of India
    HC nod for plea on ED probe

    Kolkata: Calcutta HC on Wednesday gave nod for filing a plea for an ED probe against RG Kar ex-principal Sandip Ghosh for alleged financial irregularities.Counsel for petitioner Akhtar Ali moved the court of Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj, praying for an ...

    22 August 2024 Times of India
    Chest medics stand by victim’s kin

    Kolkata: The Association of Chest Physicians West Bengal (ACPWB), of which the raped and murdered second-year respiratory medicine PGT was part of, said they would continue to bat for justice till it is met. The doctors of the association ...

    22 August 2024 Times of India
    6k per year bonus for civic volunteers

    Kolkata: The state announced an ad-hoc bonus for civic volunteers of Kolkata Police and Bengal Police along with those working with the Bengal Police as Village Police Volunteers. The ad-hoc bonus, which was Rs 5,300 for 2022-23, will be ...

    22 August 2024 Times of India
    Disruption concerns for NET aspirants

    Kolkata: The call for the student rally has come as a matter of concern for aspirants who have been waiting to appear for the CSIR-UGC NET exams from June. CSIR UGC NET exams started on June 18 and were ...

    22 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: 'Accused a sexual pervert, has animal-like instincts'

    Sanjay Roy, the accused (left) ; doctors rally from CGO Complex to Swastha Bhawan on Wednesday (right) KOLKATA: The Central Bureua of Investigation's psychological analysis of Sanjay Roy, the only person to be arrested so far in the RG ...

    22 August 2024 Times of India
    CAG flagged RG Kar graft in 2021 but ex-principal Sandip Ghosh refused to respond

    CBI checked Sandip Ghosh’s car KOLKATA: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) had flagged financial irregularities at R G Kar Medical College back in 2021, the year Sandip Ghosh took charge as the principal of the institute. Ghosh had ...

    22 August 2024 Times of India
    Now, BJP MLA fixes CM’s ‘rate’ at 25L; his party says ‘don’t endorse’

    Kolkata: A BJP MLA from Bankura's Onda has fixed Bengal CM Mamata Banerj-ee's "rate at Rs 25 lakh" and asked her to take the money and get out of Bengal "with a molla", landing his party in an unseemly ...

    22 August 2024 Times of India
    Former TMC MP Mimi Chakraborty gets rape threat on social media, goes to cops

    Mimi Chakraborty KOLKATA: Actor and former Trinamool Congress MP Mimi Chakraborty has lodged a complaint with the cyber crime division of Kolkata Police that she has been receiving rape threats on social media. None has been arrested in this ...

    22 August 2024 Times of India
    No politics please but protests will go on: Maidan Big Three

    Kolkata: The city’s three big clubs have pledged support to the justice-seeking protest following the murder of a junior doctor at a city hospital, saying it should be devoid of “any political colour” and not get in the way ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    Former TMC MP Mimi Chakraborty receives rape threats over post on Kolkata hospital rape-murder

    Mimi Chakraborty NEW DELHI: Former TMC MP and actor Mimi Chakraborty claimed on Tuesday that she has been receiving rape threats following her posts related to the ongoing protests over the rape-murder incident at RG Kar Medical College ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    Former RG Kar hospital official moves HC, seeks ED probe against ex-principal Sandip Ghosh

    NEW DELHI: a former deputy superintendent of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Akhtar Ali, approached the calcutta high court, seeking an Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigation into financial irregularities allegedly committed by ex-principal Sandip Ghosh. Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj granted ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    Protest continues as doctors awaits justice in Kolkata rape and murder case

    NEW DELHI: Doctors in Kolkata are protesting over the rape and murder of a junior doctor at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9. Medical professionals, including those from the National Institute of Homeopathy, are demanding ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    KP identifies 32 Pak, Bangla accounts spreading fake news

    Kolkata: Online account-holders from Pakistan and Bangladesh are among those who have been summoned by Kolkata Police for spreading fake information on the rape-and-murder of the RG Kar PGT doctor. Till Tuesday evening, police sent summons to 310 people, ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: A list of allegations against ex- principal Dr Sandip Ghosh

    NEW DELHI: Dr Sandip Ghosh, the sacked principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, has been described as "highly corrupt" by former colleagues at the institution. Ghosh has come under intense scrutiny following the alleged rape ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata hospital case: TMC MP Sukhendu Roy enters into pact with West Bengal govt, takes down posts on X

    Sukhendu Sekhar Roy KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress (TMC) Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy on Tuesday told Calcutta HC he had deleted the contentious posts on X on the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-and-murder protests that had prompted ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    Potato price may go down as CM steps in

    Kolkata: Potato price, which have spiked by Rs 2-3/kg, is expected to drop and supply normalise after potato traders ended their strike on Tuesday and promised seamless unloading from cold storages across Bengal. The impasse ended after CM Mamata ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    Jr docs to protest till CBI submits interim report

    Kolkata: The Supreme Court on Tuesday appealed to the doctors to go back to work but the junior doctors have decided to continue with their protests as of now. They said they saw a flicker of hope after the ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    CBI warns against social media misinfo

    Kolkata: The CBI on Tuesday issued a clarification on a ‘fake letter’ being circulated on social media in connection with the probe into the rape and murder of the trainee doctor at RG Kar hospital.The agency has noted that ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    HAM operators, hosp official reunite woman with family

    Kolkata: She could have got lost had the assistant superintendent of the Diamond Harbour Medical College and amateur radio operators not intervened. It was beyond her call of duty but assistant super Mahasweta Dey decided to look for the ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata hospital horror: Parents cried murder at 3pm but FIR was lodged only at 11.45pm. Why the delay?

