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  • At 593 mm, Kolkata records highest July rainfall in eight years, logs 62% of seasonal shower count

    123456 Kolkata: This July, the city recorded a bumper rainfall. Even though two more days are left for the month to end, this month has turned out to be the rainiest July in the past eight years with a ...

    30 July 2025 Times of India
    Rain triggers multiple landslides, road closure on NH-10

    12 Darjeeling: Heavy rain over 24 hours triggered multiple landslides along NH-10 on Monday and Tuesday, causing the Teesta river to swell and prompting authorities to temporarily divert traffic towards Kalimpong and Sikkim. No casualties were reported and traffic ...

    30 July 2025 Times of India
    PM lost battle of narratives: TMC in Parl

    Kolkata: Trinamool MPs on Tuesday said the Centre mishandled the events that followed Operation Sindoor and surrendered India's strategic narrative to the United States.Speaking in the monsoon session of Parliament, Lok Sabha member from Jadavpur Saayoni Ghosh said, "Trump ...

    30 July 2025 Times of India
    Man on ventilator after being hit by e-rickshaw

    Kolkata: A 58-year-old man, Dipak Kundu, out on an evening walk outside his Baguiati home was severely injured and is currently on ventilation after being hit by a speeding retrofitted electric rickshaw on Friday. Cops said that acting on ...

    30 July 2025 Times of India
    Potholes hold up traffic on DH Rd & Strand Rd, KMC takes up patchwork

    Kolkata: The weather god played spoilsport for yet another day as efforts by KMC to repair roads — at least temporarily — for smoother traffic flow were severely hit as the showers washed away repaired portions of major thoroughfares ...

    30 July 2025 Times of India
    Airport commute a pain as craters lead to Belghoria E-way, VIP Rd snarls

    Kolkata: Traffic movement was severely disrupted on key arterial roads leading to the airport, with Belghoria Expressway and Jessore Road in the north and VIP Road in the south experiencing prolonged snarls due to potholes and damaged stretches on ...

    30 July 2025 Times of India
    More options for SE Asia travel this Nov with three-class low cost airline ops to Bangkok

    Kolkata: Kolkata will get a taste of a three-class configuration in a low-cost airline for the first time this Nov when Thai Vietjet Air connects the city to Bangkok. The announcement on Tuesday came days after full-service carrier Etihad ...

    30 July 2025 Times of India
    Did comets bring water to Earth? WHATSUP may know

    1234 Kolkata: Did comets bring water to Earth? WHATSUP may fetch the answer! Goutam Chattopadhyay, a senior scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California, who grew up in Hooghly's Nabagram, has developed an instrument aboard a self-propelled ...

    30 July 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata to get three-class low cost airline service to Bangkok in Nov

    Kolkata: Kolkata will get a taste of a three-class configuration in a low-cost airline for the first time this Nov when Thai Vietjet Air connects the city to Bangkok. The announcement on Tuesday came days after full-service carrier Etihad ...

    30 July 2025 Times of India
    Move beyond matcha: Give these healthy sips a chance

    Image generated by Al; for representational purposes only While matcha’s vivid green hue still floods social feeds, its grassy taste and high caffeine content aren’t for everyone. It’s time to taste a new wave of teas and tisanes that ...

    29 July 2025 Times of India
    India-Pak engagement only on battlefield: Abhishek

    Kolkata: Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday said India shouldn't engage with Pakistan in any form, including sports, hours before he was leaving for Delhi to attend the monsoon session of Parliament."India must not engage with Pakistan ...

    29 July 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather update: Heavy rain and humidity to continue this monsoon season

    According to AQI.in, this weather data represents the beginning of a significant seasonal shift in Kolkata's climate pattern.Kolkata is experiencing heavy monsoon rainfall on July 29, 2025, with temperatures ranging between 25.6°C and 27.4°C and precipitation levels reaching 31.22 ...

