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  • News from West Bengal | 25 Jun, 2025 | ১১ আষাঢ়, ১৪৩২
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  • Anti-diabetic drugs cheaper, heart medicine to cost more

    Kolkata: The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA), in an order dated March 27, changed the prices of 80 medicines or drug formulations. While prices of some medicines, including those used for diabetes, were reduced drastically, some became more expensive. ...

    31 March 2025 Times of India
    Low-cost tide turns as temp soars, veggies turn dearer

    12 Kolkata: With temperatures soaring since mid-March, Bengal's farmlands struggled, vegetables lost their colour and freshness, and shrivelled. The excessive heat forced farmers to over-irrigate, leading to waterlogging and crop damage. Production nearly halved, creating a supply crunch that ...

    31 March 2025 Times of India
    Mini-India communities ring in new year with family, friends, food and prayers

    123456 Kolkata: The city on Sunday celebrated a number of festivals, including Ugadi, Gudi Padwa, Cheti Chand or Sindhi New Year, Chaitra Navratri and Navreh Poshte, on Sunday, marking the beginning of a new year for various communities.The festivities ...

    31 March 2025 Times of India
    Docs sound caution as rising temp leads to spurt in indigestion, cough and cold

    12 Kolkata: As predicted by the Met office, the maximum temperature came down further on Sunday. However, the rising humidity level pushed up the real feel to over 40 when the city recorded a maximum temperature of 35°C. The ...

    31 March 2025 Times of India
    Deadline extended: One more week to clear BMC property tax

    123 Kolkata: The last date for taxpayers residing in the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) area of Salt Lake and Rajarhat Gopalpur to clear all the quarters of their property tax for the 2024-25 financial year via online methods is ...

    31 March 2025 Times of India
    Pandemic & politics derail tourism, first shops start downing shutters in Kolkata’s Mini B’desh

    12 Kolkata: The once thriving business hub of Marquis Street, known as ‘Mini Bangladesh' for its popularity with Bangladeshi tourists, is witnessing a sharp decline in trade, forcing many eateries, guest houses and other commercial establishments in the area, ...

    31 March 2025 Times of India
    After Myanmar-Thailand quake, travel industry reassures vacationers

    Kolkata: Travel and tourism fraternity has reassured tourists that Bangkok remains a safe and welcoming destination despite last week's devastating earthquake. At a time when the peak travel season is in full swing — April and May marking some ...

    31 March 2025 Times of India
    ‘Over 1.2k tonne Howrah waste shifted to Dhapa’

    Howrah: The Howrah Municipal Corporation (HMC) has received a significant boost in its waste management capabilities with the State Urban Development Authority (SUDA) providing 20 new six-wheeled dumpers to address the city's garbage crisis.Civic body chairman Sujay Chakraborty said ...

    31 March 2025 Times of India
    Sustainable water management to solar panels, Kol housing complexes embrace green urban living

    123456 Kolkata: With climate change an imminent reality, residential complexes in Kolkata are stepping up their sustainability efforts. Three distinct residential complexes — Merlin Iris in Mukundapur, Diamond City South in Paschim Putiyari and Merlin Waterfront in Shibpore, Howrah ...

    31 March 2025 Times of India
    Bengal Cong defends Mamata’s Oxford remarks on economy

    12 Kolkata: The Bengal Congress on Sunday stated that chief minister Mamata Banerjee's remarks in Oxford regarding India's economy are accurate and regardless of whether they are made in India or the UK, the truth remains unchanged.The BJP criticised ...

    31 March 2025 Times of India
    BJP, CPM had tacit understanding to disrupt Mamata’s speech at Kellogg College: TMC

    12 Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Sunday alleged a "tacit understanding" between BJP and CPM to disrupt CM Mamata Banerjee's opening remarks at Oxford's Kellogg College in front of the Indian diaspora as well as UK-based academics and students, claiming ...

    31 March 2025 Times of India
    Minister, academics bat for ex-Jadavpur University interim VC in convocation fight

    123 Kolkata: Academicians, former vice-chancellors, the state education minister on Sunday spoke strongly against the "David versus Goliath" battle panning out at Jadavpur University after Governor CV Ananda Bose used his constitutional authority to first remove Bhaskar Gupta, as ...

