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  • News from West Bengal | 26 Jun, 2025 | ১১ আষাঢ়, ১৪৩২
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  • 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
    Bombs hurled, shots fired outside BJP leader Arjun Singh's house in West Bengal

    NEW DELHI: Unidentified attackers hurled bombs and opened fire outside BJP leader and former MP Arjun Singh's residence in West Bengal's Bhatpara late Wednesday night.As per the police, a youth suffered injuries in the incident that stemmed from a ...

    27 March 2025 Times of India
    CISF officer, 4 juniors held for Kolkata heist posing as I-T officials

    KOLKATA: Five serving CISF personnel, all posted across vital installations in Bengal, have been arrested by Bidhannagar Police for posing as income tax officers and pulling off a dramatic heist reminiscent of the Bollywood thriller 'Special 26' at Chinar ...

    27 March 2025 Times of India
    Mamata to address packed hall at Oxford University on women’s empowerment

    123 Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee is set to address a packed hall in Oxford University's Kellogg College on Thursday evening, with sources saying all 200 seats for the audience are booked, and provisions are being made to accommodate another ...

    27 March 2025 Times of India
    Submit report on Suvendu ‘attack’ in Baruipur by Friday: HC to state

    123 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the state to submit a report by Friday 4.30pm on the alleged attack on the cars of state leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari and Siliguri MLA Shankar Ghosh at Baruipur last ...

    27 March 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata’s new drainage projects to alleviate monsoon flooding in Bhowanipore and north-central areas

    123456 Kolkata: In a year, residents in large stretches of Bhowanipore will be spared from inundations during every monsoon as the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has taken up the construction of a sewerage and drainage pumping station at Northern ...

    27 March 2025 Times of India
    Luxmi Tea awarded in 2 categories at World Tea Expo

    Kolkata: Luxmi Tea's Attabarie Tea from Assam and Silverback's Gisovu Tea from Rwanda, a subsidiary of Luxmi Tea, have been awarded at the prestigious World Tea Expo 2025 in Las Vegas. In the World Tea Category 2025 awards, Attabarie ...

    27 March 2025 Times of India
    30% of Indians back up data daily, highest globally

    Kolkata: India leads the world in data backup habits, with 30% of respondents from the country backing up their data daily—the highest percentage globally, ahead of major economies such as the US (27%) and the UK (23%). The survey ...

    27 March 2025 Times of India
    India surpasses Sri Lanka to become second largest tea exporter

    Jalpaiguri: Finally, the Indian tea industry, which has been reeling under problems for years, has something to cheer about. According to data released by the Tea Board of India, India has exported 254 million kg of tea in 2024, ...

    27 March 2025 Times of India
    Murder whiff: 72-yr-old found burnt to death, son missing

    Kolkata: The charred body of a 72-year-old woman, a former teacher at a prominent school, was discovered by her neighbours on Wednesday afternoon from her home in Vidyasagar Colony near south Kolkata's Baghajatin. Cops strongly suspect Malabika Maitra was ...

    27 March 2025 Times of India
    BE College old boy pledges 10 crore to alma mater in highest alumnus donation in Bengal

    12 Kolkata: A former student of BE College, Shibpur (now IIEST), has pledged to donate Rs 10 crore to his alma mater to set up a centre for sustainable infrastructure development. This is by far the largest endowment to ...

    27 March 2025 Times of India
    IIT researchers develop portable system to draw power from Subarnarekha

    Kolkata: Researchers at IIT Kharagpur have developed an "energy harvesting machine" to generate hydroelectric power using the natural flow of the Subarnarekha River. Unlike traditional hydropower systems that require large turbines and deep water, this method can generate power ...

    27 March 2025 Times of India
    Dhulagarh to host Prabhu Poly Pipes’ 2nd mfg unit

    Kolkata: Prabhu Poly Pipes Ltd is set to acquire land in Howrah next month to establish its second manufacturing plant in the state. The new facility, to be located in Dhulagarh, is expected to be operational by the next ...

