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  • Bengal set to add over 13,000 booths ahead of 2026 polls

    Kolkata: Bengal is set to add 13,816 new polling booths, taking the projected number of polling booths in the state from 80,613 to 94,479. The addition follows EC mandate limiting the number of voters per booth from 1,500 to ...

    17 August 2025 Times of India
    Prez writes to RG Kar victim’s parents

    Kolkata: Parents of the rape-murder victim of R G Kar Medical College and Hospital have received an email from the office of President Droupadi Murmu, offering support and solidarity in their pursuit of justice.The President's communication stated that her ...

    17 August 2025 Times of India
    Fresh viral spurt across city as rain, sun play hide and seek

    Kolkata: The temperature rise after a prolonged wet period revived a cough and cold outbreak that struck in July. With the mercury crawling up to 34.2°C last Tuesday and dropping to 29.9°C on Thursday, the mercury was on a ...

    17 August 2025 Times of India
    ‘Only 10% of 84k city strays covered under ABC programme in over 3 yrs’

    12 Kolkata: A time-bound vaccination and sterilisation project targeting the city's stray dog population, launched amid much fanfare in March 2022, has encountered significant delays, with only 10% of the targeted 84,000 stray dogs covered, a Kolkata Municipal Corporation ...

    17 August 2025 Times of India
    Tiger carcass found in Sundarbans

    Kolkata: A tiger was found dead in the Sundarbans on Friday — the first reported mortality of a big cat from the Indian part of the mangroves since 2021.Tiger deaths in the Sundarbans go undetected due to the challenging ...

    17 August 2025 Times of India
    Youth thrashed in Belgharia over Ganesh Puja subscription refusal

    Kolkata: A 22-year-old youth was critically injured after being brutally thrashed by members of a local club in Belgharia for protesting against their demand of a hefty payment towards Ganesh Puja subscriptions in the area.The accused allegedly attacked Aditya ...

    17 August 2025 Times of India
    Pol war over jobless teacher’s brain-stroke death

    123456 Kharagpur: Subal Soren, one of the 25,753 school teachers whose jobs were terminated following the April 2025 Supreme Court order, died on Friday morning at a private hospital in Kolkata after suffering a severe brain stroke on Aug ...

    17 August 2025 Times of India
    ‘Some people came and cut all wires’: ‘The Bengal Files’ trailer launch disrupted in Kolkata; director Vivek Agnihotri cites failure of law and order in West Bengal

    KOLKATA: A commotion broke out during the release of the trailer for ‘The Bengal Files’ in Kolkata on Saturday. Actor Pallavi Joshi alleged that the trailer launch was not allowed to proceed and stated that such a thing didn’t ...

    16 August 2025 Times of India
    'Took away everything I earned in life': Padma Shri awardee Bula Chowdhury's medals stolen from ancestral home in West Bengal

    Bula Chowdhury Chakraborty (R) receives the Padma Shri award from Pratibha Patil, at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi on May 5, 2008. NEW DELHI: Former swimmer and Padma Shri awardee Bula Chowdhury has alleged that thieves stole her medals ...

    16 August 2025 Times of India
    Prez medal, CM award for KP, state cops

    Kolkata: The Bengal Police and Kolkata Police bagged 16 President's Medals for Distinguished Service and Medals for Meritorious Service. Tripurari Atharv, director of the directorate of economic offences, received the President's Medal. Among those who received the MSM are ...

    15 August 2025 Times of India
    Man found dead in Kolkata Metro tunnel under mysterious circumstances; probe on

    KOLKATA: The body of a man was found in the tunnel of Kolkata Metro's Blue Line in the early hours of Friday, officials said.The body was found between Park Street and Esplanade stations around 2:15 am during an inspection ...

    15 August 2025 Times of India
    RG Kar rape-murder victim's father moves HC seeking nod for lawyers to visit crime scene

    NEW DELHI: The father of the R G Kar hospital rape-murder victim has moved the Calcutta High Court praying for setting aside a lower court order that refused permission to his lawyers to visit the crime scene at the ...

    15 August 2025 Times of India
    10 dead, 35 injured as Bihar-bound bus rams into truck in West Bengal's Burdwan

    Representative Image (File Photo of Bus accident) NEW DELHI: At least 10 people have died and 35 others were injured after a Bihar bound bus crashed into a stationary truck in West Bengal's Burdwan district on Friday morning. The ...