    31 March 2025 Times of India
    Alipurduar resident dies in Odisha train derailment

    Jalpaiguri: Last week, 22-year-old Subhankar Roy, a labourer at a steel factory in Alipurduar, took a 10-day leave to take his mother, Chitra, to Bengaluru for a heart check-up. He planned to resume his duties in the first week ...

    31 March 2025 Times of India
    Four days after ex-teacher’s death, son surrenders to cops

    123 Kolkata: Evading arrest for three days, Abhishek Maitra, the son of a 72-year-old former Nava Nalanda school teacher — whose charred body was found at their rented home in Baghajatin's Vidyasagar Colony on Wednesday — surrendered in Patuli ...

    31 March 2025 Times of India
    Auto driver held for stabbing man

    123 Kolkata: A man in his early 40s was allegedly stabbed by an auto driver after he protested against the latter's reckless driving along BT Road at Titagarh on Sunday afternoon. The incident occurred when the auto driver, driving ...

    31 March 2025 Times of India
    Sukanta stopped near Mothabari; TMC, Cong slam ‘bid to instigate’

    123 Malda: Police on Sunday said 61 people had been arrested, 19 FIRs lodged and the tension in Mothabari due to violence "was under control". The internet, which had been curbed in three blocks, has also been restored. The ...

    31 March 2025 Times of India
    Cylinder raid by SI: HC quashes Behala hotel case

    123 Kolkata: Criminal proceedings against a hotel in Behala found violating rules by using domestic cylinders for commercial purpose was quashed by Calcutta High Court as the raid and seizure was conducted by an officer below the rank of ...

    31 March 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata likely to get its first airport metro link by July

    KOLKATA: Those from northern suburbs headed to catch a flight at the airport can hope to avoid road congestion and take a metro by July. The Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) is due to inspect the 7km Noapara-Airport (formally ...

    30 March 2025 Times of India
    Calcutta HC not dumping ground for judges with questionable image: Lawyers to CJI

    Calcutta HC KOLKATA: Calcutta High Court cannot be a "dumping ground" for judges with "questionable image or short stints", the three HC lawyers' bodies have said in a letter to Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, urging him to ...

    30 March 2025 Times of India
    Jalpaiguri man sentenced to death for killing cousin in 2021

    Jalpaiguri: A Jalpaiguri court on Saturday awarded the death sentence to a man for killing his cousin four years ago.Sankar Das was hacked to death by his cousin, Suresh Roy, on March 4, 2021 for objecting to the latter's ...

    30 March 2025 Times of India
    1°C max drop fails to bring down degree of discomfort

    12 Kolkata: The maximum temperature on Saturday dipped by a notch in Kolkata from Friday's high of 37.6°C. Despite the marginal dip, there is no immediate respite from the unrelenting heat. Even as the Met office has forecast a ...

    30 March 2025 Times of India
    Trader’s man Friday found stabbed to death in Tolly flat

    123 Kolkata: A youth, Abinash Bauri (22), who worked for a Chandni Chowk trader, Kushal Chhabra, was found murdered in the latter's fourth-floor flat near Bhawani Cinema in Tollygunge on Saturday. This was the third murder reported in the ...

    30 March 2025 Times of India
    Inspection in April, city likely to get its first airport metro link by July

    Kolkata: Those from northern suburbs headed to catch a flight at the airport can hope to avoid road congestion and take a metro by July. The Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) is due to inspect the 7km Noapara-Airport (formally ...

    30 March 2025 Times of India
    KP helpline to support those in mental distress

    Kolkata: The police, rattled by the series of suicide pacts in the city, have decided to tie up with NGOs and offer a helping hand to those in mental distress. At least five major incidents have claimed 12 lives ...

    30 March 2025 Times of India
    Window of hope: Farming, fishing aid for tiger widows in Sundarbans

    1234 Kolkata: About two years ago, Rina Sarkar went to catch crabs with her husband when the duo encountered a tiger in the Sundarbans. Rina fainted at its sight. But as she regained consciousness, her husband was no more. ...

