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 IndiaRepresentative 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 IndiaNEW 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 IndiaRepresentative 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaRepresentative 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 IndiaBuddhadeb 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaThe 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 IndiaBhattacharjee 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 IndiaBhattacharjee 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 IndiaRestriction 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaBabul 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaNEW 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 IndiaNEW 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaBSF 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 IndiaSinger 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 IndiaA 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 IndiaBSF 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: "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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaNEW 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 IndiaKOLKATA: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKOLKATA: 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 IndiaI 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 IndiaPETRAPOLE/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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaBangladeshi 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaSuvendu 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaWest 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 IndiaKOLKATA: 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 IndiaKOLKATA: 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 IndiaMamata 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaKolkata: 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 IndiaWomen 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 ...
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