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  • KP warns against fake e-challan links

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police, after MHA prod, have cautioned citizens to check the genuineness of the links they receive on SMS, asking them to pay a traffic fine.A businessman from Mumbai had recently lost Rs 3 lakh after clicking on ...

    10 July 2024 Times of India
    18 parking prosecutions near Maidan

    Kolkata: Police carried out a drive on Tuesday in which over 18 prosecutions took place around Maidan. Cops said the problem was turning acute around Queensway and Hospital Road, especially after commercial vehicles were being pushed out by cops ...

    10 July 2024 Times of India
    Dengue fight: Rly-state meet a day after CM prod

    Kolkata: The state on Tuesday proposed to clean up abandoned railway quarters and offices, blocked drainage lines in railway workshop areas and littered rail tracks, vacant plots and canals under railway’s jurisdiction. A meeting was held at Nabanna where ...

    10 July 2024 Times of India
    Markets on fire: Brinjal, chilli hit century, beans, drumstick double century, spinach triple century

    Kolkata: Households in the city struggled with their budget as prices of vegetables continue to soar with most greens selling at over Rs 100 a kg, an unprecedented situation in recent years. Experts attribute the surge to the delayed ...

    10 July 2024 Times of India
    Skywatchers’ treat: ‘Saturn eclipse’ on July 25

    Kolkata: Astronomy enthusiasts across Kolkata are in for a treat as the occultation of Saturn by the Moon will be visible from various Indian cities, including Kolkata, after midnight on Wednesday, July 24 into the early hours of Thursday, ...

    10 July 2024 Times of India
    In 7 yrs, 1 in 3 Maruti cars to ride trains to reach customers

    File photo KOLKATA: In seven years, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL) plans to dispatch nearly 14 lakh new vehicles per year on freight trains. This will account for nearly 35% of its projected 4 million capacity by then. In ...

    10 July 2024 Times of India
    Truck hijackers in police net

    Kolkata: An inter-state gang of criminals who used to hijack goods-laden trucks was busted by Bidhannagar police on Sunday night. Probing into a truck theft case, airport police has arrested three so far. In this case, the truck had ...

    9 July 2024 Times of India
    ACAE holds annual conference in Kol

    Kolkata: The Association of Corporate Advisers & Executives (ACAE) organised its annual conference on July 6. The conference was inaugurated by SMIFS Capital Markets Ltd chairman Utsav Parekh and ICAI president Ranjeet Kumar Agarwal.

    9 July 2024 Times of India
    WBCIL's impact on API and nutraceutical industries

    West Bengal Chemical Industries Limited (WBCIL) celebrates 62 years in API and nutraceutical manufacturing. Established in 1962 in Kolkata, WBCIL has emerged as a player in the pharmaceutical industry, known for its range of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and ...

    9 July 2024 Times of India
    From Punjab to Bay, Kol 4th cleanest city in June

    Kolkata: Kolkata emerged 15th out of 18 million-plus polluted cities in June within the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP), one of the most polluted regions globally, according to an analysis by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA). ...

    9 July 2024 Times of India
    2 arrested for Bhangar lynching

    Kolkata: Two persons — a shop owner identified as Sabirul Molla and the data operator of a neighbouring shop, Saikat Mondal — have been arrested at Bhangar on Monday for allegedly lynching Azgar Molla (42) on suspicion of theft. ...

    9 July 2024 Times of India
    Man gets life for killing mom-in-law

    Kolkata: Eight years after a senior citizen was murdered at her residence in Kasba’s Tagore Park (Naskarhat), her son-in-law — the mastermind — and a hired killer, Niyaz Ahmed, have been sentenced to life imprisonment by a fast track ...

    9 July 2024 Times of India
    CM: Rly, metro must ensure there’s no waterlogging

    Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has asked the administration, led by the chief secretary, to call a meeting of four railway zones — the eastern, southeastern, NFR and the metro — to ask them to ensure there is proper ...

