■ Dec 1984 : A young greenhorn Congress worker from Kalighat — wearing a sari and hawai chappals — has just done the unbelievable, defeating CPM veteran Somnath Chatterjee from Jadavpur, the reddest of red citadels. Mamata Banerjee herself ...
5 June 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Bengal's voters gave BJP a feeble mandate in 2024 Lok Sabha elections, helping Trinamool Congress (TMC) contain the saffron party largely to its pockets of influence and giving CM Mamata Banerjee the double delight of a weakened Centre ...
5 June 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The “none of the above” (NOTA) option in the voting process has played as an important factor in diverting vote shares and determining the winning margin for some constituencies. Among the 42 parliamentary constituency seats in Bengal, there ...
5 June 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Krishnanagar MP Mahua Moitra is set to return to the Parliament after defeating BJP’s high-profile candidate, Amrita Roy, whom PM Narendra Modi had called up ahead of the elections.“More than my own victory, I am happy that the ...
5 June 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Trinamool candidate Sayantika Banerjee was on the verge of winning the Baranagar Assembly bypoll after a breathtaking roller-coaster of fortunes during a close counting battle which saw the candidates edging ahead of each other by slender margins only ...
5 June 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Three students from Bengal have scored 720 out of 720 in NEET-UG, which places them at all-India rank 1, along with 67 other students, reports Poulami Roy. NTA announced the results on Monday. As many as 1,02,557 Bengal ...
5 June 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Trinamool’s veteran warhorse Mala Roy increased her 2019 lead as she swept Kolkata South, securing a margin of 1.9 lakh votes over her nearest competitor, BJP’s Debasree Chowdhury.“There’s no Modi storm here. Many could not believe that Trinamool ...
5 June 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: In his sixth Lok Sabha contest, veteran politician and Kolkata North candidate Sudip Bandyopadhyay, 75, snatched victory coming from behind for Trinamool in one of the toughest fights and keenly followed contests where he was not only fighting ...
5 June 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: St. Xavier’s College has turned its attention to postgraduate admissions following recent closure of its undergraduate admission portals, reports Eshna Bhattacharya. “We have opened our PG admission portal well in advance so that students get enough time to ...
5 June 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The decision to shift Dilip Ghosh from the Midnapore constituency to Burdwan-Durgapur proved costly for the BJP, which lost both the Lok Sabha seats. Ghosh lost to Trinamool’s Kirti Azad by a margin of 1,37,981 votes, his first ...
5 June 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Trinamool general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday won the Diamond Harbour seat by 7.1 lakh votes, the highest ever margin clocked in Bengal so far.Banerjee polled a phenomenal 10,48,230 lakh votes and smashed the victory margin record held ...
5 June 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi's resignation." "He must resign as he had lost credibility. " He no longer has the majority, the CM said."Modi should resign from the post of PM. He cannot ...
5 June 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: The number of new car registrations in the city between Jan and April this year was at an all-time high, breaking the previous record registered in the same four-month period two years back.According to figures collated from the ...
4 June 2024 Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: TMC's Partha Bhowmick is leading the Barrackpore constituency as per trends at 10am.Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency witnessed a voter turnout of 75.41% during the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024, which took place on April ...
4 June 2024 Times of IndiaSikkim Lok Sabha Results Live: Sikkim, a state in northeastern India, has a single seat in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament. Among the key contenders vying for the Sikkim seat are the Sikkim Krantikari ...
4 June 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: One out of every three permissions granted by Election Commission for a political rally, roadshow or street-corner meeting during the Lok Sabha elections cou-ntrywide was in Bengal.The incredible statistics not only points to the intensity of the fight ...
4 June 2024 Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: The results of the Kolkata Uttar Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal will be announced today. Also known as Kolkata North or Calcutta North, this significant urban constituency participated in Phase 7 of the 2024 Lok Sabha ...
4 June 2024 Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: Bardhaman-Durgapur Lok Sabha constituency went to polls on April 26, during the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections and recorded a voter turnout of 80.72%.Burdwan-Durgapur parliamentary constituency in West Bengal witnessed a significant political battle in ...
4 June 2024 Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: Bangaon Lok Sabha constituency went to polls on April 26 during the fifth phase and registered 81.04% voter turnout. In the 2024 elections, the main contenders in Bangaon are from the AITC and BJP. The BJP has ...
