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  • We’ll miss our next-door neighbour: Palm Ave locals

    Neighbours gather at Palm Avenue to bid final farewell to the ex-CM KOLKATA: Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was a formidable politician but for the residents of Palm Avenue, where the former CM stayed for decades, he was just a neighbour next-door.Niranjan ...

    9 August 2024 Times of India
    Robberies in upscale Bangladesh areas worry friends in Kolkata

    Representative image KOLKATA: Citizens of Kolkata are worried that in the absence of cops, many of their friends and relatives in Dhaka, especially those living in upscale Uttara, have spent a sleepless night on Wednesday amid fears of ...

    9 August 2024 Times of India
    Several coaches of goods train derail in West Bengal's Malda

    NEW DELHI: Several coaches of a goods train derailed in Kumedpur Yard in Katihar Division, Malda, West Bengal on Friday.According to officials, two trains have been cancelled, six diverted and four trains short terminated in the wake of the ...

    9 August 2024 Times of India
    With Jamaat men out of jail, hotels, ‘sensitive’ areas on Bengal cop radar

    Representative image KOLKATA: Security agencies throughout Bengal have stepped up vigil after reports of several terror suspects being among the 709 prisoners who escaped from two back-to-back jailbreaks in Bangladesh in the last few days. Both state and ...

    9 August 2024 Times of India
    Bengal intellectuals’ letter appeals for Bangla peace

    Kolkata: More than 50 Bengali intellectuals, including film personality Aparna Sen and former Supreme Court judge Ashok Ganguly, have written to the President of Bangladesh, Mohammed Shahabuddin, and Md Yunus, who is expected to play a key role in ...

    9 August 2024 Times of India
    Earthquake of magnitude 4.4 strikes Sikkim's Soreng

    Representative Image NEW DELHI: A 4.4-magnitude earthquake hit Soreng district in Sikkim early on Friday morning, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said.The epicentre of the earthquake was located at Latitude 27.22 N and Longitude 88.33 E, at a ...

    9 August 2024 Times of India
    Perestroika man who didn’t get a third chance

    Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee at a rally on Brigade Parade Ground KOLKATA: He didn’t own a house or a car and had a frugal Rs 5,000 in his bank account when he fought his last assembly election from Jadavpur in ...

    9 August 2024 Times of India
    New guidelines to scrap buses

    Kolkata: In a move to curb the continued operation of over-aged commercial vehicles, the state transport department has announced new guidelines to ensure that buses and other transport vehicles are properly phased out and scrapped at authorized units once ...

    9 August 2024 Times of India
    It was an irreparable damage: Buddha on Singur in his book

    Kolkata: Bhattacharjee tried to move his state away from the falling returns of subsistence agriculture and use surplus skilled manpower to build a robust growth path through industries. He also okayed contract farming and invited private investments in agricultural ...

    9 August 2024 Times of India
    From a rebel poet’s nephew to dad of a child who came out

    Kolkata: Exceptionalism ran in Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s family right from his distant uncle to the “coming out” of his biological daughter Suchetana to Suchetan.Bhattacharjee was a distant nephew of poet Sukanta Bhattacharya, who was known as “Young Nazrul” and “Kishore ...

    9 August 2024 Times of India
    Nandigram and Singur: Buddha’s two Waterloos

    Kolkata: Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s efforts to spark an industrial renaissance in Bengal were thwarted by the violent anti-land acquisition protests in Singur and Nandigram, eventually heralding the end of the Left era in Bengal and the rise of Mamata Banerjee.Singur ...

    9 August 2024 Times of India
    Stuck in Kol, Bangla visitors fret over expiring visa, fund shortage

    Kolkata: Rukhsana Bano is in a dilemma. The Bangladeshi national can’t decide whether to apply for an extension of her visa, which will expire on Aug 10, or try to return home, though the direct bus services are yet ...

    9 August 2024 Times of India
    Usman, ‘Sir’s’ driver, recalls a journey through life

    Kolkata: Md Usman, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s driver who worked for him for nearly 30 years, on Thursday promised his son Suchetan and wife Meera Bhattacharjee to be with them forever. “Sir is no more, but I am there for you,” ...