    29 July 2025 Times of India
    It’s the beginning, want end of terror: Pahalgam victims’ kin

    Kolkata: Families of Pahalgam victims hailed the security forces after three terrorists involved in the April 22 terror attack were gunned down in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. ‘But this was just the beginning' as they ...

    29 July 2025 Times of India
    JU students ‘reclaim’ arts union room

    Kolkata: A section of Jadavpur University students reopened the common room inside the Arts Faculty Union Room, terming it ‘reclaiming the union room' on Monday. The university has three union rooms for three faculties — engineering, science, and arts ...

    29 July 2025 Times of India
    Car row: Night lock-up stay for cancer patient

    Kolkata: A 20-year-old cancer patient has been left in severe distress after being detained overnight by cops on charges of car theft. The incident led to financial and emotional turmoil for youth, who has now lodged an FIR with ...

    29 July 2025 Times of India
    Bengal closer to Hep B elimination, says study

    Kolkata: A state-level study in 2024 showed the prevalence of Hepatitis B in children under 5 in Bengal was 0.07%, against the 0.1% target set by WHO, indicating that it is inching closer to Hepatitis B elimination. While this ...

    29 July 2025 Times of India
    Families of migrant workers torn between hope, despair

    12 Malda: In some homes, there's despair. In others, relief. A sense of dread hangs over families in Malda whose relatives have gone to work in other states. Jiyem Sk has been waiting for his son Amir to return ...

    29 July 2025 Times of India
    AAI to shift residential colony to Nagerbazar

    Kolkata: The Airport Authority of India (AAI) is set to shift its residential colony from its current location near airport's gate 1 to a site close to the Ordnance Factory in Nagerbazar. The existing colony plot will be converted ...

    29 July 2025 Times of India
    On Global Tiger Day, Sundarbans fishing boats get GPS device for real-time distress SOS

    KOLKATA: On the occasion of Global Tiger Day on Tuesday, at least five fishermen's boats in the Sundarbans will get a GPS-based SOS alarm system that will transmit real-time distress signals to forest department in case of emergencies such ...

    29 July 2025 Times of India
    EC publishes 2002 SIR data of Bengal’s electoral rolls

    Kolkata: The Election Commission on Monday published the 2002 special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bengal, tabling voter data of 11 districts covering 109 assembly segments. The 23-year-old data — Bengal saw its last SIR in 2002 ...

    29 July 2025 Times of India
    We’ll bring our workers back, ensure social security: Mamata

    12 Kolkata/Bolpur: Bengal administration will ensure "the social security" of migrant workers willing to return to the state and help them resettle here."You have the police helpline number. Contact us, let us know when you wish to return and ...

    29 July 2025 Times of India
    HC allows BJP to hold Garia rally on Aug 4

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Monday allowed the BJP to hold a rally — with 750 participants — from Sulekha More to Garia More between 4 pm and 7 pm on Aug 4.Justice Tirthankar Ghosh also directed participants ...

    29 July 2025 Times of India
    HC allows BJP to hold Garia rally on Aug 4

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Monday allowed the BJP to hold a rally — with 750 participants — from Sulekha More to Garia More between 4 pm and 7 pm on Aug 4.Justice Tirthankar Ghosh also directed participants ...

    29 July 2025 Times of India
    Hosp to pay 3L to knee-op patient

    Kolkata: A hospital on the northern fringes of the city agreed to pay Rs 3 lakh to a man who developed complications after a ligament reconstruction surgery at the facility, on humanitarian grounds. A complaint was lodged with West ...

    29 July 2025 Times of India
    Woman held for robbing man she met on matrimonial site

    Kolkata: A woman from Habra was arrested on Sunday for allegedly drugging and robbing a man she met on a matrimonial website. She had allegedly called him to a hotel near the airport earlier this month. On July 1, ...