4 June 2024 Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: The results of the Joynagar Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal will be announced today. Situated in the South East Bengal region within West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, Joynagar holds significant political sway as a rural ...
4 June 2024 Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: The results of the Maldaha Uttar Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal will be announced today. The constituency participated in the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections on May 7, 2024, with a voter turnout of ...
4 June 2024 Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: In West Bengal's Purulia, all eyes are on whether BJP's Jyotirmay Singh Mahato will win the seat again or TMC's Shantiram Mahato will get the seat.A significant Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal, Purulia voted in Phase ...
4 June 2024 Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: The results of the Kanthi Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal will be announced today. The constituency participated in Phase 6 of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections on May 25, 2024. Situated within the Purba Medinipur district, ...
4 June 2024 Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: The results of the Murshidabad Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal will be announced today. Situated on the banks of the Bhagirathi River, Murshidabad is one of West Bengal's 42 parliamentary seats, categorized under the General category. ...
4 June 2024 Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: Baharampur Lok Sabha constituency went to polls on April 26, during the fourth phase of elections and registered 73.27% voter turnout.Baharampur Lok Sabha constituency, one of the 42 parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal, is currently represented by ...
4 June 2024 Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: The results of the Mathurapur Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal will be announced today. Situated in the South East Bengal region within West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, Mathurapur is a Lok Sabha constituency with a ...
4 June 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar on Sunday warned goons in the state of the "Uttar Pradesh treatment" and "encounters" once the party was in office, prompting Trinamool to question whether BJP endorsed "extra-judicial killings" and respected the Constitution.Responding ...
3 June 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: After cutting and removing hundreds of uprooted trees across the city, the KMC parks department is now focusing on compensatory plantation. According to a KMC official the civic body is looking for adequate space adjacent to the areas, ...
3 June 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Commuters in Kolkata had a trying time on the road due to a lack of public transport on Sunday, with only 60% of the city’s buses back in service after the June 1 polling. The first Monday after ...
3 June 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Fazal Rahman- trained Knight In Hooves lifted the Nilgiris Gold Cup on the concluding day of the Ooty Season on Sunday. The son of Amazing Ray was ridden by C Umesh.Ooty short results1: (6-4-9) Sian 1; Waytogo 2; ...
3 June 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Covid has catalyzed healthcare collaboration between govt and private sector in diagnostics, technology, direct patient care, education and clinical research making affordable treatment accessible to a larger section of the population in Kolkata and Bengal, according to data ...
3 June 2024 Times of IndiaSiliguri: The Siliguri Municipal Corporation announced normalcy in drinking water supply on Sunday evening, finally bringing much-awaited relief to residents.“The prolonged drinking water supply crisis has been resolved. Residents of Siliguri will now have access to purified drinking water ...
3 June 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Six persons, including a child, were injured in five accidents that took place in different parts of the city on Sunday.Around 10.40am, a mini truck lost control and keeled over on Eastern Metropolitan Bypass near Salt Lake Stadium. ...
3 June 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Long wait at security screening, inadequate washrooms, unavailability of enough charging stations and difficulty in finding one’s way inside the airport have emerged as major peeve points for flyers travelling through Kolkata airport during the lean period of ...
3 June 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: With the polls now over, Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) plans to initiate and move on with the proposed transport infrastructure development projects which have been in the pipeline. They include the Bypass to New Town flyover, pedestrian ...
3 June 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The cyclonic storm Remal, which struck just as the mango harvest was about to begin, has wreaked havoc on this season’s crop, compounding an already difficult year for growers. With an unusually low yield, coupled with a large ...
3 June 2024 Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: Sikkim has done it again. For the sixth time, a party in the state is set for a landslide victory by winning over 30 of the 32 assembly seats. The ruling Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) has won ...
2 June 2024 Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: The Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM), a significant political force in the Indian state of Sikkim, has been in power since 2019. The party, also referred to as the 'Sikkim Revolutionary Front' has made a notable impact on ...
2 June 2024 Times of IndiaNADIA: A BJP worker was killed by a group of men in West Bengal's Nadia district in post-poll violence, with the saffron party pointing fingers at the ruling Trinamool Congress. The TMC, however, claimed that the killing was a ...
2 June 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Almost all major agencies that conducted exit polls indicated BJP would win more seats in Bengal than Trinamool Congress in the just-concluded Lok Sabha elections.The Axis-My India poll predicted the best outcome for Bengal BJP, giving it 26-31 ...