    9 August 2024 Times of India
    Bangla trade: Exports body wants RBI relief on payment deadline

    Kolkata: The Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) will write to RBI for extension of payment realization deadline for exporters to Bangladesh.Yogesh Gupta, the regional chairman (east) of FIEO, told TOI that exporters had resumed sending goods to Bangladesh ...

    9 August 2024 Times of India
    Presi friends recall ‘shy boy’ who combined student politics & NCC

    Kolkata: Contemporaries and batchmates of Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee remembered the former chief minister as a “shy boy” during his college days at Presidency College. Bhattacharjee studied Bengali honours from 1961 to 1964 at Presidency. He joined Sailendra Sircar Vidyalaya in ...

    9 August 2024 Times of India
    Bagan hit Air Force for a sixer

    Kolkata: In a major boost before the Kolkata Derby, Mohun Bagan Super Giant thrashed Indian Air Force FT 6-0 to go on top of Group ‘A’ in Durand Cup at the Salt Lake Stadium here on Thursday. While both ...

    9 August 2024 Times of India
    B’deshi teens go missing from shelter

    Kolkata: Two Bangladeshi teenagers from a shelter home have mysteriously gone missing while on their way to school in Kolkata. One of them is a minor (16) while the other is 18, said a police officer. The incident, which ...

    9 August 2024 Times of India
    Hosps keep wary eye on Bangla patients’ movement to SE Asia

    Kolkata: The first signs of an exodus of Bangladeshi patients to hospitals in Southeast Asia — following travel disruptions between Dhaka and Kolkata — have become apparent. All Indian visa application centres in Bangladesh were shut down on Thursday ...

    9 August 2024 Times of India
    Mirrors, speed guns to curb bike accidents

    Kolkata: A bike accident last month at the Mukundapur-Bypass crossing in the Survey Park police station area, that claimed the life of a 17-year-old boy riding a sports bike at a high speed, has led Kolkata traffic police to ...

    9 August 2024 Times of India
    Grand set for facelift, guest rooms to be shut for 1.5 yrs

    Kolkata: The city’s grand old dame is getting a facelift. Come Independence Day, and The Oberoi Grand, which sits in the heart of Kolkata, will be shut down for 18 months for a thorough overhaul of its interiors. This ...

    9 August 2024 Times of India
    Brand Buddha lost in ’11, not our MLA: Jadavpur voters

    Kolkata: In 2016, dressed in his trademark dhoti-kurta, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee took a ride in an open jeep from Tollygunge to Garia. He was canvassing for Left Front candidates from three south Kolkata constituencies. Since 1987 — and for five ...

    9 August 2024 Times of India
    Bangladeshi youth tries to sneak in at West Bengal's Hili, caught

    The Rangpur resident was caught at Hili border as he tried to sneak into India by hiding inside a truck KOLKATA: A Bangladeshi youth was caught as he tried to sneak into the Indian territory in an Indian ...

    9 August 2024 Times of India
    The upright, honest man who breathed life into CPM after USSR's collapse

    Bhattacharjee with Jyoti Basu in KolkataBhattacharjee with Jyoti Basu in Kolkata12 KOLKATA: Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee breathed life into the CPM when the Left ideology was on retreat after the Soviet debacle. Bhattacharjee detected the fault lines in the hegemonic party ...

    9 August 2024 Times of India
    CM Mamata Banerjee on CM Buddha Bhattacharjee: I pray he takes birth in Bengal again

    Bhattacharjee greets Banerjee at Raj Bhawan after the latter became the CM in 2011 CM Mamata Banerjee outside Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s Palm Avenue house on ThursdayBhattacharjee greets Banerjee at Raj Bhawan after the latter became the CM in 2011 CM ...