    9 July 2024 Times of India
    CM: Use state colour scheme for govt bldgs

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee reiterated on Monday that the state-endorsed colour scheme of blue and white should be maintained on all govt properties. During a meeting at Nabanna on Monday, she instructed clearly that the ‘colour code of the ...

    9 July 2024 Times of India
    CII IWN event discusses sports industry

    Kolkata: At a recent event hosted by the CII IWN Entrepreneurship Panel, vast opportunities in the sports industry was discussed. The panel included Shaleni S Biswas, chairperson, CII IWN Entrepreneurship Panel, CAB president Snehashis Ganguly and former India cricketer ...

    9 July 2024 Times of India
    Row after Barrackpore club member’s death

    Kolkata: The death of a man in his mid-40s, who had reportedly attended a Durga Puja committee meeting, has triggered controversy at Barrackpore in North 24 Parganas on Monday. Though police claimed it to be an accident, the victim’s ...

    9 July 2024 Times of India
    Mahua flags Thakur’s border ‘pass’ to ‘smugglers’, min retorts

    Kolkata: TMC’s Krishnanagar MP Mahua Moitra on Monday accused Union minister Shantanu Thakur of issuing “passes” to “smugglers” active on the India-Bangladesh border. On her X handle, Moitra posted a photograph of the “pass” issued on Thakur’s official letterhead. ...

    9 July 2024 Times of India
    Manohardas Tarag to be drained for Joka Metro, restored later

    Kolkata: A year after Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) applied, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) heritage panel has cleared the dismantling of Manohardas Tarag for tunnelling work of the Joka-Esplanade Metro. But the nod regarding draining the iconic pond ...

    9 July 2024 Times of India
    Cops propose single-flank parking in C Kol to carve out traffic space

    Kolkata: Traffic cops have identified several roads where specific stretches can be used for single-flank parking in central Kolkata and manned by South and East traffic guards. Among the roads that have been mentioned as possible parking spots are ...

    9 July 2024 Times of India
    State takes 500 acres from closed units, to give them to new takers

    Kolkata: Bengal govt has recovered about 500 acres from closed industrial units which would be given to new industries willing to expand in the state, said state industry minister Shashi Panja on Monday. The move comes after CM Mamata ...

    9 July 2024 Times of India
    Hunt for chariot parts to fix snag before Ultorath

    Kolkata: A day after Iskcon’s chariot that carries Lord Jagannath developed a steering system snag and had to be towed to Brigade Parade ground by a breakdown recovery truck, mechanics failed to find replacement parts at a market in ...

    9 July 2024 Times of India
    Dad wants daughter who eloped back, HC refuses to interfere

    Kolkata: While hearing a father’s plea against his daughter’s boyfriend, the Calcutta High Court on Monday said that it could not interfere with the choice made by the 19-year-old woman. Namrata Roy, a student of Bolpur College, eloped with ...

    9 July 2024 Times of India
    Govt intervention needed for specific progs: Nobel laureate

    Kolkata: Nobel laureate Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee, who preferred cash grants over food aid to people, said there are many things that cannot be delivered by the govt. However, he felt that there are areas like vaccination in which the ...

    9 July 2024 Times of India
    After a century on Sarat Bose Road, banyan tree now plays a 2nd innings

    Kolkata: The century-old Banyan tree that was transplanted at Park Circus Maidan after it had toppled on Sarat Bose Road more than a fortnight ago has sprouted fresh leaves. Botanists said the development was extremely encouraging as it increases ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    2nd Sunday after pushback: Hawkers back but rain, Rath keep buyers away

    Kolkata: Hawkers were back at the city’s major shopping zones like Gariahat, New Market and Hatibagan on the second Sunday since the joint anti-encroachment drive by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation and Kolkata Police. However, the rain and Rath Yatra ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    Average Kol home price up 13% in 2 yrs, north pips south