    29 July 2025 Times of India
    Exide bets on innovation, expansion to boost exports

    Kolkata: Storage battery major Exide Industries is focusing on innovation and expansion across geographies in a bid to enhance exports in the medium term. In the last fiscal, exports contributed around 8% to the company's turnover."We have come out ...

    29 July 2025 Times of India
    Ahead of Bengal polls, EC releases 2002 SIR data, signals rolls revision

    KOLKATA: The Election Commission on Monday published the 2002 special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bengal, tabling voter data of 11 districts covering 109 assembly segments. The 23-year-old data — Bengal saw its last SIR in 2002 ...

    29 July 2025 Times of India
    EC has become a BJP agent to implement NRC: Mamata Banerjee

    KOLKATA/BOLPUR: Election Commission had become a "BJP agent to implement NRC", CM Mamata Banerjee alleged at the ‘Bhasha Andolan' rally in Bolpur on Monday, and dared the poll body to delete any genuine Bengal voter from the electoral roll. ...

    29 July 2025 Times of India
    Bengali migrant workers identifying Rohingya, claims Samik

    Kolkata: With Trinamool upping the ante against BJP-governed states for harassing Bengali migrant workers, Bengal BJP claimed on Monday that migrant workers from the state were identifying Rohingya who had taken shelter there."No locals have informed police about Rohingya ...

    29 July 2025 Times of India
    Encroachment on 62 acres of Visva-Bharati land: Sukanta

    Kolkata: Union minister of state for education Sukanta Majumdar said on Monday that more than 62 acres of land belonging to Visva-Bharati had been encroached upon, despite measures. He was answering a question posed by Lok Sabha member Saumitra ...

    29 July 2025 Times of India
    Campus rape survivor wraps up 1st sem exams

    Kolkata: The first-year law student, who was raped on her college campus in south Kolkata, completed her first semester examinations on Monday. TOI had reported that the girl found the courage to sit for the first semester examinations, which ...

    29 July 2025 Times of India
    New Garia Metro station closed after cracks found in pillars

    Kolkata: The North-South Metro's terminal Kavi Subhas station at New Garia was closed temporarily after cracks were discovered in the last four pillars on which the Up platform stands. All trains are now being terminated at Shahid Khudiram, the ...

    29 July 2025 Times of India
    Edit option for SSC aspirants to update OBC category details

    Kolkata: The West Bengal School Service Commission will give an edit option to candidates for updating their OBC category details following the Supreme Court order.Along with this, other state recruitments, including those of Kolkata Municipal Corporation, which was paused ...

    29 July 2025 Times of India
    B-school rape accused resumes classes

    Kolkata: Paramanand Toppannawar, the 26-year-old MBA student at a premier B-school who was arrested on charges of rape, resumed his classes on Monday after spending more than a week in police custody. The youngster was arrested on July 12 ...

    29 July 2025 Times of India
    Work starts on Orange line, Yellow line link below airport

    Kolkata: Work to make the Orange and Yellow lines meet below the city airport has started. Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL), which is implementing the 29 km New Garia-Airport corridor (also called the city's Orange Metro line), has barricaded ...

    29 July 2025 Times of India
    ‘No admission roadblock after SC’s OBC order’

    Kolkata: The Supreme Court order on Monday regarding the OBC reservation issue removes all roadblocks from publishing the CAP (centralised admission portal) merit list after July 30, senior Bengal officials said on Monday. The legal team advising the education ...

    29 July 2025 Times of India
    SRFTI alumnus only Indian among 24 emerging Asian filmmakers at Busan

    A file photo of Arnab Laha KOLKATA: Arnab Laha has been officially selected as one of the 24 emerging filmmakers from across Asia, out of 40 countries, and will attend the prestigious Busan International Film Festival (BIFF). The alumnus ...