    9 August 2024 Times of India
    Bangladesh crisis: BSF bans night fishing along Indo-Bangla border

    Restriction was imposed on Thursday to check infiltration bids along the riverine borders KOLKATA: Night fishing has been banned along the riverine border between India and Bangladesh for the time being as Border Security Force (BSF) issued prohibitory ...

    9 August 2024 Times of India
    Jodhpur Park cafe blast injures one, cops suspect LPG leakage

    Kolkata: A 30-year-old man was seriously injured in an explosion inside a Jodhpur Park cafe on Wednesday morning. The explosion occurred when Chadrakumar Gurung, the cook at the cafe, reportedly tried to light the gas. The blast started off ...

    9 August 2024 Times of India
    West Bengal cabinet rejig: Manas Bhunia, Babul Supriyo, Chandrima Bhattacharya get additional charges

    Babul Supriyo, who heads information technology and electronics, will also be holding charge of public enterprises and industrial reconst ruction department. KOLKATA: The Bengal cabinet saw a reshuffle on Wednesday with Manas Bhunia being given charge of the irrigation ...

    9 August 2024 Times of India
    ‘Family-run biz should look for angel funding’

    Kolkata: Family-run businesses should look for angel funding, said Ullas Kamath, UK& CO founder, while moderating a session of the Family Business Summit organised by FICCI recently. Kamath said 5%-10% of profit from business could be used for angel funding.

    8 August 2024 Times of India
    The Marxist journey of 'Brand Buddha' Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee

    NEW DELHI: Former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, a Marxist leader, passed away at his Kolkata home on Thursday at the age of 80. Renowned for his pragmatic approach, Bhattacharjee set aside ideological convictions to promote industrialisation in ...

    8 August 2024 Times of India
    Former West Bengal CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's mortal remains to be handed over to medical college for scientific research

    NEW DELHI: Former Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's mortal remains will be handed over to the anatomy department of IPGMER SSKM Hospital in Kolkata, as the leader had pledged to donate his body to Ganadarpan, an NGO in the ...

    8 August 2024 Times of India
    B’desh visa office goes empty

    Kolkata: The turmoil in Bangladesh has left the visa application office here empty. The office at Sector V, which usually witnesses more than 1,000 applicants a day, on Wednesday wore a deserted look, the big hall and the chairs ...

    8 August 2024 Times of India
    TMC seeks Bharat Ratna or RS seat for ‘true fighter’

    Kolkata: Trinamool on Wednesday demanded the Bharat Ratna or a President-nominated Rajya Sabha seat for wrestler Vinesh Phogat.Party general secretary Abhishek Banerjee posted on X: “The GOVERNMENT and OPPOSITION should find a way to form a consensus and either ...

    8 August 2024 Times of India
    Imperial Blue for Cup event

    Kolkata: Irfan Ghatala-trained Imperial Blue appeals most to lift the D.M. Kumaraswamy Memorial Trophy in Bengaluru on Thursday. Bengaluru selections2pm: 1. Estefania 2. Alice Blue 3. Sea Diamond. 2.30pm: 1. Free To Play 2. Measure Of Time 3. Castaneda. ...

    8 August 2024 Times of India
    EB register 2nd win a row

    Kolkata: East Bengal FC accounted for Downtown Heroes 3-1 at the Kishore Bharati Stadium on Wednesday to stay on course for advancing to the Durand Cup quarterfinals from Group A. Madih Talal put Carles Cuadrat’s team in front with ...

    8 August 2024 Times of India
    After Bangladesh jailbreaks, BSF & cops sensitise villagers on sneak-in bids

    BSF officers at a meeting with panchayat members, villagers and govt officials in Nadia PETRAPOLE: Three jailbreaks in three days not far from the Indian border and zero policing on the streets of Bangladesh have put Indian security agencies ...

    8 August 2024 Times of India
    'Violence causing irreparable damage to image of Bangladesh'

    Singer Rahul Ananda’s house in Dhaka was ransacked and set on fire KOLKATA: Bangladeshi folk singer Rahul Ananda and his family fled their 140-year-old rented home in Dhaka's Dhanmondi 32 on Monday as a group of armed men broke ...