    27 March 2025 Times of India
    Calcutta High Court summons six Basirhat lawyers for contempt of court

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Wednesday issued a rule for the appearance of the six accused advocates of Basirhat court under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, requiring them to appear before the court on Thursday.A division bench of ...

    27 March 2025 Times of India
    Airport, govt, travel industry pitch for Bengal-Europe link revival

    12 Kolkata: The airport operator in Kolkata, the state tourism department and associations representing travel agents will make a joint pitch to various European carriers, along with Air India (AI), to start direct flights to Kolkata. They assured that ...

    27 March 2025 Times of India
    Cops launch app to digitize passport application documents

    Kolkata: In an effort to stop the use of fake KYC documents, cops will now digitise all documents that a citizen provides for applying for a passport so that cops have a record of data. In addition, ACPs, OCs, ...

    27 March 2025 Times of India
    SSC: CBI collects BJP neta’s writing samples

    Kolkata: CBI, which is probing the school jobs for cash scam, has collected handwriting specimens from BJP's Arun Hazra, who allegedly collected Rs 78 crore from candidates. The agency also collected handwriting samples from six others who allegedly acted ...

    27 March 2025 Times of India
    Who’s a muktijoddha? Bangla decision sparks Bengal debate

    12 Kolkata: Fifty-four years after the Bangladesh Liberation War broke out on the night of March 25, 1971, the Bangladesh interim govt has modified the definition of "beer muktijoddha (valiant freedom fighter)", raising a debate. According to media reports, ...

    27 March 2025 Times of India
    Study led by IIT prof shows rapid melting of West Antarctic ice shelves

    123 Kharagpur: New research on climate change published in ‘Communications Earth & Environment' — a peer-reviewed, open-access, scientific journal in Earth science, environmental science and planetary science — has shown rapid melting in the ice shelves in West Antarctica ...

    27 March 2025 Times of India
    Nimby protest near Howrah’s Ramrajatala stalls dumping of waste

    12 Howrah: Protests by local residents on Wednesday forced Howrah Municipal Corporation (HMC) to scrap the plan to set up a temporary dumping ground at Arupara near Ramrajatala and transport solid wate to the Dhapa dumping ground. The waste ...

    27 March 2025 Times of India
    New Town Street No. 3333 to get dedicated agency

    Kolkata: A consultancy agency will soon be appointed to solely take care of the traffic on Street No. 1333 in New Town.Hidco has started the process of selecting the agency, which will help the authorities strategise the location of ...

    27 March 2025 Times of India
    Extra ladies’ coaches in Eastern Rly’s Sealdah division local train services

    123 Kolkata: Eastern Railway's Sealdah division has added another "ladies' coach" to its suburban services to meet the daily rush of women passengers. The new "ladies' coach" is being introduced in 250 services of the Sealdah division. "Gradually, all ...

    27 March 2025 Times of India
    Who’s a muktijoddha? Bangla deliberation sparks Bengal debate

    Kolkata: Fifty-four years after the Bangladesh Liberation War broke out on the night of March 25, 1971, deliberations are on to modify the definition of "bir muktijoddha (valiant freedom fighter)", raising a debate. According to media reports, only battlefield ...

    27 March 2025 Times of India
    Man loses 1.3L in gas subsidy scam

    123 Kolkata: A Chetla resident was reportedly duped of Rs 1.3 lakh while applying for a Rs 19 subsidy on his gas cylinder. The victim, identified as Nabakumar Manna, claimed he received a video call a few days ago ...

    27 March 2025 Times of India
    On World Theatre Day, actors reveal secret of stage-film crossover

    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 Theatre ...

    27 March 2025 Times of India
    Unity prevails: Trinamool Congress and BJP factions bury hatchet to organise Baruni Mela at Thakurbari

    12 Thakurnagar (North 24 Parganas): Politics had split Thakurbari, but faith and lineage have brought them together.The division between Trinamool Congress and BJP has created a rift in the revered Matua Thakurbari during Baruni Mela — the largest religious ...