    28 July 2025 Times of India
    Coin-sale fake news lures Odisha, J’Khand, Raj residents to Kolkata

    Kolkata: Thousands of people from Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Assam, UP and even far off Haryana and Rajasthan queued up outside the Haldiram's outlet opposite CCFC, not to taste a vegetarian delicacy at thefood court on Sunday. But they were ...

    28 July 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Moderate rain and humidity expected

    The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in, providing residents with comprehensive information to plan their daily activities and weekly schedules accordingly.Kolkata is experiencing moderate rainfall and humid conditions on July 28, 2025, with temperatures ranging ...

    28 July 2025 Times of India
    From surge to slump: Confusion over OBC quota causes dip in number of applications for UG courses in Bengal; students await court verdict

    KOLKATA: Uncertainty over the OBC quota, which prompted multiple deadline extensions for online undergraduate course applications, has led to fewer applications by students.On Monday, the Supreme Court is expected to hear the Bengal govt's challenge to the Calcutta HC's ...

    28 July 2025 Times of India
    No Padma Hilsa this year: Kolkata chooses Myanmar and Gujarat fish; taste, price, and supply drive shift

    KOLKATA: In a notable shift in consumer preference, hilsa enthusiasts in Kolkata have begun embracing fish arriving from Myanmar’s Irrawaddy and Gujarat’s Narmada, previously deemed inferior to the varieties sourced from Bangladesh’s Padma or Rupnarayan in Kolaghat.Over the past ...

    28 July 2025 Times of India
    Chickenpox turns latest worry in cough-cold season, some in hosp

    Kolkata: An unseasonal spread of chickenpox, with cases reported from various parts of the city over the last three weeks, has left physicians and hospitals worried. The latter, faced with a sudden influx of patients that pushed up occupancy, ...

    28 July 2025 Times of India
    Evening rain cools city after warm Sunday

    Kolkata: The city received a late-evening shower that lashed most parts of central and south Kolkata on Sunday. It started around 8.40 pm and was accompanied by thunder and lightning. Kolkata was cloudy in the day time, with a ...

    28 July 2025 Times of India
    Cops launch traffic audit to find blink-&-you-miss-them signals in Kolkata

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Traffic Police has launched its audit of traffic signals, following multiple complaints from motorists and the police personnel on duty on the roads. Each of the 26 guards is identifying problems, including performance, visibility, CCTV footage ...

    28 July 2025 Times of India
    Abhishek to head to Delhi as TMC intensifies SIR stir

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee is expected to reach Delhi this week as the party intensifies its stir in Parliament, demanding an assurance from the Centre "on the floor of the House" that the special intensive ...

    28 July 2025 Times of India
    Sarobar swimming pool set to reopen on Aug 1

    1234 Kolkata: The public swimming pool inside Rabindra Sarobar, which was closed since June 15 when a 16-year-old accidentally drowned while swimming, is likely to reopen on Aug 1. The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) is implementing all the ...

    28 July 2025 Times of India
    ‘Atrocious’ linguistic terror unleashed by BJP: CM before ‘Bhasha Andolan’

    Kolkata: Sharing a 47-second video from July 26, of a migrant from Malda narrating the injuries Delhi Police inflicted on his one-year-old child and wife, CM Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said the linguistic terror unleashed by BJP against Bengali-speakers ...

    28 July 2025 Times of India
    Take your pick: Pre-puja bus ride to Siliguri comes for 5,000, flight costs 10,500; train berths sold out

    Kolkata: A pre-Durga Puja bus ride from Kolkata to Siliguri may cost you between Rs 4,000 and Rs 5,000, a bus seat booking app shows. Till 10 days ago, airfares were not much higher, with a Kolkata-Bagdogra flight ticket ...

    28 July 2025 Times of India
    Flood water recedes, leaves craters in wake across Kol, SL

    1234 Kolkata: The recent spell of rain has affected the KMC's road repairing drive and has left some stretches in tatters, including Amherst Street, CR Avenue, Murlidhar Sen Lane, Golam Mohammad Shah Road, Golf Green, a stretch between Kalikapur ...