    8 August 2024 Times of India
    BSF struggles to block terror-struck Bangladeshis fleeing homeland

    A group of Bangladeshis face off with BSF (not in pic) on the border in Berubari village, Jalpaiguri, on Wednesday PETRAPOLE/KOLKATA/JALPAIGURI: The continuing unrest in Bangladesh since Sheikh Hasina's resignation and flight to India on Monday is spilling over ...

    8 August 2024 Times of India
    Bangladesh unrest: BSF fires warning shots as hundreds try to cross border

    BSF fires warning shots PETRAPOLE/KOLKATA/JALPAIGURI: BSF personnel were forced to fire warning shots and form a human barrier at an unfenced section of the border Wednesday as hundreds of Bangladeshis, mostly politicians and workers of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh ...

    8 August 2024 Times of India
    Here’s why VIP Road is flooding so often this yr

    Kolkata: What makes VIP Road, which links the city to the airport, most vulnerable to waterlogging this monsoon? In fact, after last weekend, motorists have started dreading to drive through the Haldiram-Kaikhali stretch.Tuesday was another nightmarish day for those ...

    8 August 2024 Times of India
    Indian med students in Bangladesh in dilemma over return

    Kolkata: Around 300-500 Indian medical students in Dhaka are in a dilemma whether to flee or stay back and cater to the wounded at the hospitals. “The college authorities have shut the gates and we are safe inside. The ...

    8 August 2024 Times of India
    Schoolkids caught in road rage as cabby drives off with bus key

    Kolkata: A DPS Megacity school bus with 35 students on board was stopped by a rogue app-cab driver on Tuesday afternoon following a minor collision on the crater-filled VIP Road. The cabby then snatched the bus keys and drove ...

    8 August 2024 Times of India
    Mini Bangladesh counts losses as tourists stay away

    Kolkata: The area around New Market, which is often referred to as Mini Bangladesh, is reeling under the impact of the turmoil in the neighbouring country with a sharp dip in the arrival of tourists. On Wednesday, only 18 ...

    8 August 2024 Times of India
    JU ragging victim’s father to record statement soon

    Kolkata: The father of the first-year JU student who died after a fall on the hostel premises is likely to record his statement to the prosecution soon. On Wednesday, a local Pocso court examined the doctor who carried out ...

    8 August 2024 Times of India
    Kolkata 2nd most affordable big city in housing mkt

    Kolkata: Of top eight cities, Pune and Kolkata are the second most affordable residential market in the country, according to the Knight Frank India affordability index. The index places Ahmedabad as the most affordable city.While a person would have ...

    8 August 2024 Times of India
    ‘Ensure Bangla visitors are not harassed’

    Kolkata: Police have stepped up security across the city. All police stations have been instructed to visit guest houses and hotels in their jurisdictions, prepare reports on guests and share them daily with Lalbazar and the Special Branch. Cops ...

    8 August 2024 Times of India
    Money in pocket dwindles as Taka value dips

    Kolkata: Al Ameen arrived in Kolkata from Kairanigunge in Dhaka on Aug 1 for his sister’s treatment at a hospital in Dhakuria. The same day, he had exchanged Bangladeshi Taka for Indian Rupees and received Rs 70.25 in exchange ...

    8 August 2024 Times of India
    It’s official: E-W to start full 16.6km Sec V-Hwh Maidan run in Mar 2025

    Kolkata: East-West Metro is likely to start its full 16.6km run in March next year, Anuj Mittal, the new Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC) — the implementing agency of the India’s first under-river metro — managing director, said on ...

    8 August 2024 Times of India
    ‘Safe, but in hiding’: Msg from across border

    Kolkata: "We are safe, but in an undisclosed location". Most calls or messages to Awami League functionaries and supporters as well as minority community members in Bangladesh are now being met with this standard response, underscoring the spread and ...

    8 August 2024 Times of India
    Bata plans to turn Floatz into ₹500cr brand in less than 5 yrs

    Kolkata: Footwear major Bata is hoping to turn its India-made label Floatz into a Rs 500-crore brand in less than 5 years. Bata is also planning to bring exclusive brand outlets (EBOs) for Floatz. The footwear major, which has ...