    Kolkata: The average sale price of homes in Kolkata has gone up by 13% since 2022. According to an analysis by NK Realtors, the largest real estate consultancy firm in the east, the average saleable price has increased from ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    Bowbazar lynch: 1 held in Jalpaiguri

    Image used for representative purpose only Muchipara police on Saturday arrested a youth from Jalpaiguri in connection with the Bowbazar lynching that happened a few days ago. Police said the accused is a postgraduate student of geography. He used ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    State disaster response force unit in New Town

    KOLKATA: Following a proposal from New Town Kolkata development authority (NKDA), the state disaster management and civil defence department have agreed to set up a unit office of the state disaster response force (SDRF) at the NKDA utility building ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    VIP Road replanted trees drooping

    KOLKATA: Some trees which earlier had to be uprooted at VIP Road Haldiram crossing to make way for the metro construction work and were replanted on the Salt Lake side of VIP Road beside Kestopur canal are drooping with ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    Manual dredging plan to clean Lake

    Kolkata: As a part of its detoxification process, the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) has completed spraying quicklime on the 72-acre Rabindra Sarobar. To further clean up the Lake, authorities have planned to take up manual dredging to clear ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    On last Sun before Maniktala bypoll, TMC focus on wards where it trailed in LS polls

    Kolkata: Supti Pandey (66) is fighting in Maniktala — a Trinamool Congress stronghold for years — to defend the legacy of late Sadhan Pandey, the three-time MLA from the constituency, as she campaigned on the final Sunday before the ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    As Bengal's central UG portal shuts, female applicants outnumber male

    Image used for representative purpose only KOLKATA: Female students who submitted forms through Bengal's first centralised admission portal (CAP) for the state's undergraduate colleges outnumbered their male counterparts by around 70,000 as the portal closed in the intervening midnight ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    Snag in main chariot delays Kolkata Rath Yatra by 3 hours

    KOLKATA: The Iskcon Kolkata Rath Yatra on Sunday was hit by a snag in the main chariot on which Lord Jagannath rides, leading to a delay of more than three hours as mechanics struggled to fix the problem. Finally, ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    6-yr-old dies after fall from 5th floor at Army complex

    Kolkata: A six-year-old boy playing with his eight-year-old sister on the staircase in front of their room on the fifth floor building of an Army complex at Gurusaday Road died after he accidentally slipped through the gap between the ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    WBPCB ties up with NEERI, IIT & TERI to study urban pollution

    Kolkata: With an aim to tackle urban pollution, the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) has tied-up with TERI, NEERI, and IIT-Delhi for conducting source apportionment studies across six non-attainment cities, including Kolkata, Howrah, Barrackpore, Haldia, Asansol and Durgapur. ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    Nursing student found dead in Bengaluru

    Durgapur: Mystery shrouds a second-year nursing student’s death in Bengaluru on Saturday evening. Identified as Diya Mondal (19) of Gopalpur village of Kanksa, West Burdwan, she was found hanging from her dupatta inside her hostel room. The girl’s mother ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    Landslide-hit NH 10, shut for ten days, to take at least 1 wk to reopen

    Kalimpong: The Kalimpong district administration on Sunday expected it would need at least one week more to reopen the severely landslide-damaged NH 10, a key connect between the plains and north Bengal Hills and Sikkim.The highway has remained shut ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    Blaze in plastic unit near Bypass, worker injured after jumping off burning building

    Kolkata: A worker jumped off a three-storey plastic factory after the building at Chowbhaga off EM Bypass caught fire on Sunday evening. The man, Gopal Das, was admitted to a private hospital with multiple injuries as eight fire tenders ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    Will hold camps from Wed for people to apply under CAA: Shantanu

    Kolkata: Camps will be held at Bongaon’s Thakurbari from Wednesday to facilitate submission of applications under the Citizenship Amendment Act. Union minister Shantanu Thakur said this on Sunday while addressing a Matua Mahasangha meeting in Bagda. He added that ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    Khuti puja in city clubs 90 days ahead of Bengal’s biggest festival