    15 August 2025 Times of India
    West Bengal horror: Nurse found dead at Singur nursing home; family alleges sexual assault, murder

    KOLKATA: A 24-year-old nurse was found dead at a nursing home in Singur, Hooghly district, West Bengal, police said on Friday.Her body was found hanging from the ceiling in a room on the third floor of the facility on ...

    15 August 2025 Times of India
    No termination of 25-wk pregnancy: HC

    Kolkata: A plea seeking the medical termination of 25-week-old pregnancy, resulting from consensual sex, of a 20-year-old college student was rejected by the Calcutta High Court on Thursday. This decision came after an 11-member medical board unanimously recommended against ...

    15 August 2025 Times of India
    It’s official: PM Narendra Modi to open East-West Metro’s Sealdah–Esplanade stretch, city’s first metro-airport link on August 22

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate the final 2.6km Esplanade-Sealdah stretch of the East-West Metro, along with the Noapara-Airport section of the Yellow Line and Phase II of the Orange Line, on August 22, 2025. KOLKATA: It's ...

    15 August 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Humid with rain expected

    The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in, providing residents with comprehensive information to plan their daily activities and weekly schedules accordingly.August 15th ForecastKolkata is forecasted to experience patchy rainfall and high humidity on August 15, ...

    15 August 2025 Times of India
    Will keep the vigil up: Docs mark anniv at RG Kar, outside

    12 Kolkata: It was on the same night a year ago when a mob stormed into the RG Kar campus when the city was observing ‘Reclaim the Night', demanding "justice" for the trainee doctor. While the campus has gradually ...

    15 August 2025 Times of India
    Cop assault: Another BJP worker held

    Kolkata: Another BJP worker was arrested in connection with the assault on police constable Prashanta Poddar, who was assigned as the security guard of DCP (Jadavpur) Bidisha Kalita during the Nabanna Abhijan last Saturday.The accused was arrested by the ...

    15 August 2025 Times of India
    Minister, too, worried over delayed college admission

    Kolkata: State education minister Bratya Basu has expressed concern over the impasse related to the undergraduate admission due to legal ambiguity.On Thursday, Basu said: "We are also concerned over the publication of the Joint Entrance results. There is overactivity ...

    15 August 2025 Times of India
    Abhishek sends Anurag pen drive proof to debunk ‘bogus voter’ claim

    12 Kolkata: Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Thursday sent a pen drive to former Union minister Anurag Thakur's Delhi home, debunking his bogus voter claim in Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency.Thakur, among other allegations, referred to bogus ...

    15 August 2025 Times of India
    Numbers down but spirit up as ‘Reclaim Night’ returns after a yr

    123456 Kolkata: A year after the unprecedented response from women and trans-queer people, who had hit the roads to reclaim the night in a show of anger over the rape-murder of a PGT doctor at RG Kar Hospital, women, ...

    15 August 2025 Times of India
    The dividing bridge at the centre of Salt Lake violence

    12 Kolkata: Salt Lake residents turned jittery after houses and gardens were vandalised on Wednesday, when a group of slum dwellers from the Kestopur Canal Road area hurled stones at police and targeted homes across the canal. The violence ...

    15 August 2025 Times of India
    Focus on Bengali, unity at I-Day celebrations on Red Road today

    12 Kolkata: Language and unity will be the focus of the Independence Day celebrations on Red Road on Friday. In the backdrop of incidents where Bengali-speaking people have faced harassment in other states, the Bengal govt will promote the ...

    15 August 2025 Times of India
    HC upholds order based on account of man with 98% burns

    12 Kolkata: Even with 98% burn injuries, if a victim's multiple dying declarations were consistent and coherent, they alone could be the basis of conviction, the Calcutta High Court said on Thursday, upholding the life sentence of a man ...

    15 August 2025 Times of India
    CU’s last six-sem batch bows out with a flourish

    Kolkata: The final examination under Calcutta University's choice-based credit system (CBCS) saw a drastic increase in the pass percentage after the final results were published on Thursday. A total of 77.5% of students in BA Honours passed, compared to ...

    15 August 2025 Times of India
    JU min assault: KP on way to Del for scholar’s custody

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Police on Thursday received transit remand from a Delhi local court to bring former Jadavpur University student Hindol Mazumdar to Kolkata. A cop team is likely to reach the city with the research scholar by Friday ...