    28 July 2025 Times of India
    Back home from Hry, migrant workers can’t shake off trauma

    12 Malda: With fear writ large on their faces, detainees from Gurgaon who began returning to their homes on Sunday recounted their ordeal in police custody, having been suspected of being Bangladeshis. They also expressed anxiety over whether they ...

    28 July 2025 Times of India
    Buxa home to over 8.5k hornbills, key species score high in Mahananda belt

    1234 Kolkata: In a first, a long-term study for abundance and density estimation has been done for hornbills in Bengal. The study conducted between 2018 and 2024, covered north Bengal's Buxa Tiger Reserve, Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, Latpanchar, a fringe ...

    28 July 2025 Times of India
    2 Bangladeshi men held at Kolkata airport with fake IDs

    Kolkata: Two Bangladeshi nationals, Babla Barua (33) and Chayan Barua (26), were arrested at Kolkata airport after they attempted to travel to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam using fake Indian passports for work. Both are residents of Chittagong. ...

    28 July 2025 Times of India
    Focus on ayah ID checks after series of home thefts in Kolkata

    Kolkata: Kolkata and Bidhannagar Police have issued separate advisories, urging residents to verify the identity and background of domestic workers, especially those hired through ayah centres. This comes in response to a series of thefts and other criminal cases, ...

    28 July 2025 Times of India
    SOP in place for surveyors, says NKDA

    Kolkata: The New Town Kolkata Development Authority on Sunday said that they maintained a standard protocol of sending a male surveyor with a female surveyor during door-to-door surveys in New Town.On Wednesday, a female surveyor working with NKDA was ...

    28 July 2025 Times of India
    Molest plaint after brawl outside Sec V bar

    Kolkata: A Behala resident in her 40s, who was allegedly assaulted and molested by a group of men, dialled 100 and sought police help following a brawl outside a bar in Sector V early on Saturday.However, none was arrested ...

    28 July 2025 Times of India
    Bengalis who got NRC notices at forefront of TMC protests

    12 Jalpaiguri: Uttam Kumar Brajabashi of Dinhata and Nishikanta Das of Mathabhanga — who received NRC notices from the foreigners tribunal in Assam — on Sunday were at the forefront of protests by Trinamool Congress against "targeting" of Bengali ...

    28 July 2025 Times of India
    Park St cave-in: Sewer leak repair may take 10 days

    Kolkata: A team of civic officials dug up an area at the crossing of Park Street and Wood Street on Sunday, beginning repairs in a leakage in the century-old underground brick sewer that triggered subsidence at the site on ...

    28 July 2025 Times of India
    KMC geo-tags workers to boost waste segregation

    Kolkata: The civic body's solid waste management has started geo-tagging its employees entrusted with collecting waste from households to ensure proper collection is being carried out in wards. According to the new practice, managers of the KMC SWM department ...

    28 July 2025 Times of India
    HC sends man to jail 18 yrs after rape bid conviction

    Kolkata: A man convicted of attempted rape of a minor 18 years ago in Jalpaiguri and subsequently granted bail has been directed by Calcutta High Court to surrender within six weeks to serve a five-year sentence. He was convicted ...

    28 July 2025 Times of India
    Cops rescue 34 girls from suspected trafficking bid

    12 Siliguri: Thirty-four girls were rescued from the Junction Bus Stand on Sunday from what police suspect was an attempted trafficking operation. Three people, including two women, were detained. Efforts are under way to contact the families of the ...

    28 July 2025 Times of India
    ‘Free bus rides to push up number of female commuters’

    Kolkata: Nearly half of the woman commuters in Kolkata (44.5%) and more than half in Durgapur (62.5%) travel by buses. If fares were waived, 27.8% more in Kolkata and 25% more in Durgapur would shift to buses, according to ...