    123 Kolkata: Khuti puja was performed on the occasion of Rath Yatra on Sunday across clubs and neighbourhoods that organize Durga Puja in Kolkata. According to the ‘panjika’ (Bengali almanac), exactly 90 days are left for the Bengal’s biggest ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    Man lynched in Bhangar on suspicion of theft

    Kolkata: In yet another case of lynching, a man in his late 40s was allegedly beaten to death on suspicion of being a thief at Bhangar early on Sunday.The 45-year-old man was first spotted by some vegetable vendors around ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    Rath reaches destination 3 hrs late after wheel snag

    Kolkata: The Iskcon Kolkata Rath Yatra on Sunday afternoon was hit by a snag in the main chariot on which Lord Jagannath rides, leading to a delay of more than three hours as mechanics struggled to fix the problem. ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    EB ride Sayan double to tame George 3-1

    Kolkata: East Bengal FC maintained a perfect start to the new season, subduing George Telegraph’s challenge 3-1 on Sunday and notching up their second successive win in the CFL Premier Division. Playing for the first time at home this ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    Afternoon shower spells leave central, south Kol waterlogged

    Kolkata: The city was lashed by repeated spells of drizzle on Sunday morning, followed by a more intense spell in the afternoon, which led to waterlogging in parts of central and south Kolkata. While Kolkata received 12.9 mm rain ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    Flyers protest after Bhubaneswar flight rescheduled thrice, cancelled

    Kolkata: Passengers demonstrated at Kolkata airport after an Air India express flight headed to Bhubaneswar was rescheduled thrice and was finally cancelled five hours after its original departure time on Saturday, a day before Rath Yatra.According to sources, the ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    Hawkers in race for lost space on Bertram Street pavements

    Kolkata: The hawking hub in New Market has started witnessing a race for lost space on pavements, following an anti-encroachment drive jointly conducted by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) officials and Kolkata Police on June 25.According to a hawker ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    The historic evolution of Eastern Railway headquarters at Fairlie Place

    Few Bengalis are unfamiliar with the grand edifice of the Eastern Railway headquarters at Fairlie Place, a structure celebrated for its British architectural design since the colonial era, a bright feather on the cap of the historic precinct of ...

    8 July 2024 Times of India
    Police app, WhatsApp group to keep eye on illegal parking

    Kolkata: All the 26 traffic guards of Kolkata Police have started using an app and a WhatsApp group to record parking violations, for which appropriate action will be taken and all the cases, along with videos, will be reported ...

    7 July 2024 Times of India
    Bagan drop points again

    Kolkata: Mohun Bagan SG’s poor start to the 2024-2025 season continues as they let two-goal advantage slip before sharing the spoils with ASOS Rainbow AC 2-2 in their CFL Premier Division match in Barrackpore on Saturday. Suhail Bhat put ...

    7 July 2024 Times of India
    Darjeeling gets 130mm rain in 24 hours, tourist spots closed after landslip

    SILIGURI: Torrential rain and landslides in the past 24 hours stalled normal life in Darjeeling, forcing the administration to shut down tourist spots and cancel the iconic toy train ride on Saturday. The hill town has received 130mm rain ...

    7 July 2024 Times of India
    Suspension of Garia auto ops to Golpark, Tolly & Patuli leaves commuters in lurch

    Kolkata: Auto commuters from large areas of south Kolkata were left in the lurch after three routes connecting Garia to Golpark, Tollygunge and Patuli stopped operations from Garia on Saturday. The auto operators blamed the internal strife within the ...

    7 July 2024 Times of India
    KMDA gets 18.3 cr for EM Bypass bridge

    Kolkata: The state govt has approved Rs 18.3 crore for the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) to complete constructing a 45-meter long bridge over the intercepting canal near Tagore Park on EM Bypass.The bridge will widen the existing culvert ...