    15 August 2025 Times of India
    2 FIRs filed, vehicle driver held in Howrah

    Kolkata: Two FIRs have been registered in connection with Wednesday's accident in Salt Lake, where a 20-year-old app-based bike rider, Soumen Mondal, was charred to death after a private vehicle rammed into his two-wheeler near the bridge linking Salt ...

    15 August 2025 Times of India
    After IIT-Kgp, IISER gets dean of wellness & welfare

    Kolkata: The Indian Institute of Science Education & Research, Kolkata (IISER-Kolkata) appointed professor of biological sciences Anuradha Bhat as the dean of wellness and welfare on Thursday. The institute also reconstituted the Mind Care and Wellness Centre (MCWC) committee ...

    15 August 2025 Times of India
    Kanyashree brought Bengal girls’ primary dropout rate to zero: CM

    12 Kolkata: Ninety-three lakh Kanyashree recipients, including Pratima Rai, who scaled Mt Everest, and Arfin Jabee, who swam the English Channel, have helped bring Bengal girl primary school dropout rate to zero, CM Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday as ...

    15 August 2025 Times of India
    Bengal’s industry sector registers 7.3% growth in 2024-25

    Kolkata: Bengal's industry sector recorded a 7.3% growth in 2024-25, higher than the national average of 6.2%. With this, Bengal is one of the top five state economies, said state transport minister Snehasis Chakraborty at the Logis East 2025 ...

    15 August 2025 Times of India
    Olympic medallist, sports medicine pioneer Vece Paes passes away at 80

    Kolkata: Vece Paes, who passed away early on Thursday, was a rare elite sportsperson who leaves behind his mark also as a highly respected sports medicine specialist.Paes, father of tennis great Leander, had been under treatment at a city ...

    15 August 2025 Times of India
    Will fight for language, says Mamata, slams SIR

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee landed a double blow on the BJP-led Centre on the eve of Independence Day, reiterating that the special intensive revision (SIR) of poll rolls was nothing but an "NRC exercise specifically targeting Bengal" and that ...

    15 August 2025 Times of India
    Raj cops crushed my feet under their boots: Amir recounts horror

    Kolkata: "I have a persistent headache, my body is in extreme pain," says Amir Sheikh, choking up while speaking to TOI over the phone. The 22-year-old from Malda spent days in police custody after he was picked up by ...

    15 August 2025 Times of India
    Separate parking area for VIP, police cars at airport

    12 Kolkata: Bidhannagar police has introduced a designated free parking area for VIP and police vehicles near the old domestic terminal to prevent unauthorised parking in front of the main airport terminal.For several years, vehicles with beacons or govt ...

    15 August 2025 Times of India
    Biker & dad assault traffic sergeant at Behala

    123 Kolkata: A Kolkata Police sergeant was allegedly assaulted by a motorcyclist and his father after being stopped for a traffic violation on Wednesday. The altercation occurred at the busy intersection of James Long Sarani and Roy Bahadur Road ...

    15 August 2025 Times of India
    2 injured in parking brawl near Garden Reach

    Kolkata: A violent altercation over a parking dispute on Wednesday on CGR Road near Garden Reach, resulted in two people sustaining injuries. The incident, officially recorded as a FITR by the West Port Police, occurred around 3 pm. According ...

    15 August 2025 Times of India
    Wi-Fi at Kolkata airport back after eight months

    12 Kolkata: The city airport on Thursday reintroduced Wi-Fi for flyers in the passenger terminal after a gap of eight months. The move will bring relief to travellers, especially foreigners landing in Kolkata. Inaugurating the service on Thursday, airport ...

    15 August 2025 Times of India
    Delving into ancient Indian texts to exploring food heritage for healthy living

    KOLKATA: A Kolkata-based citizen action group, Poushtik Life, is advocating for farmers' markets and indigenous cuisines, delving into ancient Indian traditions to promote traditional culinary heritage. The group emphasises the importance of healthy food practices and their relevance in ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    IISER supervisor faces ‘vicious trolling’ after PhD scholar’s death

    Kolkata: PhD supervisor of the IISER-Kolkata scholar who recently died by suicide has alleged of being viciously trolled on social media. The professor at the institute's Biological Sciences department also said that the trolling has not only taken a ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Warm temperatures, high humidity with moderate rain expected

    The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in, providing residents with comprehensive information to plan their daily activities and weekly schedules accordingly.Kolkata is set to experience moderate rains and warm temperatures on August 14, 2025, with ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    Kol gets its first rated-4 data centre