    28 July 2025 Times of India
    Potato distress sales fail to bring down price at Kolkata markets

    Kolkata: Farmers across south Bengal are facing unprecedented distress as potato prices plummeted below production costs to as low as Rs 10 per kg, forcing them into distress sales, while retail prices in Kolkata remained largely unaffected at Rs ...

    28 July 2025 Times of India
    Doc body slams Aug 9 Nabanna march call

    Kolkata: The Association of Service Doctors (AHSD), which is part of the Joint Platform of Doctors, has termed the Nabanna Abhiyan by the leader of opposition a drama. "Why aren't they marching to CGO complex or South Block? People ...

    28 July 2025 Times of India
    Students make low-cost lightning arrester, school applies for patent

    Kolkata: An experiment at a school workshop in Madhyamgram is all set to bring down the cost of lightning conductors to less than half and save lives of thousands from being electrocuted in the fields. The lightning conductor, devised ...

    28 July 2025 Times of India
    Reduce noise from bldg sites, residents urge PCB

    Kolkata: Citizens of a residential locality in south Kolkata have written to the state pollution control board, urging it to regulate noise pollution from construction activities, similar to how it successfully controlled construction dust pollution. Among the suggestions provided ...

    28 July 2025 Times of India
    Bengal medical body restores Santanu Sen’s registration

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Medical Council (WBMC) has restored the medical registration of former Trinamool RS member Santanu Sen. The council had cancelled his registration earlier this month for using FRCP (Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians) on ...

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    2 conmen arrested from Tamil Nadu for duping salt lake sisters in investment fraud

    KOLKATA: Two conmen were arrested from Tamil Nadu in connection with an investment fraud where a Salt Lake-based woman was duped of Rs 1.3 crores in February this year.According to the complaint lodged at the cyber crime police station, ...

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    Man attacked by wife’s ex-hubby in Tiljala

    A 22-year-old youth, Mohammad Aman was critically injured after his wife's ex-husband, Mohammad Zahid, attacked him with a chopper in Tiljala on Thursday night. "Zahid struck Aman's head, hands and other parts several times," said an officer. tnn

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    Cops arrest 4 for operating mule accounts

    Kolkata: Four men were on Thursday evening arrested for allegedly operating mule bank accounts used for siphoning off fraudulently obtained on Thursday evening. They were rounded up from a hotel in the Eco Park area and cops seized 13 ...

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Moderate rain with high humidity expected

    The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in, providing residents with comprehensive information to plan their daily activities and weekly schedules accordingly.Kolkata is experiencing a rainy Sunday on July 27, 2025, with moderate showers expected throughout ...

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    'Have been swamped since helpline went live, got multiple calls': After mass detention outside Bengal, demand for Police Clearance Certificate (PCC) soars

    KOLKATA: Bengal Police has been flooded with online Police Clearance Certificate (PCC) applications following reports of mass detention of Bengali-speaking migrants in Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Haryana, Delhi and UP. With cops in these states refusing to accept Aadhaar, ...

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata hospitals extend OT hours: Lodge patients in hotels to manage rush; viral fever keeps occupancy near 90%

    Kolkata hospitals are increasing surgery capacity by extending OT hours and using nearby guest houses for pre-op patients to manage high occupancy rates. Facilities like BP Poddar and Peerless are streamlining patient flow, with surgeries up by 20-30%. KOLKATA: ...

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    Mob attacks rape accused

    Kolkata: A rape accused, charged with sexually assaulting his 12-year-old daughter, was attacked by a mob in Bansdroni, when cops took the man to the crime scene to collect evidence on Saturday afternoon.The group of locals who attacked the ...

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    Keep an eye on students named in multiple FIRs: CP

    Kolkata: Police commissioner Manoj Verma has asked his junior colleagues, especially at the police stations, to keep an eye on students who have multiple FIRs against them.Though the top cop gave a general instruction at the monthly crime meeting ...