    30 March 2025 Times of India
    2 teens arrested for snatching woman’s phone in Kolkata’s Ballygunge

    Kolkata: The Ballygunge Police arrested two scooter-borne teenagers, both aged 18, for allegedly snatching a smartphone from a 50-year-old woman opposite Birla Mandir near Ballygunge Post Office. The duo — Karaya residents Md Nazir Raza and Faizan Hussain— was ...

    30 March 2025 Times of India
    Mumbai cops nab ‘digital arrest’ kingpin in Kolkata

    Kolkata: A Mumbai cyber cell team, with the help of local police, raided an office on Shakespeare Sarani on Friday and nabbed a ‘digital arrest' kingpin, who operated from there.The accused, Sourish Nag (41), was picked up for receiving ...

    30 March 2025 Times of India
    KMDA plans to raze bldg on EM Bypass, shift stalls

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) is working on modalities to demolish a building on EM Bypass and temporarily rehabilitate nine stalls to a nearby night shelter to facilitate widening of a culvert at Chingrighata that will ease ...

    30 March 2025 Times of India
    Earthquake effect: Bangkok fares yet to return to earth

    12 Kolkata: As Kolkatans in Bangkok scrambled to return home from the quake-hit city, soaring flight fares proved challenging. Many tourists, who were rattled by the high-intensity earthquake and the chaos that ensued in the Thai capital, wanted to ...

    30 March 2025 Times of India
    Man held for alleged molestation and firearm threat in Beleghata

    123 Kolkata: A young woman in Beleghata was allegedly followed without consent, accosted, verbally abused, and finally molested by a 44-year-old man who used a firearm to threaten her when she tried to protest.Even as the shocked neighbourhood united ...

    30 March 2025 Times of India
    ‘Don’t get provoked’: Bengal cops call for vigilance, harmony ahead of Eid, Ram Navami

    Kolkata: Bengal police have registered an FIR against two persons at Shyampur police station for planning to incite communal unrest over the next 10 days., during which Eid and Ram Navami are scheduled."We have information based on which Howrah ...

    30 March 2025 Times of India
    Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation to install 4,500 LED streetlights across Salt Lake and Rajarhat-Gopalpur

    Kolkata: The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has initiated the process to install over 4,500 LED streetlights across its 41 wards, covering Salt Lake and Rajarhat-Gopalpur. Close to Rs 4 crore has been sanctioned under the state's green city mission ...

    30 March 2025 Times of India
    Centre clears Rs 361 crore to Bengal for NHM with rider

    Kolkata: The Centre has released Rs 361 crore to the Bengal govt for the National Health Mission (NHM). However, the funds were cleared with a rider that Sushathya Kendra needs to be renamed "Ayushman Arogya Kendra". An official said ...

    30 March 2025 Times of India
    Space-themed Durga Puja pandal and illuminations to celebrate Sunita Williams’ return to Earth

    123456 Kolkata/Chandernagore: At least one city Durga Puja pandal has decided to make ‘Space' the theme of this year's Durga Puja, following the tremendous interest generated worldwide over Indian-origin American astronaut Sunita Williams' return to Earth after nine months ...

    30 March 2025 Times of India
    Parking relief for IPL fans at Eden Gardens: Army, police reach agreement

    12 Kolkata: The imbroglio over parking of vehicles in the Maidan area during IPL matches at Eden Gardens is set to be resolved. Five days after the Army — the Maidan's custodian — informed Kolkata Police that parking would ...

    30 March 2025 Times of India
    Man sentenced 10 years RI in POCSO case

    Kalyani: The Kalyani Court in Nadia has sentenced an individual to 10 years' imprisonment in a Pocso case, said public prosecutor Ria Sarkar.On Feb 12, 2019, Haringhata Police under Ranaghat Police District received a complaint regarding sexual assault of ...

    30 March 2025 Times of India
    Governor demands repayment for alleged illegal convocation at Jadavpur University.

    12345 Kolkata: Governor and JU chancellor C V Ananda Bose, in a letter to former interim VC Bhaskar Gupta, demanded that he deposit the money spent during the course of "convocation held illegally" in Dec 2024. Gupta said, ""All ...