    Women take out a protest march in Balurghat on Tuesday KOLKATA: The parents of the postgraduate resident doctor whose body was discovered in a seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on Aug 9 first raised the ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    Who spread suicide claim? Kolkata doctor’s colleagues say story originated in ex-principal’s office

    Police detain an ABVP activist during a protest in Kolkata on Tuesday KOLKATA: Colleagues of the 31-year-old postgraduate resident doctor whose body was found in the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on Aug ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    National Award-winning director Utpalendu Chakraborty passes away at 76

    KOLKATA: National Awardwinning director Utpalendu Chakraborty — known for feature films like “Moyna Tadanta” (1982), “Chokh” (1983), “Debshishu” (1985), “Debshishu” (1985), “Chandaneer” (1989), the unreleased “Prasab”, and documentaries on Debabrata Biswas and the music of Satyajit Ray — passed ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    Trakila sprints away

    Kolkata: The Calcutta Juvenile Sprint saw Aashay Doctor-nursed Trakila coming up triumphant in the hands of Yash Narredu at the RCTC on Tuesday. The daughter of Nickel Chome thus remained unbeaten in all her three starts.Calcutta results1. (1-5-8) Tender ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    Lahiri named bowling coach in Duleep

    Kolkata: Former Bengal spinner Sourashis Lahiri was named the bowling coach of Team ‘B’ in the upcoming four-team Duleep Trophy tournament scheduled to be held in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh and M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru next month. Lahiri will ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    TMC MP deletes posts; won’t act against him, state tells HC

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress’s Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy on Tuesday told Calcutta High Court he had deleted the contentious posts on X that had prompted Kolkata Police to summon him for spreading misinformation, adding that he had spoken ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    Apex court’s order ‘timely’ and ‘need of the hour’: TMC

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court’s order and observations in connection with the rape-murder of a PGT intern at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, calling it “timely” and the “need of the hour”.“The order and ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    Work begins on procurement units for MSME sector exports

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt has started work to develop ‘buying houses’ in different districts to facilitate MSME sector exports, state minister for industry, commerce and enterprises Shashi Panja said on Tuesday.‘Buying house’ is a place where local manufacturers or ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    50 named in FIRs for revealing doc identity

    Kolkata: Former R G Kar principal Sandip Ghosh is among the 50 people against whom Kolkata Police has lodged multiple FIRs for revealing the victim’s identity and posting her photographs. Ghosh has been asked to appear before police by ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    Health dept calls former deputy super who reported on graft

    Kolkata: Akhtar Ali, deputy superintendent of Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital, was called to the state health department on Tuesday. Ali, during his tenure as the deputy superintendent at R G Kar a year ago, had written to the ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    Neighbour held for molesting 5-yr-old

    Kolkata: A man was arrested from Entally for allegedly molesting a five-year-old child on Tuesday morning. Police said the accused had convinced the child to follow him to a deserted spot, where he assaulted her.

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    Sector V IT employees take out rally for justice

    Kolkata: Thousands of IT employees raised the ‘We want justice’ slogan at the rally held in Sector V’s IT hub on Tuesday evening to protest against the RG Kar rape and murder incident. Starting from Webel More around 6pm, ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    South Kol spared, north gets waterlogged

    Kolkata: Several areas of north and central Kolkata were waterlogged following a spell of heavy rain on Tuesday afternoon and presence of a high tide in the Hooghly. However, large parts of south Kolkata did not receive such heavy ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    Bengal guv meets Prez, VP; speaks to doc’s parents

    Kolkata: Bengal governor C V Ananda Bose, who was in Delhi, met President Droupadi Murmu and Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday. There is speculation that he may have updated the President on the law and order situation following the ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    KP slaps cheating, corruption charges on RG Kar ex-principal

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police on Monday registered an FIR against Sandip Ghosh, former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, at the Tala police station, charging him with criminal conspiracy and cheating. A case has also been filed under ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    Unbeaten EB crush Rainbow 2-0

    Kolkata: East Bengal juggernaut continued to roll on in the CFL Premier Division, this time brushing Rainbow AC 2-0 on Tuesday to consolidate their position at the top. With their sixth win on the trot and 28 points from ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    Evidence has been tampered with: Victim’s parents

    Kolkata: The RG Kar victim’s parents on Tuesday said they trust the judiciary to deliver justice but suspected that evidence may have been tampered with.“There has been an attempt to destroy evidence. And it’s not just me, the whole ...