    Kolkata: One of Asia's largest Tier 4 data centre operators, CtrlS Datacenters, recently unveiled its first greenfield data centre in Kolkata's New Town. The state-of-the art facility is the first rated-4 data centre in the region.With an investment of ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    No NCW jurisdiction in criminal matters, HC told

    Kolkata: The National Commission for Women (NCW) is a creature of statute, it cannot assume the jurisdiction of a constitutional court, submitted senior counsel to Birbhum SP Amandeep to the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday. This was in response ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    State chief secy gets till Aug 21 to act on EC’s suspension order

    Kolkata: The Election Commission on Wednesday gave Bengal chief secretary Manoj Pant time till Aug 21 to comply with its directive to suspend four state officers and lodge FIRs against them and a data entry officer. Pant told EC ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    Breaking party line, Mithun likens ‘Lakshmir Bhandar’ to alms; TMC hits back

    12 Kolkata/Bankura: Taking ‘Lakshmir Bhandar' funds was akin to accepting alms, actor-turned neta Mithun chakraborty told BJP workers at an organisational meet in Bankura on Wednesday. Chakraborty's comment struck a discordant note with the state opposition, including his own ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    JU alumnus detained in Del for March attack on education min’s convoy

    12 Kolkata: A former student of Jadavpur University, Hindol Mazumdar, now pursuing his PhD in Spain, was detained at the Delhi airport on Wednesday due to a lookout circular issued against him for his alleged involvement in the attack ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    Barasat metro to cross airport hurdle with tunnel-borer help

    Kolkata: The Airport-Barasat metro corridor or the Yellow Line, which faced multiple hurdles beyond the airport, is poised for a major head start as Metro Railway is changing the alignment and deciding to use tunnel-boring machines (TBMs) between Michael ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    Police on toes for tonight’s protest & I-Day celebrations

    12 Kolkata: The city police will deploy close to 5,000 officers to secure the area and ensure smooth movement of citizens between Aug 14 and the afternoon of Aug 15, given the host of activities planned during those 36 ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    12 months after mob vandalism, RG Kar emergency ward still lies abandoned

    123456 Kolkata: A year after the destruction caused by a mob, the emergency unit at RG Kar Medical College & Hospital remains abandoned. Kolkata Police, which arrested 88 people on charges of arson, calling it an "organised crime", ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    BJP resumes CAA camps in state, TMC questions timing

    Kolkata: The state BJP unit has launched camps to assist people with registrations under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). While a few districts began CAA camps before the Lok Sabha polls in 2024, they drew little response at the ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    CRS inspection of Yellow Line on Saturday

    Kolkata: The Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) will inspect the Yellow Line's airport section on Saturday. PM Narendra Modi is due to open the Noapara-Airport or Phase I of the Yellow Line on Aug 22.Initially, Metro Railway planned the ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    Parents: Plaint accepted only after CP’s prod

    Kolkata: The RG Kar victim's parents on Wednesday said it was only after the intervention of Kolkata Police commissioner Manoj Verma that their complaint was accepted by cops. After approaching Shakespeare Sarani, Park Street and New Market police stations, ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    Washrooms a must at Salt Lake, New Town pujas

    Kolkata: Bidhannagar Police have made it mandatory for all Durga Puja committees in the area to provide separate washrooms for men and women and ensure adequate lighting in pandals and surrounding areas, including parking zones, as part of this ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    Dengue cases on the rise but situation not alarming: Docs

    Kolkata: Most hospitals across the city are seeing a slight increase in the number of dengue cases in the past week. While all hospitals said that the rise is not alarming and numbers are far less than previous outbreaks, ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    Speciality Restaurants set to open outlets in Abu Dhabi, Dubai

    Kolkata: In a move to expand its international footprint, Speciality Restaurants is set to open Mainland China outlets in Yas Mall in Abu Dhabi, Dubai Mall, and the Ibn Battuta Mall in Dubai. Six months ago, the company opened ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    No discrimination over entry of personal security in House: State to HC

    Kolkata: Advocate general Kishore Dutta, after taking instructions from the Bengal assembly speaker, submitted before Calcutta High Court on Wednesday that no discrimination was made between members of the House, including ministers, regarding the prohibition of entry of personal ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    First attempt-to-murder arrest after Nabanna rally violence