    30 March 2025 Times of India
    WhatsApp hacks overtake digital arrest fraud cases

    Kolkata: A new headache is emerging for the various cyber cells under Kolkata Police as random WhatsApp accounts are getting hacked or compromised. This is happening even as digital arrest fraud cases, which led to dozens of Kolkatans losing ...

    30 March 2025 Times of India
    Kol pays tribute to Baij with his masterpieces, works of other greats

    123456 Kolkata: Kolkata paid tribute to the legendary iconoclast Ramkinkar Baij with a mega art exhibition at Nazrul Tirtha in New Town. The exhibition showcases not only his paintings and sculptures but also works contributed by several other artists ...

    30 March 2025 Times of India
    3 crore tumbles out of call centre kingpin’s cupboard

    12 Kolkata: Around Rs 3 crore in cash — in bundles of Rs 500 notes — tumbled out of three trolley bags hidden inside the false ceiling of a bathroom and a cupboard concealed within a wall behind a ...

    29 March 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata suspends biomining at Dhapa after agency fails to meet deadline

    KOLKATA: Biomining of the 40 lakh tonne of municipal solidwaste (MSW) that had been dumped at Dhapa along the eastern fringes of the city for three-and-a-half decades has been suspended after Kolkata Municipal Corporation cancelled the contract of the ...

    29 March 2025 Times of India
    Afternoon aftershocks jolt city residents

    Kolkata: The aftershocks of a 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar and Thailand on Friday morning was felt in Kolkata, about 2,073 km away from its epicentre in Sagaing. Many residents in different parts of the city reportedly felt mild ...

    29 March 2025 Times of India
    'We immediately booked flight and came back to India': Indians returning to Kolkata recall Myanmar earthquake terror

    NEW DELHI: Indian passengers arriving at Kolkata airport from Bangkok shared harrowing experiences of the powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar and Thailand on Friday morning, killing at least 144 people and injuring over 700.Several passengers described the chaos ...

    29 March 2025 Times of India
    At 37.6°C, city sizzles on hottest day of 2025 so far, no rain in sight

    12 Kolkata: The mercury surged sharply in Kolkata on Friday, clocking 37.6°C, nearly three notches above normal, making it the second-highest March temperature in the past 11 years for the city. In Dum Dum, the mercury touched the 40-degree ...

    29 March 2025 Times of India
    Earthquake leaves Kolkatans in Bangkok rattled, home-bound flight fares up three times

    KOLKATA: Kolkatans in Bangkok were left dazed on Friday as the city erupted in chaos after an earthquake in the Thai capital turned under-construction high-rises into rubble and trapped people in buildings that collapsed. Residents thronged the streets as ...

    29 March 2025 Times of India
    14-yr-old cousins go missing from N Kol

    Kolkata: Two 14-year-old cousins, both girls, mysteriously disappeared from north Kolkata's Goabagan area while reportedly heading to a nearby food shop on Wednesday night, prompting a police investigation. Locals on Sahitya Parishad Street near Bidhan Sarani reported seeing the ...

    29 March 2025 Times of India
    RG Kar case: No gang-rape proof in medical report, CBI tells Calcutta high court; judge flags missing injury details in postmortem report

    The Calcutta High Court demands detailed updates and case assessments to understand the investigation delays. KOLKATA: Medical reports in last Aug's RG Kar rape-murder of a junior doctor had only established rape, not gang rape, CBI told Calcutta ...

    29 March 2025 Times of India
    'Video showed minor being stripped': Kolkata man held for uploading child porn on social media; cops got tip from Facebook

    Kolkata Police arrested a man from Narkeldanga for uploading child pornography on social media, following a tip-off from Facebook. The suspect is in custody until April 4. KOLKATA: The Kolkata Police cyber cell has arrested a man from Narkeldanga ...

    29 March 2025 Times of India
    Drunken rogue bikers race on Jessore Road in West Bengal, kill woman

    KOLKATA: Drunken rogue bikers racing along Jessore Road in Barasat on Thursday night claimed the life of a woman in her mid-50s after a speeding bike hit her. Local residents chased down one of the accused biker, thrashed him, ...