    7 July 2024 Times of India
    ‘Kolkata’s average summer temp rose by 0.2°C in 10 yrs’

    Kolkata: A senior official from Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Alipore, highlighted the role of high humidity in exacerbating heat-related discomfort. Kolkata’s average summertime temperature has risen by 0.2°C over the last decade compared to 2001-10 — it is 0.5°C ...

    7 July 2024 Times of India
    C Kol auto route becomes shorter and cheaper after pushback drive

    Kolkata: Removal of hawker encroachment from a prominent stretch in central Kolkata has not only revived a crucial link of one of the oldest auto-rickshaw routes in the area but has also reduced financial burden on commuters along with ...

    7 July 2024 Times of India
    Int’l trafficking racket: Couple held in Delhi

    Kolkata: The state CID, after investigating for a month, has arrested a couple for their involvement in trafficking Bangladeshi women, by luring them through IMO, a social media platform. The racket originated in Dhaka and Chittagong and operated in ...

    7 July 2024 Times of India
    Ragging death: JU to allow accused to defend themselves

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University will send show-cause notices to those accused in the ragging case in which a first-year student had died last year. While ratifying the punishments recommended by the anti-ragging committee, the university’s Executive Council that met on ...

    7 July 2024 Times of India
    Southern Ave crime 4th in a month to see use of firearms in Kolkata

    Kolkata: In the wake of back-to-back shootings in south Kolkata, Kolkata Police is sending teams to Siwan in Bihar and Giridih in Jharkhand in search of some arms dealers believed to have roots in Kolkata and Hooghly. They are ...

    7 July 2024 Times of India
    Joka line’s Espl stn waits for defence ministry nod

    Kolkata: The state PWD has cleared RVNL’s solution to the Esplanade Metro station stalemate. But RVNL can’t begin construction of the Purple line’s terminal station unless the ministry of defence (MoD) gives its nod to the revised proposal.In May ...

    7 July 2024 Times of India
    Cyber fraudster had China & Cambodia links

    Kolkata: Days after the detective department arrested one Bikram Basak for inducement of investing with small amounts in stock trading with a false promise of higher returns, cops have now come to know that he was part of a ...

    7 July 2024 Times of India
    Mittals buy Kumartuli idol for UK’s oldest Durga Puja

    Kolkata: A fibre-glass Durga idol sponsored by London-based steel magnate Lakshmi Narayan Mittal that is taking shape in Kolkata’s north Kolkata artisan hub Kumartuli for the UK’s oldest Durga Puja will be shipped out in a cargo flight next ...

    7 July 2024 Times of India
    Rath Yatra: 3,500 cops to avoid stampede

    Kolkata: Days after a stampede at Hathras in Uttar Pradesh during a Satsang killed 121 people, the city and the state police have drawn up an elaborate plan for Rath Yatra to ensure that no stampede-like situation takes place ...

    7 July 2024 Times of India
    IITian held for stabbing 3 in stray dog death revenge

    KOLKATA: A first-year student of IIT-Madras and resident of Sonarpur on the outskirts of Kolkata was arrested Saturday on charges of stabbing and grievously wounding a family friend's neighbour, his wife and their son in retaliation for the killing ...

    7 July 2024 Times of India
    Refurbished airport loos set to give relief from stink

    Kolkata: City airport authorities are in the process of completely refurbishing all washrooms in the arrival and departure terminals following a flood of complaints on the micro-blogging site X about the unpleasant odor and unsightly stains in the washrooms.Currently, ...

    7 July 2024 Times of India
    JNU prof: No room for toxic majoritarianism

    Kolkata: The nation has withdrawn support to anyone who has tried to convert cultural sense of belonging to toxic majoritarianism. The nation is ready to celebrate cultural nationalism but not at the cost of pushing out those in the ...