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    Harass complaint by NKDA surveyor

    Kolkata: A woman surveyor working with the New Town Kolkata Development Authority lodged a police complaint alleging sexual harassment by a resident of a co-operative housing society in the CC Block, during an anti-dengue inspection on Wednesday afternoon.The accused ...

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    Prez likely to visit Bengal on Wednesday

    Kolkata: President Droupadi Murmu is likely to visit Bengal on July 30 and attend the first annual convocation of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Kalyani. Her last visit to Kolkata was in March 2023.According to sources, Murmu will ...

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    How a video shot by this trader might bring Malda youth home

    12 Malda: Paban Kumar Das was on his usual visit to Bangladesh's Ghumra on Wednesday when he came across a distraught youth at a corner of the street, across the Ghojadanga border outpost. The youth looked pale and was ...

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    Full Kalyani E-way run likely before puja

    Kolkata: The much-awaited elevated corridor, connecting Belgharia Expressway with Kalyani Expressway, is slated for opening before Durga Puja. The 1.3-km flyover will ensure seamless connectivity between Kolkata and north Bengal via the upgraded 44.2km Kalyani Expressway."This Durga Puja, people ...

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    Cal Club win to add spring in step for swish set’s gender parity march

    Kolkata: A day after winning the president's election, Calcutta Club's first woman president Kasturi Raha is still soaking in the congratulatory messages both for herself and her gender. But for most other colonial-era social clubs in the city, complete ...

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    Biz school student to go back to classes on Mon

    Kolkata: Paramanand Toppannawar, the 26-year-old MBA student at a premier B-school who was arrested on charges of rape, will resume his classes from Monday after spending more than a week in police custody. The youngster was arrested on July ...

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    Man found dead in south Kol flat

    Kolkata: Bansdroni cops found the decomposed body of a stock market investor at his rented flat in Niranjan Palli area on Friday, after neighbours informed the cops of a foul smell emanating from the premises. The deceased, Subrata De ...

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    Guv seeks reply from VCs absent at Raj Bhavan meet

    123 Kolkata: Bengal governor CV Anand Bose, also the chancellor of state-run universities, has sought explanations from VCs who didn't attend a meeting he held at Raj Bhavan on Saturday.Bose warned that failure to provide a satisfactory response may ...

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    Wife of BNP man who lived illegally in India for 30 yrs held

    Bagdah (N 24 Parganas): A BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) worker's wife was arrested on Saturday at Bagdah in North 24 Parganas for allegedly aiding and harbouring her Bangladeshi husband, who had been living illegally in India for nearly 30 ...

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    EC conducts day-long training session for Bengal poll officers

    Kolkata: With Trinamool raising its pitch against any special intensive revision (SIR) of voter rolls in Bengal and Parliament paralysed over opposition's offensive against the exercise in Bihar, the chief electoral officer (CEO) of Bengal conducted a day-long training ...

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    Hunt on for new Bengal CEO office ahead of 2026 polls

    123 Kolkata: Election Commission officials in Bengal are looking for a new address for the chief electoral officer's (CEO) office by Oct 2025, sources said on Saturday. The CEO office is currently located on two floors of the Balmer ...

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    New Market clock tower restoration starts, exterior repair to begin after rain spell ends

    Kolkata: Work on the repair and restoration of the New Market clock tower has finally begun. Masons have started work inside the tower on Friday, chipping off the damp and portions of the plaster in which cracks appeared. Once ...

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    Beamed into focus: Lit-up angel atop Victoria dome to be part of Kolkata’s night skyline

    123 Kolkata: The rotating fairy atop Victoria Memorial Hall dome will soon be visible 24×7. Between 11 pm and dawn every night, it will shine like a jewel, bringing attention to a less conspicuous detail in one of the ...

