Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court recently maintained that arrest warrants should not be issued mechanically by courts and they must be justified with valid reasons. This ruling was made in a case concerning malpractice at three branches of a ...
26 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The state govt had reconstituted the state-level police complaint authority. It will be headed by Justice Ashim Kumar Roy, Lokayukta of Bengal. Other members include home secretary Nandini Chakraborty while DGP Rajeev Kumar is the convenor of the ...
26 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Passengers booking air-conditioned Yatri Sathi cabs at Kolkata airport will have to pay more than the current fares as the airport authorities are set to slap the taxis an extra charge of Rs 70 per trip as parking ...
26 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Two children, aged between 11 and 13 years, were traced within 24 hours after they left their homes on Wednesday. In the first case, the student of a top English medium school in central Kolkata reportedly left his ...
26 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The decision to introduce the holistic progress report card for school students in the state-run schools has been delayed by a year. A notice has been issued by the state school education department and circulated to the schools. ...
26 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Air India Express will start a flight between Kolkata and Agartala from Sep 1. The daily flight will take off from Kolkata at 7.50 am and land at Agartala at 8.50 am. The return flight will take off ...
26 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The process of identifying and tackling the factors that can lead students to isolate and torture their peers should start in school, well before they reach college and university, a cross-section of psychiatrists, counsellors and educationists have said ...
26 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A detailed report on the state of hawking in some of the prime hawking zones is being prepared and will be submitted to the CMO next month.Sources in Kolkata Municipal Corporation on Thursday said the report was being ...
26 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Mahitosh Roy’s stoppage-time penalty spared Mohammedan Sporting’s blushes as the defending champions scraped past bottom-placed Patha Chakra 2-1 in Naihati on Thursday to keep their Super Six hopes alive in the CFL Premier Division. Israel Dewan continued his ...
26 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission (WBCERC) is set to issue an advisory, asking private hospitals to regularly update families about the patients’ medical conditions either on the mobile number or the email address registered during admission. ...
26 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The flow of patients from Bangladesh to Kolkata has dried up completely following the unrest in the neighbouring country that has stalled bus and train services across the border. Bangladesh patients comprise 12%-15% of revenue for several private ...
26 July 2024 Times of IndiaCheque being handed over to ICH Kolkata KOLKATA: A Kolkata doctor has pledged to plough back the entire royalty from his book on paediatric dermatology to a hospital for children. Apart from educating parents on skin issues in children, ...
26 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The VC of WBNUJS moved the division bench of Calcutta High Court, challenging a single bench judgment that directed re-examination of harassment charge by a professor. The bench of Justice Kausik Chanda had directed the local committee of ...
25 July 2024 Times of IndiaFile photo BURDWAN: A 48-year-old weaver from East Burdwan's Kalna, Khayeruddin Sheikh, and Howrah-based handloom designer, Soumitra Mondal, are among the list of Sant Kabir and National Handloom Awardees for 2023. The two awardees from Bengal will be felicitated ...
25 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A 45-year-old handcart puller died at 3.10 pm on Wednesday after being hit by a biker while crossing Maharshi Devendra Road in Jorabagan. On Basanti Highway, four persons were severely injured after a speeding private bus rammed into ...
25 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The family of Anwarul Azim Anar, the murdered Bangladeshi MP, has written to CID saying that they cannot travel to Kolkata for the DNA test due to the prevailing conditions in the neighbouring country.The investigators stated that they ...
25 July 2024 Times of IndiaImage used for representative purpose only KOLKATA: Bengal assembly on Wednesday passed a resolution by a voice vote against NEET, becoming the second opposition-governed state after Tamil Nadu to have done so in the country. The Siddaramaiah cabinet in ...
25 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday wanted to know whether any disciplinary proceeding was initiated against Saldiha College principal Shaikh Sirajuddin, who is also a former regional chairperson of the School Service Commission. Sirajuddin is now under suspension ...
25 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: MoS for development of north eastern region (DoNER), Sukanta Majumdar, met PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday to advocate for separate development schemes for north Bengal, similar to those for northeastern states. Trinamool Congress questioned why the junior minister ...
25 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A portion of the Joka-bound flank of Diamond Harbour Road—150m from the tram depot to State Archaeological Museum, covering a portion of Behala Market—will be closed to traffic to facilitate the PWD project of laying concrete blocks to ...