    27 March 2025 Times of India
    Cyber cell wing busts fake call centre rings at IT park, condo

    1234 Kolkata: The Bengal Cyber Cell Wing and Bidhannagar Police carried out multiple raids on illegal call centres running in Sector V in Salt Lake, Lake Town, and Narendrapur to curb illegal call centre activities in Kolkata and its ...

    27 March 2025 Times of India
    EC to hold all-party meet on duplicate EPICs on Friday

    123 Kolkata: EC will hold an all-party meeting at the Chief Electoral Officer's (CEO) office on Friday on the issue of duplicate EPIC numbers. There were several complaints that voters in Bengal had the same EPIC number as those ...

    26 March 2025 Times of India
    Concerns over outsider entry and safety during Jadavpur University fests.

    12 Kolkata: In the season of unrest, fest visitors add to the ‘outsiders' problem in JU as they pose a serious threat to teachers and students moving safely inside the campus. Jadavpur University teachers and students raised concerns over ...

    26 March 2025 Times of India
    HMC finds new waste site at Ramrajatala

    123456 Howrah: Clearing of garbage that piled up in Howrah city since Tuesday morning resumed in the evening after a temporary disposal site was identified near Ramrajatala in ward no. 48 of Howrah Municipal Corporation (HMC).Garbage clearance was suspended ...

    26 March 2025 Times of India
    Woman assaulted with brick over parking dispute

    Kolkata: A young woman was pinned to the ground and assaulted with brick by a man and his wife for allegedly complaining to the police about him trying to smash her car windscreen following a dispute over parking at ...

    26 March 2025 Times of India
    City complexes try to put brakes on delivery personnel in a rush

    Kolkata: In the wake of a shocking incident where a group of delivery personnel from a quick-commerce firm allegedly barged into a New Town housing complex and assaulted security guards and office staff over a parking dispute, residents' welfare ...

    26 March 2025 Times of India
    Join us in ‘Rising Bengal’ story, CM woos UK biz

    12 London/Kolkata: Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday wooed UK investors, asking them to be a part of the "Rising Bengal" growth story, showcasing the state's higher-than-national-average GSDP, falling unemployment and poverty indexes.She also asked British Airways to ...

    26 March 2025 Times of India
    Godrej Group eyes Rs550cr from AC sales in 2025-26

    12 Kolkata: The appliances business of Godrej Enterprises Group is witnessing a shift in demand for commercial cassette air conditioners from the business-to-business (B2B) to the business-to-consumer (B2C) segment in the state. The company, which earned Rs 350 crore ...

    26 March 2025 Times of India
    ‘Kid not biologically ours’: Couple sues IVF clinic, blames info denial for death

    12 Kolkata: A city couple, who became parents via IVF but were unaware that the ovum and sperm were not theirs, has moved Calcutta High Court seeking action against an IVF centre, blaming them for the death of their ...

    26 March 2025 Times of India
    In topsy-turvy season, supply shortage and high demand turn ‘pati’ dearer than ‘kamala’

    12 Kolkata: Kolkata's retail markets are witnessing an unusual price surge in lime, with prices soaring to match those of sweet lime (mosambi) and oranges. Over the past two weeks, lime prices climbed from Rs 4-5 per piece to ...

    26 March 2025 Times of India
    Bengal joins hands with Vi to help MSMEs walk the digital road

    123 Kolkata: Bengal govt has joined hands with telecom service provider Vodafone Idea to facilitate the digital transformation of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) across Bengal.West Bengal State Export Promotion Society (WBSEPS) signed an MoU with the telco ...

    26 March 2025 Times of India
    Jadavpur University student granted bail in campus arson case

    123 Kolkata: Sauptik Chandra, a second-year civil engineering student at Jadavpur University (JU), who was arrested earlier on March 18 in connection with the March 1 arson incident at the Trinamool-supported 'Shikshabandhu' office on campus, was granted bail on ...