    Kolkata: Four days after footage clearly showed a constable of Kolkata Police, Prasanta Poddar, being assaulted and hit on the head with boots and chappals after being thrown on the street during the Nabanna protest, Lalbazar carried out its ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    1 Bengali film must in all state cinemas between 3pm & 9pm

    12 Kolkata: All theatres in Bengal, single-screen or multiplex, will have to screen at least one Bengali film during the 3 pm to 9 pm prime time throughout the year, the state govt has said in a notification."Our CM ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    TMC, BJP war of words over Abhishek’s ‘dissolve Lok Sabha’ remark

    12 Kolkata: A day after Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee dared the Union govt to dissolve the Lok Sabha, conduct a special intensive revision (SIR) and then hold polls, BJP on Wednesday alleged that more than 2.7 lakh ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    Mob fury after app-biker charred to death in crash, police fire tear gas

    123456 Kolkata: A 20-year-old app-bike rider was charred to death when a speeding private car rammed into his bike while he waited at the traffic signal near the bridge connecting Salt Lake's AK Block with the Kestopur canal road ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    Kitne Aadmi Thhe: Music stores remember the record that changed the industry for ever

    Kolkata: In 1975, the release of ‘Sholay' marked a pivotal moment in Bollywood, not just for its groundbreaking action sequences but for its revolutionary approach to film soundtracks. The film's music and dialogues became a cultural phenomenon, especially in ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    Pushed to B’desh 50 days ago, man returns on HC hearing day

    Kolkata: Twenty-two-year-old Malda migrant labourer Amir Sheikh — who was pushed into Bangladesh on June 25 — came back to India on Wednesday, his reappearance as mysterious as his disappearance from the country of his birth.A BSF explanation in ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    82.5% rise in Bengal firms since 2011: Union govt data

    12 Kolkata: The number of companies registered in Bengal has gone up 82.5% between 2011 and 2025, according to data from the Union ministry of corporate affairs.In 2011, there were 1,37,156 companies registered in the state. On March 31 ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    Victoria Memorial marks Partition trauma, I-Day

    1234 Kolkata: Two contrasting exhibitions are underway at Victoria Memorial Hall (VMH), one celebrating the 79th year of Independence and the other remembering the horrors of Partition that preceded it.The exhibition titled ‘Past in Print: India's Freedom Struggle' in ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    Kolkatans plan I-Day weekend getaways

    1234 Kolkata: With Independence Day falling on a Friday this year and the following Saturday and Sunday adding up to a three-day holiday, Kolkatans are making a beeline for weekend getaways. From beaches to hills, occupancy rates at top ...

    14 August 2025 Times of India
    Bengal school heads protest EC’s BLO duty orders

    12 Kolkata: Thousands of headmasters and headmistresses of state-aided schools across Bengal staged a demonstration at Salt Lake's Karunamoyee on Tuesday and marched to Bikash Bhavan, the state education headquarters.The protest, organised by the Advanced Society for Headmasters and ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    Affordable housing may bear brunt of US tariffs

    Kolkata: A collateral damage of US President Donald Trump's 50% tariff on Indian goods could be affordable housing, a leading real estate consultancy firm has warned. If that happens, Kolkata could take the biggest hit as the share of ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Warm temperatures with intermittent rain expected

    The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in, providing residents with comprehensive information to plan their daily activities and weekly schedules accordingly.Kolkata's weather forecast for August 13, 2025, indicates a day of mixed conditions with temperatures ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    Veteran actor Basanti Chatterjee passes away at 88; was battling cancer for years

    KOLKATA: Veteran Bengali actor Basanti Chatterjee passed away at her residence in Kolkata on Tuesday night, her family confirmed. She was 88.Chatterjee, who had been battling cancer for a long time, spent several months in the ICCU of a ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    Darj set to impose fines for public smoking, littering

    Darjeeling: With a pledge to make Darjeeling cleaner and greener, the Darjeeling Municipality has decided to impose instant spot fines on those caught littering in the hill town. The civic body is set to install smoking zones and has ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    IISER gets new anti-ragging cell, crisis-response panel

    12 Kolkata: The Indian Institute of Science Education & Research, Kolkata (IISER-Kolkata), on Tuesday set up a new anti-ragging cell to oversee all matters pertaining to ragging and its prevention. It has also constituted an emergency and crisis response ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    If voter list is faulty, dissolve LS. Let’s have fresh polls: Abhishek

    12 Kolkata: TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday stepped up the ante against the SIR saying, "Let the Lok Sabha be dissolved. Let there be a nationwide SIR and hold fresh elections." He argued that if faulty ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    ‘Sholay’ ushered in tech revolution, changed movie experience for ever

    12 Kolkata: On a cool Oct morning in 1975, nearly two months after ‘Sholay' hit Bombay and Ahmedabad screens, the film finally unspooled at Kolkata's Jyoti Cinema. The delay hardly mattered. What followed was nothing short of cinematic history ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    One query unites dog factions: Can SC order be implemented?