    29 March 2025 Times of India
    AQI calendar: Kolkata breathed cleaner air during Jan-Feb

    Kolkata: An analysis of the city's AQI (Air Quality Index) calendar has revealed that Kolkata breathed easier during the second leg of winter (Jan-Feb). Unlike previous years, the city witnessed a significant improvement in air quality with a significant ...

    29 March 2025 Times of India
    RG Kar: No gang rape proof in med report, CBI tells HC

    Kolkata: Medical reports in last Aug's RG Kar rape-murder of a junior doctor had only established rape, not gang rape, CBI told Calcutta High Court on Friday. The agency also said that it was only probing whether there was ...

    29 March 2025 Times of India
    Allahbadia, Kamra incidents boost Kolkata comedy club footfall, open mics & stand ups draw under-30 crowd

    Kolkata: The controversy over the Kunal Kamra and Ranveer Allahbadia show has unexpectedly bolstered the interest in comedy shows in Kolkata. Numerous individuals, previously unfamiliar with terminology such as ‘open mic', ‘set' and ‘host', which remained relatively obscure beyond ...

    29 March 2025 Times of India
    4 shanties gutted in Padmapukur fire

    12 Kolkata: A fire that broke out twice at a slum on Padmapukur Lane in Ballygunge has prompted a police investigation amid allegations of foul play by real estate promoters. Four shanties were gutted, even as a forensic team ...

    29 March 2025 Times of India
    2 new Dalian rakes start metro ops

    12 Kolkata: The two new Dalian rakes, which arrived in the city from China in Jan, started operations on the North-South corridor on Friday. With these two, Metro fleet's Dalian strength rises to five.Both the eight-coach rakes, to be ...

    29 March 2025 Times of India
    Ahead of festival, shopping hubs in city stay abuzz with Eid buyers till midnight

    1234 Kolkata: Shopping hubs in the city, including New Market and surroundings, which usually close by 9.30pm, have been staying open as late as 11.30 at night to cater to the rush of last-minute Eid shoppers. Hawkers on the ...

    29 March 2025 Times of India
    70 booked on 2nd day of drive against Salt Lake illegal parking

    1234 Kolkata: The Bidhannagar City Police on Friday continued its campaign against illegal parking in Salt Lake, with officers using loudspeakers to warn people that they could face strict action for leaving their vehicles in unauthorised road space and ...

    29 March 2025 Times of India
    Guv removes JU acting VC 4 days before his retirement

    1234 Kolkata: Governor C V Ananda Bose ordered the removal of Jadavpur University (JU) interim vice-chancellor Bhaskar Gupta from his administrative post on Thursday, four days before Gupta's scheduled superannuation. The decision, conveyed through a letter on Friday, has ...

    29 March 2025 Times of India
    Overburdened Dhapa on brink of collapse, KMC sends SOS to govt for new landfill

    12 Kolkata: Dhapa is creaking under the weight of garbage. Created with a holding capacity of 2,500 tonnes of solid municipal waste from Kolkata per day, the facility is now struggling to accommodate 5,000 tonnes of garbage daily. Alarmed ...

    29 March 2025 Times of India
    Give Howrah cave-in report in 2 months: NGT

    Kolkata: The Eastern Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) took suo motu cognisance of the land subsidence at the Belgachhia dumpsite in Howrah that damaged houses and hit water supply. The NGT asked green activist Subhas Datta to ...

    29 March 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata tram museum reopens with rich history and cultural festival highlights climate awareness.

    1234 Kolkata: After a two-week closure due to renovation, the Kolkata Tram Museum, "Smaranika," housed within a vintage tram built in 1938, which remains functional to this day, will be reopened shortly, said a senior official of WBTC. Modified ...

    29 March 2025 Times of India
    HC recognises All India Matua Mahasangha as mela organiser

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday recognised All India Matua Mahasangha as the organiser of the Matua Dharma Mela, which began on March 26 and will continue till April 2.A division bench of justices Debangsu Basak and Md Shabbar ...

    29 March 2025 Times of India
    Police hunt for additional suspects in Kolkata fake IT raid and robbery case

    Kolkata: Police probing the Chinar Park fake IT raid and robbery case are looking for at least three more suspects involved in the crime. Police said they had CCTV footage of multiple persons, other than the CISF personnel arrested ...