    26 March 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata Police arrests key suspect in digital fraud case involving fake narcotics officers

    Kolkata: Probing a digital arrest fraud case, where conmen posing as Mumbai Police narcotics department officers robbed Rs 80 lakhs from a Rajarhat businessman keeping him under video call watch for three days seven months ago, Bidhannagar Police on ...

    26 March 2025 Times of India
    CBSE and JEE Main overlap, student concerns prompt CBSE-NTA meeting on Wednesday

    Kolkata: With Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class XII and JEE Main 2025 Session 2 overlapping on same days in April first week, an online meeting will be held on Wednesday with all the city CBSE exam coordinators ...

    26 March 2025 Times of India
    Standing ovation for ‘Farming the Revolution’ documentary at Kolkata premiere

    123 Kolkata: Nishtha Jain's ‘Farming the Revolution'—a documentary that invites viewers to experience the everyday textures and indomitable spirit of the historic farmers' movement—had its Kolkata premiere at the Kolkata People's Film Festival (KPFF) and received a standing ovation. ...

    26 March 2025 Times of India
    Campus clean-up leaves out contentious zones

    123456 Kolkata: Jadavpur University administration's graffiti clean-up drive on Tuesday chose to stay out of contentious areas and instead focused on erasing non-controversial slogans and paintings. Labourers were seen whitewashing a writing on the wall of JU's chemical engineering ...

    26 March 2025 Times of India
    Rampant WhatsApp frauds keep Kolkata Police officers on toes

    Kolkata: WhatsApp accounts are getting hacked or compromised at an alarming rate, cops have warned."We are receiving several complaints of compromised WhatsApp accounts each day. This has seen a rapid rise from last month," said a senior divisional cyber ...

    26 March 2025 Times of India
    RBU interim vice-chancellor enters campus amid student protests after court order

    Kolkata: Armed with a Calcutta High Court order, RBU interim vice-chancellor Subhra Kamal Mukherjee on Tuesday entered the university's Jorasanko campus with police escorts amid student protests demanding his resignation. Mukherjee could not attend the office on Monday due ...

    26 March 2025 Times of India
    New-age tech in heart surgery at Kolkata hospital

    123 Kolkata: A 33-year-old woman, who had previously received a Glen Shunt procedure in childhood due to a congenital heart condition, got a leadless pacemaker at a Kolkata hospital. According to the hospital, this marks the first global instance ...

    26 March 2025 Times of India
    Bangladeshi deported for anti-India comments

    Jalpaiguri: A Bangladeshi citizen was deported from Changrabandha in Cooch Behar on Tuesday after he allegedly made disparaging comments against India shortly after his arrival.Mohammad Azadur Rahman of Hazipur in Bangladesh's Magura district had entered India through the Changrabandha ...

    26 March 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata Municipal Corporation expands road smoothening project with new machinery and extended plans

    123456 Kolkata: Motorists and bikers may hope for relief from bumpy rides on Kolkata roads with the civic body set to iron out undulating stetches in several city roads. A Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) roads department official said the ...

    26 March 2025 Times of India
    Man stabs wife to death in North 24 Parganas before attempting suicide

    12 Kolkata: A man in his early 40s stabbed his wife to death before attempting to take his own life at Gopalnagar in North 24 Parganas on Tuesday afternoon after she left him for her paramour.Sukhdeb Biswas, armed with ...

    26 March 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata’s Mullick ghat flower market set for major renovation & expansion

    Kolkata: The popular flower market near Mullick Ghat might finally see an overhaul, with proper entrances and exits, parking lots, and most importantly, no encroachment on the Howrah Bridge, if the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port accepts a proposal sent ...

    26 March 2025 Times of India
    Kidney trafficking racket: Loan sharks trap 10 people in debt, force them to sell organ

    12 Kolkata: Two days after a moneylender, Bikas Ghosh alias Sheetal from Ashoknagar, was arrested along with his associate for allegedly forcing a young homemaker to sell her kidney at a private hospital in Kolkata after her husband failed ...