25 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A minor has been apprehended by Patuli police and presented before the Juvenile Justice Board on Wednesday for allegedly raping a 21-year-old woman multiple times for the past two months. The woman is now pregnant and under treatment ...
25 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Cops have begun calling up major puja organizers to ask about their themes for this year’s Durga Puja. In certain cases, local police have even identified pandals that have reported issues in the recent past and sent letters ...
25 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The sops announced in the Budget for the leather industry will generate more employment and help to increase export volume from Bengal, feel leather manufacturers.To enhance the competitiveness of exports in the leather sector, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman ...
25 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: As many as 4,292 residential properties were registered in Kolkata Metropolitan Area in June, the last month when one could avail the stamp duty rebate in the state. This was the best June performance in five years in ...
25 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: East Bengal FC defeated Railway FC 2-0 at home on Wednesday to go back on top of the table in Group B of the CFL Premier Division.Muhammed Musharaf put East Bengal in front on the cusp of half-time. ...
25 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Several small and mid-level puja committees have welcomed CM Mamata Banerjee’s decision to increase the grant to Rs 85,000, saying the increased allocation will help them scale up festivities, donate to the underprivileged and improve security and crowd ...
25 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The proposed 7km, four-lane flyover from EM Bypass to New Town will have three ramps connecting with Sector V for vehicles to reach the IT hub from EM Bypass in less than 10 minutes.The flyover that KMDA is ...
25 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: An examination of the woman’s body, which was found in a sack floating in a canal near Regent Park on Tuesday, revealed she was still alive when she was stuffed inside the bag and died by drowning. The ...
25 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Over 1.2 lakh candidates, who had signed up on the centralised admission portal, were allotted seats in colleges in the upgrade round. Of the total applicants, 62,423 students were offered upgraded options according to their first preference, and ...
25 July 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: Bangladeshis stranded in the city made a beeline for offices of transport services in Marquis Street and Sudder Street after they learnt from relatives back home that the situation had improved significantly in the past 24 hours. ...
25 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: GT Surender-trained Exuberance may repeat in the DR.S.N. Srinivas Memorial Cup at Mysuru on Thursday. The six-year-old gelding will be ridden by Anil Baandal.Mysuru selections2pm: 1. Sherouk 2. Noble Pursuit 3. Hand Of Gold.2.30pm: 1. Epsom Downs 2. ...
25 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The waiving off of the customs duty on three imported cancer drugs will make these expensive drugs more affordable to patients, said doctors. But they also said more steps were needed to bring down the cost of other ...
24 July 2024 Times of IndiaPassengers hope the easing of curfew in Bangladesh for a few hours will help them reach home safely KOLKATA: Six buses, ferrying close to 250 Bangadeshi visitors, left Kolkata on Tuesday, making it the highest number of departures since ...
24 July 2024 Times of IndiaImage used for representative purpose only HOWRAH: A doctor was allegedly harassed after a patient died due to negligence in treatment at Jagatballavpur Rural Hospital. The district health department has formed a three-member committee to investigate the incident.The patient, ...
24 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The decreased rainfall activity pushed the mercury slightly up on Tuesday. The Met office, however, expects more rainfall in the next two-three days. This will prevent the mercury from increasing abruptly. With 21.8 mm rain in the past ...
24 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A proposed cabinet reshuffle in Bengal is being delayed due to a stand-off between Nabanna and Raj Bhavan. According to sources, a file on this has been sent to Raj Bhavan, which has not been cleared. Raj Bhavan ...
24 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE) that conducts board exams for classes X and XII will now also assess the academic progress of students after classes III, V and VIII. These tests are likely to be ...
24 July 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: The cyber police station conducted awareness programmes at Loreto Day School and Modern High School to educate students about online safety and digital citizenship in an effort to “empower the next generation and identify the devils lying ...
24 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Rental housing with dormitory-type accommodation could be the new asset class for investment and could allow larger developers and investors a way to invest in real estate while ensuring good rental yields, developers in Kolkata told TOI after ...
24 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The state govt will start talks with the striking potato traders from Wednesday in an effort to end the ongoing strike by Progressive Potato Traders Association, which is threatening to push up potato prices in Kolkata and elsewhere.The ...