    29 March 2025 Times of India
    Bhatpara violence: HC refuses urgent hearing to Arjun

    12 Bhatpara/Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday refused an urgent hearing to BJP neta and former MP Arjun Singh on his plea alleging harassment by police authorities. Singh claimed that his residence was attacked by miscreants on the intervening ...

    29 March 2025 Times of India
    HC seeks report from Malda DM over Mothabari clashes

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday sought a report from the Malda district magistrate (DM) and the SP by Thursday on alleged clashes in Mothabari. A division bench of Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Smita Das (De) passed the ...

    29 March 2025 Times of India
    EC directs revision of voters’ list for Kaliganj assembly bypoll

    12 Kolkata: The Election Commission on Friday took serious note of bogus voters and, as an extraordinary measure, asked for a mandatory revision of the voters' list specifically for Kaliganj assembly constituency in Nadia, where a bypoll is due.EC ...

    29 March 2025 Times of India
    Sundarban Tramyatra Festival of Learning Brings Climate Change Awareness to Kolkata’s Streets

    123 The Sundarban Tramyatra Festival of Learning transforms Kolkata's iconic tramways into a vibrant space for climate awareness, storytelling, and cultural exchange. It began on Friday, with a special focus on the Sundarbans, a critical climate hotspot. Co-curated by ...

    29 March 2025 Times of India
    After disruption at CM speech, Kellogg College expresses regret

    12345 London/Kolkata: Kellogg College on Friday said it regretted "that a small group of people sought to prevent healthy discussion," in its first formal reactions after the barracking of Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's address at Oxford University.In an email ...

    29 March 2025 Times of India
    TI parade today for 5 from CISF held for heist

    Kolkata: The five Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel who were arrested by Bidhannagar City Police for posing as I-T officers to pull off a heist at Chinar Park last week will undergo a test identification (TI) parade at ...

    28 March 2025 Times of India
    Mob attacks cops after youth’s death

    Pandabeshwar: A 21-year-old youth was found hanging in a house in Ruidas Para on Thursday morning. Locals mounted a protest after it came to light that cops had reportedly removed the body of Pranab Bauri alias Pallab without informing ...

    28 March 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata Weather Today March 28, 2025: Enjoy Sunny Skies and Warm Temperatures This Week

    Weather Today March 28, 2025 for KolkataWeather Today March 28, 2025 for KolkataMarch 27, 2025: Sunny Skies Ahead As you start your day in Kolkata, expect clear and sunny skies. The day promises to be bright and warm, perfect ...

    28 March 2025 Times of India
    'Mamata Banerjee following Rahul Gandhi's footsteps': BJP leader Pradeep Bhandari on her remarks during UK visit

    NEW DELHI: BJP National Spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari lashed out at West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday regarding Banerjee's UK visit and contentious remarks at a collegiate institution in England.Bhandari asserted that INDI alliance leaders consistently disparage Bharat ...

    28 March 2025 Times of India
    BJP labels Mamata Banerjee 'a disgrace to Bengal' amid Oxford speech protests

    NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee faced protests from demonstrators at Oxford University's Kellogg College in London on Thursday. The protesters questioned her about the RG Kar College incident and post-poll violence in West Bengal.A video shared ...

    28 March 2025 Times of India
    Children explore environmental activism through Art at unique Kolkata workshop

    <p>In Kolkata, painter Babita Das led an art workshop integrating environmental activism, inspiring children to focus on sustainability<br></p> KOLKATA: Kolkata recently witnessed a remarkable fusion of art and environmental activism as well-known painter Babita Das conducted an art workshop ...

    28 March 2025 Times of India
    At Oxford, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee bats for inclusivity, offers 'love' to RG Kar hecklers

    LONDON/KOLKATA: Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee delivered her maiden speech at an Oxford University institution on Thursday, emphasising she would not indulge in divisive politics while leading an administration and stressing the importance of inclusivity to deliver all-round growth.Addressing ...

    28 March 2025 Times of India
    13,000km away, Jay Bhattacharya's (Donald Trump's NIH director) family quietly continues with its educational philanthropy

    The Bhattacharyas’ ancestral home in Chandernagore KOLKATA/CHANDERNAGORE: Jay Bhattacharya's confirmation as National Institutes of Health director by the US Senate was closely followed 13,000km away in Shibpur and Chandernagore, where his family continues to fund educational scholarships and donate ...