    12 Kolkata: One query has united streetdog factions across housing societies in Kolkata — whether the recent Supreme Court order directing govts and civic bodies to remove strays from streets in Delhi-NCR and confine them to shelter homes can ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    Dynamic lane demarcators, rule tweak to ease airport congestion

    12 Kolkata: From upgrading to dynamic lane demarcators to deploying dedicated lane managers and installing signage guiding vehicles to use the lanes, to banning illegal parking of VIP vehicles, Bidhannagar Police are implementing a slew of changes in the ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    TMC slams BJP over ‘citizenship’ status of its 2 Bongaon MLAs

    1234 Kolkata: A fresh controversy has erupted over the citizenship status of two BJP MLAs in Bongaon, ratcheting up the political temperature between Trinamool and BJP over the special intensive revision (SIR) of poll rolls. The names of the ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    KMC marks 487 stray-feeding zones with pre-7am, post-7pm time slots

    Kolkata: The KMC has demarcated 487 feeding zones for stray dogs in all its wards across 16 boroughs in the city, following a Calcutta High Court order. Feeding strays outside the designated zones would be "a punishable offence and ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    TMC MP urges review of SC order

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MP Saket Gokhale on Tuesday wrote to the Chief Justice of India (CJI), urging a review of the order on the removal of stray dogs in Delhi-NCR."Subjecting defenseless animals to wanton cruelty can never be a ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    ‘Efforts on to open 3 new metro lines next week’

    Kolkata: Efforts are underway to open new stretches in three metro lines in Kolkata next week, Railway Board chairman and CEO Satish Kumar told reporters during an inspection of East-West Metro's Esplanade-Sealdah section on Tuesday.Kumar was in town to ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    Setu likely to be shut for 24 hours from Sat 9 pm

    Kolkata: Vidyasagar Setu is likely to be shut for 24 hours from 9 pm on Saturday to 9 pm on Sunday for repair work. Police plan to divert smaller vehicles through Howrah Bridge and goods carriers through Nivedita Bridge ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    Bengali row: Noida hotel turns away New Town techie, son

    Kolkata: A techie from New Town, along with his 14-year-old son, was on Tuesday allegedly denied stay at a hotel at Sector 44 in Noida, apparently for being a Bengali. The teenaged boy is a national-level skater, attending a ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    ‘Expedite water treatment plantconstruction’

    Kolkata: The KMC water supply department has been asked to expedite the construction of an water augmentation at Dhapa water treatment plant. Currently, the civic body is engaged in the construction of a 20 million gallon water plant to ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    Ayah poses as wife, swindles 27 lakh

    Kolkata: A caregiver, Syeda Shamima Nasrin, who used to look after Swapan Sarkar, has been arrested on Tuesday by Patuli police for orchestrating a conspiracy involving the forgery of documents and unauthorized bank transactions of over Rs 27 lakh.The ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    I-T benefit bait: Woman loses 10L

    12 Kolkata: A 29-year-old resident of Uma Kanta Sen Lane in north Kolkata, Priyanka Saha, lodged a complaint at Chitpore PS alleging she lost more than Rs 10 lakh in an online investment fraud. Saha said she was duped ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    ‘Mystery call’ tells Malda man of return of son pushed to B’desh

    Kolkata/Malda: Pushed into Bangladesh illegally on June 28 by Rajasthan Police and BSF, 22-year-old Malda migrant labourer Amir Sheikh has been brought back to an undisclosed location in India.Bengal govt said it has not been "officially" informed of the ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    Bata hopes to make Floatz Rs 800cr brand in 5 years

    12 Kolkata: Footwear major Bata hopes to make Floatz a Rs 800-crore brand in the next five years. Conceived in India, Floatz has been the fastest to touch the Rs 100-crore mark among Bata's brands, disclosed MD Gunjan Shah ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    Don’t be intimidated, state has your back, Mamata tells state officials

    Kolkata: Assuring state officials that her govt would back them, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee asked them not to be intimidated. "Do your work honestly, no one will be able to do anything," the CM told officers during a 30-minute ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    One query unites dog factions: Can SC order be implemented?