    8 August 2024 Times of India
    Travel curbs cut off funds supply, Bangla patients fear treatment may stop midway

    Kolkata: Bangladeshi patients now admitted in Kolkata hospitals or seeking treatment at OPDs are worried over returning home due to the travel uncertainties and shortage of funds. A significant number who had arrived in Kolkata before the fresh round ...

    8 August 2024 Times of India
    Green channels to divert midnight Maa traffic

    Kolkata: The police have decided to create green channels on the Park Circus Connector between midnight and 5am — the time when Maa Flyover will be shut for Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) work. Police sources said this was ...

    8 August 2024 Times of India
    ITC to premiumise biscuit and cake biz

    Kolkata: ITC is planning to premiumise its biscuit and cake business. As part of this strategy, the company has added a new category in its range of biscuits — ‘egg and milk’. Ali Harris Shere, COO of the biscuits ...

    8 August 2024 Times of India
    New Town set to get three waste processing and recycling plants

    Kolkata: Following the inclusion of New Town in the Centre’s ‘Cities 2.0’ programme along with 18 other cities across the country to develop integrated solid waste management system in which the New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) is expected ...

    7 August 2024 Times of India
    Baker hostel in Kolkata: The place where 'Bangabandhu' Sheikh Mujibur Rahman envisioned Bangladesh

    NEW DELHI: In the midst of chaos in Bangladesh, which saw the downfall of Sheikh Hasina's government, statues of the country's founding father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, were destroyed and a museum dedicated to him was set ablaze. However, just ...

    7 August 2024 Times of India
    Let’s rebuild nation, protect rights of all: Plea from Kolkata's 'mini Bangladesh'

    KOLKATA: Let’s rebuild the nation and protect the rights of all citizens: this was the predominant sentiment among the hundreds of Bangladeshis stuck in Kolkata, who made a fervent plea for peace and harmony among all sects back home. ...

    7 August 2024 Times of India
    No theft at Bansdroni house but vandalism took place: Cops

    Kolkata: A month after a 64-year-old woman from Pragati Park in Brahmapur under Bansdroni police station reported thefts at her residence twice, cops claimed that the first reported incident did not happen as the widow wanted respite from the ...

    7 August 2024 Times of India
    Fed lifts ban, shoot starts for Prosenjit-starrer

    Kolkata: The shooting for SVF’s as-yet untitled puja release began at Technicians’ Studio on Tuesday. This development was facilitated after members of Federation of Cine Technicians Workers of Eastern India (FCTWEI) convened on Monday and reached a consensus to ...

    7 August 2024 Times of India
    'Looking forward to new future': 314 Bangladeshis staying in West Bengal take 1st batch of flights, buses back home

    KOLKATA: With the 15-year-old govt now ousted, there was a rush among Bangladeshis on Tuesday - several of them cooped up in Marquis Street for weeks - to return home and be a part of the unfolding history in ...

    7 August 2024 Times of India
    'Feeling more unsafe now': Bangladesh police officer's wife expresses fear over raging violence

    I came to India on July 28 on a normal holiday. In India, I had hoped I would be able to visit Kashmir. But that was not to be.My husband - a police officer in Dhaka - was called ...

    7 August 2024 Times of India
    Escaping death: How an Indian exporter jumped from burning hotel in Bangladesh

    PETRAPOLE/KOLKATA: At the Petrapole border, Shahid Ali's groans of pain can be heard several feet away from the ambulance he's in. The 36-year-old has two fractured legs, but he's thanking his lucky stars at being able to cross over ...

    7 August 2024 Times of India
    In Bangladesh, students form protective rings around temples

    Kolkata: As mayhem engulfed Bangladesh with a section of protesters vandalizing monuments and official buildings, a number of students’ organisations and youth wings of political parties stood guard outside temples and churches to keep them safe. Several such photos ...