2 June 2024 Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: Bhaichung Bhutia, the erstwhile skipper of India's national football squad, appears to be facing an uphill battle in his quest for electoral success. In the Barfung constituency he finds himself lagging behind Rikshal Dorjee Bhutia, a candidate ...
2 June 2024 Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: According to exit polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is poised to secure a third consecutive term, with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) projected to perform as strongly as it did in the 2019 elections. The polls suggest ...
2 June 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Severe discomfort caused by heat and humidity, coupled with EVM snags, appear to have caused a dip in voters' turnout in Kolkata during the concluding phase of the Lok Sabha polls on Saturday. Taken together, the two city ...
2 June 2024 Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: Prem Singh Tamang is expected to become the new chief minister of Sikkim for the second time. His party, the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM), won 17 out of 32 Assembly seats in 2019 and is now poised ...
2 June 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Chinese Indian community in Tangra, Kolkata, got actively engaged in the democratic process on Saturday, dispelling any doubts about their identity and reaffirming their Indian roots. By 3 pm, approximately 70% of the 700 Chinese Indian voters ...
2 June 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Bow Barracks, the only Anglo-Indian enclave in the city, voted in large numbers on Saturday.Community members, both young and old, voted mostly during the first half of the day. An assistance booth was set up in Bow Barracks ...
2 June 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: As Kolkata went to polls in the last phase of Lok Sabha election on Saturday, residents of high-rises and housing complexes soaked in the holiday mood, be it chatting with the members of gated communities or having lunch ...
2 June 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Distance, physical disability or technical hurdles, nothing could deter these first-time voters, who were thrilled to exercise their democratic right.Nimta’s Soham Pal (19) feels proud that he will have a say in choosing the nation’s leaders. It ...
2 June 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Clad in her signature blue-bordered white cotton saree, CM Mamata Banerjee walked to the Mitra Institution polling booth on Harish Mukherjee Road at 4.35pm amid loud cheers from local residents, who had gathered at the booth where she ...
2 June 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: They lost their homes when a building came crashing down three months back but on Saturday, 89 odd Garden Reach residents turned up at a booth less than 100 metres from the collapse site, carrying proofs of residence ...
2 June 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The last panchayat saw most of the polling centres in New Town blocked by unknown faces with barricades as a large section of residents could not cast their vote. Also, poll days in adjacent Salt Lake have ...
2 June 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The urban sprawl has significantly altered the voting pattern in the Diamond Harbour constituency over the past decade. The blend of cosmopolitan influences within a predominantly rural milieu has made the election in Diamond Harbour distinct from other ...
2 June 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The business hub of Burrabazar, which is usually abuzz with commercial activities, was in election mode on Saturday.Many of the families on their way to polling stations first made a short stop at temples. After casting their votes, ...
2 June 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Kolkata and its neighbouring constituencies go to vote on Saturday with one eye on the sky after six hours of continuous rain on Thursday night and Friday.The skies cleared a little on Friday but weather officials have not ...
1 June 2024 Times of IndiaJAYNAGAR: A journalist covering the last phase of the Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal allegedely suffered a severe head injury amid clashes between TMC and BJP workers in Canning, under Jaynagar Lok Sabha constituency.Stringer Bunty Mukherjee got severely ...
1 June 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: An angry mob entered a polling station at booth numbers 40 and 41 in Kultali, South 24 Parganas of West Bengal, and threw an EVM machine into a pond on Saturday morning during the Lok Sabha elections, news ...
1 June 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: At Harish Chatterjee Street and its adjacent Kalighat Road, most of the residents are setting the clock timer at 3.15pm on Saturday – the time when their celebrated neighbour and Kolkata South’s voter no. 1 Mamata Banerjee would ...
1 June 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Voice messages and alerts on phone, a special tram ride, blood donation camp and even an appeal by ‘Tenida’—EC has been exploring various measures to draw voters to polling booths in the seventh and last phase of Lok ...
1 June 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Fifteen thousand cops, 347 quick-response teams (QRTs) and 185 sector mobiles will join the 246 central forces, already deployed in the city, to ensure safety on streets and peaceful voting at 5,158 booths, located in 1,940 polling premises. ...
1 June 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: To curb admission-related corruption, the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education has announced that excess admission in HS schools — beyond the permissible limit of 400 students — will be subject to physical verification by the council. ...