    12 Kolkata: One query has united streetdog factions across housing societies in Kolkata — whether the recent Supreme Court order directing govts and civic bodies to remove strays from streets in Delhi-NCR and confine them to shelter homes can ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    Berger focuses on brand building and distribution to retain no. 2 spot

    Kolkata: Berger India will strengthen its brand and expand distribution, and not rely on a discounting model, to cement its number two spot in the paints industry despite intensified competition from new entrants and consolidation.Berger MD Abhijit Roy, speaking ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    Bata hopes to make Floatz Rs 800cr brand in 5 years

    12 Kolkata: Footwear major Bata hopes to make Floatz a Rs 800-crore brand in the next five years. Conceived in India, Floatz has been the fastest to touch the Rs 100-crore mark among Bata's brands, disclosed MD Gunjan Shah ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    ‘Parents never disclosed charges before trial court’

    Kolkata: Denying the accusations made by the victim's parents before Calcutta High Court against Kolkata Police's probe until the matter was handed over to the CBI, the state on Tuesday submitted an affidavit highlighting that the parents "have not ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata restaurants prepare for festive season with special menus and events

    12 Kolkata: With Independence Day approaching and the city gradually embracing the festive spirit, Kolkata's restaurants are preparing to delight patrons with a variety of food, music, and celebrations. Restaurant owners anticipate a significant increase in footfall during the ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    KMC warning to bldg sites after dengue death

    12 Kolkata: The civic authorities on Tuesday issued a warning to site managers at two under-construction projects at Sunny Park after a local resident died of dengue. Two others in the same premises contracted the viral disease.Following the death ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    Deliberate attack, my wife could have been killed, victim’s dad lodges plaint

    12 Kolkata: The RG Kar victim's father e-mailed a complaint to Kolkata Police commissioner Manoj Verma on Tuesday, alleging a "pre-planned" and "deliberate attack" on his wife by police personnel last Saturday. He claimed that cops targeted his wife ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    BMC introduces new vehicles for waste management in Salt Lake & Rajarhat Gopalpur

    12 Kolkata: The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday introduced 19 new vehicles of different types to collect and transport the daily generated waste from entire Salt Lake and Rajarhat Gopalpur area to the Dhapa dumping ground.The vehicles procured ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    A year later, crowd, spirit and size weigh on minds of ‘Reclaim the Night’ protesters

    123 Kolkata: The rape and murder of the young doctor on Aug 9 at her workplace served as an immediate catalyst for the ‘Reclaim the Night' movement. However, the protests transcended this singular event, with women from all walks ...

    13 August 2025 Times of India
    India's carbon market potential: Why transparency and quality are key to EU deals

    KOLKATA: The European Commission’s proposal to buy carbon credits to help achieve EU’s 2040 climate target is a major boost for countries like India with rich agricultural and natural resource bases, which serve as carbon banks with immense potential, ...

    12 August 2025 Times of India
    'Ek ke baad ek BrahMos, then a pee dam’: Mithun Chakraborty’s jibe at Bilawal Bhutto; says 'message for ex-Pakistan foreign minister only'

    NEW DELHI: BJP leader and Bollywood veteran Mithun Chakraborty has ridiculed former Pakistan foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s warning to India on the Indus Waters Treaty, responding with a string of sarcastic jibes.On Bilawal Bhutto's reported statement, Chakraborty said, ...

    12 August 2025 Times of India
    Cooch Behar migrant worker ‘murdered’ in Kerala

    Jalpaiguri: A migrant worker from Falakata in Alipurduar was allegedly murdered in Malappuram district of Kerala last week. A resident of Ward 7 in Falakata town, 37-year-old Abul Hussain worked as a painter in Kottakkal.Abul's body was recovered from ...

    12 August 2025 Times of India
    Mitali hurt, Mahua faints as Del cops detain oppn MPs

    Kolkata: Trinamool MP Mitali Bag was injured on Monday and hospitalised, while party MP Mahua Moitra fainted in the prison van as TMC MPs, along with INDIA bloc MPs, were detained by Delhi police during their protests against the ...

    12 August 2025 Times of India
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