    7 August 2024 Times of India
    North-South divide in rain pattern as city gets sharp shower spells

    Kolkata: A cyclonic circulation over Gangetic West Bengal and adjoining Bangladesh triggered some sharp spells of rain on Tuesday. While Alipore recorded only 6.5 mm of rain, Dum Dum recorded over 10 times the amount. A heavy shower of ...

    7 August 2024 Times of India
    Bangladeshi diaspora set to swell as most afraid of returning home

    Kolkata: The ongoing violence in Bangladesh is adding to the ranks of Bangladeshis stuck outside homeland or living in exile, who fear they will never be able to return to their country.TOI on Tuesday spoke to several Bangladeshi nationals, ...

    7 August 2024 Times of India
    Midnight-5 am block on Maa till KMDA work is complete

    Kolkata: Kolkata Traffic Police has decided to shut traffic movement on Maa flyover from 12 midnight to 5 am for the proposed KMDA work to complete the protective painting and allied works at the flyover’s ROB part (on top ...

    7 August 2024 Times of India
    Cops get training from social media giants to solve cases faster

    Kolkata: Facing the massive challenge of rising cyber crimes through social media, Kolkata Police met officials from Whatsapp and Facebook on Monday in an effort to learn basic technicalities that can help them solve cases faster. The cops claimed ...

    7 August 2024 Times of India
    ...while others grab the first opportunity to go back to a ‘new & democratic Bangladesh’

    Bangladeshi nationals KOLKATA: A batch of 311 Bangladeshis, stranded in Kolkata due to ongoing turmoil in their country, began their journey back home Tuesday via flights and buses. The first group of 67 flyers faced anxious hours at Kolkata ...

    7 August 2024 Times of India
    ED raid in Kol for gaming app scam

    Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED), probing a multi-crore gaming app scam, conducted searches at a residential complex near Kalikapur in Kolkata on Tuesday .The ED team reached the complex in Kalikapur early in the morning and went inside an ...

    7 August 2024 Times of India
    Guv accepts Akhil Giri’s resignation

    Kolkata: Governor C V Ananda Bose on Tuesday accepted the resignation of Akhil Giri as the state prisons minister but advised CM Mamata Banerjee that she could conduct an inquiry against Giri on allegations of misconduct.In a statement, Bose ...

    7 August 2024 Times of India
    10-man MSC lose 2-3 to BFC

    Kolkata: A 10-man Mohammedan Sporting’s late fight, embellished with Mahitosh Roy’s stoppage-time stunner, was not enough as Bengaluru FC edged past them 3-2 at the Salt Lake Stadium here on Tuesday to become the first team to qualify for ...

    7 August 2024 Times of India
    Stylish victory for Meropi

    Kolkata: Meropi from the stable of Aashay Doctor posted an effortless victory in Aerona Handicap here at the RCTC on Tuesday. The winner was ridden by Yash Narredu. It was trainer Aashay Doctor along with his retained rider Narredu, ...

    7 August 2024 Times of India
    Producer with Tolly links, his actor son lynched

    Kolkata: The brutal lynching of Bangladeshi actor Shanto Khan and his producer father Selim Khan on Monday in Bangladesh has numbed Kolkata.Arindam Das, executive producer of Tollywood, who had worked with Selim for his films in Kolkata, had even ...

    7 August 2024 Times of India
    ‘Don’t know where my relatives are’

    Kolkata: Biswajit Saha, an Awami League functionary, who narrowly survived a violent attack at his residence in Bangladesh’s Kachua Bagerhat on Monday night, managed to flee to India on Tuesday and take shelter at a cousin’s house in Duttapukur. ...

    7 August 2024 Times of India
    KP warns of action against 250 social media profiles

    Kolkata: City cops have called up 250 persons — owners of social media profiles and handles — and warned them of strict legal action for allegedly posting “offensive” material about the emerging situation in Bangladesh on the internet.While most ...