1 June 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: In a first at any govt facility in eastern and north-eastern India, a three-year-old girl, Jiya Ghosh, with Beta Thalassaemia Major underwent a fully-matched bone marrow transplant (BMT) successfully at NRS Medical College and Hospital (NRMCH). Doctors found ...
1 June 2024 Times of IndiaSiliguri: Residents of Siliguri on Friday continued to grapple with an acute drinking water crisis caused by a polluted Mahananda, two days after mayor Gautam Deb announced that the water supplied from the treatment plant in Fulbari was unfit ...
1 June 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Soma Chatterjee’s claim that the controversial Nandalal Bose’s works are authentic and part of her family collection has been questioned by Abanindranath Tagore’s granddaughter and members of art fraternity. They say that the lineage mentioned by Chatterjee is ...
1 June 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Residents living in high-rises and housing complexes across the city are all geared up for casting their votes on Saturday. While a few complexes have polling booths on their campuses, majority of the gated communities will move out ...
1 June 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The CID has formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) — to be led by an IG, three DIGs and 10 to 12 other officers — to probe the murder of Bangladeshi lawmaker, Anwar Azim Anar on May 13.Besides ...
1 June 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Various hospitals and voluntary organisations across Kolkata sent out strong message against tobacco consumption. Coinciding with the World No Tobacco Day on Friday, health experts said that quitting tobacco by those who have picked up the habit and ...
1 June 2024 Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: The Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal is one of the 42 parliamentary seats in the state.Lok Sabha Election 2024 Kolkata Dakshin: DateThe date of voting for the Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha Constituency Election 2024 ...
31 May 2024 Times of IndiaThe rise of Diamond Harbour in West Bengal’s political map in the last decade has been intertwined with the phenomenal growth of its MP Abhishek Banerjee in Bengal politics.From a novice in 2014 to Trinamool Congress’s general secretary and ...
31 May 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: In a sign of changing times, colourful flex banners, some 70ft long and wrapping around walls, have made their debut in Kolkata pockets this season, replacing traditional "walling" that parties have relied on for decades.In Jadavpur Lok Sabha ...
31 May 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA/BARASAT/KALYANI: Santilata Biswas is now a proud citizen of India. Though she has been living in India for 30 years now, a phone call on Wednesday afternoon informed her that she had been granted citizenship.Santilata (47), a resident of ...
31 May 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Regional Passport Office in Kolkata has unveiled the itinerary for the Passport Adalat sessions scheduled for June 2024. These sessions are designed to accelerate the processing of pending passport applications. The sessions will be held on June ...
31 May 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Calcutta University (CU) has made a significant change in its admission process for BTech courses offered by the faculty of engineering and technology. In a recent faculty council meeting, it was decided that all seats for the four-year ...
31 May 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Southwest monsoon, which began in Kerala on Thursday afternoon, is expected to extend to parts of north Bengal within the next 72 hours. Following the first week of June, it will progress towards Kolkata and other areas ...
31 May 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: One political party emphasized their efforts to improve the living conditions of community, while another party promised to create jobs to stop migration of another community.An Anglo-Indian enclave, the country’s oldest Chinatown, a neighbourhood famous for its Ramzan ...
31 May 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remark that the world didn’t know Gandhi until the 1982 film ignited a flurry of reactions on social media, with many citing the leader’s encounters with the global community prior to the release of ...
31 May 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Talented winger Lallianzuala Chhangte emphasised on the importance of teamwork over individual roles within the national squad. Currently placed second in their group with four points from four matches, India are aiming to secure a top-two finish to ...
31 May 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A delay in publishing class XI textbooks due to the ongoing elections has prompted the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) to upload soft copies of language textbooks on their website. This will ensure that the ...
31 May 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: In the first two months of East-West Metro’s Howrah Maidan-Esplanade run, more than 8.2 lakh passengers used the Esplanade interchange to switch between the North-South Blue Line and East-West Green line, Metro Railway revealed on Thursday. Commercial services ...
31 May 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Kumar Mangalam Birla or his mother Rajashree Birla is likely to take over as the main trustee of Ashok Hall Group of Schools and Kalamandir Trust following the demise of Manjushree Khaitan earlier this month.The Aditya Birla Group ...
31 May 2024 Times of IndiaBASIRHAT: Tucked away in North 24 Parganas along the southern banks of Ichhamati river is Basirhat that falls on one side of the Radcliffe Line that divided India and Pakistan (now Bangladesh). One has just to cross the river ...