    26 March 2025 Times of India
    Simulated emergency drill at Kolkata airport tests firefighting and rescue preparedness

    123456 Kolkata: Two aircraft rescue and fire fighting (ARFF) vehicles were deployed, along with two ambulances, in the operational area of Kolkata airport on Tuesday afternoon to carry out a firefighting and rescue operation.Airport director Pravat Ranjan Beuria said ...

    26 March 2025 Times of India
    Ambulance for ‘bruised’ Suvendu

    Kolkata: Leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari was allegedly injured during a scuffle with police in Howrah on Monday, prompting BJP councillor Sajal Ghosh to reach the assembly with an ambulance.While BJP alleged the opposition was being targeted by ...

    25 March 2025 Times of India
    Football is the winner as Behala club emerges victorious in city’s first tournament for para Durga Puja organisers

    12 Kolkata: Members of 16 city clubs, known for their grandeur in Durga Puja celebrations, displayed their dribbling skills at the Behala Cup 2025, a two-day knockout football tournament organised over the weekend by Behala Club at Behala Harisabha ...

    25 March 2025 Times of India
    RG Kar victim was under acute mental stress, sought help month before death, says Psychiatrist

    NEW DELHI: A consultant psychiatrist revealed that the RG Kar hospital rape and murder victim, a 30-year-old medical trainee who died on August 9 last year, had sought his help for mental stress about a month before her death ...

    25 March 2025 Times of India
    NKDA outreach camps net Rs 83 lakh in property tax, mutation fees

    NKDA collected Rs 83 lakh from property tax and mutation fees in the last three months through outreach camps in New Town KOLKATA: The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has collected approximately Rs 83 lakh from property tax ...

    25 March 2025 Times of India
    Was gang-rape angle considered in RG Kar case, Calcutta HC asks CBI

    Calcutta high court has asked the CBI to clarify whether the R G Kar incident last August was a gang rape and to provide the case diary for further investigation KOLKATA: Calcutta High Court on Monday directed CBI to ...

    25 March 2025 Times of India
    ‘Virat sir picked me up, said jaldi se bhaag ja’: 18-year-old fan who invaded Eden Gardens pitch banned for IPL season for 'touching god'

    Kohli hugs Rituparno before security guards take him away KOLKATA/BURDWAN: For 18-year-old Rituparno Pakhira, a day in police custody is a small price to pay for "touching god" as is a ban on entering Eden Gardens for the rest ...

    25 March 2025 Times of India
    Cams reveal stable Sundarbans big cat count, click small cats in action

    The Bengal forest dept clicked a wide range of photographs — from adult tigers & fishing cats with kills KOLKATA: Camera traps - installed in the Indian Sundarbans between last Nov and this Jan during the routine annual exercise ...

    25 March 2025 Times of India
    Be transparent with hosp bills, counsel patients if amounts rise: Health panel

    12 Kolkata: The West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission has asked hospitals to be more transparent in billing and pay due importance to counselling patients or their families if the amounts exceeded the original packages offered. Though the health ...

    25 March 2025 Times of India
    Film preview comeback at Radha Studio

    Kolkata: The state govt has decided to reinstate the previous practice of watching cinematic content on the big screen before official screenings. This custom was prevalent in Bengal throughout the celluloid era when each studio maintained a preview theatre. ...

    25 March 2025 Times of India
    PCB catches them young at nature camp

    123 Kolkata: The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) on Monday took a significant step towards fostering environmental awareness among young minds by organising a nature study camp at Jayanti in the Buxa Tiger Reserve, north Bengal. This initiative, ...

    25 March 2025 Times of India
    Docs, nurses march for ‘justice’

    12 Kolkata: Coinciding with the Monday RG Kar Medical College rape and murder hearing in Calcutta High Court, healthcare workers marched to the CGO complex in Salt Lake, demanding a supplementary chargesheet and a fast and transparent investigation into ...