24 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Srinjoy Das, who had interned with a legal firm a few years ago, is happy that doing internship would no longer be a free labour following the announcement of Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who presented the budget ...
24 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Each Durga Puja committee in Bengal will receive Rs 85,000 from the govt this year, up from Rs 70,000 last year. The grant for over 43,000 organizers is likely to cost the state exchequer over Rs 365.5 crore, ...
24 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Railways allocation provided in the Interim Budget may remain the same without much changes, officials hinted on Tuesday. But a section of them, especially those working in Kolkata’s upcoming metro lines, hoped allocation would be revised for ...
24 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: “Stay in line, not out of line. You cannot work for any political party,” CM Mamata Banerjee said in the Bengal assembly on Tuesday, without naming governor CV Ananda Bose. Her remark came in the backdrop of the ...
24 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The unprecedented three-month prohibition on a film-maker from shooting by the Federation of Cine Technicians’ Workers of Eastern India (FCTWEI) has polarised Tollywood. While many, like Kamaleshwar Mukherjee, Indraadip Dasgupta and Aritra Dutta Banik, are vocal against the ...
24 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Kolkata Police will set up eight bio-toilets for personnel at spots where public toilets are either unavailable or too few. Lalbazar has identified the spots, including Loudon Street, Hazra Road-Harish Chatterjee Road crossing and Takta Ghat and floated ...
24 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Jewellers in the city are expecting a climbdown in gold prices soon following the budget announcement by Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. While they could not put exact amount to it, jewellers are expecting prices to come down ...
24 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The business chambers from the city hailed the budget for rationalisation of customs duty but some felt there was still lack of clarity in a few areas.Indian Chamber of Commerce president Ameya Prabhu said: “We had given recommendations ...
24 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A full-grown mahogany tree uprooted in an Ekbalpore neighbourhood on Monday morning. A Kolkata Municipal Corporation official said the adjacent land was being dug up for drainage upgrade work and it might have led to the uprooting of ...
24 July 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) has taken an initiative speaking with the foreign universities to give weightage to ISC students so that they can skip one or two semesters of the undergraduate programmes, said ...
24 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Airport cops have arrested 22 touts in the past three days. TOI had written on July 19 how taxi touts were back at Kolkata airport, cashing in on a spike in domestic passenger footfall owing to a rise ...
24 July 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: An interaction between farmers and scientists in Kolkata saw marginal farmers being encouraged to use scientific technology to improve their product during an initiative called Biotech KISAN-Hub. Twelve farmers among the trained beneficiaries were also presented with the ...
24 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: RS Sequeira-nursed Miss Maya won the first division of Osman Sagar Cup at Malakpet on Monday. The second division saw rank outsider N R I Superpower, also from the stable of RS Sequeira, coming up trumps.Hyderabad short results1: ...
23 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: South 24 Parganas, Darjeeling and North 24 Parganas have the most number of high-priority bird species in Bengal. The state is home to 895 bird species, spread over 88,752 square kilometres, said the Bengal data of State of ...
23 July 2024 Times of IndiaImage used for representative purpose only HOOGHLY/KOLKATA: In the backdrop of an ongoing strike by a section of potato traders, the state govt on Monday directly procured 750 tonnes from the farmers in Hooghly and sent the stock to ...
23 July 2024 Times of IndiaAbhishek Banerjee (File Photo) KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre and said the Union Budget reflected the fiscal and political bankruptcy of the regime. In a social media ...
23 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Traffic snarls are back in the city with the onset of monsoon, the first working day on Monday morning witnessing one of the worst slow movements of traffic in recent weeks. Cops attributed multiple reasons behind this – ...
23 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Kasba Police has now received a report that the two skulls and the bone of a hand that were recovered from an under-construction site at Haltu in Kasba on July 18 belonged to three women.The entire postmortem ...
23 July 2024 Times of IndiaImage used for representative purpose only KOLKATA: Kolkata loves its chilli chicken but pizza is not far behind.Chinese dishes are the most ordered across restaurants in the city but a bigger surprise is that Italian fare, particularly pizza and ...
23 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The unflinching determination of a dhobi in Ballygunge — despite financial challenges — contributed to the success of his 22-year-old son, Aman Kumar, who had cleared CA-final from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) in May ...
23 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Institute of Neurosciences Kolkata (INK) has detected six cases within a year of an infection where a rare amoeba eats into the human brain. One patient is still under treatment. Doctors wondered if immunological changes due to Covid-19 ...