    7 July 2024 Times of India
    IRCTC focusses on Andaman packages as night flights take off

    KOLKATA: Anticipating a huge boost in tourist flow after Air India’s successful night landing at Port Blair airport, IRCTC, eastern region has repackaged its Andaman tour product."Building on the success of last year when 1,540 travellers experienced the pristine ...

    7 July 2024 Times of India
    Unprecedented: Firing in posh Southern Avenue neighbourhood shocks residents

    Kolkata: Residents of the leafy and quiet Southern Avenue locality could not believe that a gang could enter a home in their neighbourhood and open fire. People could be seen standing in huddles on Friday, discussing how their neighbours, ...

    6 July 2024 Times of India
    In 1st 4-yr sem exam, CU BSc results crash, pass percentage drops by 9%

    Kolkata: The pass percentage in the first-semester exams for BSc major students of Calcutta University-affiliated colleges has dropped by 9% from that last year. In 2023, 53.8% BSc honours students had cleared their first-semester exams, but this year, the ...

    6 July 2024 Times of India
    Typhoid, flu, gastro diseases push up hospital occupancy

    Kolkata: Spread of influenza, typhoid and gastrointestinal diseases has led to a rise in hospital occupancy that had dropped in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections in May and June. While it had dipped to almost half at ...

    6 July 2024 Times of India
    City to get rain again next wk: Met

    Kolkata: With no rain for a day in the city, mercury climbed up on Friday. The Met office has predicted sparse rain for Kolkata in the next few days till it gets revived next week. However, despite a rising ...

    6 July 2024 Times of India
    Bengal governor C V Ananda Bose plaint to President Droupadi Murmu as speaker administers oath to MLAs

    KOLKATA: Bengal assembly speaker Biman Banerjee on Friday administered the oath of office to newly elected MLAs Sayantika Banerjee and Reyat Hossain Sarkar, prompting governor C V Ananda Bose to complain to President Droupadi Murmu alleging "constitutional impropriety".Speaker Banerjee ...

    6 July 2024 Times of India
    Woman & son die, husband hurt as house 'set ablaze' in West Bengal

    Representative image BOLPUR: A woman and her child were killed and her husband is battling for life after a fire razed their Bolpur home early on Friday. Family members claimed kerosene had been thrown in through the window ...

    6 July 2024 Times of India
    WWII Japanese bomb detonated in West Bengal's Jhargram

    JHARGRAM: On June 29, while some digging work was on in Jhargram's Bhulanpur village, workers unearthed a large cylindrical object. Soon, a crowd gathered around it and everyone had an opinion about what it could be. It was only ...

    6 July 2024 Times of India
    ED files chargesheet against P Chidambaram's wife in Saradha case

    KOLKATA: ED on Friday submitted its third supplementary chargesheet in Saradha chit fund case in West Bengal, naming Nalini Chidambaram there.Nalini is wife of Congress Rajya Sabha member and ex-Union minister, P Chidambaram. However, the special court has not ...

    6 July 2024 Times of India
    Nalini Chidambaram in Saradha chargesheet; why wait 11 years, court asks ED

    KOLKATA: Why an 11-year delay, PMLA court judge Prashanta Mukhopadhyay asked ED on Friday when it named Nalini Chidambaram, Congress senior P Chidambaram's wife, in its 64-page chargesheet in the Saradha case.In its third supplementary chargesheet, the agency named ...

    6 July 2024 Times of India
    Body found in Kestopur canal

    Kolkata: The body of a man in his 30s — a rope tied around one of his hands — was found floating in Kestopur canal near Salt Lake AA block on Friday. Local residents alerted the police after they ...

    6 July 2024 Times of India
    ‘In summer, aerosols push up pollution risk’

    Kolkata: While high amount of pollutants in the air is a significant concern during the winter months in India, a recent study by Climate Trends reveals that elevated temperatures can also lead to occasional spikes in PM2.5 levels. This ...