    25 March 2025 Times of India
    Airport kicks off two-hour trials at new ATC tower

    12 Kolkata: Controllers took charge of the new air traffic control (ATC) tower on Monday afternoon and guided arriving and departing flights for two hours at Kolkata airport. The first flight operation by controllers from the new facility was ...

    25 March 2025 Times of India
    Pushback of New Market hawkers likely after Eid

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and the police will conduct a special drive to remove hawkers from roads in and around New Market after Eid-ul-Fitr this month-end. This was decided at a Town Vending Committee (TVC) meeting at ...

    25 March 2025 Times of India
    Apollo Healthco Ltd to expand pharmacy network in Bengal

    Kolkata: Apollo Healthco Ltd, a part of Apollo Hospitals Group, which operates the Apollo Pharmacy chain and the online platform Apollo 24/7, is planning to establish 80 to 100 new outlets across Bengal within the next two years. This ...

    25 March 2025 Times of India
    LSE invite, London walk before start of tour’s biz end

    London/Kolkata: After Oxford University, CM Mamata Banerjee revealed on Monday that she had invites from the prestigious London School of Economics, Queen Mary University and Manchester football club too, but she was "keeping these iconic institutions for another time".Speaking ...

    25 March 2025 Times of India
    Dominant Guha bags National Blitz title

    Kolkata: City boy Mitrabha Guha claimed his maiden National Blitz chess title with a dominating show in Ranchi on Sunday. The Grandmaster ended the 11-round tournament unbeaten with 10.5 points, a full point ahead of the field. It was ...

    25 March 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata airport begins trials at new air traffic control tower

    12 Kolkata: Controllers took charge of the new air traffic control (ATC) tower on Monday afternoon and guided arriving and departing flights for two hours at Kolkata airport. The first flight operation managed by controllers from the new facility ...

    25 March 2025 Times of India
    Retirement as egg prof due on March 31, JU VC writes to Bikash Bhavan

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University's interim vice-chancellor Bhaskar Gupta wrote to the state higher education department, informing them that as a professor of the electronics and telecommunication engineering department, his retirement was due on March 31. He reportedly expressed concerns over ...

    25 March 2025 Times of India
    Never dreamt of being a judge, says Justice Tandon at farewell

    123 Kolkata: "Chose the legal profession over the desire to become a cricketer," Justice Harish Tandon, who was recently elevated as Chief Justice of Orissa High Court, said in his emotional farewell speech at Calcutta High Court on Monday.Coming ...

    25 March 2025 Times of India
    HC extends Bhadra’s conditional bail till April-end

    12 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court has extended the conditional bail of Sujay Krishna Bhadra, an accused in the school appointments case, till the end of April. A division bench of justices Arijit Banerjee and Apurba Sinha Ray passed the ...

    25 March 2025 Times of India
    Cop, student killed in East Midnapore highway crash

    Chandipur: Rabindranath Bari (44), an ASI of Haldia police station, and his relative, Somnath Pramanik (22), a third-year homeopathy student at Midnapore Medical College and Hospital were killed in an accident late on Sunday on the Digha-Nandakumar 116B NH ...

    25 March 2025 Times of India
    Man loses eye after cycle parking dispute

    Kolkata: A dispute over parking bicycles on a narrow lane turned into horror when a man's eye was allegedly gouged out by a group of youths at New Barrackpore on Monday afternoon. One person has so far been arrested. ...

    25 March 2025 Times of India
    Auto-rickshaw driver arrested for allegedly harassing minor in Kolkata.

    123 Kolkata: An auto-rickshaw driver was arrested for allegedly sexually harassing a 15-year-old girl in the Thakurpukur area a week ago. The incident happened on the evening of March 18 along Diamond Harbor Road between Silpara Crossing and Thakurpukur ...