23 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Metro Railway said on Monday that it has investigated and found out the actual reasons behind the flooding at Park Street metro station on May 28, when Cyclone Remal lashed the city.“The century-old KMC brick sewer line has ...
23 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The state higher education department has asked colleges to contact students, who have been allotted undergraduate seats through the centralised portal but have not yet paid the fees or taken admission. The department has shared the list of ...
23 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Airport-New Metro, which received the highest allocation of Rs 1,791 crore in the interim budget may get more funds in the general budget on Tuesday. The Orange Line aims to extend the service 8 km beyond Ruby ...
23 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Frequent spells of drizzles since Saturday have narrowed down the July rain deficit in Kolkata to a mere 10%, though the deficit remains a wider 28% in Gangetic West Bengal or south Bengal. The seasonal deficit in Kolkata ...
23 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Amid the stand-off with governor CV Ananda Bose over the swearing-in of newly elected MLAs, the state assembly’s business advisory committee on Monday decided that the four would be administered oath of office by speaker Biman Banerjee at ...
23 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The CNG supply to Kolkata is expected to ease within two months, according to transport minister Snehasis Chakraborty. The govt has reportedly made significant progress in laying a 250m CNG pipeline in Galsi, which will facilitate an uninterrupted ...
23 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Business in the Calcutta High Court came to a halt on Monday due to lawyers’ protest following an assault on a high court advocate at the Nepalganj police outpost under Bishnupur police station in South 24 Parganas on ...
23 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Border Security Force (BSF) assisted 225 more Indian and Nepalese students, studying in Bangladesh, to return home after they crossed the Indo-Bangla border on Monday. In the past four days, 1,419 students had crossed the border.On Monday, ...
23 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: While investigating a case of cellphone thefts from two examinees at the Rabindra Bharati University campus in Salt Lake last week, cops have come across an interstate crime racket. Two persons have been arrested so far. A probe ...
23 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The balcony of a six-storey building on Satyen Roy Road in Behala collapsed around 11.15 am on Monday during the morning rain. Police said a passer-by had a narrow escape and no one was injured in the incident.An ...
23 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The state urban development department on Monday approved a funding of Rs 3.6 crore to the Sector VI (Bantala) industrial township authority under the Development of Municipal Area scheme for setting up new roads and repairing the existing ...
23 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The state assembly will debate resolutions on NEET and the newly passed criminal laws this week.In the first business advisory committee meeting for the monsoon session on Monday, it was decided that a motion under Rule 169 would ...
23 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Twin outbreaks of swine flu (H1N1) and seasonal flu (H3N2) has left several hospitals grappling with these patients over the last fortnight, with the number of swine flu cases overtaking those with common flu at some facilities which ...
23 July 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Doctors cutting across various disciplines of medicine got together in Kolkata to deliberate on autoimmune diseases, one of the most neglected fields of medicine. Organised by Calcutta Association Calcutta Association of Practicing Pathologists (CAPP) around 200 delegates from ...
23 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: City hospitals have started getting in touch with Bangladeshi patients who were scheduled to be admitted or had consultations booked this week but were forced to defer their trip due to the unrest. Scores from Bangladesh stuck in ...
22 July 2024 Times of IndiaStudent's protest in Bangladesh ( Picture credits: Reuters) KOLKATA: The "savebangladeshstudents" and "#solidaritywithBangladesh" hashtags have been trending on social media in both opar and epar Bangla. People in India are now actively sharing poignant verses, striking placards, and heart-wrenching ...
22 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The Confederation of West Bengal Trade Association has pleaded for an increase in the income tax limit in this year’s Budget. It has also asked for exemption limit in GST up to Rs 2 crore and composition limit ...
22 July 2024 Times of India12 Kolkata: Times NIE presented Udaan 2 — a seminar on careers in law, management and humanities in the city exclusively for students of classes XI and XII. The seminar helped students explore ideal career pathways, important entrance exams, ...
22 July 2024 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said her govt would provide shelter to people from violence-hit Bangladesh and will not turn anyone away "if they come knocking on our doors"."I cannot make any comments on the situation in ...
22 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A 41-year-old attendant hired from an ayah centre in New Town to look after a paralytic bedridden senior citizen and his wife, a cancer patient, was arrested by Techno City police in New Town on Saturday after he ...