    21 August 2024 Times of India
    Protest but ensure zero violence: Cops to citizens

    Kolkata: Cops have been reaching out to protesters and organisers of demonstrations, asking them to ensure “anti-socials and those prone to create trouble” don’t join them.“The message is simple. Protest but ensure there is no violence. We are asking ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata police is criminalised and politicised...: Governor C V Ananda Bose on R G Kar hospital rape-murder case

    Governor C V Ananda Bose described the alleged rape and murder of a woman doctor in a Kolkata hospital as a 'most shameful moment' for society. He criticized the West Bengal government and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for their ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
    Civic volunteer arrested for stealing ₹40K from retd judge

    Kolkata: A civic volunteer, attached with the Magrahat police station under the Diamond Harbour police district, has been arrested for stealing more than Rs 40,000 from a former sessions judge. Md Hasan Gazi (35) has been sent to police ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
    Israfil’s treble helps MSC trounce Aryan

    Kolkata: Israfil Dewan struck a second-half hat-trick as three-time defending champions Mohammedan Sporting scripted a 4-1 comeback victory over Aryan Club in their CFL Premier Division match in Naihati on Monday. The win — which came after a couple ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata rape-murder protests: Fake info from Pakistan, Bangladesh IP addresses keep police on their toes

    KOLKATA: Amid growing outrage over the brutal rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, city police have issued notices to around 280 people from West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
    Health secy meets govt med col heads

    Kolkata: Bengal health secretary Narayan Swarup Nigam on Monday convened a meeting with all principals of state-run medical colleges and hospitals, and discussed workplace security in the wake of the RG Kar Medical College rape-murder. The meeting took stock ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
    Kunal gives CBI docus, speaks of Left-era ‘murder’

    Kolkata: Former TMC Rajya Sabha MP Kunal Ghosh went to the CBI office on Monday to submit some documents. After coming out of the central Kolkata office, Ghosh directed most of his comments at the Left era and its ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
    Trakila on hat-trick

    Kolkata: The Calcutta Juvenile Sprint has just three youngsters in fray at the RCTC on Tuesday. The one who appeals most to win this sprint event is Aashay Doctor-nursed Trakila. The daughter of Nickel Chrome, a winner of two ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
    If public rebels against docs, we won’t be able to help: TMC MP

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress’s Bankura MP Arup Chakraborty on Sunday said if people rebelled against doctors, party workers would not be able to help them.The party’s district brass had organised a protest march from Hindu High School grounds to Machantala ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
    OPD footfall dips from 6,000 to 364 at RG Kar, drops by half at other govt hosps

    Kolkata: The busy teaching medical colleges in Kolkata that would have a sea of patients at their OPDs daily are now less crowded. While the slump in OPD footfall is true for all five teaching hospitals in the city, ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
    Black profile pics on social media to mark Blackout Day

    Kolkata:A multitude of women observed Female Blackout Day from 8am to 9pm on Monday by posting completely dark profile photos to protest against the R G Kar rape and murder. Men and transgenders also joined the protest. This reaction ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
    Make notes shorter: Calcutta HC to NHAI

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday read out Mark Twain to the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) when he had said “he was writing a long letter since he did not have the time to write a ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
    Met: Light rain in Kol today, downpour in south Bengal

    Kolkata: The Met office has predicted rain with lower intensity in city from Tuesday onwards, but the downpour will continue in some South Bengal districts, including Murshidabad, Burdwan, Nadia and Bankura.Between Sunday and Monday evening, the city’s rain count ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
    Night stay at police stn blurs EB-MB divide

    Kolkata: Several Mohun Bagan and East Bengal fans had to spend the night at police stations and face night-long interrogations over their alleged involvement in organising mass protests outside the Salt Lake Stadium on Sunday. The cops claimed their ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
    Filtered water supply: BMC looks for firms

    Kolkata: The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has initiated the process to select agencies for implementing various works under the phase -1 programme of AMRUT 2.0 scheme, aimed at setting up the distribution network for supply of filtered water to ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
    Security guard in cop net for sexual assault on 8-year-old

    Kolkata: A Class II girl, allegedly lured into a room from a playground by a stranger and threatened to be thrown off a building if she dared to tell anyone, identified her tormentor and got him arrested with her ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
    Rakhi protest unites Kol, from edu campuses to hosp premises

    Kolkata: The city witnessed a different Raksha Bandhan on Monday as protests took over campuses and streets, with citizens tying rakhi on each other and pledging to stay united in the fight for justice. Medical students and junior doctors ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
    TMC questions move as guv heads to Delhi

    Kolkata: Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose went to Delhi on Monday evening, amid protests against the RG Kar rape-murder. Before his departure, Bose met some female doctors at Raj Bhavan, and assured them the culprits would be brought to ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
    UG phase II: Colleges get 27k applicants

    Kolkata: Over 27,000 fresh applicants applied for undergraduate courses through the centralized admission portal (CAP). In the first phase of admission, the department had identified 60,000 dropout students who did not participate in the first round of admission. In ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata medico rape-murder case: CBI moves court for polygraph on accused

    The CBI team comes out of the victim’s Sodepur house on Monday KOLKATA: Hours after a CBI team recorded the statements of the R G Kar rape-and-murder victim's family on Monday, the agency moved court, requesting a polygraph test ...

    20 August 2024 Times of India
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