    6 July 2024 Times of India
    Kalighat MS stun MSC

    Kolkata: Defending champions Mohammedan Sporting Club suffered their first defeat of the season when they went down to Kalighat Milan Sangha 1-2 in the CFL Premier Division at home on Friday.After starting their campaign in an upbeat mood beating ...

    6 July 2024 Times of India
    ‘No point hanging around in party’: Dilip hints at BJP exit

    Kolkata: Former Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh on Friday hinted at retirement from active politics if he was not given any responsibility in the party. “If there is no work for me, it means the party doesn’t need me ...

    6 July 2024 Times of India
    Cataract patients recuperating

    Kolkata: The 16 patients admitted to the Regional Institute of Ophthalmology (RIO), who had complained of blurry vision post cataract surgeries at Metiabruz Super Speciality Hospital, are responding well to treatment and many have already got their vision back. ...

    6 July 2024 Times of India
    Cops keep Behala diversions ‘dynamic’

    Kolkata: The Southwest Guard of Kolkata Traffic Police, which has been diverting all vehicles on Diamond Harbour Road from the Mominpore-end towards the Majherhat bridge via Lal Batti-Burdwan Road in the morning office hours, has decided to keep the ...

    6 July 2024 Times of India
    Nothing official about it, hawkers are being allowed back in New Market zone

    123 Kolkata: Less than two weeks after a city-wide drive was launched by Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and Kolkata Police (KP) to push back hawkers who had occupied entire pavements and even encroached upon roads, hawkers have made a ...

    6 July 2024 Times of India
    Ather looks to export e-scooters to int’l markets

    Kolkata: Ather Energy is considering options to export e-scooters to South Asia, South-East Asia, Europe and Latin America. The company currently manufactures two e-scooters — a performance vehicle with three variants and a family scooter with two variants. It ...

    6 July 2024 Times of India
    Hawker pushback drive targets blocked pavements on CIT Road

    Kolkata: The Park Circus Traffic Guard — along with Entally Police and Beniapukur Police — carried out a night-long anti-encroachment drive on CIT Road and the adjoining areas on Thursday.“The pavements between Entally and CNMC Hospital were encroached upon, ...

    6 July 2024 Times of India
    In Howrah, ‘parikrama’ of deities starts from Muslim prof’s house

    Kolkata: The Kadamtala neighbourhood in Howrah eagerly awaits the day of Rath Yatra. Not only children but adults too participate in a unique Rath Yatra that starts from the residence of Sheikh Makbul Islam. Islam, along with his Hindu ...

    6 July 2024 Times of India
    DVC to invest ₹20k cr in solar projects by ’30

    Kolkata: Damodar Valley Corporation on Friday announced that it has planned to invest Rs 20,000 crore by 2030 to install nearly 4,000 MW of solar capacity, a top official said. Agencies

    6 July 2024 Times of India
    Speaker administers oath to MLAs, guv takes plaint to Prez

    Kolkata: Bengal assembly speaker Biman Banerjee on Friday administered the oath of office to newly elected MLAs Sayantika Banerjee and Reyat Hossain Sarkar, prompting governor C V Ananda Bose to complain to President Droupadi Murmu alleging “constitutional impropriety”.Speaker Banerjee ...

    6 July 2024 Times of India
    But shoppers finally get to drive up to New Mkt

    Kolkata: Last Friday, Sudeep Ghosh of Bakul Bagan Row drove down to New Market after nearly 15 years when a friend told him that Bertram Street and Humayun Place that had been run over by hawkers had been cleared ...

    6 July 2024 Times of India
    Take expert help in OMR probe: HC

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday directed CBI to take every step possible in the investigation into alleged tampering of OMR sheets and data transfer from the main server of the 2014 Teacher Eligibility Test.Justice Rajasekhar Mantha issued the ...