    28 March 2025 Times of India
    State to get first superspeciality veterinary hospital at New Town

    123 Kolkata: The city is set to get its seventh govt-run veterinary hospital at New Town. This will also be the state's first superspeciality veterinary hospital where medical services will include an operation theatre for complex surgeries, a critical ...

    28 March 2025 Times of India
    Displaced Hwh residents get relief cheques, worry about container stay

    12 Howrah: The state on Thursday distributed compensation cheques to 113 families affected by the Belgachhia landfill collapse in Howrah. DM P Deepapriya and MLA Manoj Tiwari oversaw the proceedings at Belghachia Surendranath Memorial High School. Sixty families whose ...

    28 March 2025 Times of India
    Subway linking rly & metro stations opens at Sealdah

    12 Kolkata: Nearly three years after East-West Metro's Sealdah station started operations, the subway connecting it with the railway station was opened for public on Thursday.Sealdah Metro station accommodates approximately 35,000 to 40,000 passengers daily, including those utilising Sealdah ...

    28 March 2025 Times of India
    Iftar celebrates unity, inclusivity

    123 Kolkata: People from diverse faiths gathered at the parish hall of Church of Christ the King for iftar on Thursday, underscoring Kolkata's diverse cultural fabric and spirit of inclusivity.The annual interfaith iftar was hosted by the United Interfaith ...

    28 March 2025 Times of India
    BCom examinees caught with mobiles threaten profs

    Kolkata: A group of Prafulla Chandra College students, appearing for their BCom third-semester exams at Netaji Nagar Day College, threatened the invigilators who caught them with mobiles inside the exam hall on Wednesday. The examinees did not even spare ...

    28 March 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata school’s food-for-all community initiative a hit in summer heat

    12 Kolkata: In a unique community service initiative, city-based South Point School has placed a meat-safe cabinet just outside its campus for people to access food and water, contributed by its teachers, staff and students, free of cost. The ...

    28 March 2025 Times of India
    Kol housing sales drop 31% in Q1 2025 amid national dip

    123 Kolkata: Housing sales in Kolkata declined by 31% in Jan-March 2025 compared to the corresponding period in 2024, mirroring the trend visible in all major cities across the country.According to Anarock Research, which released the first quarter residential ...

    28 March 2025 Times of India
    Premier Bearings eyes Rs 500cr turnover in 5 yrs

    12 Kolkata: Premier India Bearings, a city-based industrial bearing distributor, is aiming for a turnover of Rs 500 crore in the next five years. The company plans to invest over Rs 100 crore in Bengal to expand its business ...

    28 March 2025 Times of India
    HC sets free Haryana man in Khadim owner abduction case

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday set free a Haryana resident, who had surrendered to the CBI in an arms case in Gujarat in 2012 and was later indicted as a "key player" in the abduction of Khadim ...

    28 March 2025 Times of India
    Temp may rise to 37°C in Kol by Sat, predicts Met

    12 Kolkata:The maximum temperature on Thursday touched the 35 degree-mark in Kolkata for the third time this summer. At 35.1°C, this was also the second-highest maximum temperature this March. Moreover, Thursday's maximum temperature was 1.2 notches above normal. The ...

    28 March 2025 Times of India
    Stage-film crossover: Artistes reveal secret of balancing act

    1234 Kolkata: When Bratya Basu faced the camera at the Sarcarina theatre for Aditya Vikram Sengupta's ‘Mayanagar', he perhaps had an idea that his portrayal of ‘Bubuda' would garner acclaim for its mellow and naturalistic approach. Ahead of World ...

    28 March 2025 Times of India
    Calcutta High Court lays out dos & don'ts for guard rail use on national highways

    12 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the state authorities to adequately illuminate the guard rails placed on national highways so that motorists driving at night can spot them properly from 100 metres ahead of the barricades. The ...