30 May 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Launching an all-out attack on PM Narendra Modi on the penultimate day of electioneering, chief minister Mamata Banerjee asked, "If the PM of a country utters so many lies, what will children learn? What will people of the ...
30 May 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: The nation would witness a "bada bhoochal (big shakeup)" over a six-month period starting June 4 (when Lok Sabha election results are out), PM Narendra Modi said in Mathurapur, South 24 Parganas, on Wednesday, at his last election ...
30 May 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: If one were to identify one seat out of the 42 in West Bengal as a bastion of Trinamool Congress, it would undoubtedly be Kolkata South that Mamata Banerjee and then her party colleagues (after she stepped down ...
30 May 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: myMD, a network of retail clinics integrating ancillary healthcare services such as pharmacy, diagnostics and allied healthcare, raised Rs 30 crore. The funding round was led by executives from international funds management and banking organisations.The Kolkata-based chain plans ...
30 May 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Posters protesting the implementation of punishments in the ragging case appeared in Jadavpur University less than a week after the Executive Council agreed to the expulsion of four students for their direct involvement in the ragging of the ...
30 May 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Two bikers, Rupak Mullick (35) and Subir Chakraborty (46), were injured in two accidents in the city. In the first incident, Mullick was hit by a private car near Bishop House on JL Nehru Road around 1.30 pm. ...
30 May 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: After taking over Vivekananda Park from Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority last Dec, Kolkata Municipal Corporation has renovated an abandoned Kolkata Improvement Trust (KIT) office and turned it into a two-storey community hall. KMC officials are confident that the ...
30 May 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: New-age symbols of gadgets and appliances, such as robot, laptop, desktop, pen drive, CCTV camera, vacuum cleaner and air-conditioners, have made into Election Commission’s list, jostling space with traditional ones, like, tractor, sugarcane farmer and a diesel pump. ...
30 May 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A 15-year-old boy—resident of Bagmari area and a student of class 9 — was detained for the death of a 14-year-old girl, who lived in an area under Maniktala police station on Wednesday. The girl was found in ...
30 May 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: During its 288km journey, Ichhamati river snakes through four Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal while its basin supports more than 30 lakh people. Its health has been pitchforked into a poll issue in this general elections.A part ...
30 May 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday questioned the timing and intent of the CBI summons to the party’s Canning (East) MLA Saukat Mollah. The MLA, tasked by the party to oversee the polls in Bhangar, received a summons ...
30 May 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Kolkata South Trinamool candidate Mala Roy concluded her 75-day-long poll campaign on Wednesday at chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s doorstep in Kalighat. On Tuesday, Banerjee rallied for Roy, as she walked from Park Circus to Ballygunge Phari, while Roy ...
30 May 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee participated in a dance performance alongside a group of women on the stage during one of her elections rallies on Wednesday.The public rally took place in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas.Mamata Banerjee ...
29 May 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: PM Narendra Modi claimed on Tuesday that Centre had already recovered and returned Rs 17,000 crore of "scam money" to people all over the country.Modi's claim came during a campaign rally in Ashoknagar, a part of the Barasat ...
29 May 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: CM Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday countered BJP's Hindutva narrative in Bengal by telling PM Narendra Modi that the plot of land where he paid homage to Swami Vivekananda - his birthplace - had been bought over by KMC, ...
29 May 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Trinamool Congress had already won 23 of the 33 Bengal constituencies that had gone for polls, party general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said on Tuesday."Many have been texting me and asking about the estimated number of seats AITC will ...
29 May 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: An empty local train derailed at Liluah station in Eastern Railway’s Howrah division early on Tuesday morning, disrupting train movement. No casualty was reported, but local train services were hampered for over five hours once again on a ...
29 May 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Jadavpur has a record of unsettling the obvious. It threw a surprise in the heydays of the Left when Mamata Banerjee, then a young Congress candidate, defeated CPM veteran Somnath Chatterjee from Jadavpur Lok Sabha constituency in 1984. ...
29 May 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Cyclone Remal has left a trail of devastation across south Bengal, inundating farm fields and severely damaging standing crops. The storm, which made landfall accompanied by torrential rain, wreaked havoc on summer vegetables, including ridged gourd, bitter gourd, ...
29 May 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Around 25% of women in Kolkata are at risk of contracting cervical cancer, up from 10% a decade ago, said oncologists and gynaecologists on International Day of Action for Women’s Health on Tuesday. Cervical and breast cancer patients ...
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