    7 August 2024 Times of India
    Travel uncertainties add to Bangla patients’ trauma

    Kolkata: With transport links with India hit, treatment plans of hundreds of Bangladeshi patients who had lined up appointments at Kolkata hospitals over the next fortnight have been jeopardized. All rescheduled appointments, many of which had been deferred since ...

    7 August 2024 Times of India
    SUCI holds rally to mark founder’s death anniv

    Kolkata: SUCI (Communist) held a rally at Rani Rashmoni Road in the city on Monday to commemorate the 48th death anniversary of the party’s founding general secretary and Marxist thinker Shibdas Ghosh. The main speaker at the event was ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    Hindus slaughtered in Bangladesh, over one crore refugees may enter West Bengal: Suvendu Adhikari

    Suvendu Adhikari KOLKATA : Senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Monday claimed that amid the ongoing unrest in Bangladesh, Hindus are being slaughtered in various parts of the neighbouring country and more than one crore refugees are likely to ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    Commute to IT hub takes a hit as craters, breakdowns choke roads

    Kolkata: Techies heading to New Town and Sector V from different parts of the city had a harrowing time reaching office because of a battered and bruised stretch near Technopolis crossing. Motorists took more than 30 minutes to cross ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    Bisk Farm gets injunction against Parle’s use of ‘Top Gold Star’

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has granted an ex-parte injunction in favour of Saj Foods, restraining Parle Biscuits from selling and marketing their new biscuit under the brand name ‘Top Gold Star’ until Aug 27. Saj Foods markets its ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    Students refuse entry to CU interim VC

    Kolkata: The interim vice-chancellor of Calcutta University, Shanta Datta De, was stopped by TMCP supporters at the main gate on Monday at 3pm when she was entering the College Street campus. She waited there for five hours and returned ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    Bagan rout E. Rly 5-0

    Kolkata: Mohun Bagan SG blew away Eastern Railway SC 5-0 on Monday to keep their hopes alive in the ongoing CFL Premier Division. Salahudheen Adnan K was the chief architect of Mohun Bagan’s demolition job at the Naihati stadium, ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    In rare show, TMC & BJP unite in West Bengal assembly against division of state

    West Bengal assembly KOLKATA: West Bengal assembly on Monday unanimously passed a resolution against calls for division of state, with the house witnessing a rare show of TMC-BJP bonhomie after CM Mamata Banerjee agreed to opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari's ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    Some Bangladeshis in Kolkata sway between celebrations and fear

    KOLKATA: Bangladeshis in Kolkata swayed between celebrations and apprehensions as news unfolded Monday from back home on the flight of Sheikh Hasina and an Army takeover.Some tourists brought out a 'victory procession' on Free School Street-Marquis Street - the ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    UK’s NHS borrows ‘remote neonatal care’ tech leaf from West Bengal’s hospitals

    KOLKATA: UK’s National Health Service (NHS), one of the most successful health services across the globe, acknowledged for its high standard of care and affordability, has taken a leaf out of Bengal’s hospitals, thanks to a doctor from Kolkata, ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    Resolution against Bengal's division unites assembly

    Mamata Banerjee KOLKATA: West Bengal assembly Monday unanimously passed a resolution against calls for division of the state, with the house witnessing a rare show of TMC-BJP bonhomie after CM Mamata Banerjee agreed to opposition politician Suvendu Adhikari's suggestion ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    Celebration, some apprehension among Bangladeshis in Kolkata

    Kolkata: Swaying between celebrations and apprehensions, Bangladeshis in Kolkata reacted differently as news unfolded from back home on the escape of Shiekh Hasina and an Army takeover.Some tourists from Bangladesh brought out a “victory procession” on Free School Street-Marquis ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    Orange Line starts 12-hr ops

    Kolkata: Metro Railway on Monday increased services of the Orange line by another 26 and operations hours from 8am to 8pm. The line will, however, remain closed on weekends.All this time, the Orange line, which now runs 5.5km from ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    Netaji’s ‘Taruner Swapna’, Swamiji’s ‘His Call to the Nation’ in state boards’ syllabi