    25 March 2025 Times of India
    Howrah subsidence: Residents demand rehabilitation help, minister Firhad Hakim promises action in 4 days, outlines plan for dumping ground

    123456 Howrah: Urban development minister Firhad Hakim ran into protests on Monday as he visited Belgachhia in Howrah, where successive landslides occurred last week due to overload of municipal waste at the dumping ground there. Residents, who have been ...

    25 March 2025 Times of India
    Bengali teacher dies of cardiac arrest while evaluating ICSE answer scripts in Kolkata

    12 Kolkata: Munmun Laha (59), a senior Bengali teacher at Anglo Arabic Secondary School, passed away while checking ICSE Bengali answer scripts at the Bhawanipur Gujarati School on Monday, apparently after suffering a sudden heart attack. A cardiac patient, ...

    25 March 2025 Times of India
    E-tail delivery personnel lay siege to New Town complex after parking row

    123 Kolkata: A group of delivery personnel from a quick-commerce company allegedly barged into a housing complex in New Town and assaulted security guards and office staff after a dispute over parking, residents said. The RWA has filed a ...

    25 March 2025 Times of India
    Hawkers make merry in run-up to festive season

    12 Kolkata: Last week, hawkers set up semi-permanent stalls on a two-wheeler parking lot near the entrance to the bakery range at New Market, leading to protests from traders. In the run-up to Eid ul-Fitr, new hawkers have set ...

    24 March 2025 Times of India
    KMDA to assess Chiria More ramp proposal for new Chitpore ROB

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) is set to conduct a feasibility study to determine whether the carriageway space on the proposed new Chitpore rail over bridge (ROB) can be widened to facilitate the construction of a ramp ...

    24 March 2025 Times of India
    RG Kar case: Calcutta HC asks CBI whether it's considering possibility of gangrape or destruction of evidence

    <p>The Calcutta high court directed the CBI to present the case diary of the rape and murder of a doctor at RG Kar Hospital<br></p> NEW DELHI: The Calcutta high court on Monday directed the CBI to present the case ...

    24 March 2025 Times of India
    130+ birders get recorders out on Dawn Chorus Day

    Kolkata: Bengal took part in India's third Dawn Chorus Day, recording early morning vocalization of birds across various birding hot spots and backyards on Sunday. An initiative of Birdwatchers' Society (BWS) in association with the Bird Count India, the ...

    24 March 2025 Times of India
    ‘37.6% car owners in city keep their vehicles parked on roads’

    Kolkata: A recent survey conducted in Kolkata highlighted a growing crisis in urban mobility, with on-street parking occupying a significant portion of road space and contributing to traffic congestion. The study revealed that 37.6% of vehicles remain perpetually parked ...

    24 March 2025 Times of India
    Sealdah station gets new access gates for better crowd mgmt

    12 Kolkata: To reduce congestion at the existing entry/exit gate, Sealdah station is now equipped with another entry/exit gate at Sealdah South station. The new gate is strategically positioned to minimise walking distance for passengers accessing Sealdah station, one ...

    24 March 2025 Times of India
    New ATC tower at airport to start live trial today, function for 2 hours every weekday

    Kolkata: The new air traffic control (ATC) tower at Kolkata airport will become operational on Monday. It will function parallelly with the existing ATC for two hours every weekday afternoon over the next three months."Live trials will commence at ...

    24 March 2025 Times of India
    Rhea’s Purulia village hails clean chit to actor in Sushant Singh Rajput death case

    12 Baghmundi (Purulia): More than 1,700 kilometres from the bustling Mumbai, villagers in Tunturi — a nondescript hamlet in Purulia's Baghmundi — on Sunday were "happy and relieved" that actor Rhea Chakraborty was finally given a clean chit by ...

    24 March 2025 Times of India
    HMC restores water supply to north Howrah, parts of Liluah

    12 Howrah: After going dry for three days, entire north Howrah and parts of Liluah started receiving usual water supply from Sunday evening. Since early morning, 52 water tankers were dispatched to affected areas to tackle the situation. Earlier, ...

    24 March 2025 Times of India
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