    28 March 2025 Times of India
    Motorists urge Kolkata traffic police to increase visibility of guard rails at night

    12 Kolkata: Motorists in Kolkata hope the traffic police will take cognisance of the Calcutta High Court order on the illumination of barricades and guard rails, and take measures to address the hazard on city roads.Travelling at night on ...

    28 March 2025 Times of India
    HC dismisses PIL seeking CAPF at Contai cooperative bank polls

    12 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday dismissed a PIL seeking that Central Armed Police Force be deployed for Contai Co-operative Agricultural Rural Development Bank polls, advising the petitioners to file an appeal before the HC single bench.Elections for ...

    28 March 2025 Times of India
    Jadavpur University students reclaim walls with graffiti protests

    12 Kolkata: Two days after graffiti at Aurobindo Bhavan was whitewashed, Jadavpur University students reclaimed the walls of the administrative building with fresh slogans being written on Wednesday and Thursday. Much to the chagrin of the university authorities, the ...

    28 March 2025 Times of India
    Rtd teacher was murdered, prime suspect son still missing

    Kolkata: The initial post-mortem report of Malabika Maitra (72), a retired teacher from a prominent south Kolkata school, revealed that she was murdered inside her rented accommodation at Vidyasagar Colony near Baghajatin on Wednesday morning."The autopsy surgeon indicated that ...

    28 March 2025 Times of India
    Bidhannagar Police crack down on illegal parking in Salt Lake

    12 Kolkata: More than 100 cars parked illegally on major Salt Lake thoroughfares, encroaching upon carriageways and portions of pavements while hindering the smooth movement of vehicles, were prosecuted in a planned drive by Bidhannagar City Police on Thursday.Police ...

    28 March 2025 Times of India
    No plans to install busts of Ullaskar, Barin at Cellular Jail: Centre

    Kolkata: The Ministry of Culture has confirmed in Parliament that there are no busts of freedom fighters Ullaskar Dutta and Barin Ghosh at the Andaman Cellular Jail, with no plans to install them.In response to questions raised in the ...

    28 March 2025 Times of India
    Submit footage, photos of Baruipur March 19 attack: HC

    Kolkata: Calcutta HC on Thursday gave another opportunity to the petitioners — alleging an attack on LoP Suvendu Adhikari's car during a BJP meeting at Baruipur on March 19 — to produce video footage and photographs to substantiate it ...

    28 March 2025 Times of India
    Alumni’s gifts help IIEST set up two research centres

    12 Kolkata: IIEST, Shibpur, one of the oldest engineering colleges in the country, on Thursday gave itself two interdisciplinary centres, where research will be carried out on the most contemporary issues of sustainable infrastructure, water and environment. The centres ...

    28 March 2025 Times of India
    Midnapore school shut for staff crisis to reopen in April: State informs HC

    12 Kolkata: A Bengali-medium school in West Midnapore, which closed down due to lack of teachers in 2024, is set to reopen in April after it received three assistant teachers and a guest teacher. Following a PIL in the ...

    28 March 2025 Times of India
    Calcutta high court orders police picket outside Rabindra Bharati University to maintain peace.

    123 Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday asked police to set up a police picket, including armed police, just outside the Rabindra Bharati University campus to ensure no breach of peace. The HC said demonstrations by outsiders or ...

    28 March 2025 Times of India
    After HC nod, Bengal BJP holds protest meet in Baruipur

    123 Baruipur: Armed with a go-ahead from Calcutta High Court, Bengal BJP held a protest meeting at Baruipur on Thursday and claimed that a "political change is imminent in West Bengal". State leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari said "life ...

    28 March 2025 Times of India
    West Bengal safari roars: Record growth in wildlife conservation & visitor surge

    KOLKATA: The Forest Minister of West Bengal, Birbaha Hansda, announced the remarkable achievements of the Forest Department in the last financial year, highlighting Bengal Safari’s milestones in captive animal care and wildlife conservation. She praised the park’s robust disease ...

    27 March 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata Weather Today March 27, 2025: Sunny and Hot Day with High Temperatures

    Weather Update for Kolkata on March 27, 2025 As you step out today in Kolkata, you can expect a bright and sunny day with quite high temperatures. Let's break down what today has in store for you:Morning Start and ...

    27 March 2025 Times of India
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