    6 July 2024 Times of India
    SSC scam: I-T seeks court nod to quiz Arpita

    Kolkata: The income tax department has moved the special PMLA court to seek its permission to interrogate SSC scam accused Arpita Mukherjee. The agency has told the court that it had reasons to believe that Mukherjee held several benami ...

    5 July 2024 Times of India
    All India Save Education Committee protests against corruption in medical entrance and UGC-NET exams

    KOLKATA: In protest against ongoing controversy over medical entrance exams and UGC-NET exams, a protest week observed by the All India Save Education Committee from June 27 to July 4 following an online protest meeting held on Thursday night ...

    5 July 2024 Times of India
    Ariadaha attack: Main accused held

    Kolkata: Jayant Singh, an Ariadaha tough, was arrested early on Thursday for masterminding the attack on a 20-year-old college student, Sayandip Panja, and his 45-year-old mother, Bubun, over a rivalry between two local clubs. Singh, who had fled the ...

    5 July 2024 Times of India
    HC allows guv to file libel suit on July 10

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday permitted senior Counsel Dhiraj Trivedi, representing Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose, to proceed with a defamation suit against CM Mamata Banerjee on July 10, reports Subrata Chattoraj.This comes after Justice Krishna Rao ...

    5 July 2024 Times of India
    Float tenders for Gariahat parking lots: KP to KMC

    Kolkata: Kolkata Traffic Police has written to KMC to try and solve the parking issues at Gariahat-Deshapriya Park. The cops have asked the civic body to hold tenders for at least three spots — the space below Gariahat flyover, ...

    5 July 2024 Times of India
    Oath stand-off: WB governor 'allows' dy speaker to swear in 2 MLAs

    KOLKATA: Bengal governor C V Ananda Bose put out a six-page Q&A on his social media handle Thursday, seeking to explain the implications of the stand-off over newly elected Trinamool MLAs Sayantika Banerjee and Reyat Hossain Sarkar refusing to ...

    5 July 2024 Times of India
    Having Aadhaar no proof of citizenship: UIDAI in Calcutta HC

    KOLKATA: Having an Aadhaar number is no proof of citizenship or domicile, senior counsel for the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) submitted in the Calcutta High Court on Thursday, citing provisions of the Aadhaar (Enrolment and Update) Act.Senior ...

    5 July 2024 Times of India
    In oath tussle with West Bengal govt, governor CV Ananda Bose blinks first

    KOLKATA: Amid the ongoing standoff over the swearing-in of newly elected MLAs, governor CV Ananda Bose on Thursday blinked first, authorising assembly deputy speaker Ashish Banerjee to administer oath to Sayantika Banerjee and Reyat Hossain Sarkar.Bose's six-page statement on ...

    5 July 2024 Times of India
    City schools calm parents, issue advisory after child-lift rumours

    Kolkata: Don’t panic, don’t pay heed to rumours but teach your children to stay away from strangers: these are part of the advisory list that several schools in Kolkata have been sending to parents to allay fears of child-lifting ...

    5 July 2024 Times of India
    Lake Gardens shooting: Man left behind 6-page note

    Kolkata: The 27-year-old youth who had shot her girlfriend inside a Lake Gardens guest house before shooting himself had left behind a six-page suicide note where he vividly wrote about his plan to end his girlfriend’s life as well ...

    5 July 2024 Times of India
    2 die in bike accident near Sampriti flyover

    Kolkata: Two men died in a motorcycle accident near Maheshtala Sampriti flyover on Wednesday when the duo was travelling from Batanagar towards Jinjira Bazar. Police said they were drunk and riding at high speed without helmets. The biker lost ...

    5 July 2024 Times of India
    Doctors blame contamination of water after rise in cholera figures

    Kolkata: With the onset of rains, cases of cholera — another monsoon-season ailment — are being reported from different city hospitals. On Thursday, a team from ICMR-National Institute For Research in Bacterial Infections, formerly known as ICMR-NICED, visited a ...

    5 July 2024 Times of India
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