22 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: A pedestrian, Shankar Mondal (70) was injured after a private car hit him at the intersection of AJC Bose Road and Ballygunge Circular Road on Saturday night. Mondal was initially taken to Belle Vue and then shifted to ...
22 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Royal Mysore from the stable of Prasanna Kumar posted a facile victory in the feature event in Pune on Sunday. The daughter of Daffodils was given a perfect ride by Trevor Patel and thus recorded her fifth straight ...
22 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: To enrich ecosystem within the campuses, Calcutta University has launched a census and documentation of woody plant species across Ballygunge Science College, Rajabazar Science College, College Street, New Alipore College and Viharilal College for Home and Social Science ...
22 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: On Sunday, the Howrah division of Eastern Railway undertook a significant green conservation effort by successfully transplanting seven trees, all more than 50 years old, opposite Rail Museum. The original home of the trees was at the construction ...
22 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Bidhannagar police arrested Sakib Ali alias Guddu. on charges of burglary from Hatiara in New Town on Saturday. Cops said some of Ali’s aides were also arrested from New Town by Eco Park police on June 25. tnn
22 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said the party would never join hands with the “communal forces” of BJP. She also addressed like-minded parties and invited them to join hands with her to fight “communalism”.“As long as TMC is ...
22 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata/Malda: The BSF has set up help desks at all major Indo-Bangla borders, like Petrapole, LCS Gede, Ghojadanga and Mahadipur, to facilitate the safe return of several Indian, Nepalese and Bhutanese students studying in Bangladesh. The BSF spokesperson said ...
22 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The College Street Boipara looked forward to a revival of the book trade between Kolkata and Dhaka that has come to a halt due to the violence in the neighbouring country. Book traders and publishers are keeping fingers ...
22 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Bengal’s signature scheme Lakshmir Bhandar, which helped propel the Trinamool’s spectacular show in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, was a big hit on Sunday on the first post-poll Martyrs’ Day rally.Festoons, posters, caps and earthen piggy banks with ...
22 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: With Bangladeshi tourists trickling into hotels and lodges in the Free School Street-Marquis Street-Mirza Ghalib Street-Collin Street zone on Sunday, traders in the Mini Bangladesh belt are hopeful of business accelerating again. Once teeming with tourists visiting for ...
22 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Amidst soaring potato prices and mounting govt pressure, the Progressive Potato Traders’ Association declared an indefinite strike across Bengal starting Sunday. The strike raised concerns about potential disruptions in the potato supply to the city and the rest ...
22 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Bidhannagar police probing into the case of molestation and sexual assault of a US-bound 28-year-old public policy professional on a Kolkata-Abu Dhabi flight last week are set to record her statement over a video conference on Monday. The ...
22 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The July 21 Martyrs’ Day programme of Trinamool Congress witnessed an unprecedented turnout of professionals from middle-class and upper-middle-class backgrounds, groups that typically steer clear of political rallies. Many attendees drove their cars to the event with friends ...
22 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: The engineering departments of Jadavpur University have performed well this placement season, with a student bagging a Rs 1.4-crore offer from a startup firm while four others received packages of Rs 57 lakh each from Google. However, the ...
22 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Mohammedan Sporting suffered another early jolt in their title defence, going down 1-3 to United Sports Club in their CFL Premier Division on Saturday. Following a barren first half, Rohmingthanga handed United SC the lead in the 47th ...
22 July 2024 Times of IndiaBengal CM Mamata Banerjee and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav at Trinamool Congress' annual martyrs' day rally. KOLKATA: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav patted each other's back on Sunday in front of a mammoth ...
22 July 2024 Times of IndiaThe packed Esplanade station where the molestation took place KOLKATA: A woman in her late 20s who was molested while trying to board a crowded Dakshineswar-bound train, grabbed her molester and handed him over to RPF and other police ...
22 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Incidents of sexual harassment reported by women flyers against men seated alongside have prompted the largest Indian carrier to introduce a feature that enables female travellers to opt for seats next to other women travelling on the flight. ...
22 July 2024 Times of IndiaKolkata: Going by the number of dengue and malaria cases reported in the city till the second week of July, the situation this year was better than that around the same time last year, said KMC on Saturday. “Between ...
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