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    Now, 72-yr-old Cooch Behar resident receives NRC notice from Assam

    123 Jalpaiguri/Kolkata: Days after Dinhata resident Uttam Kumar Brajabashi received an NRC notice from Assam, leading to a strong protest from Trinamool led by CM Mamata Banerjee, another resident from Cooch Behar has received a similar notice.Septuagenarian Nishikanta Das ...

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    CM cites HRW report, calls for end to BJP’s ‘linguistic terrorism’

    Kolkata: Citing a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report on the expulsion of Bengali migrants, CM Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said that even international human rights organisations had started taking note of the "linguistic terrorism unleashed in India". Calling it ...

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    ‘Poll panel has no mandate to do citizenship checks’

    Kolkata: TMC MP Sushmita Dev on Saturday called EC's special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls an "overstepping of its mandate".In a Facebook post, Dev said, "EC has all powers to review the electoral rolls. We have no issue ...

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    In fraught times, city dir’s ‘Immigrants’ gets int’l fim fest Rotterdam grant

    123 Kolkata: In fraught times, Suman Mukhopadhyay's ‘Immigrants' — set against the backdrop of the 1947 Partition of India and topical in the context of today's identity politics — is the only recipient from India of the International Film ...

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    Every student to be a member of IIT taskforce

    123 Kolkata: At IIT Kharagpur, all students will have the opportunity to be part of the hostel wing task force, with the institute deciding to make one in four students in each wing responsible for overseeing the other boarders. ...

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    In next rain burst, KMC to deploy jet suction and portable pumps

    1234 Kolkata: After battling severe waterlogging due to spells of heavy rains, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation sewerage and drainage department has decided to focus on severe waterlogging in some low-lying pockets. The civic body will deploy extra manpower and ...

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    Dumping of construction debris to invite stop-work notices

    123 Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has decided to strictly scrutinise the dumping of construction materials on roadsides, which leads to waterlogging in several places across the city. Henceforth, developers of under-construction buildings will have to keep construction ...

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    Purulia girl’s tale on Mumbai migrants in competition at Venice film fest

    123 Kolkata: A Purulia girl's film about two migrant women in Mumbai, whose lives become unexpectedly intertwined, is in competition with 18 other feature films in the Orizzonti section of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival. Anuparna Roy's ‘Songs ...

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    FIR for illegal dumping in East Kolkata wetland after councillor’s plaint

    Kolkata: The Patuli Police Station registered an FIR against unidentified individuals for illegally dumping waste materials and filling it up in a protected wetland near Drona Apartments at Garia Purbapara, following a complaint by Ward 110 councillor Swaraj Kumar ...

    27 July 2025 Times of India
    Calcutta Club elects 1st woman president, breaks glass ceiling

    Kolkata: The 118-year-old Calcutta Club, one of the city's most prominent British-era heritage clubs, has elected its first woman president.Businesswoman Kasturi Raha secured 715 votes, prevailing over Pradeep Kumar Mukherjee and Snehashish Bhaumik — who secured 630 and 579 ...

    26 July 2025 Times of India
    Tangra leads the pack with 185 mm rain; north sinks, south stays above

    123456 Kolkata: The heaviest rainfall of the season caused inundation in major parts of north and central Kolkata on Friday, while south Kolkata was spared the pain of waterlogging barring in a few known pockets.According to the Kolkata Municipal ...

    26 July 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Heavy rain expected

    The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in, providing residents with comprehensive information to plan their daily activities and weekly schedules accordingly.Kolkata is set to experience heavy rainfall on July 26, 2025, with temperatures ranging between ...

    26 July 2025 Times of India
    ‘Kicked, twisted arm’: Kolkata cabbie assaults woman after she refuses to pay Rs 40 over actual fare

    A 26-year-old woman bravely fought back and ensured the arrest of an app cab driver, Shahbaz Ali, who allegedly assaulted her for refusing to pay extra money. The incident occurred en route to Salt Lake after the driver deviated ...

    26 July 2025 Times of India
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