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt is set to introduce Netaji’s ‘Taruner Swapna’ in the syllabus for Class X and Swami Vivekananda’s ‘His Call To The Nation’ for Class XI from the 2025 academic session. These two will be included as ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    Solar plant to be shifted to Garbeta

    Kolkata: The Bengal cabinet on Monday decided to shift a 112-MW solar power plant from Dadanpatrabar in East Midnapore’s Mandarmoni to Garbeta in West Midnapore.The plant is located where the Tajpur deep sea port is coming up. It will ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    Meropi should have it easy

    Kolkata: Meropi from the stable of Aashay Doctor is expected to have it easy in the Aerona Handicap at the RCTC here on Tuesday. The four-year-old daughter of Panamera was close second to Royal Mysore in the Invitation week-end ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    Coal India, GAIL enter into JV for natural gas project

    Kolkata: Coal India Ltd (CIL) and GAIL (India) Ltd (GAIL) signed a joint venture agreement on Monday to start a coal to synthetic natural gas plant.The plant, to be located in the Raniganj area of Eastern Coalfield Limited, will ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    Dalian rake passenger run

    Kolkata: Metro on Monday introduced one of the two new Dalian rakes that arrived in the city from China in May-end. All this time MR-513 and MR-514 had been undergoing safety mandatory tests. The former was undergoing dry runs ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    Emergency repairs start on VIP Road’s bad spots

    Kolkata: Emergency repairs have begun after Bidhannagar City Police, state PWD and metro authorities conducted a joint inspection on Monday to assess the damage on VIP Road, which has suffered massive problems over the past week. TOI had been ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    Cops step up security at city Bangla mission, Marquis St to ensure ‘nothing challenges peace’

    Kolkata: Security outside the Bangladesh deputy high commissioner’s office in Beckbagan was scaled up on Monday as weeks of violent protests in Bangladesh led to the neighbouring country’s PM Sheikh Hasina’s resignation and departure and the Army’s takeover of ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    After late-night hearing, HC orders arrest of Panama ship

    Kolkata: In a late-night emergency hearing on Sunday, the Calcutta High Court directed the arrest of a Panamanian vessel at Haldia Dock Complex.A city-based paper company had approached the bench of Justice Arindam Mukherjee against shipping authorities for supplying ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    BSF issues high alert, DG flies in from Delhi as more troops take guard at border

    Kolkata: BSF issued a high alert along the India-Bangladesh border in Bengal and four other states on Monday.“Given the changed situation in Bangladesh, BSF has issued an alert along the India-Bangladesh border. The number of troops on the border ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    New Town set to get four new underpasses for small vehicles

    Kolkata: The Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation (HIDCO) has planned to build vehicular underpasses at four major intersections of New Town. The authorities have also planned to engage a consultant for conducting a detailed traffic survey and prepare a feasibility ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    Lone ATM kiosk at airport reopens

    Kolkata: The lone ATM kiosk outside the Kolkata airport, which had been non-functional since Covid, was re-inaugurated on Monday. Earlier, TOI had reported how passengers complained about the absence of any ATM kiosk outside the terminal, the nearest one ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    BJP MLA walks out of House over ‘one Bengal’ resolution

    Kolkata: BJP’s Kurseong MLA Bishnu Prasad Sharma, who had earlier demanded separate statehood for north Bengal, walked out of the assembly on Monday after he was denied a chance by his party to speak on the undivided Bengal resolution. ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    ‘Suspension of portal can’t stop teacher transfer on med ground’

    Kolkata: Suspension of Utsashree (teacher transfer) portal cannot curtail the statutory right of a teacher to get transferred on medical ground, Calcutta High Court said recently. A teacher, suffering from a rare disease called Guillain Barre Syndrome, had applied ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
    Women devotees lead holy march on Shrawan Somvar in Kolkata

    Women devotees lead holy march on Shrawan Somvar in Kolkata In a notable shift within a traditionally male-dominated practice, the city of Kolkata witnessed a remarkable sight as women devotees marched towards the temple for worship during the holy ...

    6 August 2024 Times of India
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